Gourmet grilled cheese shop makes headway By Ryan Saundercook & Richard Frankel Stepping through the doors of Say Cheese (337 Bloor St. W.), a new gourmet grilled cheese restaurant in the heart of the Annex, feels like walking into the future. The decor is clean and bright. The floors, tables, and chairs are spaceship white, […]
Sandwich stop
October 25th, 2012 · Comments Off on Sandwich stop
Clean Train Coalition taking Metrolinx to court
October 23rd, 2012 · Comments Off on Clean Train Coalition taking Metrolinx to court
Lawsuit over diesel trains launched By Richard Frankel The Clean Train Coalition (CTC) has filed a lawsuit against Metrolinx, a GTA transit authority, over their decision to use diesel instead of electric trains for the Air Rail Link (ARL) between Union Station and Pearson International Airport. “Clean Train Coalition has been forced to ask the […]
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The Wongs of the Annex
October 23rd, 2012 · Comments Off on The Wongs of the Annex
Hit SummerWorks play explores hard choices in marriage By Melania Daniel Its stage name is A Song for Tomorrow, but this Annex-based play, which enjoyed a successful debut at SummerWorks this year, could have easily been called The Story of the Wongs. For one, a trio of unrelated Wongs dominated the program credits on opening […]
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Jini Stolk wins cultural award for promoting arts in Toronto
September 20th, 2012 · Comments Off on Jini Stolk wins cultural award for promoting arts in Toronto
The executive director of Creative Trust is keeping the arts alive in Toronto, one dance troupe at a time By Haley Steinberg Jini Stolk, a longtime Annex resident, was recently awarded the Toronto Arts Foundation’s William Kilbourn Award for the Celebration of Toronto’s Cultural Life. The work she has done to promote and sustain the […]
Rosario Marchese: Local produce or aggregates?
September 20th, 2012 · 5 Comments
By Rosario Marchese, Member of Provincial Parliament for Trinity-Spadina Part of my job as a Member of Provincial Parliament involves participating on the committees that evaluate the effectiveness of existing laws. Earlier this year, my colleagues and I held committee hearings on the Aggregate Resources Act, the legislation that governs the operation of pits and […]
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Annex post office closure will inconvenience locals
September 20th, 2012 · Comments Off on Annex post office closure will inconvenience locals
Station P, near Bloor and Spadina, will move to the Bloor and Ossington area this fall By Victoria Prouse Annex residents will soon have to travel much farther to reach a full-service post office. Canada Post recently announced that in October, Station P will be relocated from its current site at 704 Spadina Ave., just […]
Doug Gilmour hosts inaugural celebrity softball match
August 30th, 2012 · Comments Off on Doug Gilmour hosts inaugural celebrity softball match
NHL stars come out to support the Team Up Foundation [imagebrowser id=3] By Andrew Schopp As an NHL all-star, Doug Gilmour could score goals. But there were no home-runs from the Hall of Famer at the inaugural “Dougieball” softball match at Christie Pits Park on July 19. “Some of these guys with the power, they’ll […]
Suspect sought in alleged sexual assualt in Kensington Market area
August 21st, 2012 · Comments Off on Suspect sought in alleged sexual assualt in Kensington Market area
The attack is the fourth sexual assault in the area this summer. By Andrew Schopp A 27-year-old woman was sexually assaulted in the Kensington Market area early in the morning on Sunday, August 19. A white male in his 30s was seen fleeing the scene in a taxi. This incident is the fourth separate sexual […]
Ossington laneway gets a mural makeover
August 19th, 2012 · 1 Comment
Despite the rain, roughly twenty artists came out to beautify the alley behind Ossington Avenue between Queen and Humbert streets. From Thursday Aug. 9 to Sunday Aug. 12, volunteers painted murals in the laneway, giving it a much-needed makeover. The art-in-the-alley project is one of many initiatives organized by the Well and Good creative collective. […]
Seasons Family Centre puts on charity art show
August 10th, 2012 · Comments Off on Seasons Family Centre puts on charity art show
School kids helps raise money for youth mentoring project. By Richard Frankel Local school students and youth from a local mentoring project recently participated in an art show for charity at the Seasons Family Centre (655 Davenport Rd.). The art pieces, contributed by students of the Howlett Academy (15 Madison Ave.) and a number of […]
City rejects retail development for Bathurst Street
August 10th, 2012 · Comments Off on City rejects retail development for Bathurst Street
RioCan, a retail real estate developer, intended to demolish three buildings to construct a new 139,000 square foot, three-storey commercial building with a three-level, below ground parking garage. Potential tenants for the site remain unknown.
Project Bookmark Canada helps bring fiction to life
August 10th, 2012 · 1 Comment
Inventive project showcases excerpts from fictitious works in the real locations where they occur. By Kristin Eliason There are two bookmarks in the Annex, but they are not of the paper variety. One, on St. George Street, can be found just north of Bloor Street on the west side. The other can be found at […]