Articles Tagged with 'Tim Lambrinos'

Milani’s Italian Gardens Honouring Italian Heritage month 2023 By Tim Lambrinos We’ve reprinted a previously published article to help honour this year’s Italian Heritage Month. Many thanks to Tim Lambrinos, who penned the original article in March 2014. The construction of the Italian Gar...

By Sean Delaney As Emery Village grows and matures, time will inevitably bring change to our area. Many don’t know that a group of individuals from our business community continually volunteer their time to help with wide-ranging policy discussions and decision-making recommendations. This incred...

By Sean Delaney The rain held off over Emery’s Joseph Bannon Park on Friday, Nov. 11. A large group of residents, politicians, and uniformed officers paid tribute to the sacrifices made by Canadian soldiers, both past and present in a service to honour those who have served. Now in its ninth...

Emery’s distinctive elected official By Tim Lambrinos Elected officials have always represented our community very well. However, most have been brought up outside the local community. To help an elected official gain a pulse for local issues, constituency offices have been the norm for this ...

By Sean Delaney On November 11th, Emery Village once again saw Remembrance Day ceremonies at Joseph Bannon Park. Unfortunately, due to the ongoing pandemic, there was no formal invitation to area residents to join in due to recommendations from the City of Toronto’s Public Health Unit. Instead,...

By Sean Delaney Snow fell softly over Emery’s Joseph Bannon Park on Monday, November 11 as a gathering of residents, politicians and military members paid tribute to the sacrifices made by Canadian soldiers, both past and present. Now in its seventh year, the service around the Joseph Banno...

By Sean Delaney On Friday, Oct.25 the fifth annual Emery Charity Venetian Ball returned to the Fontana Primavera Banquet Hall. In attendance were more than 350 community members for an evening reminiscent of a grand Venetian carnival. It was a night filled with glamour and high fashion, but als...

By Sean Delaney On Sept. 6, a gathering of community members and Toronto city councillors at the Etobicoke Civic Centre were presented the future plans to develop one of the first ever Indigenous parks celebrating the culture and diversity of the First Nations people. Chief Stacey LaForme, ch...

By Tim Lambrinos The last Sunday in August marks a traditional get together for descendants of pioneers from Emery and Humber Summit. The day is a Memorial Day and family reunion, honouring individual relatives at the Pine Ridge cemetery. It allows family legacies to survive and provides ...

By Sean Delaney It happens the last Sunday of August – every August. Descendants of Emery Village and Humber Summit’s historical pioneers gather to meet and reflect on memories of their earlier ancestors. On Sunday, August 28, the Pine Ridge Cemetery Board of Trustees officially met for their ...

From the proceeds of the first annual Emery Village Gala, Emery Charity presented a $100,000 cheque to Tony Sampogna of the Humber River Hospital Foundation. The Humber River Hospital will provide, state of the art health services to all of the Emery community and beyond. What a night! Silv...