Every so often, the people at Ford let me try out one of their cars for a week or so. This is why you see the occasional writeups on their cars in the Gadget Zone from time to time. (Mazda ...
Read More »Choose a career where you don’t dread Mondays!
Sandra Dawes— Go to school, get an education, get a job, and become successful. That’s what many of us have been told is the formula to living a happy, fulfilled life (though I guess I should throw getting married and ...
Read More »Charcot Marie support group meets May 13
CMT – what is it? Named after the 3 physicians who first described it in 1886, It is a group of inherited disorders that affect the peripheral nerves, which are the nerves outside the brain and spinal cord. CMT is ...
Read More »Bell in Brief: Hutchinson Block still stands on Wellington
John Hutchison was born in Scotland in 1817 and moved with his parents to Montreal in 1828. He went on to be employed with the mercantile firm of Torrance and Co. and in 1847 he came to Toronto where he ...
Read More »Ports Toronto sells Harbour Commission building: will be restored
PortsToronto announced on May 1 that it has sold its property at the corner of 30 Bay and 60 Harbour Streets to Oxford Properties Group (Oxford) and Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB), who will each own a 50 per ...
Read More »Community AIR: Huge public asset to be sold by Ports Toronto
Federal Liberals approve with no community input Brian Iler for Community AIR— Ports Toronto announced they have Federal Liberal approval for the sale of a massively valuable 1.8 acre parcel of land at 30 Bay / 60 Harbour St. in ...
Read More »Bell in Brief: Ernst and Young’s Concourse Building rebuild is facadism at its finest
It’s been a while since I’ve been as excited about a new skyscraper in Downtown Toronto as I am over the 40-storey Ernst and Young tower being built at 100 Adelaide St. W. just west of Bay St. What makes this ...
Read More »McConnell hosts environment day May 6
Join Councillor McConnell and your neighbours at our 2017 Community Environment Day on May 6, 2017, from 10 am to 2 pm, along the Esplanade near Lower Sherbourne. Drop off for recycling or proper disposal: Computer Equipment & Peripherals; Audio/Visual ...
Read More »Berczy Park pet-friendly social event set for May 6
Friends of Berczy Park invites all pet-owners and their furry companions to a series of spring- and summer-time social events in Berczy Park starting on Saturday May 6. Stop by the park for free coffee from Tim Hortons and pet ...
Read More »Crombie Park cleanup set for April 23
Spring is here and that means it’s time to clean up the parks. The annual David Crombie Park clean-up is scheduled for Sunday, April 23, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
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