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A man was shot during daylight hours Monday on the west side of Jarvis Street and managed to flee to Henry Lane Terrace near the Toronto Hydro wall before slumping to the sidewalk with undisclosed but non-life-threatening injuries. Police swarmed ...

Ian Steer — Porter Airlines supporters missed the big picture at Toronto’s City Hall public hearings into allowing jets into an expanded waterfront airport. Ask any resident if jets like Boeings or Airbuses should be allowed at Billy Bishop airport ...

Michael Schwartz – Delegates at Feb. 26 meeting of the St Lawrence Neighbourhood Association (SLNA) at the Older Women’s Network co-op heard good news and bad news from guest speaker Pam McConnell. McConnell started her presentation by revealing a crisis ...

Robin Careless – A plan to develop controversial plot of land in the Church-Wellesley neighbourhood may finally have the community’s approval. The 2-acre lot at 11 Wellesley St. W. has been vacant for years. When the ownership of the land ...

Dennis Hanagan – Awalkway on Market St. between Front St. and The Esplanade may  be named Paul Oberman Walk in honour of the late Toronto developer and architect. His work included renovating  Market St. heritage properties. He died in a ...

Michael Schwartz – Sections of Regent Park fronted by Gerrard St. E. and River St. will now be developed following a  community council vote on Feb. 25. As a result of changes to previous permissions, 654 existing social housing units ...

Dennis Hanagan – Regent Park is closer to getting its athletic grounds with consultations underway involving community members offering ideas of what they’d like to see there. A meeting was held at the Daniels Spectrum Feb. 26 with about 150 ...

Dennis Hanagan – A developer’s plan to reduce a heritage building on Dundonald Street to just its façade is a tragedy, says Paul Farrelly of the Church Wellesley Neighbourhood Association (CWNA). “The loss of a heritage building is tragic,” Farrelly, ...

Dennis Hanagan – Moving Regent Park residents temporarily to the Rivertowne neighbourhood isn’t fair to the latter as it tries to build a stable community, says Councillor Paula Fletcher. “The notion is to create a new, healthy stable community,” she ...

Robin Careless – Every year, the Windmill Line Cooperative in the St. Lawrence Neighbourhood designates $1500 of its annual budget to go to charitable organizations. It then becomes the task of the co-op’s outreach committee to decide how that money ...