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By Kristyn Wong-Tam – Your voices have been very important in the City’s discussions on the issue of casinos. You came out in large numbers to the consultations at City Hall and the Metro Reference Library. Your emails, calls, and ...

By Bill Freeman – As Alice in Wonderland said, “This is getting curiouser and curiouser.” We are talking, of course, about the Porter Airlines announcement that they are going to buy a fleet of CS100 jets from Bombardier. Porter’s home ...

Hundreds of Torontonians joined local farmers April 9 to demand the federal Minister of Agriculture step in to stop the release genetically modified (GM) alfalfa, that farmers say threatens their livelihoods and their ability to produce the local food consumers ...

But the federal outfit figures its precious site on our lakeshore is only worth the same tax value as if it were out in the boondocks, like Pearson By Frank Touby – Toronto city council has narrowly defeated a move ...

Josh Bailie As an acclaimed actress, Kalista Zackhariyas knows the value of an opportunity. But that’s not by virtue of her profession—it’s from growing up homeless. She is a Cabbagetown resident and the star of the 2010 Canadian flick Snow. ...

Eric Morse – Compared to the relatively massive areas surrounding it (West Don Lands, Regent Park, St. Lawrence, Corktown is a microcosm. Its business and residents association bylaws used to define it as “that area in the City of Toronto ...

Dennis Hanagan – A proposed condo for Yonge and Isabella streets took a few hits at a public meeting Feb. 26 when some local businessmen and residents complained about the march of tall towers along Yonge from Bloor. The proposal ...

Christine Palka – When you want to find meaning, you might read a book, study history or conduct research in a lab, but few people would probably think to look to socks for life meaning. Dirty socks, in fact. Kim ...

Todd Ross – The new federal riding distribution has been released and the St. Lawrence Neighbourhood should feel blindsided as it will now be split across The Esplanade into two federal ridings—Toronto Centre to the north and Spadina Fort York ...

By Althea Linton – Harbourfront Centre’s Natrel Rink will close for the season Sunday, March 17, 2013 at 10 p.m. Over the winter months, it was the hub for all SKATE CULTURE activities at Harbourfront Centre—hosting to more than 150,000 ...