{"id":542,"date":"2019-12-20T11:49:17","date_gmt":"2019-12-20T16:49:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/paulainslie.com\/blog\/?p=542"},"modified":"2019-12-20T11:49:17","modified_gmt":"2019-12-20T16:49:17","slug":"holiday-greetings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/paulainslie.com\/blog\/2019\/12\/20\/holiday-greetings\/","title":{"rendered":"Holiday Greetings!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Dear Scarborough-Guildwood\nResidents <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I would like to wish everyone\na wonderful merry Christmas and a happy holiday season, and also a friendly\nreminder to stay safe and warm during our colder months. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The City of Toronto&#8217;s Holiday\nWish List is live on the City&#8217;s website. The Holiday Wish List is a perfect way\nfor you, your family and friends to spread a little holiday cheer and for ways\nto help people who are homeless and vulnerable this holiday season, you can\nmake a donation to a community agency that serves them. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Holiday Wish List\nprovides details about agencies&#8217; name, location, and about what type of\ndonations they need. You can also volunteer with a community agency. The City\nof Toronto&#8217;s Holiday Wish List can be found <a href=\"https:\/\/www.toronto.ca\/business-economy\/partnerships-sponsorships-donations\/donate\/holiday-wish-list\/\">here.<\/a>\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Toronto residents and\nvisitors will be able to take advantage of many City programs and attractions\nthis holiday season, from outdoor winter recreational activities to indoor\nseasonal traditions. Details can be found <a href=\"https:\/\/www.toronto.ca\/home\/media-room\/news-releases-media-advisories\/?nrkey=B16AB8488E00EE5B852584D5006D4631\">here.<\/a>\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Toronto Zoo&#8217;s Terra\nLumina: An Enchanted Night Walk into a Bright Future opened on December 13<sup>th<\/sup>\ntaking visitors on a journey through a luminous vision of our planet&#8217;s future.\nFor tickets and more information on the outdoor immersive multimedia experience\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.torontozoo.com\/terralumina\">here.<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"318\" src=\"https:\/\/paulainslie.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/TerraLumina_Masthead-1024x318.jpg\" alt=\"TerraLumina_Masthead\" class=\"wp-image-543\" srcset=\"https:\/\/paulainslie.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/TerraLumina_Masthead-1024x318.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/paulainslie.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/TerraLumina_Masthead-300x93.jpg 300w, https:\/\/paulainslie.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/TerraLumina_Masthead-768x239.jpg 768w, https:\/\/paulainslie.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/TerraLumina_Masthead-1536x477.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/paulainslie.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/TerraLumina_Masthead.jpg 1610w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The CNE presents this year&#8217;s Aurora Winter Festival. Toronto&#8217;s Ontario Place will be transformed into a magical winter wonderland with beautiful skating rink, a tube park, massive light displays, a Christmas Market and more. For tickets and more information visit this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aurorawinterfestival.com\/toronto\/\">website.<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/paulainslie.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/aurora_social_post_1.png\" alt=\"aurora_social_post_1\" class=\"wp-image-544\" width=\"463\" height=\"387\" srcset=\"https:\/\/paulainslie.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/aurora_social_post_1.png 940w, https:\/\/paulainslie.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/aurora_social_post_1-300x251.png 300w, https:\/\/paulainslie.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/aurora_social_post_1-768x644.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 463px) 100vw, 463px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The City of Toronto&#8217;s\nTransportation Services&#8217; winter operation plans are in full effect this winter\nseason. Full details on the City&#8217;s Winter Operations can be found <a href=\"https:\/\/www.toronto.ca\/services-payments\/streets-parking-transportation\/road-maintenance\/winter-maintenance\/\">here.<\/a>\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can follow the City&#8217;s\nTransportation Services on Twitter @TO_WinterOps and the PlowTO Map where you\ncan track real time locations of plows, sidewalk plows and salt trucks which\nalso identify which roads have been serviced by winter snow clearing vehicles\nand crews. The PlowTO Map can be found <a href=\"https:\/\/www.toronto.ca\/services-payments\/streets-parking-transportation\/road-maintenance\/winter-maintenance\/plowto\/\">here.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To report any snow related concerns, please call 311, email <a href=\"mailto:311@toronto.ca\">311@toronto.ca<\/a>, or use the 311 app available online. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I wish everyone safe, warm and happy holidays. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All my Best,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Paul W. Ainslie<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dear Scarborough-Guildwood Residents I would like to wish everyone a wonderful merry Christmas and a happy holiday season, and also a friendly reminder to stay safe and warm during our colder months. The City of Toronto&#8217;s Holiday Wish List is live on the City&#8217;s website. The Holiday Wish List is a perfect way for you, &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/paulainslie.com\/blog\/2019\/12\/20\/holiday-greetings\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Holiday Greetings!&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-542","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/paulainslie.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/542","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/paulainslie.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/paulainslie.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paulainslie.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paulainslie.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=542"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/paulainslie.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/542\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":547,"href":"https:\/\/paulainslie.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/542\/revisions\/547"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/paulainslie.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=542"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paulainslie.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=542"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paulainslie.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=542"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}