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By Eric Morse – Prospect St. is a small residential avenue in Cabbagetown, running westward from Parliament just south of Wellesley Avenue, and opposite Amelia, which runs eastward toward the Don. On the north and south corners of Parliament and ...

By Anthony Marcusa – If waiting for the King streetcar can at times seem to take forever, then waiting for TTC service changes can seem to take even longer. The overcrowded and poorly timed King St. transit, a future Downtown ...

By Dennis Hanagan – Constable Gary Gibson has concise advice for people heading to Lake Ontario for a day by the water—“never go near the water by yourself.” Gibson’s a 34-year veteran of Toronto Police Services. He’s been with its ...

By Ken Smith – A shortlist of 15 well-known international artists has been selected to compete for a $1.4 million chunk of Old Town real estate. The artists are being considered to develop a proposal for a fog-and-light art installation ...

By Michael Schwartz – Plans for a 25-storey residential development on 592-596 Church and 67-71 Gloucester will meet with continuous hostility, judging by the opinions expressed at a recent community meeting, where what was intended to be a dialogue between ...

Two local youth were presented with Future Shop Future Leaders scholarships during a special celebration on Aug. 14 at the Future Shop store at 325 Yonge St. The scholarships, which are offered to help recipients fund post-secondary education, are presented ...

By Dennis Hanagan – The Queen West business community is taking the lead in a study that may determine the fate of heritage shopping districts throughout the Downtown core. The city’s official plan requires the zoning bylaw to “provide for ...

By Dennis Hanagan – Toronto artists Michael Awad and David Rokeby have been named to compete with artists from Montreal and New York to provide an art installation at the 14,000 square-metre Ripley’s aquarium next to the CN Tower. In ...

By Kimberly Spice – Toronto’s community planning office sent a scathing report to community council recommending they refuse the current development proposal for 290 Adelaide St. W. The proposal, as described in the planning office report dated July 20, far ...

‘I cannot open windows or doors to let some air in after weeks of high temperatures from the noise coming from this deconstruction project.’ By Suzanne Batinovic – How can Councillor Vaughan, who was in integral part of CommunityAIR, an ...