May 1st, 2020 · Comments Off on FOCUS: Local resources for a global pandemic (Apr. 2020)
An updated guide of Annex resources
By Gleaner Staff
Staying home to help stop the spread of the 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID-19) continues to be the new normal for the foreseeable future.
Read on for our updated guide to Annex resources during COVID-19, the second issue since we all started to hunker down and stay together apart. Read more
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August 1st, 2017 · Comments Off on CHATTER (JULY 2017): Larry Sdao receives Community Builder Award
The Harbord Village Residents’ Association (HVRA) has given Larry Sdao its Community Builder Award. Sdao owns 481 Bloor St. W., formerly home to the Brunswick House. HVRA chair Gus Sinclair said that Sdao worked with the community to deal with “an intractable problem that was the Brunswick House business [Sdao’s former tenant]”. Read more
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May 26th, 2017 · Comments Off on NEWS (MAY 2017): Restored Brunswick House reopens
Exhibition features musical memorabilia

PHOTO BY GEREMY BORDONARO/GLEANER NEWS: Rexall Brunswick features many nods to history and community, such as this street sign.
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May 13th, 2016 · Comments Off on LETTERS
Beware the corporatization of Bloor Street
Re “Rexall replaces Brunswick House” (April 2016):
Anyone who sees Rexall’s move into the Brunswick location as a good thing or as a positive addition to the neighbourhood is sorrily mistaken. I am not sentimental regarding the loss of the Brunswick House itself, but sad to see a large American company move into this location. They will add nothing to the neighbourhood and take their profits out of Canada. Read more
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April 7th, 2016 · Comments Off on NEWS: Rexall replaces Brunswick House
Pharmacy drugstore chain says it will respect building’s heritage
“This will be a relief to the neighbourhood”—Sue Dexter, HVRA
By Annemarie Brissenden
After one last weekend-long blowout, the doors of the Brunswick House closed for good, leaving the neighbourhood eagerly anticipating the site’s next, presumably quieter and more agreeable, incarnation. Read more
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March 23rd, 2016 · Comments Off on Rexall to take over Brunswick House
Pharmacy drugstore chain says it will respect building’s heritage
By Annemarie Brissenden
The Brunswick House has a new tenant.
Rexall, a pharmacy drugstore chain, will be taking over the first floor of the building at 481 Bloor St. W., confirmed landlord Larry Sdao. The betting lounge on the upper floors will be moving out, and Sdao said the second and third floors will be available to lease. Read more
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