Pandemic shows we can live on so much less While many of us are enjoying cleaner air in the neighbourhood, undoubtably there are people up at night worried about what happens if the air never goes back to being as toxic as it once was. Trillions of dollars are at stake if we, as a […]

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Whether it’s the fragrance, the colours, the shape, or all three, fresh flowers in the home make wonderful decorations to relax the mind and nourish the spirit.

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The Bloor St. Arts Corridor monthly Covid-events column for July 2020.

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As the Toronto Maple Leafs Baseball 2020 season is cancelled, Marek Deska recounts historic no-hitter

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Robert Watt House, the former home of Anne Mirvish’s studio, is on its way from 610 to 604 Markham St. The building is being preserved and re-located as part of Westbank’s Mirvish Village development.

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Coronavirus has hit long term care homes and retirement homes hard, accounting for 12% of all Toronto’s cases but 35% of all the city’s deaths, according to data from the National Institute on Ageing and Toronto Public health.

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Loblaws, Metro, Fiesta Farms all affected By Nicole Stoffman How is COVID-19 impacting the health and safety of grocery workers and their customers across the Annex? The Gleaner took a closer look. DUPONT LOBLAWS Toronto Public Health is actively investigating two clusters of cases of COVID-19 among staff at grocery stores including the Loblaws at […]

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The Annex café at the corner of Bathurst and Bloor has announced its closing after 12 years in business. The announcement came ahead of the pandemic crisis and reportedly as the building had been sold by the tenant’s parent company.

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The twenty-four room Annex Hotel at 296 Brunswick Avenue has re-opened its doors to accommodate Toronto healthcare workers fighting the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Neighbours come together in a time of “social distancing” By Tanya Ielyseieva The Palmerston Area Residents Association (PARA) has donated $7,900 to the Daily Bread Food Bank raised by a community fundraising drive. To help prevent the spread of COVID-19, they also launched an initiative to make non-medical masks, which raised some additional funds for […]

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READ MORE LOCAL COVID-19 COVERAGE: EDITORIAL: Ontario gets a failing grade (May 2020) FORUM: We are here to support you (May 2020) FORUM: COVID-19 has exposed issues in long-term care homes (May 2020) FOCUS: Local resources for a global pandemic (May 2020) ARTS: Embrace culture in defiance of COVID-19 (May 2020) ON THE COVER: Everything will be alright (Apr. 2020) NEWS: Keep Your Rent campaign emerges (Apr. […]

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Long-term care homes in the Annex, public, not-for-profit, and profit alike, have fared relatively well in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. Sadly, the same cannot be said for similar facilities across the province.

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