Toronto for Everyone celebrates Honest Ed’s By Geremy Bordonaro For 68 years, Honest Ed’s welcomed all those who came to its doors. While the store made its last sale on the final day of 2016, it will play host to a grand wake before it closes its doors one last time. And organizers hope the […]
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NEWS (FEBRUARY 2017): One last hurrah
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NEWS (FEBRUARY 2017): Building a stronger relationship
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U of T receives final report recommending response to TRC By Clarrie Feinstein The Steering Committee for the University of Toronto Response to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada has answered a call to action. On Dec. 31, 2016, it released Wecheehetowin, a final report on how the university should respond to the dozens […]
NEWS (FEBRUARY 2017): New chapter for student residence?
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Site recommended for heritage list—impact on development unclear By Annemarie Brissenden City Planning announced its intention to designate 698 Spadina Avenue under the Ontario Heritage Act and list the property on the City of Toronto’s Heritage Register last month. The announcement came four days before a community consultation meeting on the University of Toronto’s application […]
CHATTER (FEBRUARY 2017): Welcoming the rooster
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CHATTER (FEBRUARY 2017): The beat goes on
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CHATTER (FEBRUARY 2017): A diversity of curiosity
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Speakers as diverse as historian Charlotte Gray, sex columnist and activist Dan Savage, Emmy-award winning-actress Tatiana Maslany, and musician Tanya Tagaq will participate in the Curious Minds Weekend at the Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema from March 3 to 5. Inspired by Hot Docs’ Curious Minds Morning Speaker Series, which are six-week courses on a […]
NEIGHBOURHOOD PROFILE (FEBRUARY 2017): Still a neighbourhood staple
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Owner Katalin Koltai reveals enduring appeal of Country Style By Clarrie Feinstein Despite the recent closing of Honest Ed’s and the constant turnover of Annex storefronts, Country Style has stayed firm in its place at 450 Bloor St. W. for 55 years. The only adjustment made to the Hungarian restaurant was a two-month renovation […]
ON THE COVER (JANUARY 2017): Putting the city’s laneways to work
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NEWS (JANURY 2017): Open only a month
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Landlord shuts Pacifico Life storefront By Geremy Bordonaro It was 2 p.m. three days before Christmas when she got the telephone call. Tamara Hirsh was working in the recently opened location of her medical marijuana dispensary when her landlord, Yong Jo, called and told her that the 444 Bloor St. W. storefront had to be […]
CHATTER (JANUARY 2017): Doctors’ Parkette close to completion
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CHATTER (JANUARY 2017): Bird was the word for giving
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Without missing a beat, Freeman Real Estate and Spirit of Math spanned wing-on-wing to make sure one of the area’s holiday traditions would continue to fly. Thanks to their efforts, nearly 500 hundred turkeys flew off a giveaway table set up at 988 Bathurst St. last December. [pullquote]“Certainly we want to continue doing it next […]
POLICE BLOTTER (JANUARY 2017): Three men sought in taxi assault and robbery
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The Toronto Police Service is looking for three men in connection with an assault and robbery of a taxi driver near Russell and Robert streets on Dec. 18 at approximately 3 a.m. It is alleged that the three men were picked up by the taxi a short distance away before asking to stop near the […]