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Central Tech dome plan may limit community access to green space

Dennis Hanagan – The Toronto District School Board is still waiting to hear if it will be allowed to issue permits for public use of the playing field at its Central Tech high school. The city’s Committee of Adjustment (COA) ...

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Reliance on Land Transfer Tax risky: Home buyers need relief

Mary Gallagher— With Toronto City Council meeting tomorrow to give final approval to the City’s 2014 Budget, the Toronto Real Estate Board (TREB) is telling Councillors that the proposed budget’s reliance on the Toronto Land Transfer Tax poses risks and ...

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Workers savour union victory at Richtree, Eaton Centre

Renovated Richtree Eaton Centre location still a union shop, Labour Board rules Forty unionized restaurant workers took a big step towards justice today after the Ontario Labour Relations Board issued a decision confirming their union, UNITE HERE Local 75, continues ...

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TTC fares rise, some tickets are worthless after March 1

Adam Vaughan — As of Wednesday, January 1st, 2014, the cost of adult tokens will increase from $2.65 to $2.70 and the Metropass cost will rise from $128.50 to $133.75.  Cash fares will remain unchanged. An extra 5 cents cash ...

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Liberty Village wants integrated GO fare for commuters

Dennis Hanagan — A plan to set up an integrated GO fare for Liberty Village residents and perhaps build a second GO station there could be the start of something big, according to Liberty Village BIA executive director Lynn Clay. ...

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Hotel, residential development llisted for Ontario Place revamp

Dennis Hanagan – Consultants expect to have a conceptual design in place by January to show the public how a new park planned for the east side of Ontario Place could look. It could open in two years. At a ...

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Wellesley pool plans are going swimmingly

Eric Morse – Eight years in the fundraising, the Wellesley Community Centre swimming pool is about to enter the planning and construction process, councillor Pam McConnell told a kickoff town hall meeting Dec. 10. Originally budgeted with a pool at ...

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Vaughan praises ‘FrankenTower’ condos, planners disagree

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Dennis Hanagan – If it takes losing four heritage buildings to replace them with a new stock of heritage architecture then that’s a price that has to be paid, says Downtown Councillor Adam Vaughan. He made his remarks to The ...

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Developers corrupt condo watchdog, Marchese tells Cityplace

Kimberly Spice – Cityplace condo owners and renters attended the Cityplace Residents’ Association Town Hall Meeting Nov. 21 at the Renaissance Hotel to get an update on a number of outstanding issues in the neighbourhood. About 30 residents heard time ...

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Heritage Champions feted at Enoch Turner Schoolhouse

Held annually in December, the 2013 Annual Founder’s Dinner at the Enoch Turner Schoolhouse celebrates the Christmas dinner that Enoch Turner gave in 1848 to the poor Irish children in the Schoolhouse he built as the city’s first free school. ...

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