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By Dennis Hanagan – Protecting the character of the Leslieville neighbourhood will be on the minds of residents invited to Morse St. Public School at 180 Carlaw St. on Oct. 3 for an open house about the future of Queen ...

By Dennis Hanagan – The city is continuing to haggle with waterfront property owners over details in the Central Waterfront Secondary Plan (CWSP). City planners and property owners’ representatives met for a brief Ontario Municipal Board (OMB) pre-hearing on Sept. ...

By Eric Morse – With planning for the 2015 Pan Am games finally coming together, city council has announced that it is exploring the feasibility of putting forward a bid for Expo 2025 and they are looking to the as-yet-undeveloped ...

Gary Smith — On Sunday Sept. 29, local animal rights activists from Toronto Pig Save, along with U.S.-based nonprofit Farm Animal Rights Movement (FARM), were at Quality Meat Packers in Toronto to protest the brutalization and killing of pigs. The ...

The STEPS (Sustainable Thinking and Expression on Public Spaces) Initiative, alongside its partner the St. James Town Community Corner, hosted an unveiling event to celebrate the completion of the world’s tallest mural on Toronto Community Housing property, 200 Wellesley Street ...

Cathy Crowe has been appointed distinguished visiting practitioner at Ryerson University. She’s a widely respected health professional, advocate for the homeless and affordable housing. She’ll help create Jack Layton Summer School for Youth Activism A long-time Toronto street nurse and ...

It has been a year since Mike Comstock died of pancreatic cancer last Sept. 22. He was a dear friend to so many on a personal basis and of the entire Downtown community. He was active as an enthusiastic unpaid ...

The Globe and Mail is moving to St. Lawrence Neighbourhood in the former Toronto Sun building at 351 King St. E., east of Sherbourne, in 2016 from their current location on Front Street West. The Globe and Mail will occupy ...

The Berczy Park working group which goes to the public Oct. 23 was formed to examine possibilities about the redesign of the iconic St. Lawrence Neighbourhood triangle that houses the Flatiron (Gooderham) Building on the east. Business representatives and local ...

Premier Wynne announced today that the Ontario government has put together an advisory panel to review Metrolinx’s Investment Strategy. The Premier stated that “the panel will help identify the best way forward, … help people in their everyday lives and ...