Construction, pollution, and invasive species threaten urban forest By Chantilly Post The Harbord Village Residents’ Association (HVRA) is updating its neighbourhood tree inventory thanks to the help of environmental scientist James Steenberg. In 2007, the HVRA implemented NeighbourWoods, a method of quantifying the location, health, and strength of the trees in the village. “[So far] […]

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City’s Executive Committee votes to delay island airport decision By Annemarie Brissenden The night before City Council’s Executive Committee met to consider Porter Airlines’ request to amend the Tripartite Agreement for Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport, approximately 90 people gathered at the Duke of York pub on Prince Arthur Avenue to conduct a similar review. […]

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    With red lanterns and dumplings 2014 welcomes the Year of the Horse By Samina Esha The CIBC Lunar Festival celebrates one of Asia’s most eminent holidays, the Chinese New Year or the Lunar New Year, and 2014 is the Year of the Horse. The festival was held at the Harbourfront Centre on the […]

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Park users face $125 fine for popping a cold one By Samina Esha After a brutal winter we all look forward to the hot summer days with bright sun and chilled beers. In recent years, Trinity Bellwoods Park has become one of Toronto’s favourite warm weather drinking spots and it has taken on a life […]

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Imagining a green space in the heart of the city By Samina Esha The revitalization of Ontario Place is a step closer to reality. On March 19, in a public discussion, Infrastructure Ontario, Waterfront Toronto, and designers LANDInc spoke about the progress of the new urban park and waterfront trail, with the vision of forests, […]

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Freeman finds support of community events a key success By Chantilly Post Giving back to the community for 42 years has helped to make Freeman Reality a successful real estate company. This locally owned family brokerage hosts and funds community events free of charge throughout the year, following the precedent of an earlier Freeman generation. […]

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New business owner turns trauma into dream fulfilled By Chantilly Post   Sugary Swirls, at 1087 Bathurst St., is the newest specialty bake shop to open in the Annex. If cotton candy, Ferrero Roche, or ice-cream sundae cupcakes don’t sound inviting then maybe the modern-vintage decor and fresh flowers will invite you inside to order […]

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One Spadina Crescent embraces the past and welcomes the future By Annemarie Brissenden With its grey facade looming eerily behind a chain-link fence, One Spadina Crescent seemed destined to become the ramshackle province of ghosts. Instead, the nineteenth-century Gothic revival building is undergoing an ambitious renovation that will transform it into the new home of […]

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Mirvish Villagers stress link between affordability and character By Annemarie Brissenden Mirvish Villagers accustomed to battling real estate developers greeted an unexpected overture from Westbank Projects Corp. on April 30 at the Randolph Academy with polite skepticism. It was one of a series of introductory meetings hosted by the company, which last fall purchased a 3.47-acre […]

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    By Annemarie Brissenden Thomas Mulcair leaves his hockey hoodie at home in Montreal when he visits Toronto. “When I went for my run this morning, I had on a great big Habs hoodie, and I thought…maybe I should bring this to Toronto, and then I thought…nah,” joked the official opposition and New Democratic […]

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Community dismayed by lack of dialogue By: Annemarie Brissenden A packed standing-room only January 9 meeting on the future of Central Technical School’s (CTS) field laid bare the challenge of balancing student needs and community concerns. Local residents fear the Toronto District School Board’s (TDSB) plan to install a championship field and seasonal dome at […]

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