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By Kimberly Spice – Development of the Entertainment District continues as one residential building squeezes in beside the CIBC on Queen St. west of Simcoe and another converts a heritage site on Adelaide west of John into a new destination ...

The Scadding Court Community Centre is hoping to recruit volunteer academic tutors for its free community course for young people who have become disconnected from the education system. In partnership with Ryerson University, volunteers will help provide support for class ...

By Michael Gregoris – Following a public outcry over what one group called a “secretive process,” Toronto’s transportation services has called a public meeting to discuss the possibility of revamping the Gardiner’s York-Bay-Yonge interchange and creating a local street from ...

By Duncan McAllister – The 51 Division community police liaison committee (CPLC) met on March 9. The meeting kicked off with a presentation on Toronto’s mobile crisis intervention team, or MCIT, units by nurse Ellen Marchildon from St. Michael’s hospital ...

By Kimberly Spice – CityPlace residents fed up with the constant construction of the rail lines running through their back yard lashed out at Metrolinx officials at the March 3 residents association meeting. Updating the corridor between Bathurst and Spadina ...

By Anthony Marcusa – If there was ever any Pan Am envy rising from the residents of Corktown, a project by an enthusiastic group of Ryerson students will likely quell it. While the West Don Lands are abuzz with development ...

By Kimberly Spice – The Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) does not see any need to enhance services on Parliament St.—but the Old Town Toronto Network (OTTN) hasn’t exhausted their bus dreams yet. The OTTN is gearing up for an effort ...

By Eric Morse – A curiously low-profile multi-level community consultation and planning process that has been underway in Toronto Centre for the past year or so made a stop in Cabbagetown on March 24. The brainchild of Toronto Centre MPP ...

By Duncan McAllister – The Church St. community may have scored a temporary win in their fight against the Gloucester Mansions development at 580-596 Church St. and 67-71 Gloucester St. In a letter to city hall, lawyers for the developer ...

By Kimberly Spice – Starting in April, pedestrians on the Martin Goodman Waterfront Trail along Leslie St. south of Lake Shore will see an increase in vehicular traffic as the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) starts to move out soil from ...