Dennis Hanagan – Community council has given the green light to redevelop two notable Downtown sites. The landmark Canadian Bank of Commerce building and its majestic columns at 197 Yonge St. north of Queen will be incorporated into a 60-storey ...

Up until the late 19th century nearly all stage actors spoke their lines directly to the audience rather than to the other actors on stage and in most cases in an overly dramatic and bombastic style of acting that early ...

Dennis Hanagan – Ryerson students have started a study of Queen St. E. in Riverside from the Don River to DeGrassi St. hoping it’ll lead to the area being designated an official city heritage conservation district (HCD) to preserve its ...

Eric Morse – A state secret of parkette planning was revealed at a May 14 community consultation on Clover Hill park chaired by councillor Kristyn Wong-Tam. It’s apparently the same secret as successfully dressing for dinner: put on all your ...

Gives their jobs away to foreign temps to satisfy his corporate masters By Dennis Gruending – New research conducted by the Canadian Labour Congress shows that in recent years migrant workers are filling most of the new jobs created in ...

What all of this says is that a major commercial air operation belongs at Pearson, not on Toronto’s waterfront By Brian Iler – The wisdom of locating a busy commercial airport on Toronto’s waterfront is questioned once again by these ...

Eric Morse – In the wake of the unveiling of the Riverdale Farm stewardship group in April, the city is moving ahead with its establishment of a similarbut-different structure for the St. Lawrence Market Precinct advisory committee. A Real Estate ...

Dennis Hanagan – Judging by audience reaction, councillor Adam Vaughan said what a lot of people were thinking about the Ontario Municipal Board (OMB) at April’s Toronto East York community council meeting. Vaughan dumped on the OMB for interfering with ...

Dennis Hanagan – Volunteers from 51 Division will survey residents in Regent Park, St. Jamestown and the Sherbourne corridor this May to hear their concerns about safety in their neighbourhoods. They’ll be asking questions as part of the division’s summer ...

Dennis Hanagan – Five 51 Division officers will be recognized in May: one for rescuing people at an Ontario St. chemical spill, and four others for investigative work including guns and gangs. Inspector Gary Meissner announced the honours at the ...