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Entries from June 2010

The Queen’s Park G20 protest [PHOTOS]

June 28th, 2010 · Comments Off on The Queen’s Park G20 protest [PHOTOS]

On June 26, the Gleaner documented the Queen’s Park protests through photography. Check out these photos on our Flickr page. Perry King/Gleaner News

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It’s just two days

June 23rd, 2010 · 1 Comment

By Emina Gamulin Contrary to the apparent opinions of most Canadians released in a recent poll, we at the Gleaner see a lot of bad and little good coming to Toronto communities as a result of the G20 summit. Designated free speech areas, random police checks, razor-wired security fences, surveillance cameras, tear gas, sound cannons, […]

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Summer summit: Everything about the G20 you were afraid to ask

June 23rd, 2010 · Comments Off on Summer summit: Everything about the G20 you were afraid to ask

By Jacob Arnfield At a price of $1 billion dollars, with international financial leaders, media, police, and protestors all congregating downtown, the G20 will be an event unlike any other the city has ever seen. In case some of the disparate accounts have left you confused, here are some details for how the summit will alter the […]

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Choosen ones: local acts worth checking out at NXNE

June 15th, 2010 · Comments Off on Choosen ones: local acts worth checking out at NXNE

By Karen Bliss More than 2,500 artists applied for a spot at the 2010 North By Northeast music festival, which takes place all over the city from June 14 to 20, so the 650 bands and solo acts that were accepted have obviously been given the thumbs up from the organizers. “We have a jury […]

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U of T, locals butt heads over 42-storey proposal

June 10th, 2010 · Comments Off on U of T, locals butt heads over 42-storey proposal

By Tim Legault A proposal to build a massive 42-storey academic residence at 245 and 253 College Street, between Spadina and University, was met with a general unease from local residents during a May 18 community meeting. “Nice building, wrong location,” said Ceta Ramahalawansingh, who has lived in the area since 1971. She added that […]

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This week in adorable local news [PHOTOS]

June 9th, 2010 · 2 Comments

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Party’s over: Frats may lose rooming house exemption

June 8th, 2010 · 7 Comments

By Jacob Arnfield Is there a difference between a fraternity and a rooming house? Historically, municipalities with rooming house laws say yes. When Toronto’s rooming house legislation was first instituted, fraternity and sorority houses were exempted, but this is not likely to be the case for much longer. Earlier this year, Councillor Adam Vaughan (Ward […]

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Park Property without power: 22-storey building suffers 30-hour outage

June 8th, 2010 · 1 Comment

By Darko Milenkovic Residents of a 22-storey building in the Annex found themselves with neither electricity nor water during a weekend-long power outage last month. During a windy morning on May 8, a tree limb fell on top of a power fuse creating sparks and causing a partial power outage at 100 Spadina Rd, owned […]

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Tough cookie: Architect turned baker gets put to the test

June 8th, 2010 · Comments Off on Tough cookie: Architect turned baker gets put to the test

Horii has a passion and desire to keep creating. She noted that she has dabbled in other pastries, like cupcakes and three-dimensional cookies. “When people see it, they’re just blown away. The kind of satisfaction you get from that is what keeps me going,” she said. Her passion has not gone unnoticed. “I think it’s […]

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