By Albert Koehl I’m always happy when someone angrily yells at me when I advocate for cycling improvements in Toronto. I used to have a flag on my bike calling for ‘Bike Lanes on Bloor’ – until someone tore it off. This too made me happy. What I hate most is being ignored. The philosopher […]

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Annex stores prepare for Toronto’s plastic bag ban By Alexa Huffman Council announced this month that the city’s plastic bag ban will begin in the new year, but questions are now being raised about the impact this decision will have on businesses. Making Toronto a greener place was a major factor in council voting on […]

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By Hamish Wilson There was good news for cyclists at a recent public meeting initiated by the Annex Residents Association: many of the needed pieces for re-doing Bloor Street in the Annex for bike safety are finally coming together. The ARA’s Transportation Committee produced three major recommendations for public consideration: bike lanes on Bloor, a […]

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Residents try to move on By Andrew Russell Residents of the Christie Pits area no longer have to look over their shoulders after police announced Monday Oct. 22 of the arrest of a 15-year-old male on 14 counts of Sexual Assault and two counts of Criminal Harassment in connection to a string of assaults that […]

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Plan includes $3-million cut to staffing costs By Ryan Saundercook The Royal Ontario Museum announced in a press release this past July that it would be cutting total salary and benefits costs for its employees by 10 per cent, which amounts to roughly $3 million a year. Janet Carding, the museum’s CEO and driving force […]

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The Annex, Seaton Village could be out of Trinity-Spadina riding By Andrew Schopp The federal electoral district of Trinity-Spadina could be cut down to size, with the Annex and Seaton Village being removed from the riding and rezoned as part of the St. Paul’s riding, if the proposed changes by Federal Electoral Boundaries Commission for […]

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UTS humanities teacher hopes to inject urban studies into Ontario curriculum Andrew Schopp The curriculum taught in public schools across Ontario covers everything from the Canadian Shield to the formation of cumulus clouds, but covers very little regarding the urban landscape in which 81 per cent of Canadians live. “It seems crazy to me that […]

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Police and city staff aim to keep parks safe after hours By Victoria Prouse Increased complaints about after-hours disturbances in neighbourhood parks are a telltale sign of summer for Toronto Police 14 Division. To combat this situation, 14 Division’s Community Response Unit has implemented a special parks initiative, which began in April and runs until September. […]

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Local cartoonist releases third book Perry King In the middle of the G20 protest saga in 2010, Dave Lapp was at ground zero watching the chaos. A veteran cartoonist, teacher, and local resident, Lapp eventually took his experiences to paper, using a trusty black tip marker to draw a black-and-white two-page strip. The strip took […]

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Toronto Police 14 Division has worked diligently over the past few years to promote its image beyond the realm of law enforcement. Fundamental to their persona as, first and foremost, community members, is the work done by the Community Response Unit (CRU).

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Tips on holding a fundraising concert in your own backyard. By Susan Oppenheim The first time that I heard the term “house concert” was about three years ago, when my musical son-in-law was heading to Kitchener-Waterloo to perform at one. A host opens their home, or in summertime their yard, to a minimum of 25 […]

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By Kristin Eliason This past July, a new collaborative workspace opened on Bloor. CO:WORK (703 Bloor St. W.) opened with the goal of creating an inspiring space, where productivity and networking would be possible. “I think the workforce is changing. People are empowered,” said Heidi McCulloch, founder of CO:WORK. “They can work from wherever they […]

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