Compiled by Perry King and Emina Gamulin The Gleaner asked you what questions you’d like the Ward 20 candidates to answer, and here’s what you came up with. Answers have been edited for space, and candidates are listed alphabetically, with the incumbent first. Roman Polochansky is also running but could not be reached for comment. […]

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Compiled by Emina Gamulin, Perry King, Rebecca Payne, and Khristopher Reardon In Ward 19, incumbent Joe Pantalone, who has been a sitting councillor since 1980, is running for mayor. There are nine candidates: Rosario Bruto worked in banking for 25 years, and currently owns a consulting firm; Ted Footman (listed as David Footman on the […]

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By Tim Legault Fraternity houses are voicing their concerns over the proposed changes in rooming house bylaws and licensing rules that Councillor Adam Vaughan (Ward 20 Trinity-Spadina) has been championing for some time. The planned changes would require the properties to have yearly inspections that ensure the buildings are to code. Failing to fix any […]

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By Perry King At 9:47 p.m. on Aug. 25, Toronto city council voted 37–0 to approve the hotly debated harmonized zoning bylaw. The new bylaw, arising from an eight-year harmonization exercise, now regulates the use of land and buildings, including their height, size, bulk, and location. Written with a common terminology and set of defined […]

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By Jennifer Farncomb Is it time for new management at Casa Loma? Recent events have called into question the management and finances of the castle, which some say are lacking in transparency and the ability follow through on agreements made with the city in 2008. “Now what staff is identifying is that we have a problem—and it’s […]

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By Perry King Bill 21 is now officially law, but local retirement homes are still unsure how the new regulations will affect them. “We do not know at this point how much change there will be in terms of regulations,” said Anne Walton, vice president of operations for Diversicare, the overseeing body for Hazelton Place […]

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It isn’t pretty but Cafe Brasiliano & Columbia—west of Musa Restaurant at the corner of Euclid Avenue and Dundas Street West—becomes the likely victim of water and smoke damage when a fire erupted on July 4, 2010. We photographed the occasion and put it on our Flickr page. Matt James/Gleaner News

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On June 26, the Gleaner documented the Queen’s Park protests through photography. Check out these photos on our Flickr page. Perry King/Gleaner News

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By Jacob Arnfield At a price of $1 billion dollars, with international financial leaders, media, police, and protestors all congregating downtown, the G20 will be an event unlike any other the city has ever seen. In case some of the disparate accounts have left you confused, here are some details for how the summit will alter the […]

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By Tim Legault A proposal to build a massive 42-storey academic residence at 245 and 253 College Street, between Spadina and University, was met with a general unease from local residents during a May 18 community meeting. “Nice building, wrong location,” said Ceta Ramahalawansingh, who has lived in the area since 1971. She added that […]

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By Jacob Arnfield Is there a difference between a fraternity and a rooming house? Historically, municipalities with rooming house laws say yes. When Toronto’s rooming house legislation was first instituted, fraternity and sorority houses were exempted, but this is not likely to be the case for much longer. Earlier this year, Councillor Adam Vaughan (Ward […]

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By Darko Milenkovic Residents of a 22-storey building in the Annex found themselves with neither electricity nor water during a weekend-long power outage last month. During a windy morning on May 8, a tree limb fell on top of a power fuse creating sparks and causing a partial power outage at 100 Spadina Rd, owned […]

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