Briefs

With the support of The Regional Municipality of York and the City of Toronto, LEAF is launching a new, subsidized Do-It-Yourself Tree Planting Program that offers personalized advice from an arborist through a virtual consultation. The new Do-It-Yourself program gives ...

—Paul B. Martin, City of Toronto The ramp from the eastbound Gardiner Expressway to York, Bay and Yonge Streets will be closed permanently as of Monday, April 17 at 5 a.m. The ramp will be replaced with a shorter ramp ...

Servier Canada, the Canadian subsidiary of Servier, the second largest French pharmaceutical company, has just opened its new offices in the TD Canada Trust tower at 161 Bay St. “Establishing a strong footprint in Downtown Toronto is part of our ...

Enercare Inc. proudly announced today a partnership with Toronto-based not-for-profit organization Red Door Family Shelter to support families and individuals in need of a fresh start. The Enercare Fresh Start Program provides simple necessities and small luxuries that make it ...

There are standalone internet radios that look and function like old-fashioned AM/FM radios, and then there is the uber-cool, ultra-capable Aluratek WiFi Internet Radio Media Player (model AIRMM04F) with 7 inch Touchscreen Display. Equipped with dual (5W+5W) front-facing stereo speakers ...

The city is changing the peak-period parking and turning restrictions on some sections of Queen Street east of Parliament St. as well as along Broadview Ave. and Kingston Rd. to help minimize traffic congestion and improve the flow of streetcars ...

Wellington Street, from Church Street to York Street will have lane reductions beginning April 10 until September 2017. Richmond Street or King Street will be alternative routes for westbound cyclists and drivers. The City of Toronto is taking steps to ...

CannaConnect has opened Downtown Toronto’s first medical cannabis education centre and clinic at 120 Adelaide St. W. According to CannaaConnect’s opening announcement, the new location will serve “a lot of professionals in Toronto who suffer from ailments such as anxiety, depression ...

The proposal to build an 8-storey condo on the Gerrard Street Beer Store site ran into complaints at a Cabbagetown South community meeting on Wednesday. The BIA has written a handy guide to panhandling: What’s legal and what’s not. There’s ...

Nature Canada’s Women for Nature is launching an exciting new Young Nature Leadership Grant today. The goal of the grant is to encourage, foster and nurture youth to demonstrate their own leadership for nature. Canadian youth are invited to develop ...