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ON THE COVER: Ghost bike installed (July 2018)
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NEWS: Shock, sadness at cyclist’s death (July 2018)
July 18th, 2018 · 1 Comment
Tragedy results in memorial ride, call for greater safety By Temi Dada Cyclists gathered on June 20 at 6.30 p.m. to honour Dalia Chako with one final ride. Among the mourners at the ghost ride were family and friends of Chako, who was killed by a truck at Bloor and St. George streets on June […]
NEWS: PARA plans for a green future (July 2018)
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Annual general meeting includes Mirvish Village update By Ahmed-Zaki Hagar Future development and maintaining community green spaces were the main topics at a well-attended annual general meeting of the Palmerston Area Residents’ Association (PARA) on May 15. Kristina Reinders, a senior urban designer with the City of Toronto, spoke about the TOcore initiative, focusing on […]
NEWS: Bell wins ballot bunch (July 2018)
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NDP scores more votes than all rivals combined By Geremy Bordonaro Jessica Bell of the New Democratic Party (NDP) is the first ever Member of Provincial Parliament (MPP) for the newly formed riding of University-Rosedale. The riding, which encompasses the northern half of what was once Trinity-Spadina, includes all of the Annex. The 2018 Ontario provincial […]
CHATTER: A festival of mulberries (July 2018)
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Have you ever cursed the mess of mulberries on the sidewalk from mid-June through early August? Did you know these mulberries are actually delicious? The Annex Residents’ Association hosted its second Annual Mulberry Festival on July 7 at Jean Sibelius Park. Attendees picked mulberries from trees in the neighbourhood, and participated in a tree canopy […]
EDITORIAL CARTOON: How Nice (July 2018)
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CHATTER: REDress Project inspires local solidarity (July 2018)
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Jaime Black’s REDress Project has inspired three churches along Bloor Street to show their solidarity with those seeking redress for Canada’s Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls. In 2014, the Métis artist created an art installation at the Canadian Museum for Human Rights in Winnipeg that featured red dresses as symbols of the missing […]
CHATTER: Church raising funds to preserve glass (July 2018)
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The Church of Saint Stephen-in-the-Fields has launched a fundraising campaign to save its historic stained glass windows. One of Toronto’s oldest buildings, the Anglican church at 103 Bellevue Ave. in Kensington Market was built in 1858. The impressive stained glass windows date from 1878, and were built by one of the leading stained glass studios […]
EDITORIAL: City staff ignore bike lanes (July 2018)
July 18th, 2018 · 1 Comment
In “The Pothole”, the award-winning 150th episode Seinfeld, Cosmo Kramer adopts a one mile stretch of the Arthur Burghardt Expressway after running over an abandoned sewing machine. Kramer decides to make his newly adopted section of a highway a more luxurious experience for drivers by reducing four lanes to two extra-wide ones. What results — […]
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FORUM: Celebrate citizen activists (July 2018)
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Residents’ associations cultivate neighbourhoods By Mike Layton At the Palmerston Area Residents’ Association (PARA) annual general meeting last month, I realized something. We are so lucky to have such informed, open, and dedicated neighbours. Often people, including the media, are critical of neighbourhood associations labelling them as NIMBY, meddling neighbours standing in the way of […]
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GREENINGS: Results beg for electoral reform (July 2018)
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Environment would benefit from a system that’s not a winner takes all Big congratulations to Jessica Bell who is now representing us in University-Rosedale at Queen’s Park. It’s unfortunate that someone who doesn’t agree with science is calling the shots but the silver lining in the June 7 election is that we now have a […]
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GRADING OUR GREENSPACE: More attention to green spaces means parks are improving (July 2018)
July 18th, 2018 · Comments Off on GRADING OUR GREENSPACE: More attention to green spaces means parks are improving (July 2018)
Annual review highlights spots for a picnic, spots for strolling, spots for playing Our annual review of the green spaces in the Annex is one of our most popular features. This year’s inspection reveals that a local focus on green spaces has yielded parks that, for the most part, are cleaner and better maintained. There’s […]