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By Eric Morse – On July 27, the grounds of the Little Trinity Church at King and Parliament were absolutely swarming with teens wearing brightly-coloured tees and armed with paintbrushes, rollers and implements of construction, beavering away madly at the ...

By Jon Stoller – Things are looking up for Far Enough Farm. The Toronto Island attraction, which was set to close at the end of June, was granted an extension by council until the end of the year, giving supporters ...

By Dennis Hanagan – Physically separated bike lanes on Wellesley St. can’t come soon enough for Downtown cyclist Brandin O’Connor. “I’m often doored by cars because there’s no separation between people getting out of their cars (and moving traffic). I ...

By Staff – Nominate a local hero. They are being sought by the St. Lawrence Neighbourhoood Community Recreation Centre (SLCRC) Advisory Committee and the St. Lawrence Neighbourhood Assoc. (SLNA) to receive the newly created P.J. Nicholson Award for Community Inspiration. ...

McConnell moves to expropriate the entire site and council agrees By ggustaf@toronto.ca – On Thursday, July 12, 2012, Toronto City Council unanimously adopted a staff report moved by Councillor Pam McConnell that confirmed intent to expropriate the remaining privately owned ...

Big dig for an unneeded tunnel to save airline passengers 5 minutes will muddy the waters and cause other harm if port authority gets its wish, says community group By Brian Iler – Toronto Port Authority (TPA), an independent federal ...

Lanes come with No Stopping Anytime laws which means businesses will suffer and disabled drivers won’t be able to park near medical facilities By Ken Andrews – I’m not against bike lanes per se, but part of the installation requires ...

Pandering to big business by Canadian & U.S. government lackeys is damaging our Great Lakes shores and the lakes themselves By Jonathon Shore – Doing nothing about the dramatic lowering of Great Lakes water levels is not an option, says ...

‘LEAF began in Leslieville as a small tree planting project back in 1996—trees we planted in backyards are now towering over the houses’ By Kyle Ferguson – The Leslieville Tree Festival is back for another year to celebrate the urban ...

Free online tool allows homeowners to calculate energy savings and other ecological benefits of their trees By Kyle Ferguson – LEAF (Local Enhancement & Appreciation of Forests) launched the Ontario Residential Tree Benefits Estimator (ORTBE), an online tool designed to ...