By Richard L. Reinert – A final meeting of the Distillery District working group on Sept. 10 has ended in frustration over the fate of the Clear Spirits condominium project looming large in the heritage community. According to Lester Brown ...

By Richard Holt – Leslieville is becoming a safer place for residents thanks to a neighbourhood watch group. Local resident Kathy Korimsek has revived the Leslieville neighbourhood watch chapter. The reason, she says, is to bring people in the community ...

By Rollo Myers – Torontonians, still in shock over the loss of 1850s Walnut Hall, will be pleased to learn that Little Trinity Church, the owner of those remaining historic mid-19th-century buildings at 399 and 403 King St. E., has ...

By Miranda Beninger – There are over 250,000 registered dogs in the city of Toronto, and not enough off-leash parks to exercise them, according to Leslieville councilor Paula Fletcher. Off-leash areas in the city encourage community interaction and happy dogs, ...

More than 80 per cent of Toronto’s “Tent City” dwellers—94 of the original 116—have overcome homelessness thanks to rent supplements and other community supports, according to a study commissioned earlier this year by WoodGreen Community Services and funded by Human ...

Mondial Energy Inc. has installed Ontario’s largest, most powerful solar thermal heating system at one of WoodGreen’s affordable housing sites on Toronto’s Queen St. East. The installation is a partnership between WoodGreen Community Services and Mondial Energy, which builds and ...

Distillery hosts summer information meeting The Junior League of Toronto (JLT) is hosting and information evening on Aug. 21 from 6:30 to 9 p.m. at the new Young Centre for the Performing Arts, located in the Distillery District. “This event ...

By Catherine Tammaro – Fresh-faced Siobhan Bonisteel sits amid the organic market on a sweltering Tuesday afternoon in Riverdale Park. Her father, Cabbagetown’s country-blues musician Johnny Pearl, has just finished helping her to set up her tent and pulls away ...

By Arthur Gron – The city’s perennial battle with the constant accumulation of garbage in the waters of the inner harbour is being waged by Jason Smith, Brad Potter, and Kurt Nielson. The three waste warriors from Harbourfront are keeping ...

‘Security and Prosperity Partnership’ conspirators to meet in Quebec By Allison Wells – As some of you may know, Canada is in the process of aligning its policies with those of the USA. Very quietly. Without public debate. It is ...