Results tagged “beachbia”

One of the less expected results of the city workers' strike, about to enter its second month, has been that its most visible effect—you know, the garbage on city streets—has not accumulated consistently across neighbourhoods, even neighbourhoods adjacent to one another. Our daily Strike Watch feature has demonstrated as much: while some stretches of the city's main streets seem to only get progressively dirtier, others seem to have their level of cleanliness ebb and flow, and others seem to have never gotten near dirty in the first place. While some credit for the cleanliness should go to the elusive but much-heralded management staff tasked with cleaning up parks and streets, some of the city's Business Improvement Areas (or BIAs)—the organizations that watch over commercial strips across the city—have been quietly stepping in and up, too.

FILM: It's Family Day, and the NFB Cinema is celebrating with two free programs featuring a great mix of new and classic award-winning shorts. Screening at 12 p.m., 2 p.m., and 4 p.m., program one features The Log Driver's Waltz, Léon in Wintertime, The Sweater, and The Danish Poet (winner of the 2007 Oscar for best animated short). Program two (screening at 1 p.m. and 3 p.m.) features an equally strong lineup, with Asthma Tech, Glasses, The Dingles, and The Cat Came Back. As always, NFB Mediatheque also offers thousands of titles that can be viewed any time at their digital viewing stations. NFB Mediatheque (150 John Street), various times, FREE.