Dennis Hanagan – Naming the new George Brown College student residence in the West Don Lands area after black businessman Thornton Blackburn and his wife Lucie would be a source of inspiration for Geneve Gray. Gray is black and studying ...
Read More »Racy story of elite TO family Reviewer couldn’t put down this Toronto elite’s racy family memoir
Paulette Touby – For those of you who feel your mother somehow got you into this mess The Mousehouse Years might resonate. Velvet Haney did not speak at her mother’s funeral. This book is Velvet’s eulogy, she says. Except there is ...
Read More »Community wins with new Market plan North Market demolition must be completed by next September
Eric Morse – After a three-year delay, the reconstruction of the North St Lawrence Market is once again under way. Councillor Pam McConnell and the city project team briefed a gathering of 100 very interested residents and stakeholders at St Lawrence ...
Read More »Cherry St. traffic relief at long last benefits Distillery District
Dennis Hanagan – After more than two years of traffic snarls in the Distillery District life suddenly got better in mid-November for the District’s residents and shoppers, especially for those who drive. On Nov. 17 fencing that blocked the road and ...
Read More »Green bin program picking up
Dennis Hanagan Of the 4,000 buildings across Toronto that the city collects garbage from about 3,600 have joined the city’s organic recycling program, says Rob Orpin, director of Toronto’s collections and litter operations. One of the landlords that Orpin’s department ...
Read More »Consulations for River St. condos deferred
Dennis Hanagan – Residents will have their say later this year about two condo towers proposed for River St. at Shuter. One is 26 storeys and the other 34 on River St.’s east side. They’re being proposed at a time ...
Read More »City okays Niagara towers, wants community benefits, Abbatoir rules
Dennis Hanagan – Two residential towers for 89-109 Niagara Street near King and Bathurst were approved by city council at its August meeting. The 12 and 14-storey towers will be connected by a 5-storey podium. The plan includes the retention ...
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