Porch View Dances bridges art and audience By Axile Gerona Local porches will come alive with dance once again this summer, when Porch View Dances returns for the fourth year to Seaton Village. “From Aug. 19 to 23, choreographies by real-life professional dance couples Karen Kaeja and Allen Kaeja, Michael Caldwell and Louis Laberge-Côté, and […]

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It’s as though the Conservative Party of Canada is making it up as it goes along. There is very little meat in their policy platform outside of the rhetoric of getting tough on crime, keeping a steady hand on the economy’s tiller, and protecting us from terrorists. The platform plank, the Home Renovation Tax Credit, […]

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In calling for bike lanes on Bloor Street, the Gleaner’s editorial (“It’s really a village, not a freeway”, July 2015) makes an obvious, yet routinely overlooked, point about how transportation planners still rank the movement of (single-occupant) cars far above neighbourhood values. Bloor Street may be officially a highway, or a “major arterial” under Toronto’s […]

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Thank you for your thoughtful editorial in the July 2015 edition. I think you articulated very well the many reasons for replacing one lane of car traffic with bike lanes on Bloor Street. You are right to note that if next summer’s pilot project is to succeed, it will be crucial that sufficient parking for […]

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Do voters want another four years of Stephen Harper? By Jennifer Hollett This year is a critical year for Canada. With an early federal election call, we are now in an 11-week campaign, one of the longest (and most expensive to taxpayers) in our country’s history. There are 30 new federal ridings across the country, […]

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Empower families, promote small business, and provide better transit By Karim Jivraj I am thrilled to be running to be your next member of Parliament. Over the past three months, our team of young volunteers and I have knocked on over 68,000 doors and I’ve personally met thousands of neighbours and local residents. Growing up […]

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This is the second instalment of Grading our Greenspace, The Annex Gleaner’s annual parks review. In this popular feature, we visit local parks and rate them on factors like amenities, cleanliness, and ambience. To revisit part one, please see our website, www.gleanernews.ca. Let us know what you think of our assessment by dropping us a […]

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A platform comparison with an environmental yardstick The federal riding lines have been redrawn for this election and we are no longer in the old riding of Trinity-Spadina. Instead, the Annex is now situated in the riding of University-Rosedale and we have several strong contenders to be our member of parliament. Current MP for Toronto […]

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Farmers’ market produce attracts shoppers from near and far By Axile Gerona The Bloor-Borden Farmers’ Market has returned to the Annex for an eighth season. It provides a complete sensory experience, for shoppers enjoy the vibrant colours and textures of produce as they enjoy music performed by a different musician each week. “The music has […]

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Local CPC candidates hope to rehabilitate political brand By Annemarie Brissenden The local Conservative Party of Canada (CPC) candidates are hoping to convince Annex residents that their political brand is not at odds with downtown in the upcoming federal election. “There’s a widespread misconception that conservatives can’t live here,” says Karim Jivraj, the CPC candidate […]

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Once the largest school of its kind in the British Empire By Annemarie Brissenden Central Technical School, or “Tech” as it is known to staff, students, and alumni, has always played a unique role in Toronto’s public education system. When then-prime minister Robert Borden laid its cornerstone on Sept. 3, 1913, Tech was well on […]

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Lucky to have top professional in Canada, says producer By Annemarie Brissenden It all happened somewhat by accident. When Kei Yano attended a meeting about a play that dramaturge David Ferry wanted to stage in the neighbourhood, it wasn’t with the intent of landing a contract. She was there to represent the Palmerston Area Residents’ […]

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