As Toronto remains in Stage 2 re-opening protocols, restaurants are doing their best to satisfy pent-up demand. Establishments such as Insomnia at 563 Bloor St. W. have found innovative ways to serve their clientelle along the sidewalk. BRIAN BURCHELL/GLEANER NEWS
ON THE COVER (July 2020)
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OBITUARY: Architect leaves indelibe marks (July 2020)
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If you have ever basked in the serenity of Gwendolyn MacEwan Park, delighted in the view of old trees in Taddle Creek Park, or enjoyed the conviviality of the plaza at Jean Sibelius Park, you can thank Paul Martel.
NEWS: Boutique condos planned for Davenport (July 2020)
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BBB Architects have come back to the community with a new plan for 350 Davenport Rd., near Dupont.
NEWS: Big-hearted barber gives back (July 2020)
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This feature was created pre-COVID closures. We waited to publish it until the Barber House has re-opened. It’s helpful to remember that before the pandemic many front-line professionals, like Jack Shewahy, could also be credited with giving back to their commuities. Now they are open again for business, practicising safe protocols, and still trying to be a “good example for people”.
CHATTER: Sally’s Fright finds a home in Yorkville (July 2020)
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Yorkville’s Gallery Gevik has acquired, Sally’s Fright (1968), a rare colour-field landscape painting by William Ronald from the collection of Paul and Joan-Wilsher Martel.
NEWS: St. Peter’s Church’s pastor succombs to COVID-19 (July 2020)
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Paulist Father Richard Colgan, 68, died of complications from COVID-19 at Washington Hospital Center in Washington, D.C. on Monday, May 25. A former pastor at St. Peter’s Church on Bathurst St., Father Colgan served as a director of novices at the Paulist Fathers’ formation house of studies in Washington D.C.
CHATTER: Virus-killing tech used at check-out counter (July 2020)
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The Summerhill Market (1014 Bathurst) worked on a pilot project of a machine called the X-Germinator which uses non-toxic UV light to damage the molecular structure of viruses in less than 30 seconds.
EDITORIAL CARTOON: How nice (July 2020)
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EDITORIAL CARTOON: Doug Ford’s haircut COVID-19 victory tour.
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EDITORIAL: Ford turns on tenants (July 2020)
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One of the strangest things to happen over the course of this very strange spring was the apparent transformation of Premier Doug Ford into to a caring, compassionate leader. This illusion is fading quickly, as his government rams Bill 184 through the Ontario legislature. The new law will almost surely result in mass residential evictions of tenants who were unable to pay full rent during the COVID-19 lockdown.
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FORUM: Finding positive outcomes (July 2020)
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Toronto has always been a place where people with vision have put in the work to build their communities, and my recent communications with residents have shown that our city’s passion for progress is only getting stronger.
FORUM: Ford failing to address homelessness, racism, schooling (July 2020)
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Ford failing to address homelessness, racism, schooling
GREENINGS: What happens if we don’t want to go back to the “before” times? (July 2020)
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Pandemic shows we can live on so much less While many of us are enjoying cleaner air in the neighbourhood, undoubtably there are people up at night worried about what happens if the air never goes back to being as toxic as it once was. Trillions of dollars are at stake if we, as a […]