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ON THE COVER: Pretty cool (Fall 2023)

December 5th, 2023 · Comments Off on ON THE COVER: Pretty cool (Fall 2023)

The Bloor Annex was recognized as one of “The 40 coolest in the world” by Time Out

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Tags: Annex · News · On the cover

NEWS: Parkettes win Urban Design Award (Fall 2023)

December 5th, 2023 · Comments Off on NEWS: Parkettes win Urban Design Award (Fall 2023)

The Bloor-Annex BIA parkettes won the Small Open Spaces Award for their attention to detail, unique granite rock landscaping, and environmental considerations.

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Tags: Annex · News

FOCUS: Grading our greenspace (Fall 2023)

December 5th, 2023 · Comments Off on FOCUS: Grading our greenspace (Fall 2023)

This collection of park reviews contains the first eight parks reviewed this year, with more gradings to come in future editions of the Annex Gleaner.

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Tags: Annex · Life

NEWS: Carved pumpkins to enjoy an encore on Harbord Street (Fall 2023)

December 4th, 2023 · Comments Off on NEWS: Carved pumpkins to enjoy an encore on Harbord Street (Fall 2023)

Dozens of pumpkins will light up the neighbourhood along Harbord Street from Spadina Avenue to Borden Street

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Tags: Annex · News

NEWS: Women’s Art Association’s Secret Postcard Society (Fall 2023)

December 4th, 2023 · Comments Off on NEWS: Women’s Art Association’s Secret Postcard Society (Fall 2023)

From June 28 to July 8, the Women’s Art Association of Canada (WAAC) displayed their Secret Postcard Society exhibit

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Tags: Annex · News · Arts

EDITORIAL CARTOON: How Nice (Fall 2023)

December 4th, 2023 · Comments Off on EDITORIAL CARTOON: How Nice (Fall 2023)

SEE MORE: EDITORIAL CARTOON: How Nice (Summer 2023) EDITORIAL CARTOON: How Nice (May/June 2023) EDITORIAL CARTOON: How nice (April 2023) EDITORIAL CARTOON: Scale of badness (Mar. 2023) EDITORIAL CARTOON: Winter’s not as cold as these deals! (Feb. 2023) EDITORIAL CARTOON: How Nice — Can dreams come true? (For John Tory) (Dec. 2022) EDITORIAL CARTOON: How Nice (Nov. 2022) EDITORIAL CARTOON: How Nice (Oct. 2022) EDITORIAL CARTOON: How Nice (Sept. 2022) EDITORIAL […]

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Tags: Annex · Editorial · Opinion

EDITORIAL: An insincere mea culpa (Fall 2023)

December 4th, 2023 · Comments Off on EDITORIAL: An insincere mea culpa (Fall 2023)

The late September change was a reversal of his reversal of his previous reversal of his original 2018 plan. Confused? You should be, that’s the way he likes it. 

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Tags: Annex · Editorial · Opinion

FORUM: Keeping it green and safe in University-Rosedale (Fall 2023)

December 4th, 2023 · Comments Off on FORUM: Keeping it green and safe in University-Rosedale (Fall 2023)

My office has undertaken a number of important initiatives impacting the Annex over the last couple of months. Here are some highlights

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Tags: Annex · Columns · Opinion

FORUM: Engage in the political process and change can happen (Fall 2023)

December 4th, 2023 · Comments Off on FORUM: Engage in the political process and change can happen (Fall 2023)

It took teamwork to get the Conservatives to back down. Environmentalists and citizens sent emails, made phone calls, and attended and organized protests and lobbying campaigns in the 905 and beyond.

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Tags: Annex · Columns · Opinion

ON THE COVER (Summer 2023)

September 14th, 2023 · Comments Off on ON THE COVER (Summer 2023)

READ MORE:  NEWS: Pits Riot: A teaching moment (Summer 2023) NEWS: Remembering the race riot (Summer 2023)

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Tags: Annex · News · On the cover

NEWS: Remembering the race riot (Summer 2023)

September 14th, 2023 · Comments Off on NEWS: Remembering the race riot (Summer 2023)

On Aug. 16, 1933, during a baseball game in Christie Pits (Willowvale Park until 1983) tensions were high, and thousands of people gathered on the hills to watch the game. 

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Tags: Annex · News

SPORTS: Baseball in full bloom at the Pits (Summer 2023)

September 14th, 2023 · Comments Off on SPORTS: Baseball in full bloom at the Pits (Summer 2023)

In the past two seasons, the Leafs fell just short of winning the Intercounty Baseball League’s championship series. After an offseason that saw some major changes within the organization, the boys in blue are primed for another run at the title.

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Tags: Annex · Sports · Maple Leafs Baseball