Improvements will be underway this summer to Coronation Park, just west of the Bathurst Quay neighbourhood. The city has set aside capital funding of $350,000 for the work to include planting Silver Maples, restoring tree plaques and original pathways. It ...
Read More »Airport opponents hijack architects’ forum: Deluce not delighted
On May 28 at the Harbourfront Community Centre, the Toronto Society of Architects convened its third urban affairs forum of 2015. The topic was “Toronto Island Airport: Urban Design considerations.” The event was meant to be a dispassionate examination of ...
Read More »How about free money just for being a Canadian?
Frank Touby — How would your life improve if you had enough money to live in modest comfort without holding a job? What if you could go to university or college to study whatever caught your fancy without being concerned ...
Read More »Tory slips into the role of a slick pol
The performance of our new mayor, John Tory, Is slipping. He is turning out to be a polished politician, not a visionary city-builder. Tory is eloquent, almost to a fault. He utters all the right words but his words lack ...
Read More »Suburbanites are the tails wagging the city dog
Lots of people argue with the idea that the older city, with its compactness, mixed use and relatively high density of people, creates different social values than does the low-density sprawling suburb. They might argue, but the support for the ...
Read More »Toronto real estate home sales set a new June record: TREB
Mary Gallagher — Toronto Real Estate Board President Mark McLean announced that Greater Toronto Area REALTORS(R) reported 11,992 sales through TREB’s MLS(R) System in June 2015. This result represented a new record for the month of June and an 18.4 ...
Read More »Berczy Park PanAm protest against austerity and gov’t criminals
A March on Pan Am Climate and Climate Economic Calls for End to Displacement, Austerity & Climate Catastrophe Shell, US and Canadian Chambers of Commerce, Felipe Calderon, John Negroponte, Shimon Perez and most major banks and corporations are expected to be present at ...
Read More »Converting poo to power
The power industry can leave one feeling oddly powerless. Almost everyone needs power and many are concerned about its environmental impact, but very few of us have control over how it’s produced. This is why energy analyst and Downtown entrepreneur ...
Read More »McConnell hounded for off-leash commitment
It’d be a lot easier to get a fence for an off-leash dog run in David Crombie Park if neighbours could get together and agree on a plan, Downtown Councilor Pam McConnell told the St. Lawrence Neighbourhood Association in May. ...
Read More »Lawyer.com’s online directory goes Canadian
There are literally thousands of lawyers in Canada, but finding a lawyer who specializes in specific areas of law isn’t always easy. You may be looking for an expert to defend your employee rights, or perhaps you need a personal ...
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