TheBulletin.ca Journal of Downtown Toronto
Dear Mr Bell, I considerably enjoyed your article on Eatons and the Eaton family, mostly because every member of my (originally) Northern Irish extended family–including myself one summer when I was a student–worked there at one time or another, beginning ...
Read More »Letter: Mystery heads at Biagio
To Bruce Bell: At the back of the courtyard of Biagio Ristorante on the back wall of the North St. Lawrence Market is a row of concrete classical heads. Could you shed some light on their origin and meaning, and ...
Read More »Jamii hosts Multicultural Day event June 27
Jamii’s Patchwork Village exhibit has been migrating over the past month and a half to various areas of the park and is now in its final formation by Sherbourne and The Esplanade in a unifying circular shape. Jamii will be ...
Read More »SLNA Canada Day parade details
The SLNA Canada Day parade on July 1 starts at Sherbourne and The Esplanade at 11 a.m. The Canada Day Picnic will follow from noon to 4 p.m. at St. James Park with great music, free hot dogs, birthday cake ...
Read More »Legacy fund grants session June 26
Are you a Regent Park resident with an idea that will make an impact in your community? The Regent Park Legacy Fund is offering community grants of up to $1000 to make your vision a reality. Attend the info session ...
Read More »City going to OMB over Distillery ‘hotel’
Dennis Hanagan– City planners say a hotel proposed for 60 Mill St. at Trinity in the Distillery District was never contemplated under the Gooderham & Worts Special Identity Area and are advising city council that the plan be opposed at ...
Read More »Ports Toronto reports zero noise violations in 2015
PortsToronto, the owner and operator of Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport (the Island airport), released the airport’s 2015 annual Noise Management Report, a compilation of all noise data submitted to the airport’s Noise Management Office over the course of the year. ...
Read More »Volunteer to monitor air quality: mapping project
Davis Simor of Councillor Kristyn Wong-Tam’s office reports that the Ward 27 team met with the INHALE Project, an initiative run by the Toronto Environment Alliance, to hear about the project’s plans for the Downtown core communities. Per Simor: The ...
Read More »Viewpoint: Must make French version of national anthem gender-neutral as well
Canada is the greatest country in the world and the Institute for Canadian Values believes historical revisionists should leave the nation’s anthems as they have been. On June 1, Parliament voted 219 to 79 for bill C-210, the National Anthem ...
Read More »Catholic board approves balanced budget
Following extensive consultations and deliberations, the Toronto Catholic District School Board (TCDSB) trustees approved a balanced budget of $1.078 billion for 2016-2017 at its June 3 meeting. To achieve a balanced budget, the trustees approved $16.4 million in expenditure savings ...
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