Let’s lead so they will follow
By Terri Chu,
The federal election has been lack lustre on the environmental front to put it mildly. In fact, finding an environmental platform from the three major parties to write about for this final piece before election day is akin to searching through Kim Kardashian’s twitter feed for words of wisdom. I decided a more enjoyable pastime would be sticking my head into the tailpipe of a “clean diesel” Volkswagen.
Frankenstein Live emphasizes language over spectacle
By Annemarie Brissenden
How does one reckon with the horror of one’s own creation?
It’s a question posed by Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus, and one asked of the audience in Frankenstein Live premiering this month at the Walmer Centre Theatre.
College and Russell streets facilities at risk
Brookfield, which is developing condominiums at the southeast corner of Spadina Avenue and College Street, says its property across the street, leased to CAMH, should be valued on highest and best use. Doing so would increase the hospital’s rent by as much as 333 per cent.
Brian Burchell, Gleaner News
Lillian H. Smith library branch celebrates 20 years
By Annemarie Brissenden
Can you remember the first book you ever read?
Heritage Toronto plaque honours poets MacEwen and Acorn
Pam McConnell (Ward 28, Toronto Centre-Rosedale), Christopher Hayes of Scotiabank, poet laureate George Elliott Clarke, and Heritage Toronto board member Kate Marshall unveil a plaque on Ward’s Island commemorating poets Gwendolyn MacEwen and Milton Acorn.
COURTESY HERITAGE TORONTO
By Annemarie Brissenden
Just as the stigma surrounding mental illness has started to dissipate, the College Street location of the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) is facing a crisis of its own.
Tags: Annex · Liberty · News · Editorial
RE: Bloor “foremost a public space” (July)
As someone who’s been pushing improvement in Bloor bike safety for at least a decade now, I’m glad that the Gleaner has kept up its coverage. And while I am in total agreement that improvements to bike safety are quite overdue in the Annex, I’m less certain that the proposed trials of bike lanes are in the right place or with the right timing.
Opining on rail safety, daycare, development, health care, and Bill C-51
Transition to green economy, stand up for civil liberties, and be fiscally responsible
By Nick Wright
I am running for the Green Party in the upcoming Oct. 19 federal election for University-Rosedale because it is the only party with a plan to solve the emerging global environmental and economic crisis and transition to a sustainable and prosperous way of life while standing up for civil liberties and fiscal responsibility.
44 Walmer Rd. faced changed to its character in 2001
In his Aug. 24, 2015 column for The Globe and Mail, “A pop art prize”, Dave Leblanc points to Alfred Holden’s May 2001 column in The Annex Gleaner about 44 Walmer Rd., a design by renowned architect Uno Prii. Leblanc reminds us that the questions raised by Mr. Holden in 2001 remain relevant today. Here is a reprint of that Gleaner column.
A tree that keeps fighting back
This elm, located on Bathurst Street just south of Dundas Street, thrives in the urban landscape against all odds and despite the continued presence of Dutch elm disease. Brian Burchell, Gleaner News
By Alfred Holden,
A review from when the Lillian H. Smith Branch was new
One of Ludzer Vandermolen’s griffins, which guard the entrance to the Lillian H. Smith Branch of the Toronto Public Library. Brian Burchell, Gleaner News
Pick a plan, the real enemy is inaction
For me, there is very little doubt that carbon needs to be priced. The only question is what mechanism we use as a nation to price it for the most effective carbon reducing strategy. I had the fortune of hosting the “Why Should I Care?” forum on carbon pricing in August. The two guests debated the merits of the carbon tax, the cap and trade, and the fee and dividend systems.