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Read More »Esplanade ash trees falling to forester’s axes
Bulletin Staff & Toronto Forestry — Some of the magnificent trees adjoining The Esplanade are falling to the arborists’ axes in defensive action against the emerald ash borer. The Emerald Ash Borer (EAB) which has devastated ash trees in southwestern ...
Read More »Esplanade youth group’s 4th annual basketball tourney
Charlene McGeachie — This was The Esplanade Community Group’s 4th Annual Basketball Tournament in late July and the response from the community has been amazing! We keep getting bigger and better every year. We had many sponsors this year (there is a ...
Read More »Blame Nelson the rainmaker for our recent downpours
Nelson is a former U.S. Navy Seal who does outside work for the St. Lawrence Market Neighbourhood Business Improvement Area (BIA). Among his jobs is watering the decorative planters BIA puts in some areas. Just prior to the latest downpours, ...
Read More »New gym for Cabbagetown, St. James Town, Regent Park youth
Jays Care Foundation will unveil a brand new Jays Care gymnasium for the Toronto Kiwanis Boys and Girls Clubs (TKBGC). The development of the gym was made possible through a $100,000 Field of Dreams grant, and will offer Cabbagetown, St ...
Read More »Celebrate butterflies at Tommy Thompson Park August 24
The Fifth Annual Tommy Thompson Park Butterfly Festival features guided butterfly walks, and educational displays at this free, family friendly event on August 24 from 10am to 3pm. Late August is the prime time to get a glimpse of the ...
Read More »Jack Layton to be remembered with sculpture and renaming of Toronto’s ferry docks
The revered former Toronto NDP city councillor, occasionally holding the title of “Acting Mayor” or “Deputy Mayor” of Toronto was leader of the New Democratic Party from 2003 to 2011. He was the Member of Parliament for Toronto-Danforth from 2004 ...
Read More »Esplanade basketball court in the pink, even if its replacement may not be pink
Frank Touby — It may not be the same glorious pink surface that St. Lawrence Neighbourhood young people so enjoyed playing basketball on, but it will be a restoration and perhaps an improvement. The charitable arm of Maple Leaf Sports ...
Read More »Is this a North Market or a maximum-security prison?
Historic, world-famous St. Lawrence Market needs a new North Market building to replace the temporary garage it’s been forced to use for decades. That priority that has been abandoned by an amalgamated city hall that considers our Downtown a place ...
Read More »India Independence Day celebrated Downtown
Bashir Nasir — Top Canadian leaders, including Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne, ministers and MPs, joined thousands of Indians Panorama India’s India Day Festival and Parade celebrating India’s 67th Independence Day on Saturday featuring cultural performances and a colourful parade in ...
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