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Francisco Alvarez named OCAD University’s Executive & Artistic Director, Galleries System

OCAD University has appointed Francisco Alvarez as Executive & Artistic Director, Galleries System, for a two-year term beginning September 26, 2016. Alvarez has extensive experience in the arts, heritage and cultural sectors, most recently as Executive Director with Heritage Toronto, ...

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Mural blooms on Cabbagetown wall

Eric Morse— On August 23, by commission of the Old Cabbagetown BIA, Downtown artists Michael Cavanaugh and Poonam Sharma set forth to create Cabbagetown’s latest mural on the south wall of the Parliament St. Volunteers were Nicole Rogers, Dina Blanco-Pene, ...

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Seen: DYBIA Supports College Park Rink

Dennis Hanagan – On July 6, the 2,000-member Downtown Yonge BIA handed over $250,000 to the City of Toronto toward the cost of a new artificial rink and rink house at College Park which is undergoing a $5.5 million rejuvenation. ...

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Downtown Seen August 2016: SLNA Canada Day Festivities

Dennis Hanagan – On July 1, several hundred party-goers gathered at St. James Park to celebrate Canada Day presented by the St. Lawrence Neighborhood Association. The event featured live music and red and white maple leaf birthday cake. First Nations ...

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Downtown Seen August 2016: Regent Park Athletic Grounds Unveiled

TJ Edwards – On June 29, the Regent Park Atheletic Grounds at the corner of Shuter and Suma Streets were unveiled as a state of the art community gathering point with a convertable soccer and cricket pitch, a children’s play ...

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Hanlan’s Point was named by Brits ‘Gibraltar Point’ in 1700s

Bruce Bell — On the hot sweltering Tuesday afternoon of Aug. 10, 1909, passengers lining up waiting for the ferry to take them to the coolness of the Toronto Islands could see a thin line of smoke rise above their ...

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The huge downside of flying to NYC via Newark

Rachel Wong — Whether it’s to visit family, to attend an event or for work, New York City is a place I travel to quite often. I’ve flown into all three of the city’s major airports at some point or another, ...

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INHALE Toronto Air Monitoring Training Session July 28th

Join the Toronto Environmental Alliance’s INHALE Project for an air monitoring training and learn more about our city’s air quality, how it’s measured and how citizen science tools can fill in some of the gaps in data. Starting at the ...

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Cabbagetown Air Monitoring Walk July 26

The Toronto Environmental Alliance (TEA) will host its first Air Tracking Community Walk in Cabbagetown this afternoon! TEA’s INHALE Project is gathering and mapping data on air pollution in Toronto’s downtown core. Our goal is to use this data to ...

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Bathurst Quay safety audit finds speeding cyclists ignore stop signs

Dennis Hanagan – Cyclists who don’t obey stop signs and roll through intersections were on the minds of Bathurst Quay residents when they made a safety audit of their neighbourhood July 11. About 30 people gathered at the Waterfront Neighbourhood Centre ...

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