Psst… We’re going to let you in on a secret. A new, inspirational 3km race is planned for cities across Canada, and its roots are right here in the Beach. The inaugural Secret Marathon launches Wednesday, March 7 at 6:30 p.m. at the Beaches Running Room on Queen Street East, as well as nine other […]
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Gerrard Ashdale Library is celebrating International Women’s Day with the screening of A Score for Women’s Voices, a film by Sophie Bissonnette, on Tuesday, March 3, from 6:30 to 8 p.m. This National Film Board presentation documents marches made by millions of women from 161 countries in 2000, to denounce poverty and violence against women. […]
Celebrating International Women’s Day
As luck had it, Shirley Douglas got a 13th floor apartment when she moved with her twins Kiefer and Rachel Sutherland from L.A. to Toronto’s Crescent Town neighbourhood back in 1977. The actress, activist, and daughter of medicare founder Tommy Douglas told a story about that lucky perch during an International Women’s Day speech at […]