2003

December

• Rink news
• Rink Schedule
• Rinkhouse suppers
• December story: Mary and Joe and the baby
• Parks and Rec revolution put on hold
• A surprise from the homeless man
• Farmers' Market news
• First-ever Christmas outdoor local crafts market: Dec. 18

November

• Skating lessons
• Thieves
• Alexandra rink
• Farmers' market
• City elections
• Firewood for the hot stove
• In memoriam: Ryva Novick

October

• Big parade
• Landmark court case
• Food in the park
• Skating news
• Bike tie-up rings
• Boy scouts/ girl scouts

September

• Nine September events
• Loud music - solutions
• Neighbourhood Fair
• Troubles at Cawthra Park
• Farmers’ market news

August

• Hydro Blackout!
• Blackout Aftermath
• Kyla and the Bike Rings
• Dave the Dog Walker
• August Events and Programs
• September Events
• Kitchen Update
• Friday Night Supper
• Racial Profiling Follow-up

July

• Water in the Park
• The Dufferin Park Farmers' Market
• Special Events This Month
• Summer-long Events
• Dufferin Park Youth Works
• Racial Profiling Follow-up
• Pit Bull Attack

June

• Best-ever summer camp
• Park Events and June 21: "Day of De Light"
• Dufferin Park Youth Works
• Arsenic news
• Race and police
• Dufferin Street Highway
• A new park kitchen
• Park fix-it inventory

April/May

• Arsenic in the playground?
• Grants for the park
• Neighbourhood artists and performers
• Kids’ soccer, neighbourhood soccer
• Park war vigil
• Wal-mart security comes over
• Coming events
• Homeless in the park with a dog
• Good works by park friends
• Our new web site

January/February

• The trouble with crowds
• Arsenic playgrounds
• Rink Safety
• Park Friends
• Rink Schedule or Fun With Snow Shovels
• City-Wide Rink Survey
• Organic Farmer's Market
• Friday Night Supper
• Homeless in the park
• Puppets on Ice

2002

Fall

• Fall events schedule
• Web site changes
• Arie seeks a room for rent
• Police and teenagers: editorial
• Parks management keeps their word

June/July

• Summer schedule/ special events
• Legacy benches celebration
• Dusk Dances Launch
• Performances of Gold
• "Fate of the Park II" meeting report
• June 18: meet the park managers

May

• The yurt is coming
• Food in the Park
• Citizens’ Hall "Fate of the Park II" meeting, May 30
• Waving the flag of truce
• Parks Dept. cancels newsletter printing
• Arie and his water cannon
• Heroes of trash, heroes of wood
• Help create a public art park bench

April

• Summer kid stuff
• Strange new permit rules
• Fifth annual matzo-baking
• Coming events
• Meeting in May

March

• A warm bed for Mimo
• Food in the park
• Gardening news
• Hockey stories
• Progress for Citizen's Hall
• The death of John Menga

February

• Citizens’ Hall: maybe a meeting
• Dogs’ Valentine campfire
• It's a small world
• Car thieves
• Food at the park
• Turkeys, part 2

January

• Rink Schedule
• No budget figures again
• Free turkey story
• Winter soup at the rink
• Mimo in the Winter
• Almost a visit...
• Dangerous cars, part 2
• Events

2001

December

• First weekend of rink opening
• Playground equipment
• Food in the winter park
• Citizens' Hall Meeting: Budget mystery
• Ice rink schedule
• Loblaws comes to the Park
• Grazing on the Commons Conference
• Mimo’s good luck
• Dangerous drivers
• Dufferin Race Track

November

• "Citizens’ Hall" meeting
• Mimo: Why he has not starved to death
• Report on events that happened in October
• Garden news
• Traffic concerns
• Ideas that Matter: grazing on the commons
• The Rink: Success. December 1 is opening day after all
• Food in the park

October

• The big parade
• Mimo needs a good suit
• Rink alarm
• New uses for the bake-oven
• Sports in the Park
• Arts in the Park
• St. Mary's
• Gardener's News
• Special Thanks

September

• Poetic Licence
• Events for September
• Police Issues
• Rink Alarm
• An Award for the Park
• Food at the Park

August

• If you love trees
• Police Cruisers
• Tasty dinners at the park
• July/ August events

July

• Dog troubles
• June events
• Lamb's quarters curry
• Portuguese parade
• Garden news
• Rink Letter

May

• Visitors from Inter-Church Kenyan Working Group
• Forestry Department: our heroes
• Mimo is back
• Stand-off with the Parks Department maintenance crew

April

• Technical Standards and Safety Authority Meeting
• Very successful dog walkers’ park cleanup
• Time for gardening
• Good news from the Parks Director

January

• Parks-related court case
• Funding for the park
• What is a rink?
• Bread baking
• Twelfth Night

2000

September

• Theatre and dance in the park
• Celebrations
• Gardens
• Food
• School visits and child-related programs
• Park Safety
• Community service orders and court follow-up
• A research centre at the park