Owner/Developer: 500 Bloor Street Property Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Westbank Corp. Status: Proposal pending Community members are eagerly anticipating Westbank’s second open house on March 3, when it will present the initial concept for the redevelopment of the $100-million, 1.8-hectare southeast corner of Bloor and Bathurst streets. So far, Westbank is modelling a new […]

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Board destructive to environment Most people in this neighbourhood have a horror story or two to tell about the Ontario Municipal Board (OMB). No doubt the majority of cases to hit the OMB are ruled in the developer’s favour. While many will focus on the aesthetics and neighbourhood impact of the board, I tend to […]

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The edict from Liz Sandals, the province’s education minister, to the Toronto District School Board (TDSB) that it must, among other things, decide on which underutilized schools should close might just break the institution into shell-shocked pieces. Closing schools in any school board is a task requiring courageous confidence. Governing for the benefit of the […]

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By Annemarie Brissenden Jennifer Hollett received the New Democratic Party nomination for the new riding of University-Rosedale earlier this month at a lively meeting packed with party faithful. Trinity-Spadina councillors and trustee Joe Cressy (Ward 20), Mike Layton (Trinity-Spadina), and Ausma Malik (Ward 10), as well as Peggy Nash (MP, Parkdale-High Park), were among those […]

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Police have arrested three suspects in connection with a brutal alleyway assault last summer. Feyzullah Cetin, 19, and an 18-year-old who cannot be named under the Criminal Youth Justice Act have been charged with conspiracy to commit an indictable offence, robbery, attempted murder, assault to cause bodily harm, aggravated assault, and assault with a weapon. […]

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Photo by Brian Burchell, Gleaner News Image courtesy of 316 Bloor West Developments Ltd. A developer, 316 Bloor West Developments Ltd., has applied for an amendment to zoning by-laws with the hope of raising a 42-storey residential/mixed-use development at Madison Avenue and Bloor Street West. At a total floor area of approximately 24,265 squares metres, […]

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Elected representatives agree on Trinity-Spadina priorities By Annemarie Brissenden Trinity-Spadina’s elected representatives are committed to working together to improve transit infrastructure, increase affordable housing, and enhance the liveability of the area. They also share a renewed spirit of optimism after a series of elections last year that have resulted in new faces at all levels […]

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Photo: Brian Burchell, Gleaner News

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  Photo: Brian Burchell, Gleaner News

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Master list of possible closures includes eight in Ward 10 By Brian Burchell and Claire Kilpatrick At least eight schools in Trinity-Spadina are at risk of closing following the provincial Minister of Education’s direction to the Toronto District School Board (TDSB) to review its capital plan. It’s but one of several orders based on the recommendations […]

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    By Helen Zhou There are a lot of things that could be said about Central Tech students. And, I accept that as human beings my fellow students are flawed and imperfect, just like all the rest of us. What I cannot accept is that we are being labelled as “pawns” by the Annex […]

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New councillor states position on jets and Waterfront Toronto By Joe Cressy Toronto began as a waterfront city. It was our point of origin. Since then, our city has grown and developed in leaps and bounds, but along the way the waterfront seemed to have been lost. But in recent years we have found it […]

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