TheBulletin.ca Journal of Downtown Toronto
Here is a chance for local residents to truly make a difference in the lives of those in need in the community. The Distress Centres team is seeking volunteers to provide emotional support, crisis intervention and suicide prevention services to ...
Read More »Sewell: Cop-budget savings could aid at-risk youth
By John Sewell – You never know when constructive debate might break out, so I was surprised when it occurred in the midst of a fairly sleepy meeting of the Toronto Police Services Board on Sept. 20. I had just ...
Read More »Frank Touby: When ‘conservative’ was good
By Frank Touby – There was a time not too long ago when “conservative” stood for something honest and good. It described a political and social position that built North America. It meant honest labour was a high virtue, along ...
Read More »Comstock: Greens turned me red
By Michael Comstock – I had hoped to vote Green this election. It seemed like such a nice, political party. They have such a wonderful future-looking, save-the-planet bunch of platforms. I mean, what’s not to like? Well after making a ...
Read More »This time vote to defeat and win later
October 14 is the most important federal election Canadians have faced in decades, if ever. At stake may be the very fate of Canada as a nation. That is why you must vote strategically to prevent Stephen Harper from achieving ...
Read More »BIA helps create jobs for homeless
By Anisa Lancione – Joe MacDonald wants to put cash into the hands of panhandlers in an unusual way. MacDonald, public affairs manager of the Downtown Yonge Business Improvement Area (BIA), wants to put panhandlers to work through the city’s ...
Read More »Leslieville action group seeks volunteers for fundraiser
The ETCC is looking for a handful of volunteers to help organize a wine-tasting event for Thursday, December 4th. With the Smart!Centres OMB case scheduled to end next month, the ETCC will need all of the help it can get ...
Read More »WoodGreen calls on Torontonians to embrace Can-Do attitude
Toronto’s oldest and largest social service provider held its annual general meeting Sept. 25, reflecting on its ongoing work to make big changes happen in Toronto WoodGreen Community Services held its 71st AGM and marked the occasion by calling on ...
Read More »Mission accomplished: New youth room at venerable agency
By Eric Morse – The Yonge Street Mission, serving Torontonians in need since 1896 and located at the corner of Gerrard and Parliament since the 1960s, is dedicating a new suite of rooms for its youth and children’s programs. According ...
Read More »Waiting for Queen’s Quay
By Ulla Colgrass – The York Quay Neighbourhood Association (YQNA) recently welcomed the new WaveDeck at Spadina and Queen’s Quay—the first of three of elegantly curved wooden slips that connect the sidewalk with the water’s edge. This gem of a ...
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