By Anthony Marcusa – Cityzen’s proposal for a 34-storey building to replace the Greyhound depot at 154 Front St. E. met with ready opposition at the community consultation on June 28. A hostile crowd poured into the Nathan Cohen Studio ...
Read More »Parkdale food bank could close next month
The food bank serves fresh and non-perishable food to as many as 2,800 people each month -making it a critical source of nutrition in one of the city’s poorest areas By Robert Thorpe – The Parkdale Community Food Bank is ...
Read More »Pan Am plan brings dirt, noise to site
By Anthony Marcusa – A critical time is approaching for the development of the athlete’s village for the 2015 Pan Am Games—and residents of the West Don Lands are nothing if not vigilant about the fate of the development. But ...
Read More »Planners must flag potential heritage properties: roundtable
By Dennis Hanagan – Staff in city departments should “flag” buildings and landscapes they think might be potential heritage sites because Toronto’s Heritage Preservation Services (HPS) is too understaffed to build a comprehensive inventory of them, and that has caused ...
Read More »Queens Quay plan shaping up: fall 2011 construction target
By Kimberly Spice – The choking combination of gridlock and exhaust fumes along central Queens Quay will be a thing of the past as Waterfront Toronto transforms the area into a pedestrian, car friendly, street. At the June 9 community ...
Read More »Demand for full investigation of G20 atrocities
Green Party leader finally drops the save-the-earth stuff and gets down to the real business of seeking to save Canadians from government tyranny By Kieran Green – The Auditor General’s final report into the G20-G8 summit reveals a gross abuse ...
Read More »Off-leash ok for Clarence Park
By Kimberly Spice – In Clarence Park—half a kilometer and directly east of Victoria Park—the entire south portion will be transformed into a dog run in the hopes it will entice area pet owners to come to the pet friendly ...
Read More »Dufferin bridge plan not in line with residents’ vision for streetscape
By Dennis Hanagan – A proposal to raise the Dufferin Street bridge where it enters Exhibition Place will ruin a long-cherished view of Lake Ontario, the city’s public works and infrastructure committee heard on May 26. The part of the ...
Read More »No off-leash for Victoria Square pups
By Anthony Marcusa – Just as the words left his mouth lamenting the irresponsibility of some dog owners and park-goers, councilor Adam Vaughan paused to watch what looked liked a Boston Terrier race untethered across the delicate soil on Victoria ...
Read More »Dixon Hall poll closed
By Duncan McAllister – A long-standing polling place has had its Elections Ontario (EO) status revoked thanks to new provincial accessibility standards. Ironically, the removal of the Dixon Hall polling place at 58 Sumach from the list of voting locations ...
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