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Cabbagetown BIA approves landscaping study, graffiti cleanup

At the Cabbagetown Business Improvement Area’s March meeting, their board of management approved several new ideas that will help them create big changes along Gerrard, Parliament and Carlton. First, the Board approved a landscaping and design study for local shopping ...

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21st annual Toronto St. Patrick’s Day parade

Once again, it’s that time of year when we don our green attire and take to the streets in celebration. This year’s parade made it’s way down Yonge St. with perfect, albeit chilly weather. Sean Murphy, 2008 parade Grand Marshall was ...

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Yonge and Dundas Square soon to connect to PATH

The newly renovated public space at Yonge and Dundas, now known as Toronto Life Square, will soon have a new connection to Dundas subway station as well as the PATH, Toronto’s downtown walkway. The estimated completion date for this new ...

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Community improvements for St. Lawrence neighbourhood

City council has recently approved a community improvement plan for the St. Lawrence neighbourhood. The plan is quite comprehensive and is the result of many volunteers working with Kyle Knoeck, senior city planner for the downtown section. Projects are to ...

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Aftermath of Queen St. fire

hundreds of bystanders stood silently in awe… By Duncan McAllister – It was ominously quiet along Queen St. east of Bathurst, as the street was closed to traffic after the fire that razed almost a whole block of heritage shops and ...

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51 Division patrol snowstorm in Garden District

On the eve of the biggest, record-breaking snowstorm of the year, officers from 51 division were out patrolling Yonge St. in the Garden District Feb. 6. They were out on their regular foot patrols to keep things running and safe. Traffic was ...

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‘Spiritual Maze’ celebrates snowfall

By A Harmony Co-op Member – From the 6th floor of Harmony Court Co-op, Parliament St./150   Longboat Ave. – shows that snow shoveling can be fun if done by volunteering members with imagination and sense of humor …. this   beautiful ...

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Clean air coming to Toronto

U.S. lawsuit settlement will lead to cleaner air in Toronto A settlement in the lawsuit against American Electric Power (AEP) in  the United States (U.S.) will significantly reduce transboundary air  pollution in Toronto and improve the health of local residents,  ...

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Island airport crash threat

British crash revives concerns about similar vulnerability at Island airport By Dennis Findlay – CommunityAIR today released a copy of a letter it has sent to Minister of  Transport Lawrence Cannon detailing a number of serious safety  concerns at the ...

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Charges laid in connection to local homicide

Christopher Lewis, 23, of Ajax has been charged with first degree murder in the death of Jermaine Osbourne, 19. Lewis was arrested by members of the Guns and Gangs Unit on November 15, 2007. On Tuesday, June 6, 2006, police ...

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