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New Canadian Baseball League will bring more baseball and excitement to Christie Pits By R.S. Konjek This summer, professional baseball is coming to Christie Pits. After 106 years as Ontario’s premier semi-pro baseball league, the Intercounty Baseball League has rebranded as the Canadian Baseball League with professional status. For fans of the Toronto Maple Leafs, it […]

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Former inhabitants include a grocer, a milliner, and a deaconess By Mike Mastromatteo On Follis Avenue, running west from Bathurst Street to Christie Street, there is a row of mostly semi-detached, two-storey dwellings.  The house at 27 Follis is the focus of this month’s “walls” story. Among the many families and boarders who have called […]

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Judges weigh Ford’s appeal of lower court injuction By Albert Koehl On a day when most streets, sidewalks, and bike lanes were still covered with snow from a giant downfall, it was the bicycle that found its way into the lofty corridors of Osgoode Hall.  Three justices of the Ontario Court of Appeal heard arguments […]

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A contrast in two Annex cafés By Howard Pressburger The absolute worst news I ever got from my family doctor was to cut coffee out of my diet.  Okay, maybe I am exaggerating. He actually told me to cut down to two coffees a day; still, this was devastating.  Like anyone else faced with life-altering […]

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There are times when Canada appears on the radar of American media, but for the most part, Canada exists on the margins. That all changed with Mark Carney’s recent speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos. Ezra Klein of the New York Times wrote that the speech triggered an “international relations earthquake.” Carney stood […]

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Budget, snow plowing, and a new Indigenous shelter By Dianne Saxe Happy February! February marks the Year of the Horse—a symbol of energy, independence, and forward momentum. In the heart of winter, it’s a powerful reminder that this season can be about renewal, action, and connection with community. And the best part? February is packed […]

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Did you know that 20% of grade 10 teenagers vape? By Jessica Bell What is happening to health care?  In January I was alarmed when Hillary Buchan-Terrell from the Canadian Cancer Society told politicians at the pre-budget hearings in Niagara that 20 per cent of Grade 10 teenagers vape. I expected to hear about health-care deficits, […]

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Near Bloor and Bathurst, shelter will be Indigenous-focused By Rose Haberer The former home of the Centre for Social Innovation (CSI), at 720 Bathurst St., has entered a new phase. CSI sold the building for $16 million to an “anonymous social purpose entity,” later revealed to be the City of Toronto, which intends to convert the […]

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631 and 633 Davenport Rd. hosted a hardware store, cancer care club By Mike Mastromatteo Adjoining homes on the southeast corner of Davenport and Howland—an area once known as Bracondale—have a curious history coloured by the many lives and experiences that graced the homes over the last 140 years. (But the “walls” column parameters are […]

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