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An application proposing to redevelop 75 The Esplanade with a 34-storey mixed used building containing street level retail and residential uses above is going to community council this month. City staff are requesting authorization for a community consultation on the ...

Grange resident and animator Howie Shia is making his TIFF debut with the premiere of BAM. Public screenings are scheduled for Sept. 16 and Sept. 20. In BAM, Shia uses mostly traditional drawing techniques while combining a love for ancient mythologies ...

Dennis Hanagan A Wellington West man fought 6-foot waves as he crossed Lake Ontario Aug. 22 to raise awareness about melanoma, a skin cancer. He also raised more than $138,000 for the Douglas Wright Foundation to help people fighting the ...

The St. Lawrence Supper Club is repeating its popular St. Lawrence area discussion panel on Sept. 28 with three local speakers: councillor Pam McConnell, historian Bruce Bell and Al Smith, executive director of the St. Lawrence Neighbourhood Business Improvement Area. ...

The next public meeting of the Corktown Residents & Business Association (CRBA) is scheduled for Sept. 8 at 7 p.m. at the Little Trinity Annex, 403 King St. E. Visit corktown.ca for more information. Posted On: September 01, 2015

The city’s transportation services office is consulting the public about increasing no-parking times during rush hours on Queen, Dundas, and College and Carlton from Roncesvalles Ave. to Parliament St. so public transit vehicles can move faster. But the close-to 500-member ...

Members of the radical Ontario Coalition Against Povetry (OCAP) began blocking traffic at Canada’s busiest intersection, during the lunch hour rush today [Sept.17]. OCAP had earlier staged a rally and meal at Toronto City Hall and marched up to Yonge ...

Mark O’Neill — Not many people kick off their eighth decade with a 2,500 mile (4,000 km) cycling adventure, but that’s Cabbagetowner John Murtaugh’s big birthday goal. He wants to raise at least $25,000 for his favourite charity, Amistad Canada. ...

Bathurst Quay Neighbourhood Association needs help from residents and interested persons. The group calls for volunteers to conduct a  safety site walk regarding cyclists and pedestrians along Martin Goodman Trail in Bathurst Quay in conjunction with City of Toronto and ...

Eric Morse — The mysteriously irritating noise from Regent Park may be on the verge of exorcism. For the past five years, residents of Lower Cabbagetown (south of Spruce) have been troubled by an irritating low-frequency hum emanating from a ...