BBB Architects have come back to the community with a new plan for 350 Davenport Rd., near Dupont.

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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”.

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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.

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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.

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The twenty-four room Annex Hotel at 296 Brunswick Avenue has re-opened its doors to accommodate Toronto healthcare workers fighting the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Neighbours come together in a time of “social distancing” By Tanya Ielyseieva The Palmerston Area Residents Association (PARA) has donated $7,900 to the Daily Bread Food Bank raised by a community fundraising drive. To help prevent the spread of COVID-19, they also launched an initiative to make non-medical masks, which raised some additional funds for […]

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READ MORE LOCAL COVID-19 COVERAGE: EDITORIAL: Ontario gets a failing grade (May 2020) FORUM: We are here to support you (May 2020) FORUM: COVID-19 has exposed issues in long-term care homes (May 2020) FOCUS: Local resources for a global pandemic (May 2020) ARTS: Embrace culture in defiance of COVID-19 (May 2020) ON THE COVER: Everything will be alright (Apr. 2020) NEWS: Keep Your Rent campaign emerges (Apr. […]

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Neighbours are opposed due to traffic and density By Tanya Ielyseieva A proposed mixed-use building with ground-level retail and residential uses above at 287 Davenport has neighbours up in arms.   The project hopes to include three townhomes along Bedford Road and was designed to transition gently down to the low-rise Annex neighbourhood, which means stepping […]

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In late January police were called to a house located at 410 Brunswick Ave., where workers had dug up human remains while doing renovation work.  Toronto Police Constable Victor Kwong said contractors discovered the bones buried in the backyard. At the time, police said, they suspected the remains had been buried there for decades. They […]

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Tokyo Smoke location aims to educate consumers By Tanya Ielyseieva The first legal marijuana dispensary has opened in the heart of the Annex just steps from Bathurst and Bloor. The new Tokyo Smoke store is located at 570 Bloor St. W., just opposite the emerging Mirvish Village development; currently it is the largest location of […]

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Community mourns the deaths of students, staff By Tanya Ielyseieva The University of Toronto has confirmed that eight members of the university community died in the crash of Ukraine International Airlines Flight PS752, on January 8.  The Kyiv-bound flight, which carried a total of 176 passengers including nine crew members and 15 children, was shot […]

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