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You can win the war over city’s big bins

By Eric Morse — It’s rather like the weather. Everybody complains about the garbage bins but nobody ever does anything. Since the Day of the Bins hit the Downtown neighbourhoods, there has been a storm of complaints about the aesthetic ...

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Rugby player takes on Miss World pageant for charity: needs gown

By Joshua Baillie — Miss World Canada finalist Gwen Elliot doesn’t just want to be a beauty queen, she wants to be a national role model. That’s why the 20-year-old Downtown resident is trying to raise a record amount of ...

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Visit museums, galleries on library card

The Toronto Public Library has an amazing new item in circulation: the Museum and Arts Pass, or MAP. The MAP, which can be borrowed using a valid adult library card at any Toronto Public Library branch, grants family access to ...

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Waterfront Toronto plans meetings

The  third and final public meeting has been scheduled to discuss the Queens Quay revitalization project’s environmentral assessment on March 25. Waterfront Toronto’s board of directors will meet on March 25 and May 13, while the design review panels will ...

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Literary ‘feast’ at North Market April 2

On April 2 from 6 to 8:30 p.m., Downtown book lovers will get face-time with local authors. Dozens of Toronto authors will sell and sign their books, mingle with readers and conduct talks and interviews. Joy Kogawa and The Bulletin’s ...

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Cabbagetown gallery opens

Gordon Daniel’s, a new art gallery at 460 Parliament St. and currently the first in Cabbagetown, has opened its doors with “Duotones” by young photographer Sai Sivanesan. The opening was a packed house graced by  Sivanesan’s mentor, famed Canadian and ...

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SmartCentres smarting at OMB loss

Says it will accept the decision in an announcement following Leslieville Big Box development cancellation By From SmartCentres – All the voices have been heard, and we lost. While disappointed, we respect the process and the decision of the Board. ...

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Leslieville wins against Big Box invasion

OMB rules employment lands a developer wanted to use to build a Wal-Mart and other monster retailers don’t provide enough to rank as an employment district Leslieville residents have won the Battle of the Big Boxes. The employment lands that ...

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How about a Multimillionaire tax?

Gouge the super rich to avoid a deficit, bail out the economy and reverse the current slump? By Community Commonwealth Association – There’s a way for the government to finance economic recovery without creating a huge deficit, with a Multimillionaires ...

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Happy Food Freedom Day!

No, it doesn’t mean free food, far from it By Stacy Ferris – On February 12, 2009, the average Canadian will have earned enough income to pay his or her individual grocery bill for the entire year. In observing Food ...

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