TDSB reverses Essex Junior and Senior Public School decision after community uproar
PHOTO BY CLARA FEINSTEIN: The TDSB’s July 2005 attempt to lease Essex Jr. and Sr. Public School (above) backfired in the face of public outcry.
FROM THE ARCHIVES (SEPTEMBER 2016): A look back at one attempt to lease a local school
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NEWS (SEPTEMBER 2016): Trains in the night
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Potential disaster averted
By Brian Burchell
Two Canadian Pacific freight trains collided on August 21 sending two locomotives and several rail cars off the tracks just north of Dupont Street near Howland Avenue. The trains were going in opposite directions and one clipped the tail end of the other as it failed to execute a safe pass.
NEWS (SEPTEMBER 2016): Help grow the urban forest
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Program matches residents with native trees
PHOTO COURTESY MICHAEL LOW: This old burr oak tree on Spadina Road reflects Toronto’s aging tree canopy. The Toronto Park and Trees Foundation is working to distribute trees throughout the city so that the urban forest will continue to thrive well into the future.
CHATTER (SEPTEMBER 2016): St. Peter’s invites you to Fall Fair fundraising event
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By Summer Reid
St. Peter’s Church invites Annex residents to its annual Fall Fair event to support its Winter Welcome Table outreach program. Winter Welcome Table assists the homeless by offering hospitality and a warm evening meal.
CHATTER (SEPTEMBER 2016): Painted streets launch in Kensington
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PHOTO BY SUMMER REID/GLEANER NEWS: The city’s first road mural was installed late last month on Baldwin Street in Kensington Market. Part of the StreetARToronto Road Mural program, the mural is the result of a collaboration between artists and the Kensington Market BIA. The mural was painted using latex paint, which is made to withstand weather elements and foot traffic for six to nine months. The City of Toronto launched the pilot project after a proposal to legalize road murals did not pass Toronto City Council. Four additional murals will be installed throughout the city under the project by the end of October.
—Summer Reid/Gleaner News
POLICE BLOTTER (SEPTEMBER 2016): Police investigate College Street and Ossington Avenue sexual assault
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By Summer Reid
The Toronto Police Service (TPS) has requested the public’s assistance in investigating a sexual assault that occurred on Sept. 5.
CHATTER (SEPTEMBER 2016): Two new rezoning applications submitted to city
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By Annemarie Brissenden
Applications to rezone an area at Spadina and Sussex avenues as well as 666 Spadina Ave. have been received by City Planning and are available online.
EDITORIAL (SEPTEMBER 2016): Train derailment changes the conversation
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The August 21 twin train derailment on the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) line at Dupont Street is a reminder of just how much of a potential disaster is ticking away on our doorstep. It adds urgency to what is no longer a theoretical conversation.
FORUM (SEPTEMBER 2016): A new central park for Toronto
September 15th, 2016 · 1 Comment
Building up will allow us to create the sizable park downtown needs
By Joe Cressy
A central park in downtown Toronto. It’s an old idea whose time has come. Now, all we need is a little creativity, political will, and a commitment from Toronto City Council to invest significant money to make it happen. Let’s get it done.
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FORUM (SEPTEMBER 2016): Inclusive prosperity
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Supporting an open society by embracing global trade and immigration
By Chrystia Freeland
When it comes to issues of trade, we are living in a complicated time. In many countries in the western industrialized world there is a tremendous popular backlash against international trade and immigration. We are not immune to these forces in Canada, but we do have a strong national cross-party consensus around what we call the open society: a diverse multicultural society that is open to immigration and plugged into the global economy.
EDITORIAL CARTOON (SEPTEBER 2016): A warm carbon blanket! By Hock Estique
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MORE how nice!:
A clear path! by Dot Tedline (August 2016)
Planning! by Train Waits (July 2016)
Water, water, everywhere! by W.H. Consin (June 2016)
How to meet your quota! by Otto Mobile (May 2016)
A carpet of green! by Don Mower (April 2016)
ARTS (SEPTEMBER 2016): Remembering the coffee house era
September 15th, 2016 · 2 Comments
ARTS (SEPTEMBER 2016): Molly Johnson launches new jazz festival
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Kensington Market to host an “insane roster of amazing musicians”
By Annemarie Brissenden
Although Kensington Market has a long history of incubating musical talent, it hasn’t been home to a live musical festival that perhaps best embodies the area, whose Victorian homes, improvised stalls mixed between long-standing businesses, and quirky culture unite into a syncopated rhythm that is very much its own.
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