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Frank Touby — After 15 years as a health-food store owner with three locations, including Vital Planet, formerly in the North St. Lawrence Market from which he relocated a couple of year ago, Michael Granat is retiring. He plans to ...

A 28-year-old Canadian women’s record was broken by Lanni Marchant at the Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon today (Sunday). She finished with a time of 2:28. It was 36 seconds faster than a contestant ran in 1985. The previous record of ...

Ryan Bird — Donna Quan officially accepted the position of Director of Education of the Toronto District School Board. Quan, who has served as the board’s Acting Director since January, brings 30 years of education experience to the position. Director ...

Mentoring Juniors Kids Organization (MJKO) will be hosting their annual benefit to raise funds for their free programming that supports children ages 6-18 in developing self-esteem and a love for physical fitness in a safe and caring learning environment. MJKO ...

    If you have men who will exclude any of God’s creatures from the shelter of compassion and pity, you will have men who will deal likewise with their fellow men. —Francis of Assisi 1181 – 1226 All photography ...

Dennis Hanagan — When King West resident Sylvia Fraser sees “vulnerable, shivering, innocent” pigs through the slats in livestock trucks entering Quality Meat Packers on Wellington St. W. it makes her think of child abuse, too. “I’m here because of ...

Rollo Myers is a local hero. He’s manager of the Architectural Conservancy of Ontario and a long-time booster of preserving and highlighting Toronto’s historic past. Ontario’s legislature sits at Queen’s Park, but the original buildings used to be located on ...

By Kimberly Spice – At its general meeting on Sept. 17, the York Quay Neighbourhood Association (YQNA) heard guest speaker Ron Jenkins, sailor and nature photographer, share his concerns about the Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport (BBTCA) expansion plans. Approximately ...

By Dennis Hanagan – The city has armed itself with new ammunition to confront developers who want to dispute planning decisions for Yonge St. between College and Carlton and Charles streets in front of the Ontario Municipal Board (OMB). City ...

By Eric Morse – The Corktown Residents’ and Business Association (CRBA) has submitted an application to the city to have a paved sidewalk and lighting installed just north of the Richmond St. E. overpass between Power St. and St Paul ...