Dangerous summer for Toronto pedestrians and cyclists By Mike Layton Recent statistics from the Toronto Police Service show a disturbing trend — collisions between vehicles and pedestrians and cyclists are on the rise. Since June 1 of this year 542 pedestrians and 541 cyclists, a total of 1,083 people, have been hit by drivers (cars) […]

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College Street organization hosts Mandel’s Dreamery installation By Clarrie Feinstein When you walk along College Street, you are struck by it immediately. Both out of place, yet oddly at home, it brings the contrast of now and then into sharp relief. And it reminds you of a time when Yiddish was the language of Kensington and the market […]

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Local residents recognized at Heritage Toronto Awards Former Chief of the Mississaugas of the New Credit First Nation and community historian Carolyn King received Heritage Toronto’s Special Achievement Award in recognition of her decades-long efforts to preserve the Mississaugas of New Credit First Nation’s community and to celebrate First Nation heritage at this year’s award […]

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  READ MORE: NEWS: Building community over fattoush (June 2016) NEWS: A warm welcome for new arrivals (January 2016) EDITORIAL (DECEMBER 2015): Embrace Refugees NEWS: Groups raise funds for refugees (December 2015) NEWS: Churches raise funds for refugees (November 2015)

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TDSB repair backlog reflects critical state of infrastructure By Annemarie Brissenden With both the federal and provincial governments making significant investments in public infrastructure, the Ministry of Education’s release of information detailing the maintenance backlog in Ontario raises a serious question: are we doing all that we can to maintain our buildings once they are […]

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TDSB reverses Essex Junior and Senior Public School decision after community uproar This July 2005 article chronicling the Toronto District School Board’s (TDSB) decision to reverse its plan to lease an empty building at Essex Junior and Senior Public School reflects the challenges faced by municipal school boards that attempt to fund repair and maintenance […]

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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 […]

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Program matches residents with native trees By Summer Reid A campaign aimed at increasing the city’s tree canopy from 28 to 40 per cent is coming to the Annex this fall. Part of the Every Tree Counts campaign, Tree for Me matches residents of Toronto with a native tree suitable for their desired planting area. […]

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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. The fair, which has grown significantly since it started out as a small community event, features food, great […]

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  READ MORE: ARTS: Bringing art to the people (April 2016) FORUM: Untapped potential: Animating our local laneways (February 2016) by Joe Cressy NEWS: Incubating micro-retail: Laneways untapped realm of urban design (December 2015) by Annemarie Brissenden NEWS: Graffiti artist Erica Balon creates mural on Bloor Street West (July 2015) by Justine Ricketts ARTS: A […]

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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. At approximately 3:30 a.m., a man sexually assaulted a woman after entering her home in the College Street and Ossington Avenue area. Last seen walking northbound on Ossington Avenue towards College Street, […]

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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. The first application is by the University of Toronto, which seeks to build a student residence on the site. The owners of the apartment building at […]

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