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Slice of kindness: selfless selfies Pizza photos feed a need

Dennis Hanagan – What started as a school project for social-media Ryerson student Noura al-mutairi has been picked up by people around the world and it’s drawing attention to the plight of homelessness. “Our professor wanted us to use social ...

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Growing Downtown wards to get more councillors? Additional consultation on ward boundaries set for November

Eric Morse – The last Federal electoral redistribution ended up drawing riding boundaries right through the middle of some old and cherished central Toronto neighbourhoods, including the St. Lawrence Neighbourhood, Corktown, the Distillery District and Bloor St. E., and residents ...

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Keen kids play chess in queue Intuitive chess players

Dennis Hanagan – St. Bartholomew’s Anglican Church and the Centre for Social Innovation, both in Regent Park, have teamed up to collect unwanted chessboards so children who attend the Daniels Spectrum in the evenings will have something to do as ...

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51 Division adds new community response officers to Moss Park beat

Dennis Hanagan — Toronto Police 51 Division has added a new kind of police officer to its patrols in the Moss Park neighbourhood. They’re called neighbourhood officers and, unlike primary officers and those in the Community Response Unit who deal ...

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Old Town BIA plans big for 2015

By Eric Morse The St Lawrence Business Improvement Area (SLBIA) held a well-attended annual general meeting on Oct. 28 at the Houston Ave. Bar & Grill. Executive director Al Smith introduced DTAH, the architectural and planning firm chosen in a ...

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Planner panel wants walkability in our grey concrete city

Duncan McDonald — Waking up in the morning, getting on your bike or waiting at your local transit stop, the thoughts of your surroundings may or may not affect you. But the placement of parks, how they are interconnected, the ...

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SLNA plans for 2015: engagement

By Michael Schwartz The St Lawrence Neighbourhood Association (SLNA) looked back on 2014 and planned for 2015 (which will include a new BIA food and drink event) at the Oct. 29 delegates’ meeting led by president Dwight Peters. A draft budget has ...

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Union Station-to-airport must be made affordable

Public facilities such as the soon-to-arrive (2015) express train to Toronto Pearson Airport from Union Station must be public, not strictly for the well-heeled and those who can deduct business expenses. So the proposed $20-$30 1-way fare to Pearson is ...

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Cabbagetown is not forgetting its Anniversary Park meeting Oct. 1

Eric Morse – Anniversary Park, in the triangle of land on the northwest corner of Parliament and Gerrard streets, is, to put it bluntly, a spooky place. It has a fountain, and a grassy patch, and trees. But the canopy ...

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Market meeting cannot be held until after election: McConnell

Eric Morse – Planning for the North St Lawrence Market and the temporary market to the south of the South Market is re-surfacing after a delay of four years since the plans were first announced in 2011. However there will ...

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