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An Ice Affair

This weekend, the Village of Yorkville Park hosted the “Circus Extravaganza”-themed IceFest Ice Carving Competition, with eleven sculptors taking part. Wen Xie was named winner by popular vote. The finished sculptures will be up in the park for the next week, or until they start to melt—with today’s weather, of course, that process is already [...]

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The highlight of the 2009 Bloor Yorkville Icefest last weekend was Saturday’s Sassafraz Ice Carving Competition. While the carving ended this weekend, according to publicist Steven Carvalho, the pieces “will be up for the next week, or so—weather pending, since ice doesn’t do too well in warm weather.” Photos by Miles Storey/Torontoist.

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The Village of Yorkville Park rang to the sound of chisels and chainsaws on Saturday as ice sculptors took part in the Bloor-Yorkville IceFest Festival Ice Carving Competition. More images after the jump. All photos by Miles Storey

Ice-InFested

Snow globes, ice sculptures, and an ice bar…sound like an arctic paradise? Even if you’re sick of slipping on the white (and sometimes yellow) stuff, you’re still invited to Bloor-Yorkville’s IceFest Festival this weekend—and you don’t even have to get your feet wet! IceFest ent-ice-s with enough of the cold stuff to carve out a [...]