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Entries Tagged as 'Annex'
ON THE COVER: Halfway there (May 2020)
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NEWS: Kensington Gardens loses eight (May 2020)
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NEWS: COVID-19 outbreaks at grocers (May 2020)
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Loblaws, Metro, Fiesta Farms all affected
By Nicole Stoffman
How is COVID-19 impacting the health and safety of grocery workers and their customers across the Annex? The Gleaner took a closer look.
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CHATTER: Green Beans no more (May 2020)
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The Annex café at the corner of Bathurst and Bloor has announced its closing after 12 years in business. The announcement came ahead of the pandemic crisis and reportedly as the building had been sold by the tenant’s parent company.
CHATTER: Annex hotel now home for frontline workers (May 2020)
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The twenty-four room Annex Hotel at 296 Brunswick Avenue has re-opened its doors to accommodate Toronto healthcare workers fighting the COVID-19 pandemic.
NEWS: Food bank to receive funds raised by community mask initiative (May 2020)
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Neighbours come together in a time of “social distancing”
By Tanya Ielyseieva
The Palmerston Area Residents Association (PARA) has donated $7,900 to the Daily Bread Food Bank raised by a community fundraising drive. To help prevent the spread of COVID-19, they also launched an initiative to make non-medical masks, which raised some additional funds for the Daily Bread Food Bank.
CHATTER: Horn on the Cob and the Social Distance (May 2020)
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EDITORIAL: Ontario gets a failing grade (May 2020)
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Long-term care homes in the Annex, public, not-for-profit, and profit alike, have fared relatively well in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. Sadly, the same cannot be said for similar facilities across the province. Before government starts pointing fingers for the tragedy that has unfolded among our most vulnerable seniors, it would do well to acknowledge its own role in the problem.
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FORUM: We are here to support you (May 2020)
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On the road to recovery and a sustainable future
By Mike Layton
As we prepare for a summer like we have never seen in Toronto, I want to take a moment to look back on what our community has accomplished so far. Whether you are part of the frontline response, or are doing your part by practicing physical distancing, this has been a challenging time. However, the sacrifices we have all been making have worked and we have saved lives.
FORUM: COVID-19 has exposed issues in long-term care homes (May 2020)
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We need to summon the political will to make long-term change
By Jessica Bell
The COVID-19 pandemic is not only exposing how poorly our economy and society treat our most vulnerable, it’s making it worse.