Organizations working with Lifeline Syria, Canadian Druze Society By Summer Reid The Annex is a hive of activity as members of local churches, community organizations, and grassroots groups buzz with activities aimed at raising money to support the upcoming influx of Syrian refugees. Their efforts are culminating just as the federal government has outlined #WelcomeRefugees, […]

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Campaign marked by strong candidates By Annemarie Brissenden Take a moment and indulge in a thought experiment. Imagine a room filled with people engaged in the business of politics. It could be in Parliament during question period, a human rights hearing at the United Nations, or a G8 meeting. Do you have the image? Now, […]

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Memory builds sense of community By Annemarie Brissenden It used to be that children roamed in packs. In a time when television and the Internet weren’t even a twinkle in a scientist’s eye, and telephones were shared not just among families but between families, neighbouring children spent a lot of time together. They played together, […]

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Celebrations include gala dinner, auction, and school tours Central Technical School celebrated its 100th anniversary with an open house, tours of the school that featured Decades Rooms, a silent auction, and a gala dinner, all over the Oct. 16 weekend. The popular Decades Rooms marked events that occurred during each of the school’s 10 decades, […]

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Only the Liberals have a progressive economic agenda By Chrystia Freeland I have a political skeleton in my closet. I was the Liberal member of Parliament for Toronto Centre and am running as the Liberal candidate in University-Rosedale, but the first party I ever canvassed for was the New Democratic Party when my mother, Halyna […]

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Seven notorious twentieth-century women come alive in solo show By Annemarie Brissenden It turned out that Zelda was most comfortable in the bathtub. For Elizabeth Smart, it was doing dishes in the kitchen. Or so Dora-award winning actress Nicky Guadagni discovered as she rattled around a big, old farmhouse, coming to grips with the seven […]

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Harbord Bakery marks 70 years By Annemarie Brissenden For Rafi Kosower, Roslyn Katz, and Susan Wisniewski, VE day will always be a little extra special. Because it was on May 8, 1945, that their parents, Albert and Goldie Kosower, bought “the little bakery next to the fish market [at] the corner of Harbord and Major […]

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Porch View Dances bridges art and audience By Axile Gerona Local porches will come alive with dance once again this summer, when Porch View Dances returns for the fourth year to Seaton Village. “From Aug. 19 to 23, choreographies by real-life professional dance couples Karen Kaeja and Allen Kaeja, Michael Caldwell and Louis Laberge-Côté, and […]

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Do voters want another four years of Stephen Harper? By Jennifer Hollett This year is a critical year for Canada. With an early federal election call, we are now in an 11-week campaign, one of the longest (and most expensive to taxpayers) in our country’s history. There are 30 new federal ridings across the country, […]

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Lucky to have top professional in Canada, says producer By Annemarie Brissenden It all happened somewhat by accident. When Kei Yano attended a meeting about a play that dramaturge David Ferry wanted to stage in the neighbourhood, it wasn’t with the intent of landing a contract. She was there to represent the Palmerston Area Residents’ […]

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Collection of photographs captures spirit and character of the area By Annemarie Brissenden Gerald Pisarzowski leafs through a series of platinum black and white prints bound into a beautiful book that is a work of art unto itself. His face quirks into the hint of an expression as he alights on a fresh image, each […]

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