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Jini Stolk wins cultural award for promoting arts in Toronto

September 20th, 2012 · Comments Off on Jini Stolk wins cultural award for promoting arts in Toronto

The executive director of Creative Trust is keeping the arts alive in Toronto, one dance troupe at a time By Haley Steinberg Jini Stolk, a longtime Annex resident, was recently awarded the Toronto Arts Foundation’s William Kilbourn Award for the Celebration of Toronto’s Cultural Life. The work she has done to promote and sustain the […]

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Rosario Marchese: Local produce or aggregates?

September 20th, 2012 · 5 Comments

By Rosario Marchese, Member of Provincial Parliament for Trinity-Spadina Part of my job as a Member of Provincial Parliament involves participating on the committees that evaluate the effectiveness of existing laws. Earlier this year, my colleagues and I held committee hearings on the Aggregate Resources Act, the legislation that governs the operation of pits and […]

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Doug Gilmour hosts inaugural celebrity softball match

August 30th, 2012 · Comments Off on Doug Gilmour hosts inaugural celebrity softball match

NHL stars come out to support the Team Up Foundation [imagebrowser id=3] By Andrew Schopp As an NHL all-star, Doug Gilmour could score goals. But there were no home-runs from the Hall of Famer at the inaugural “Dougieball” softball match at Christie Pits Park on July 19. “Some of these guys with the power, they’ll […]

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Ossington laneway gets a mural makeover

August 19th, 2012 · 1 Comment

Despite the rain, roughly twenty artists came out to beautify the alley behind Ossington Avenue between Queen and Humbert streets. From Thursday Aug. 9 to Sunday Aug. 12, volunteers painted murals in the laneway, giving it a much-needed makeover. The art-in-the-alley project is one of many  initiatives organized by the Well and Good creative collective. […]

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