Meet a neighbour this weekend By Mike Layton Several years ago my wife and I moved into a new, small, two-bedroom second floor walk-up flat on Beatrice Street in Little Italy. The community was a changing one: young adults from a wide range of backgrounds were supplanting the aging Italian neighbours. My wife and I […]

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Did James Lochrie install a cyclist path in 1896? By Albert Koehl On May 4, 2016, Toronto City Council approved pilot bike lanes on Bloor Street. Like many community initiatives, the vote was the culmination of work by individuals and groups that stretched over many years, in this case at least four decades. In fact, […]

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Team has solid squad of batsmen, rotation of pitchers By R.S. Konjek Sunday afternoon on the Victoria Day long weekend, the Pits are alive. The sounds of baseball ring around Dominico Field, restoring life to the old hollow. Cleats crunch the dirt, balls pop in gloves, and ballplayers resume their steady stream of jocular banter. […]

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Leaked provincial plan contains good ideas for the long-term By Terri Chu In mid May, The Globe and Mail leaked the Government of Ontario’s plan to address climate change. Adrian Morrow and Greg Keenan reported in a May 16, 2016, article that the newspaper had obtained a draft version of the plan, and that “Ontario […]

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Award-winning essays highlight volunteerism Providing a helping hand and supporting newcomers to the neighbourhood were the themes of this year’s winning entries in the fourth annual Harbord Village Residents’ Association essay contest. Open to students enrolled in Lord Landsdowne and King Edward junior and senior public schools, Kensington Community School, and Central Technical School, the […]

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PHOTO COURTESY NEIL MUSCOTT: Seaton Village resident Charles Spearin of Broken Social Scene performs at last year’s Open Tuning festival, which returns June 11. Read more: ARTS: Connecting neighbours through music

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Council votes in favour of pilot project By Geremy Bordonaro At long last, bike lanes are coming to Bloor Street. On May 4, Toronto City Council voted 38 to 3 approving a pilot project to install separated bike lanes on Bloor Street from Avenue Road to Shaw Street. [pullquote] “Bike lanes on Bloor [Street] is […]

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U of T to present latest vision for St. George campus By Marielle Torrefranca The University of Toronto will hold a public open house on May 17 to discuss its latest development plans for its St. George campus. These development plans are not new but rather an ongoing evaluation of the university’s needs and how […]

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By Brian Burchell Intensive construction work has resumed on the athletic field at Central Technical School and it appears that the new artificial turf, track, and seasonal dome will be completed on schedule. The president of Razor Management Inc., which is rehabilitating the field and will operate the new facility under an agreement with the […]

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There were five separate reports of robberies between April 14 and April 30. By Geremy Bordonaro The Toronto Police Service (TPS) is looking for two suspects in a series of armed robberies which have taken place between Harbord and Queen streets, and between Spadina Avenue and Markham Street. There were five separate reports of robberies […]

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By Geremy Bordonaro Residents and staff of the Annex Retirement Residence on Spadina Road gathered for a special celebration on April 2: Anne Rowbotham’s 104th birthday. Rowbotham, who moved into the Annex retirement home two years ago, is officially the oldest member of the home. Rowbotham’s daughter Laurel showed a slide presentation featuring pictures taken […]

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