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As a part of the pre-bid phase for Expo 2015, Toronto 2015 World Expo Corporation undertook a number of feasibility studies to determine whether an Expo would be right for Toronto. From the onset of the evaluation of the potential ...

The search is on for six women and one young woman to be the 2007 Women of Distinction. The awards honour six women and one young woman between 17 and 24 who have improved the lives of other women and ...

Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty announced Sept. 22 that George Smitherman, Minister of Health and Long-Term Care, will serve as Deputy Premier. “Minister Smitherman has helped our government make tremendous progress in bringing down wait times, ensuring we have more doctors ...

By Ingrid Gadsden – For residents of Percy Street, a 14-foot wide laneway in Corktown containing 11 narrow townhouses dating to Victorian times, Christmas came early this year. It came the day Tricon Films, producers of Green Force, an upcoming ...

By Stephanie Raymond – The neglected and overgrown space on the west side of Princess Ave. will be getting a makeover this fall thanks to $1500 in funding won by the St. Lawrence Neighbourhood Association. The grant awarded by the ...

By Eleanor McDonald – Residents of the 8-storey Hugh Garner Co-op building, joined by Architect Monica Kuhn and Alex Waugh, and the chair of the Ontario Trillium Foundation local Grant Review Team, marked a milestone Sept. 21 with the completion ...

Club spokeswoman Constance Nobes details, “Since the Press Release on the TKBGC Safe Walk Program requiring funding to carry on, there have been a few people who have stepped up to the plate to try to keep the program operational. ...

By Frank Giorno – After years of inactivity downtown Toronto’s long-awaited and much-delayed Metropolis Entertainment Complex is finally taking shape. The gaping whole in the ground that stood idle for the better part of six years now has been filled ...

MP Olivia Chow hosted a community picnic at Stanley Park on Sept. 16. The picnic was in aid of forming a new neighbourhood association for the growing Liberty residential and business community. For more information about the association, or to ...

The Corktown Residents & Business Assoc. will be holding a community yard sale in Sackville Park on Sept. 30 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. The rain date for the event is Oct. 1. CRBA will provide publicity and advertising ...