Police and city staff aim to keep parks safe after hours By Victoria Prouse Increased complaints about after-hours disturbances in neighbourhood parks are a telltale sign of summer for Toronto Police 14 Division. To combat this situation, 14 Division’s Community Response Unit has implemented a special parks initiative, which began in April and runs until September. […]

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Local cartoonist releases third book Perry King In the middle of the G20 protest saga in 2010, Dave Lapp was at ground zero watching the chaos. A veteran cartoonist, teacher, and local resident, Lapp eventually took his experiences to paper, using a trusty black tip marker to draw a black-and-white two-page strip. The strip took […]

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Toronto Police 14 Division has worked diligently over the past few years to promote its image beyond the realm of law enforcement. Fundamental to their persona as, first and foremost, community members, is the work done by the Community Response Unit (CRU).

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Tips on holding a fundraising concert in your own backyard. By Susan Oppenheim The first time that I heard the term “house concert” was about three years ago, when my musical son-in-law was heading to Kitchener-Waterloo to perform at one. A host opens their home, or in summertime their yard, to a minimum of 25 […]

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By Kristin Eliason This past July, a new collaborative workspace opened on Bloor. CO:WORK (703 Bloor St. W.) opened with the goal of creating an inspiring space, where productivity and networking would be possible. “I think the workforce is changing. People are empowered,” said Heidi McCulloch, founder of CO:WORK. “They can work from wherever they […]

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Gourmet grilled cheese shop makes headway By Ryan Saundercook & Richard Frankel Stepping through the doors of Say Cheese (337 Bloor St. W.), a new gourmet grilled cheese restaurant in the heart of the Annex, feels like walking into the future. The decor is clean and bright. The floors, tables, and chairs are spaceship white, […]

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Lawsuit over diesel trains launched By Richard Frankel The Clean Train Coalition (CTC) has filed a lawsuit against Metrolinx, a GTA transit authority, over their decision to use diesel instead of electric trains for the Air Rail Link (ARL) between Union Station and Pearson International Airport. “Clean Train Coalition has been forced to ask the […]

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The executive director of Creative Trust is keeping the arts alive in Toronto, one dance troupe at a time By Haley Steinberg Jini Stolk, a longtime Annex resident, was recently awarded the Toronto Arts Foundation’s William Kilbourn Award for the Celebration of Toronto’s Cultural Life. The work she has done to promote and sustain the […]

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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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This budget is not good for Canadians, nor is it good fiscal policy. By Olivia Chow, Member of Parliament for Trinity-Spadina Canadians have a right to expect reliable government services in return for our tax dollars. And for decades, our public priorities were clear—we built a public healthcare system that became the envy of many […]

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Local businesses discuss the new discount store addition to the neighbourhood By Kristin Eliason and Richard Frankel The arrival of a Dollarama in the Bathurst and Bloor area is forcing local discount stores to brace for increased competition. “Dollarama is opening 60 stores this year, and Toronto, as well as the GTA, continue to offer […]

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Ancient play set in modern-day Toronto leaves room to debate what happened at the G20 Summit protests By Mickal Aranha It’s been two years since the G20 Summit in Toronto, cause for Canada’s biggest security operation and the largest mass arrest in peacetime history, and almost a year since the Occupy Toronto movement began. Many […]

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