Author Archives: Bulletin Editor

Secrets hide beneath AGO Picasso painting

TORONTO and HOUSTON – In Houston, Texas, at the American Institute for Conservation conference, Sandra Webster-Cook, Senior Painting Conservator at the Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO), presented new research findings on a masterwork by Pablo Picasso from the AGO collection: ...

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Cabbagetown BIA launches mural vote 2018

After the incredible success of our “Welcome To Cabbagetown Mural” on the side of the LCBO at Winchester and Parliament in 2016, Cabbagetown BIA is excited to bring Toronto’s historic Cabbagetown another mural thanks to a grant from the City ...

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Weekend events with road closures in Toronto

Several events in Toronto this weekend will involve road closures as described below. Residents and visitors are encouraged to come out and enjoy these events. Businesses in the areas affected are open to pedestrian traffic but some roads will be ...

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Building contractors: Send us your success stories!

An author invites business owners from across Canada to share stories for upcoming book. Are you a successful contractor who wants to share your expertise with others?  Laura Patton, author of the upcoming book Profit Ability: Secrets to Success for ...

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Don’t scapegoat refugees; build housing—OCAP

Faced with a rise in refugee claimants fleeing harrowing conditions of war in their countries of origin, and racism in the United States, politicians from all three levels of government are blaming the decades-old shelter crisis on people in desperate ...

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Trudeau costs us for his energy-sector failings

Justin Trudeau is forcing Canadians to pay for his failure to support the men and women of Canada’s energy sector. Kinder Morgan is walking away from a major energy project here in Canada. The company never asked for a dollar ...

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How Animal Reiki revitalized Daisy

Daisy, our 11-year-old black-grey-white mixed-breed dog (aka mutt) whom we rescued from the Toronto Humane Society pound almost that many years ago, was suddenly limping and spiritless. As anyone who sees her regularly (or even spasmodically) in the St. Lawrence ...

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How can love cover sin?

Explain the Proverb, “Hatred stirs up strife, but love covers all sins.” “While I was eating lunch with my friends, one of them told another he was fat,” says Connor, age 7. “The word ‘fat’ upset my friend and me.” ...

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Toronto declares Milkweed Day for butterflies

The City of Toronto has joined other cities across North America to help protect the endangered Monarch butterfly by signing the tri-national Mayors’ Monarch Pledge. The pledge, created by the National Wildlife Federation and supported in Canada by the David ...

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Young entrepreneurs who won’t mind their own business

Hamza Fasih is a young man with a dream and a desire to never work for anyone else. A fitness enthusiast, Hamza started Altius Fitness with nothing more than a Twitter handle, a single client and an idea. “It was ...

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