By Eric Morse – On September 5, 1914, at the old Maple Leaf Stadium on Hanlan’s Point, a young rookie with the Providence Grays minor-league baseball team connected with a pitch from Ellis Johnson of the Toronto Maple Leafs and ...

By Angela Scappatura – Next summer, a slice of stark brownfield along the Toronto waterfront will be transformed into Ireland Park, a serene corner dedicated to the penury and survival of the Irish Famine Immigrants of 1847. Robert Kearns, Chairman ...

Island parks staff have announced the closure of the Snake Island foot bridge, effective immediately. A new bridge and reconstructed footing are being installed. Repairs will take approximately six weeks.

Proposed TO panhandling ban: unconstitutional and expensive Anti-panhandling bylaw: Is it legal? Toronto municipal politician Jane Pitfield has proposed a “quality of life” bylaw to ban panhandling. The law courts have ruled that there is “expressive content” in begging that ...

A 24 year old female reports that on September 16, 2006 at approximately 4:47 a.m., she was walking in the vicinity of Gerrard Street East and Yonge Street, when two female suspects approached her. The suspects made a demand for ...

Dear friends, Here’s a really interesting and rare opportunity to tour Toronto Island Homes with the proceeds going to a cause that directly affects our neighbourhood.  The tour costs $45 and includes music, off-beat stories, art and food.  That’s on ...

Students across the Toronto Catholic District School Board have made tremendous gains in literacy and numeracy in recent years, with the latest EQAO assessment results showing improvements of between 3 and 10 per cent over the previous year. Board gains ...

It’s back-to-school season and once again the weather turned just as St. Lawrence Market’s Buskerfest was in swing. Downtown East was popping with street events this summer. There was a large turn out at Quay to Toronto, to see the ...

No real surprise. How could you expect anything different from a party that is comprised mainly of big-business types and countryfolk who are accustomed to dipping into pork barrels paid for by city taxes? The particular one that concerns us ...

By Frank Touby – He was our great blond hope: The man with the broom; the man who was going to make a clean sweep at city hall and rid us of the civil-service ineptitude and backdoor dealings that peppered ...