Parents living in the St. Lawrence Neighbourhood are alarmed about reports that effective Dec. 14, space inside the local community centre will be used as an after-hours homeless shelter. With only five days’ notice, moms and dads are hearing that ...
Read More »‘Serious dog attacks’ in Cabbagetown
At least three family dogs have been victims of very serious dog attacks in the Winchester and Sumach area. In each case, two medium sized dogs, 40 to 50 pounds each, were involved. The most aggressive one is smaller with ...
Read More »St. Lawrence Neighbourhood: the key to affordable housing?
Ronny Yaron was one of the first residents to move into the St. Lawrence Neighbourhood in Toronto 37 years ago. A single mother of two, Yaron was tired of moving house and was seeking a sense of community. She knew, ...
Read More »Wong-Tam wants report on development pressures
With Downtown building growth outpacing necessary services such as health care and sewers, Downtown Councillor Kristyn Wong-Tam and the Toronto and East York community council have asked city staff to report in January on ways to handle the pressure. The ...
Read More »Here comes the snow! Here’s how to deal with it
Snow. It’s a fact of life in Canada. And when the snow starts to fly, it can affect how we get around. Drivers and cyclists want to have roads cleared quickly and efficiently to allow for the movement of traffic. ...
Read More »North St. Lawrence Market artifacts reveal clean vendors
Archaeological work at the demolished North St Lawrence Market shows cleanliness was very much the order of the day for its vendors. It had to be, with all the food they handled. “It’s not as artifact rich. Really, it’s not ...
Read More »Downtown religious leaders urge funding for poverty relief
Downtown religious leaders are urging the city to put funding into its Poverty Reduction Strategy. More than 100 leaders across the city, under the coalition Faith in the City (FITC), have signed a declaration calling on city council to add ...
Read More »Plans for The Well at Front/Spadina get council’s praise
Downtown development proposals and their developers aren’t often praised by Toronto community council, especially when they override community and city wishes then appeal to the Ontario Municipal Board to get their way. But praise is what Diamond Corp, Allied REIT, ...
Read More »Viewpoint: A finish and a future for St. Peters congregation
In the amalgamation service for St. Peter’s and St. Simon’s Anglican Churches, it was mentioned how difficult this process is for St. Simon’s, the accepting church. However, nothing was said of the grieving congregation of St. Peter’s Church or of ...
Read More »Corktown needs its noisy TTC track
A meeting between Corktown and Distillery District residents and TTC officials held Nov. 16 to discuss streetcar noise issues on the Distillery Loop end of the new Route 514 inaugurated June 19, demonstrated, if nothing else, that the views of ...
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