From Christmas installations to increasing security at the Brunswick House By: Kelly Gabel The monthly Bloor Annex Business Improvement Area (BIA) meeting took place Oct. 16 at Kilgour’s Bar Meets Grill (509 Bloor Street W.) and was led by treasurer and secretary, Brian Burchell. On the agenda was the approval of the 2013 budget plan. […]

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A look into the security measures at the TTC By Samina Esha After three Dupont station robberies between 2011 and February of this year, no arrests have been made. Security camera footage indicates that all robberies were carried out by the same masked person. On the third robbery, shots were fired at a TTC fare […]

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MP and city councillors support proposition By Andrew Schopp A new home is needed to showcase Toronto’s history, and Casa Loma may be just the ticket. “The reason why it is a very good venue is because Casa Loma is recognized as one of the top three tourists attractions in the city of Toronto,” said […]

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Debate visits City Hall By Josh Zeliger Whether a casino is in the cards for downtown Toronto will be up in the air until next year, but that hasn’t deterred developers from posturing for public approval and pandering to City Councilors. In the first concrete plan for a casino complex downtown, Oxford Properties Group recently […]

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Trustees uneasy as further cuts made to schools By Samina Esha The Toronto District School Board has been under constant scrutiny after an additional $46.4 million was cut from their their 2012/2013. These cuts included the closing of 32 school cafeterias and increasing fees for people that use school facilities by 41 per cent – […]

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Annex stores prepare for Toronto’s plastic bag ban By Alexa Huffman Council announced this month that the city’s plastic bag ban will begin in the new year, but questions are now being raised about the impact this decision will have on businesses. Making Toronto a greener place was a major factor in council voting on […]

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Residents try to move on By Andrew Russell Residents of the Christie Pits area no longer have to look over their shoulders after police announced Monday Oct. 22 of the arrest of a 15-year-old male on 14 counts of Sexual Assault and two counts of Criminal Harassment in connection to a string of assaults that […]

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Plan includes $3-million cut to staffing costs By Ryan Saundercook The Royal Ontario Museum announced in a press release this past July that it would be cutting total salary and benefits costs for its employees by 10 per cent, which amounts to roughly $3 million a year. Janet Carding, the museum’s CEO and driving force […]

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The Annex, Seaton Village could be out of Trinity-Spadina riding By Andrew Schopp The federal electoral district of Trinity-Spadina could be cut down to size, with the Annex and Seaton Village being removed from the riding and rezoned as part of the St. Paul’s riding, if the proposed changes by Federal Electoral Boundaries Commission for […]

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By Rosario Marchese, Member of Provincial Parliament for Trinity-Spadina Part of my job as a Member of Provincial Parliament involves participating on the committees that evaluate the effectiveness of existing laws. Earlier this year, my colleagues and I held committee hearings on the Aggregate Resources Act, the legislation that governs the operation of pits and […]

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Station P, near Bloor and Spadina, will move to the Bloor and Ossington area this fall By Victoria Prouse Annex residents will soon have to travel much farther to reach a full-service post office. Canada Post recently announced that in October, Station P will be relocated from its current site at 704 Spadina Ave., just […]

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NHL stars come out to support the Team Up Foundation [imagebrowser id=3] By Andrew Schopp As an NHL all-star, Doug Gilmour could score goals. But there were no home-runs from the Hall of Famer at the inaugural “Dougieball” softball match at Christie Pits Park on July 19. “Some of these guys with the power, they’ll […]

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