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A new report by Toronto Health says income is a factor in childhood disorders Children from low-income families are more likely to suffer from health problems such as asthma, tooth decay and obesity, said a report released by Toronto Health. ...

Submissions being accepted for the Junior Citizen of the Year Awards There’s an old Irish proverb that says: “Praise youth and it will prosper.” So often the accomplishments and good deeds young individuals perform are  overlooked and under acknowledged. We ...

By Angela Scappatura – The Salvation Army is working with community members to find an alternative to a planned mission on Parliament St., a spokesman for the group confirms. “We sensed from the BIA that there is a strategy to ...

Now from the brain trust that operates the Toronto Transit Commission comes word we need fewer riders. The TTC is just too crowded with passengers, so we’ll trim their numbers by about 6 million this year with a fare hike. ...

By Richard L. Reinert – A final meeting of the Distillery District working group on Sept. 10 has ended in frustration over the fate of the Clear Spirits condominium project looming large in the heritage community. According to Lester Brown ...

By Richard Holt – Leslieville is becoming a safer place for residents thanks to a neighbourhood watch group. Local resident Kathy Korimsek has revived the Leslieville neighbourhood watch chapter. The reason, she says, is to bring people in the community ...

By Rollo Myers – Torontonians, still in shock over the loss of 1850s Walnut Hall, will be pleased to learn that Little Trinity Church, the owner of those remaining historic mid-19th-century buildings at 399 and 403 King St. E., has ...

By Miranda Beninger – There are over 250,000 registered dogs in the city of Toronto, and not enough off-leash parks to exercise them, according to Leslieville councilor Paula Fletcher. Off-leash areas in the city encourage community interaction and happy dogs, ...

More than 80 per cent of Toronto’s “Tent City” dwellers—94 of the original 116—have overcome homelessness thanks to rent supplements and other community supports, according to a study commissioned earlier this year by WoodGreen Community Services and funded by Human ...

Mondial Energy Inc. has installed Ontario’s largest, most powerful solar thermal heating system at one of WoodGreen’s affordable housing sites on Toronto’s Queen St. East. The installation is a partnership between WoodGreen Community Services and Mondial Energy, which builds and ...