By Karen Bliss This year’s Canadian Music Week (CMW) is bigger then ever. “The live scene is coming back in Canada, Toronto particularly. I think that’s important. We are using close to 60 venues, so that’s reasonably healthy,” says Neill Dixon, CMW president. “The festival is very multi-national now. The majority of bands are from Canada, […]
Annex gets taste of largest ever CMW
March 9th, 2011 · Comments Off on Annex gets taste of largest ever CMW
Graphologist Annette Poizner holds talk at OISE; Gleaner reporter a believer
March 7th, 2011 · 3 Comments
By Rebecca Payne Poizner first encountered graphology in her early twenties, when she was in Israel and had her handwriting analyzed. “It blew me away,” she said of the formative experience. She then hired a clinical graphologist and spent three hours a day in private study with him in Jerusalem. She went on to do […]
What will “non-commercial” advertising mean at TDSB?
March 4th, 2011 · Comments Off on What will “non-commercial” advertising mean at TDSB?
By Reem Jazar The Toronto District School Board is voting on March 9 about bringing video screen ads to as many as 70 Toronto secondary schools. The board is expected to vote in favour of the screens, with some restrictions to commercial advertising. The TDSB’s committee of administration, finance, and accountability met on March 2 […]
Tecumseth Street abattoir: newer residents smell disgust, long-timers accept the whiff
February 25th, 2011 · 15 Comments
By Beth Macdonell Although an abattoir on Tecumseth Street has been operating for almost a century, some residents remain perturbed by the smell of live pigs being brought into the area for slaughter. Initially run by the city, Toronto Abattoirs Limited and Quality Meat Packers Limited, irk John Sleeman, 65, a retired resident who lives […]
Loss of public space? Bloor Annex to unveil decorative covers to combat street clutter
February 22nd, 2011 · 4 Comments
By Lindsay Tsuji Decorative pole covers are going up on Bloor Street in an effort to prevent postering and graffiti in the Annex, but not everyone agrees it’s a good idea. At a recent meeting at Kilgour’s Bar Meets Grill (509 Bloor St. W.), the board of representatives of the Bloor Annex Business Improvement Area […]
Rubin Hurricane Carter’s new book missing Toronto chapter
February 15th, 2011 · 5 Comments
By Perry King When Gus Sinclair thinks back to his work on the Rubin Carter case, his immediate thoughts go to Lisa Peters and her love for the fallen boxer. “There are two people who I’ve met in my life who had that unshakable will, one was Rubin, and the other was the woman that […]
Grant goes Green: Harbord Village chair jumps into provincial race
February 10th, 2011 · 2 Comments
By Perry King When Tim Grant went to a Green Party policy conference two years ago to hear more about their platform, he was “prepared to be unimpressed.” “The Green Party in this riding has been very weak organizationally. This is one riding where more people spend and donate to green causes than any other […]
TDSB-Onestop deal will sell our kids short
February 10th, 2011 · Comments Off on TDSB-Onestop deal will sell our kids short
By Emina Gamulin If the board of trustees votes yes at their next meeting, the deal between the Toronto District School Board and Onestop Media Inc. will see as many as 74 secondary schools receive video screens in common areas with ads running 30 per cent of the time. Two schools in our coverage area, […]
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A work of heart: Michael Golland’s paintings to benefit artists with disabilities
February 9th, 2011 · 3 Comments
By Tracy Chen This Valentine’s Day, people will have the chance to reach for hearts of a different variety. Michael Golland, contemporary artist and longtime Liberty Village resident, is creating a wall of 40 heart paintings. These hearts will premiere at the “A Work of Hearts” event in Liberty Village. A portion from the sale of these paintings will go towards the Laser Eagles […]
Parkdale Giller Prize nominee’s ‘quietly apocalyptic’ stories told over dinner table
January 28th, 2011 · 1 Comment
By Jeromy Lloyd Seven years ago, the short stories from This Cake Is For The Party moved with their author from Victoria to Toronto, where they found audiences in publications such as The Walrus and Geist. But it wasn’t until 2006 that the process of assembling these stories into Cake, Sarah Selecky’s first anthology, began. […]
Local storyteller releases new children’s novel
January 19th, 2011 · Comments Off on Local storyteller releases new children’s novel
By Eddie Mumford “Even though my neighbourhood has changed drastically, it still basically looks the same … so I thought it would be fun to think about what it was like in another time,” says storyteller group founder and writer Celia Lottridge, on why she set her new childrens’ book The Listening Tree in Seaton Village. The […]
What lies beneath: local lab to house high-end technology
January 10th, 2011 · 1 Comment
By Melissa Sundardas The new subterranean research lab on University Avenue is bringing a scale of advanced, breakthrough technologies for research that would make Willy Wonka proud. Located just beneath Toronto Rehab Institute’s University Centre (550 University Ave.), this new facility—called the Challenging Environment Assessment Lab (CEAL)—allows scientists to safely and accurately develop treatments, technologies, and products that will […]