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Canton

Zero Plus Fish and Chips bar : More than just a meal, a community hero

Jingyi Ji·
Business & Culture
·6 March 2025
A Cardiff restaurant has been top three finalists in Community Engagement Award . What did they do for the local people?

Volunteers with learning disabilities find community in cleanliness drives

Arna Chatterjee·
Science & environment
·6 December 2024
Voluntary group in Canton gives space to everyone to feel involved with the local community through litter picking efforts.

Try to repair instead of replacing items this festive season

Arna Chatterjee·
Science & environment
·29 November 2024
Repair Café, Canton urges people to make conscious decisions towards sustainability while buying this festive season.

“Don’t mourn it when it’s gone,” warns Cardiff pub campaigner.

Daniel Taylor·
Business & Culture
·28 November 2024
Cardiff’s drinking culture is at risk, as pub closure crisis deepens across Wales.

Cardiff’s oldest adult store brought back to life thanks to Covid

Xinyu Zhao·
Business & Culture
·22 November 2024
Last remaining adult shop in South Wales has seen a sharp surge in customers from all walks of life looking for better sexual experience.

Cardiff Canton Property Surge: How Should Residents Respond?

Mengxi·
Business & Culture
·15 November 2024
The value of real estate in the Canton area of Cardiff has continued to rise since 2017.

Cardiff taxi drivers squeezed by Uber’s rise and reduced spaces

Xinyu Zhao·
Politics & social justice
·15 November 2024
700 taxi drivers in Cardiff are challenged by ride hailing platforms and the lack of support from the council.

“Our sport is at the heart of the community”- Gaelic Football in Cardiff.

Éanna Macaoidh·
Sport & health
·16 March 2023
There is far more to Irish culture than drinking on St. Patricks day. Why not sample the nation's favourite sport instead?

Cardiff family reunited with their cat after 3 months

Shaurya·
Global city
·16 December 2022
A Cardiff family was reunited with their seven month old pet kitten thanks to a Facebook post after she was lost for three months.

Repair and reuse: the people keeping items out of landfills

LUYAO SHAO·
Science & environment
·24 March 2022
Repair Cafes have saved 350,000kg of waste out of landfill, helping to protect the environment, save people money and bring communities together.

Losar ’22: How Cardiff’s only Tibetan temple celebrated the new year

Tirth Trivedi·
Global city
·10 March 2022
At the Kagyu Samye Dzong, you may find the closest thing to Nirvana on this side of the Severn.

Tackling the slump: the battle Wales faces to keep rugby’s head above water

Roohi Mariam Peter, Elliot Topham, YIQING LIU and Xize Wang·
Sport & health
·17 December 2021
With rugby being a large part of Welsh culture and community, why are clubs struggling to recruit local, young men? 

Little Green Stores: zero-waste refill shop opens to encourage sustainability in Cardiff

Elinor Griffiths·
Business & Culture
·10 December 2021
New shop owner wants to change the way people shop through refillable products.

Craft kit vending machine makes drinkers do something creative

Ka Long Tung·
Business & Culture
·10 December 2021
The craft shop challenged the idea of selling snacks in a vending machine as the first craft kit vending machine in Cardiff launched.

Community Garden: St John’s church begin creating urban nature hub

Elliot Topham·
Business & Culture
·3 December 2021
Canton residents have been putting their plan for a social garden into action with residents pulling their weight to create the inclusive community green space.
Open sign and products

Canton Independent Market Opens: Local traders find a new home after eviction

Emily Janes·
Business & Culture
·19 November 2021
Corp Market, a hub for independent traders opens in Canton and brings with it hope for the business owners and the local community.

Cowbridge Road: Safety Concerns For Pedestrians According To Canton Shopkeepers

Elliot Topham·
Business & Culture
·19 November 2021
The recently completed pavements on Canton's busy retail road are the centre of confusion for pedestrian right of way.

Council promises to accelerate recycling rates despite lockdown hiccup

Roohi Mariam Peter·
Science & environment
·19 November 2021
The Council is taking measures to boost recycling to meet the targets for waste management in the city.

‘We are scared to deal with death’: artists come together to honour their friend’s dying wish in Cardiff

Oojal Kour·
Business & Culture
·19 November 2021
Award-winning theatre group talks about grief with a gut-wrenching satire on their late friend's passing.

The Super League could have brought some positive impact, according to a local club

Elin Wyn·
Sport & health
·29 April 2021
A Canton club believes the Super League might have brought investment to local clubs along with wider community benefits.

Tennis for all: Cardiff community residents worry that they will need to pay to play tennis in the future

Hengyu Zhou·
Sport & health
·22 April 2021
A public tennis court used by community residents was found to be closed without notice.

Canton’s fresh look: Cardiff will have its first abstract road crossing

Haoran Lin·
Business & Culture
·22 April 2021
As part of the improvement projects, an art work will be installed as road crossing later this year.

Cardiff restaurant beats the lockdown making it into the Michelin Guide

Chiara Castro·
Business & Culture
·29 January 2021
A look at Nook where sustainability, passion and sense of community are the ingredients for the success.

The Corporation Yard: Cardiff’s best hidden street food venue

Elin Wyn·
Business & Culture
·25 November 2020
A visit to Cardiff's newest street food venue.

Cardiff trees under threat because of the new housing developments

Lilian Yang·
Science & environment
·24 November 2019
To protect the living environment of wildlife, the campaigners in Canton Cardiff are fighting against tree replacement proposal.
Two Canton residents after community litter picking event.

Local librarians taking on Canton’s litter problem

Patrick Pester·
Science & environment
·22 November 2019
Librarians are leading a community group of volunteers addressing the problem of rubbish on the streets of Canton.
Canton

Multicultural, arts and greenery: 10 things you need to know about Canton

Anna Hart, Lilian Yang and Niyati Chawla·
Business & Culture
·1 November 2019
A buzzing, dynamic and diverse suburb of Cardiff, Canton is home to many interesting places and activities you can get involved in.
Buddhist Meditation centre Canton

Buddhist Meditation Centre in Canton: Training individuals in mindfulness and Yoga

Niyati Chawla·
Business & Culture
·28 October 2019
The centre which is largely run by volunteers, aims to help individuals to improve their well-being through mindfulness.
People are playing beach volleyball on the sand court

The best place to play beach volleyball in Cardiff

Yu-Chen Li·
Sport & health
·25 October 2019
There is a spacious sand court in the park in Canton, owned by Cardiff Beach Volleyball club.
A business card reading Twin Made Studios sitting in a pile of multicoloured yarn

Knit a scarf, start a business

Hannah Robertson·
Global city
·16 January 2019
Meet the local entrepreneur who is teaching crafting classes and business tips side-by-side.
A small cactus with a Santa hat and beard sits next to a succulant pot in the window of a Bone Yard container

Storage containers house Canton businesses

Hannah Robertson·
Business & Culture
·7 December 2018
Looking for a place to find a unique Christmas gift, or a place to blow off some pre-holiday stress? Check out The Bone Yard, Canton's small business storage container community.

Women of the World Caerdydd 2018

Hannah Robertson·
Politics & social justice
·1 December 2018
How has the "Year of the Woman" impacted local discussions around women's equality?

Traffic and Littering – Canton’s Biggest Issues?

Le Lu, Joseph Power, Hannah Robertson, Francisco Rodríguez and Vinayak Shanker Sharma·
Business & CultureGlobal cityScience & environment
·16 November 2018
Canton enjoys the highs and lows of being just outside the city centre. What are the main concerns of the people here?
A girl in a pink shirt looks down into a pond

Thompson Park afternoon activities

Hannah Robertson·
Global city
·28 October 2018
What are favourite sunny afternoon activities among the residents of Canton?

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