TheBulletin.ca Journal of Downtown Toronto
Airport claims drivers dirty airport washrooms. Look for additional fireworks at Aug. 27 9:30am TPA public meeting at Radisson Hotel, 249 Queens Quay W. By Bulletin Staff – Toronto Port Authority has barred taxi drivers from using their washroom facilities ...
Read More »Chess men get new table: Dick
By Eric Morse – In front of Metropolitan United Church on Queen St. between Jarvis and Church, they gather every day to play chess. A diverse crowd, all male, brought together by their life on the margins of society in ...
Read More »Downtown west study to assess development threat
By Dennis Hanagan – Trinity-Spadina councillor Mike Layton is calling for a study of Bathurst St. between Queen and the Dupont train tracks to determine what kinds of development and heights would be appropriate along that stretch. His call comes ...
Read More »Bathurst Quay silos may be next for redevelopment
By Kimberly Spice – A final verdict about what to do with the crumbling Canadian Malting silos and how the surrounding grounds will be developed is still a ways off, but with Build Toronto now at the helm, things should ...
Read More »Serve Toronto kids tackle tough chores for Downtown mission week
By Eric Morse – On July 27, the grounds of the Little Trinity Church at King and Parliament were absolutely swarming with teens wearing brightly-coloured tees and armed with paintbrushes, rollers and implements of construction, beavering away madly at the ...
Read More »Centreville saviour a mixed blessing for Island farm: matching funds
By Jon Stoller – Things are looking up for Far Enough Farm. The Toronto Island attraction, which was set to close at the end of June, was granted an extension by council until the end of the year, giving supporters ...
Read More »City recycles bike lane barrier idea along Wellesley-Hoskin corridor
By Dennis Hanagan – Physically separated bike lanes on Wellesley St. can’t come soon enough for Downtown cyclist Brandin O’Connor. “I’m often doored by cars because there’s no separation between people getting out of their cars (and moving traffic). I ...
Read More »Local heroes sought for PJ Nicholson honour: submit by Aug. 14
By Staff – Nominate a local hero. They are being sought by the St. Lawrence Neighbourhoood Community Recreation Centre (SLCRC) Advisory Committee and the St. Lawrence Neighbourhood Assoc. (SLNA) to receive the newly created P.J. Nicholson Award for Community Inspiration. ...
Read More »Porkers hit dry ground on lake tunnel scheme
City staff spurn TPA’s dream of dumping tunnel-dig waste back into the lake water. By Brian Iler – City of Toronto staff have slammed the Toronto Port Authority’s (TPA) proposal to fill in part of Toronto’s harbour. The report is ...
Read More »City saves historic First Parliament Site
McConnell moves to expropriate the entire site and council agrees By ggustaf@toronto.ca – On Thursday, July 12, 2012, Toronto City Council unanimously adopted a staff report moved by Councillor Pam McConnell that confirmed intent to expropriate the remaining privately owned ...
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