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ON THE COVER (May 2024)

June 14th, 2024 · Comments Off on ON THE COVER (May 2024)

Justin Marra slides home to score a run for the Toronto Maple Leafs at Christie Pits on May 12. The Leafs dropped their Intercounty Baseball League home opener to the London Majors, 7-5. COURTESY CRAIG AIKEN

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NEWS: Plan to protect Kensington Market (May 2024)

June 14th, 2024 · Comments Off on NEWS: Plan to protect Kensington Market (May 2024)

Land trust aims to preserve affordability of unique neigbourhood By Merideth Poirier At Cafe Pamenar, located in the heart of Kensington Market, community members came out in droves to support the Kensington Community Bond Campaign.  The Kensington Market Community Land Trust had weather on its side on Monday, April 29, as they hosted their Community […]

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NEWS: Should vape stores be near high schools? (May 2024)

June 14th, 2024 · Comments Off on NEWS: Should vape stores be near high schools? (May 2024)

On their walk from Bathurst Station to school each morning students will pass by Vape World. Vape World, located on the corner of Bloor Street West and Bathurst Street, is one of 350 vape stores in Ontario.

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HISTORY: Lane name pays tribute to a mare named Crestfallen (May 2024)

June 14th, 2024 · Comments Off on HISTORY: Lane name pays tribute to a mare named Crestfallen (May 2024)

The lane name commemorates a mare named Crestfallen, a “miracle in a stable” purchased in 1913 by Dr. John G. Fitzgerald, who played a pivotal role in solving a public health crisis and developing vaccines. 

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LETTER TO THE EDITOR (May 2024)

June 14th, 2024 · Comments Off on LETTER TO THE EDITOR (May 2024)

RE: Offended in the Annex I live in the east Annex. I find it offensive to receive such a biased, one-sided “newspaper” delivered to my house. If you are going to provide an unsolicited tabloid camouflaged as news, I would urge you to take a balanced approach. Otherwise, your paper just becomes an unsolicited propaganda […]

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EDITORIAL: Ford needs to step up and lead for once (May 2024)

June 14th, 2024 · Comments Off on EDITORIAL: Ford needs to step up and lead for once (May 2024)

The competing notions of treating illicit drug use as a health issue versus a criminal one is at the heart of a divide between the City of Toronto and the Province of Ontario. The city wants to decriminalize and help people who are addicted and the province thinks it can arrest its way out of the problem.

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FORUM: Undoing vacant home tax debacle (May 2024)

June 14th, 2024 · Comments Off on FORUM: Undoing vacant home tax debacle (May 2024)

April’s council was dominated by a determination to fix the vacant home tax. I’m sure you’ve all heard moving stories about the over 65,000 Torontonians who received large, frightening tax bills for the homes they live in.

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FORUM: Queen’s Park roundup (May 2024)

June 14th, 2024 · Comments Off on FORUM: Queen’s Park roundup (May 2024)

Parents stand up to pending school budget cuts; the Conservatives want to rewrite campus anti-hate laws; our backlogged courts are denying people justice.

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LIFE: Dupont Street’s “Dynamo on Ice” (May 2024)

June 14th, 2024 · Comments Off on LIFE: Dupont Street’s “Dynamo on Ice” (May 2024)

Petra Burka, an Olympic bronze medalist, and world champion of figure skating, became known as the “Dynamo on Ice,” and she began her journey at the Toronto Curling, Skating and Cricket club. 

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