TheBulletin.ca Journal of Downtown Toronto
By Annabelle Goodman – 269 Augusta Ave. 416 340 9398 My friend and I had just seen a very disturbing film at the Hot Docs Film Festival. We decided to walk up Spadina Ave into Kensington Market to look for ...
Read More »CommunityAIR claims victory over Island airport
Toronto Port Authority said to have fought against safety improvements to protect school children and pedestrians against injury from out-of-control taxis and other Island airport traffic By Brian Iler – A flurry of activity over the past two weeks has ...
Read More »Journalists as a pack of dogs
Daniel Dale let the pack down by becoming the story. He broke and ran when he was right to stalk Toronto Mayor Rob Ford from public property. By Frank Touby – The sad case of Toronto Star reporter Daniel Dale ...
Read More »Cherry St., Don River park closed until 2013: Waterfront Toronto
By Anthony Marcusa – During the April meeting of the West Don Lands Committee (WDLC), members of Waterfront Toronto provided an updated timetable for several projects tied to the 2015 Pan Am games. Cherry St. between Eastern Ave. and Lakeshore ...
Read More »Residents state “no vacancy” for hotel site plan
By Michael Schwarz – Plans for low-rise residential accommodation at 620 Church St. have added to the existing controversy over the future of land surrounding Toronto’s Town Inn Suites hotel. Weeks after permission was secured for the expansion of the ...
Read More »Shelters, safety top Moss Park, Garden District to-do list
By Jon Stoller – Residents of Moss Park and the Garden District met with local politicians on April 23 to provide feedback and suggestions for the future of their community. The meeting, held by city councilor Kristyn Wong-Tam and Toronto ...
Read More »Trio of agencies lay groundwork for land trust: urban farming
Turning Parkdale backyards into food production could yield two things—one, lots of fresh vegetables for low-income residents, and two, the pairing of marginalized people with the general public to work in the backyard “farms.” One Parkdale worker sees the pairing ...
Read More »Funding won’t go far enough for Island farm
By Jon Stoller – Baye Hunter remembers taking her young daughters to Far Enough Farm on Centre Island, where they would feed the animals, collect eggs, and even carry manure home for their garden. Now, she is fighting to save ...
Read More »City in conflict of interest over Harbour St. skyscraper: residents demand cancellation
By Kimberly Spice – At a recent community information meeting concerns were raised with regards to a conflict of interest surrounding a Tridel 75-storey development at 120 Harbour St., west of York, and Build Toronto. Approximately 100 area residents attended ...
Read More »Comstock: Keep big-box development off waterfront
By Michael Comstock – Tourism to Toronto is lacklustre and has been for the past decade. Yet the usual suspects continue to run the business in the same boring manner, blowing $25-$30 million a year without a useful slogan or ...
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