A new season of Maple Leafs baseball launches at Christie Pits By R.S. Konjek The world is going to hell, but we still have Maple Leafs baseball. As the cost of living skyrockets, baseball at Christie Pits remains free for everyone.  This is one of the last unspoiled pleasures of our times. The 2026 season […]

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$3 a month to stable your horse…in 1907 By Mike Mastromatteo The house at 217 Lippincott St. isn’t the oldest home in the Annex, but it might be a contender for the most varied in terms of the wide range of tradespeople, professionals, clothing manufacturers, journalists—and the occasional rabbi—who have resided there over the years. […]

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Education in exchange for free delivery bags By Shaya Rahmani A Toronto initiative aimed at supporting gig economy cyclists saw a strong turnout despite days of heavy rain, as riders gathered for free equipment and safety training. Organizers, including major injury lawyer David Shellnutt who advocates for cyclists’ legal rights (also known as The Biking […]

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For her dedication to better transit, Ginette Lapalme was awarded the 2026 Business Road Safety Champion Award on April 23 from Albert Koehl and the Toronto Community Bikeways Coalition (TCBC) in front of the Bathurst subway station. Koehl, who is an environmental lawyer, adjunct professor at the University of Toronto, and founding member of TCBC […]

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Doug Ford would like you to think he has the solutions to all the problems you didn’t even know you had. The premier likes to depict a world full of simple problems, and sometimes made-up ones, for which he has complex solutions which inevitably benefit him and his desperate craving to stay in power and […]

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Waterfront under threat with airport expansion plans By Dianne Saxe With summer now in full swing, our city finds itself in the midst of important conversations about Toronto’s waterfront, art in public space, and safety on streets. Across University-Rosedale and the city as a whole, there is encouraging momentum on several community priorities, alongside some […]

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The Ontario government is hiding under a rock By Jessica Bell In April, I participated in hearings to assess the Conservative government’s progress in implementing its climate action plan. I left feeling betrayed and undeterred.  This is how bad the Conservatives are failing on the climate file. We’re not meeting our targets. In her 2025 […]

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Part 1 of this year’s Grading our Greenspace This is the first instalment of our annual look at neighbourhood greenspaces. Each year, the Annex Gleaner visits and evaluates the parks and parkettes across our coverage area using a range of criteria. While there is no single overall winner, letter grades are assigned to reflect the […]

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Cycle shop has become something of a local legend By Howard Pressburger Finally, there is some good weather, and I’m walking home from the gym, and I run into Aaron Enchin outside his store, Curbside Cycle. We stand in the sunshine, a warm breeze blowing, and have a friendly chat. And Aaron points across the […]

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Gender equity representation an ongoing challenge By Mackenzie Currier “There’s a wide range of people who come from a wide range of ages, genders, and backgrounds in all sorts of ways. But, I guess everyone likes to chat, (and) everyone’s into chess, and so it creates a common denominator,” shares one player at Pub Chess […]

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