Eric Morse — The mysteriously irritating noise from Regent Park may be on the verge of exorcism. For the past five years, residents of Lower Cabbagetown (south of Spruce) have been troubled by an irritating low-frequency hum emanating from a ...
Read More »British invasion of museum
Alan Bennett may be a very well-known British stage and screen writer whose films include The Madness of King George (1991) and The Lady in the Van starring Maggie Smith, which featured at TIFF 2015. But to those of a ...
Read More »GTA condos lead surging July home sales
Mary Gallagher — Toronto Real Estate Board President Mark McLean announced record home sales for the month of July. Greater Toronto Area REALTORS® reported 9,880 sales through TREB’s MLS® System, representing an eight per cent increase compared to July 2014. ...
Read More »GTA July 2015 vs. July 2014 non-home lease rates, prices
Mary Gallagher – Toronto Real Estate Board President Mark McLean announced that TREB Commercial Network Members reported a combined 323,761 square feet of leased industrial, commercial/retail and office space in July 2015. This result was down by 11.6 per cent ...
Read More »BIA eyes halt to truck delivery traffic during rush hours
Toronto is looking at increasing no-parking times on major Downtown east-west streets during morning and afternoon rush hours so streetcars can move faster. The city’s Transportation Services (TS) is studying increasing times for no parking, stopping or left-turns on Queen, ...
Read More »Lawyer to swim Lake Ontario to raise cash for melanoma prevention
Michael McIsaac, a 32-year-old Wellington West resident and lawyer at Beard Winter LLP—as well as a two-time Ironman who has raced in over 30 triathlons—will embark on a marathon swim across Lake Ontario, totalling 51 kilometres and approximately 20 hours ...
Read More »Your help is needed to save our trees from the heat wave
The past few weeks of extreme heat coupled with lack of rain is putting urban trees at risk, say urban forest advocates at LEAF (Local Enhancement & Appreciation of Forests). They are calling on residents to help the trees along ...
Read More »Five insulation questions to ask when house-hunting
Tara McClinchey— Knowing about a home’s insulation is an important part of assessing how much energy your new purchase will consume, and should be considered before making such a big investment. While a first step is to examine the heating ...
Read More »Healthy Butcher recalls smoked fish for botulism contamination
The Healthy Butcher is voluntarily recalling smoked fish from the marketplace because it may permit the growth of Clostridium botulinum. Consumers should not consume the recalled products described below. The affected products were sold in variable weight packages at The ...
Read More »What does it mean when Jesus offers a woman ‘Living Water’
Carey Kinsolving — “We can learn that the gift of salvation is open to everyone in the universe,” says Elizabeth, 12. “Even though the woman was a Samaritan, Jesus said that if she had asked, he would have given her ...
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