Earlier this fall, the City of Toronto officially reopened the Lower Don Trail. If you’re not an avid cyclist or an eastender who travels over the Don River, you’re probably thinking – what’s that? The paved path is a five kilometre trail along the Don River that runs...
Sliding into the weekend. There is an awesome mix for things to do in Toronto for families. Our top picks for this weekend: BLAST FROM THE PAST: This weekend Ontario Place’s Cinesphere reopens to the public. Two screenings of Disney’s Beauty and the Beast...
Getting the heck outside in nature is always a good idea for kids in TOw. Add waterfalls as the destination and you’re sure to get those little legs moving. We hit the road and discovered a few kid-friendly hikes near waterfalls in and around Hamilton. It may be...
So much Halloween going on this weekend in Toronto. Here are our top picks for you and your kids in TOw: EAST Halloween on Queen – Queen St. E that is. Kew Gardens and Ivan Gardens have free family-friendly activities on Saturday, from 12 – 4 p.m. FREE EAST Haunted...
If car seats could talk. The road trips, the car naps, the crumbs. So much of our kids’ lives are spent buckled in backwards or forwards. Each transition from infant to toddler to booster seats feels like a major milestone in your family’s life. But at some...
Think of it as a picnic in a parking lot. This month my family headed down to BMO Stadium to join our fellow Argos fans for some pre-game fesitivities. It’s called tailgaiting, a common and super popular at NFL games in the States, but a new party offering...
Hello Halloween and all the good and not-so-goodness that comes with it. It seems that every year as my little trick-or-treaters grow, so do the bags of sugary junk they haul in after an evening of touring the block. (You can see how I feel about and cope with the...
Blast from the past. It’s easy to miss this awesome destination on Toronto Island. But it is so worth the walk to the south end of Centre Island to play for free in the city’s only tree maze. In 2015, the hedge maze was brought back to life as the William Meany Tree...
The site of the former Don Jail, now administrative offices for Bridgepoint Active Healthcare, pretty much blends right into the northwest area of Broadview Ave and Gerrard St. East. Back when it opened in 1864, the Don Jail was the largest in North America and one of...
It’s a summer staple. Across the harbour from downtown Toronto tucked behind trees in the middle of 600 acres of parkland on Centre Island is Centreville Amusement Park. With 30-plus rides and attractions, it’s a far cry from Canada’s Wonderland or The Ex, but...
Queen’s Quay and Bathurst isn’t just about condos and airplanes. Little Norway Park, with its lion sculpture slide and playground, wading pool, green space and a baseball diamond, is a great place to play and watch planes take off and land from Billy Bishop Airport....
How many times have you passed that big tall smokestack labeled “Todmorden Mills” and wondered what the heck is there? Visible from the DVP located south off Pottery Rd in Toronto’s Don Valley, this is the home of the 19th century community of Todmorden. It was...
Wet ‘n’ Wild Water Park is officially on the annual summer bucket list. Toronto’s newest outdoor water park – 45 acres of sliding, tubing and splashing adventures – opened this season just north of the 401 off Hwy 427 on Finch. New owners...
It is so easy to be a tourist in Ottawa. And the best part is that there are so many family-friendly destinations in walking distance, even for little legs in TOw. We spent a quick weekend in the National Capital. It’s impossible to fit in all the sights in one go but...
This new little greenspace used to be a parking lot. Unveiled in June 2017, the new Berczy Park is a perfect pit stop for your downtown Toronto wanderings. At the centerpiece of the triangular space (located west of the Flatiron Building) is a new fountain adorned by...
The Best and Worst Options for a Cold Summer Treat by Nishta Saxena of Simply Vibrant Nutrition. It’s the heat of summer. And in the heat of the moment, you’re giving in to a trip to the ice cream shop, a cone from the old-school ice cream truck, or a stop at...
Well this exceeded all my expectations. This past year Grange Park went through a major overhaul, a revitalization that revived a very urban greenspace, turning it into a beautiful, greener and friendlier place to play. The park itself stretches south behind...
Hands down one of the best views of Toronto. The Toronto Islands – its beaches, tree maze, Franklin’s Garden, disc golf, Pirate Life and of course Centreville Amusement Park – are always on our summer circuit. But I had always wanted to explore the Islands...
Good things are happening on the waterfront. Earlier this summer, Toronto welcomed its newest place to play. This parking lot turned park is the new Trillium Park and the William G. Davis Trail, a 7.5 acre green space at the east side of Ontario Place on Lake...
Oh Ontario. There is so much of you to discover. We skipped TOwn and went west and north to explore the Bruce, a gorgeous piece of the province filled with beaches, bays, forests and farms. With the Georgian Bluffs (near Wiarton) as our home base, we day tripped up...
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