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Eric Morse About 1% of the population have rheumatoid arthritis, or RA. It’s an autoimmune disease that primarily attacks the joints but also does serious and often life-threatening damage to other vital body systems and organs like the heart. And, ...

Dennis Hanagan — Cycling advocates want bike lanes on Yonge St. from Lake Ontario to Steeles Avenue. “Those of us in bicycle advocacy believe if you build it they will come,” says Burns Wattie with Cycle Toronto. An October public ...

Dennis Hanagan – If you live in the St. Lawrence Neighbourhood and you’ve seen people outside your home making notes chances are they were volunteers with the St. Lawrence Neighbourhood Association. They’ve been studying buildings in the neighbourhood hoping to ...

Eric Morse – Who’s speaking up for Allan Gardens?” Architect Michael McClelland wants to know. The Gardens, one of the largest Downtown parks, was founded in 1858 and received its present name in 1901. Its Victorian-style conservatory, c. 1910, famous ...

Dennis Hanagan — Cycling advocates want bike lanes on Yonge St. from Lake Ontario to Steeles Avenue. “Those of us in bicycle advocacy believe if you build it they will come,” says Burns Wattie with Cycle Toronto. An October public ...

Dennis Hanagan – A resident in the Sherbourne and Wellesley neighbourhood says Wellesley-Magill Park has an odour problem, possibly stemming from dog urine. “This summer it seemed to be worse than last,” says Kevin Gilchrist. He raised the issue at ...

Michael Schwartz Skillful and skeptical questioning has greeted consultation regarding the proposed 50-storey development at 25 Richmond St. E. and 20-26 Lombard. The Oct. 15 public meeting saw city planner Angela Stea chair and field courteous-but-testing comments and questions. Developer ...

Harrison Lowman – Church Wellesley Neighbourhood Association (CWNA) members are skeptical about proposals that would see Downtown Yonge St. act as a breeding ground for start-up businesses, citing unwarranted and soaring rent prices that will scare off entrepreneurs.  The city  ...

Dennis Hanagan – There’s a notion that once artists move into a neighbourhood for its cheap rents they gentrify the place and then new developments—like condos—move in, forcing up rents and forcing out artists as they search for other cheap-rent ...

Dennis Hanagan – A Heritage Toronto plaque will be unveiled Nov. 14 at Ryerson’s Mattamy Athletic Centre, 60 Carlton St., to commemorate Maple Leafs Gardens. One of the most renowned arenas in the history of hockey, Maple Leaf Gardens hosted ...