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Waterfront Toronto is closing the northbound lane of Cherry St. from Lake Shore Boulevard to just north of the Lakeshore East Rail Corridor until Dec. 23. The Cherry St. 172 bus will be rerouted. For more, email info@waterfrontoronto.ca.

Riverside resident Eugene Kurz was running on adrenaline when he drove up to Newmarket at 7 a.m. on a Saturday morning, but there’s no rest for the president of the Toronto Stiga Table Hockey League (TSTHL) on the day of ...

St. Lawrence Neighbourhood residents were not thrilled by a proposed 34-storey mixed-use building at 75 The Esplanade and made this clear at a public consultation on Oct. 27. However, as taller buildings become more and more prevalent, city planners are ...

T he 51 Division annual toy and food drive is underway and continues until Dec. 21. Please bring donations in clear, sealed plastic bags to the 51 Division lobby at 51 Parliament St. Many seniors will go without meals this ...

Young people are heading to city centres, abandoning the suburban life of spreading lawns and wide driveways that their parents embraced, according to urban designer Ken Greenberg. Following the Second World War the North American dream was to have a ...

At the Nov. 3 annual general meeting of the St. Lawrence Market Neighbourhood BIA at the Novotel Hotel on The Esplanade, many changes were discussed. The BIA formally declared its intention to merge its logo with that of Old Town ...

The rapidly evolving Canary District and the potential for improved Waterfront transit were hot topics at the West Don Lands Committee (WDLC) meeting on Oct. 26. Developer Dundee Kilmer’s Peter Zimmerman provided an enthusiastic update on the state of the ...

Downtown Yonge BIA and city hall want to make Toronto’s main street into an around-the-clock arts and culture hub with more space for pedestrians and less for vehicles. The prospect of turning Yonge into a permanent pedestrian mall—at least between ...

Linda Kroboth — With the holidays just around the corner, the St. Lawrence Market Complex celebrates two anniversaries this season; the 40th year of the Christmas Tree Lot and current owner/vendor Jeff the Tree Guy is celebrating his 25th Anniversary ...

Heritage buildings in the St. Lawrence neighbourhood where the City of Toronto began 222 years ago—known then as the Town of York—are to be protected from demolition and alteration under a Heritage Conservation District (HCD) plan that Toronto community council ...