By Dennis Hanagan – Ricky Rodrigues found a way to make high school homework fun. That’s probably why the Queen West student finished Grade 12 this year as the Toronto Catholic school board’s top scholar in what used to be ...

By Eric Morse – Prospect St. is a small residential avenue in Cabbagetown, running westward from Parliament just south of Wellesley Avenue, and opposite Amelia, which runs eastward toward the Don. On the north and south corners of Parliament and ...

By Anthony Marcusa – If waiting for the King streetcar can at times seem to take forever, then waiting for TTC service changes can seem to take even longer. The overcrowded and poorly timed King St. transit, a future Downtown ...

By Dennis Hanagan – Constable Gary Gibson has concise advice for people heading to Lake Ontario for a day by the water—“never go near the water by yourself.” Gibson’s a 34-year veteran of Toronto Police Services. He’s been with its ...

By Ken Smith – A shortlist of 15 well-known international artists has been selected to compete for a $1.4 million chunk of Old Town real estate. The artists are being considered to develop a proposal for a fog-and-light art installation ...

By Michael Schwartz – Plans for a 25-storey residential development on 592-596 Church and 67-71 Gloucester will meet with continuous hostility, judging by the opinions expressed at a recent community meeting, where what was intended to be a dialogue between ...

By David Vallance –  I’m again a candidate for mayor of Toronto solely for the purpose of raising the proposal of making Toronto the 11th province. For information on how that could be done please see www.provinceoftoronto.ca. In the 1980s I was ...

By John Sewell –  As a police officer handcuffed a young woman and stuffed her into a paddy wagon during the G20 summit in Toronto on June 26, he said, “That’s what you get for protesting.” This vignette, told by the ...

Two local youth were presented with Future Shop Future Leaders scholarships during a special celebration on Aug. 14 at the Future Shop store at 325 Yonge St. The scholarships, which are offered to help recipients fund post-secondary education, are presented ...

By Dennis Hanagan – The Queen West business community is taking the lead in a study that may determine the fate of heritage shopping districts throughout the Downtown core. The city’s official plan requires the zoning bylaw to “provide for ...