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The orange wave has toppled the bastion of blue.

The New Democratic Party’s (NDP) recent sweep to power in Alberta should put the Conservative Party of Canada (CPC) on notice. Even if the right wing was united in that province, the combined seats of the Conservative and Wild Rose parties would not be enough to crush the wave. Meanwhile, the Liberals caused barely a ripple. It’s a clear signal that those living in the province wanted change.  Read more

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Led by David Suzuki Foundation Neighbourhood Park Ranger Aidan Nolan (above left), volunteers transform a canoe into a garden in front of the Tollkeeper’s Cottage at Bathurst Street and Davenport Road. A Community Canoe Garden Network initiative, the garden — one of 11 installed along the corridor of old Garrison Creek — creates an abundant habitat for bees, birds, bats, and butterflies while reminding residents of the lost rivers that flow beneath the city. Photo: Neiland Brissenden, Gleaner News  Read more

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Government urged to act now to reduce the risk of a rail catastrophe

By Arthur White

About 200 people attending an April town hall on rail safety learned that little has changed since they last met in November.  Read more

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Madison Avenue to become a Heritage Conservation District

By Annemarie Brissenden

What may be one of Toronto’s most historic streets was almost demolished to make way for an urban expressway.  Read more

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Christie Gardens residents clean up
Veronica Mallon-Dupuis, a resident of Christie Gardens Retirement Residence, helps to clean up the area on Earth Day, April 22. A small group of Christie Gardens residents picked up litter not only around the large building, but also from the grounds of neighbouring Frankel Lambert Park.
Photo: Brian Burchell, Gleaner News

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Local residents, David Suzuki Foundation volunteers, and members of the Mississauga First Nation fill a canoe — donated by the Beattie family of Collingwood — with plants that will create a thriving garden attractive to pollinators. Photo: Neiland Brissenden, Gleaner News

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Questions of density raised at PARA AGM

By Annemarie Brissenden

Palmerston Area Residents’ Association (PARA) members hoping to gain special insight into Gregory Henriquez’s plans for the redevelopment of the corner at Bloor and Bathurst streets had to settle for a presentation on the values underpinning his work.  Read more

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Joe Cressy (Ward 20, Trinity-Spadina) gets his hands dirty for Earth Day on April 22 by helping to fill buckets of compost that the city provides annually to local residents with gardens. Photo Brian Burchell, Gleaner News

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Toronto should join the chorus

By Mike Layton

As Canadians, we celebrate our differences from coast to coast, but there is one important thing that we all share in common, our natural environment.  Read more

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Artist was fascinated by Yorkville and hippie culture

Michael Waage was from Queens, New York. He came to Toronto in the 1960s working for a circus and loved it so much he returned. He became a street worker or social worker helping Yorkville hippies. Waage moved out to Vancouver in the early 1970s and passed away in 2006 from lung cancer. Courtesy of a private collection  Read more

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Avoiding the consumer trap that awaits new parents  Read more

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How to spice up the kitchen this spring

Nothing seemed more delicious to us as kids when we got in the door right after school on a cold day than hot buttered raisin bread toast lavishly sprinkled with cinnamon and white sugar with a cup of hot chocolate.  Read more

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