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Here is a chance for local residents to truly make a difference in the lives of those in need in the community. The Distress Centres team is seeking volunteers to provide emotional support, crisis intervention and suicide prevention services to ...

October 14 is the most important federal election Canadians have faced in decades, if ever. At stake may be the very fate of Canada as a nation. That is why you must vote strategically to prevent Stephen Harper from achieving ...

By Anisa Lancione – Joe MacDonald wants to put cash into the hands of panhandlers in an unusual way. MacDonald, public affairs manager of the Downtown Yonge Business Improvement Area (BIA), wants to put panhandlers to work through the city’s ...

The ETCC is looking for a handful of volunteers to help organize a wine-tasting event for Thursday, December 4th. With the Smart!Centres OMB case scheduled to end next month, the ETCC will need all of the help it can get ...

Toronto’s oldest and largest social service provider held its annual general meeting Sept. 25, reflecting on its ongoing work to make big changes happen in Toronto WoodGreen Community Services held its 71st AGM and marked the occasion by calling on ...

By Eric Morse – The Yonge Street Mission, serving Torontonians in need since 1896 and located at the corner of Gerrard and Parliament since the 1960s, is dedicating a new suite of rooms for its youth and children’s programs. According ...

By Ulla Colgrass – The York Quay Neighbourhood Association (YQNA) recently welcomed the new WaveDeck at Spadina and Queen’s Quay—the first of three of elegantly curved wooden slips that connect the sidewalk with the water’s edge. This gem of a ...

By Bulletin Staff – A single shot was fired by an unidentified shooter at the height of rush hour on Sept. 24.  The gunman fled past the Courtyard Marriott hotel after ditching the handgun.  Two people were reported fleeing west of Yonge onto Grosvenor, and were believed ...

By James Dalziel – Local volunteers and supporters are drawing up the front lines in a multi-year battle to raise funds for the War of 1812 bicentennial celebrations planned for 2012. The 2012 celebrations will mark the last time Canada ...

Should city politics be turned over to political parties? Before you utter a knee-jerk “No way!” think again. What’s the problem with city hall democracy today? Aside from the fact it’s not a democracy at all, it’s a closed shop ...