John Sewell — Enough already. The serious problems at the Toronto Community Housing Corp. (TCHC)  have gone unresolved for several years and it’s time for change. Disrepair, bad management, lack of good governance by a distant board of directors—the TCHC ...

Craig Saunders — Education cuts proposed by PC leader Tim Hudak put students’ health and safety at risk, jeopardize student achievement and will effectively kill the full-day kindergarten program that has proven to be a boon to families across the ...

Michael Schwartz – The St Lawrence Neighbourhood’s proposed heritage conservation district (HCD) came under scrutiny at its second public consultation. On April 10, attendees at Snell Hall on Church St. heard from the professionals behind the HCD. They also learned ...

David White — “Representing real people who make real wine has always been very important to me,” explained Danny Fisher, the general manager and beverage director of Ripple, a wine-focused restaurant in Washington, D.C. “When you’re drinking wine—or any kind ...

Kimberly Spice — Talk to Elizabeth Highlanda year ago and she would never have believed she would become an author of two novels, which are loosely based on her own life called the chronicles of Elizabeth Highland, Volume I and ...

Dennis Hanagan – A section of the Pan Am Athletes’ Village in the West Don Lands will be transferred by the province to Toronto’s Aboriginals for a health centre when the 2015 summer games are over. The centre on a ...

Paulette Touby – In a time when >whassup? serves as a greeting, >sweetheart has been replaced by >hookup and cursive writing supplanted by digits, Toronto’s First Post Office at its AGM on May 12  offers us a glimpse into the ...

Kimberly Spice – It was a natural progression for actor Matthew Bennett to start his own production company, Blue Rage Entertainment Inc., after 20 years in the business and to produce his own major motion picture, Straight Kill. Based in ...

Robin Careless – The Gooderham & Worts Neighborhood Association—a nonprofit organization that covers the Distillery and Canary Districts—held its annual meeting on March 31. Formed in 2001, the association represents the five inhabited buildings in the area and meets to ...

Dennis Hanagan – A former Toronto city councilor told a Queen’s Park committee that Toronto should remain under the purview of the Ontario Municipal Board (OMB)—a body current councillors say meddles in the city’s planning business, and they want rid ...