December 16th, 2024 · Comments Off on FOCUS: Community Safety Scholarship awarded to Sean Chen (Dec. 2024)
Chen has made an impact at Harbord Collegiate
From left, P.C. Geoff Graham, Inspector Robert Choe, scholarship winner Sean Chen, Scholarship Coordinator Brian Burchell, and P.C. Jamie Breau at Toronto Police Service’s 14 Division. COURTESY TORONTO POLICE SERVICE
December 16th, 2024 · Comments Off on EDITORIAL: Bill 212 causes congestion (Dec. 2024)
Bill 212, Reducing Gridlock, Saving You Time Act, 2024, is a reckless piece of legislation based on the false premise that bike lanes add to traffic congestion and are bad for business. The Annex is a shining example of how neither is true. Read more
December 16th, 2024 · Comments Off on FORUM: Time to file your vacant home tax declaration (Dec. 2024)
Not to late for the flu shot or an updated COVID vacine
By Dianne Saxe
Two years have now passed since I was first elected to Toronto city council, and I am tremendously proud of the improvements we have made together. Read more
November 8th, 2024 · Comments Off on ON THE COVER: Redo of intersection itself a hazard (Oct./Nov. 2024)
Import of a Dutch design was a response to cyclist death at Bloor and St. George streets
City crews work to amend the recently redesigned intersection of Bloor and St. George by removing trip hazards that were injuring cyclists and pedestrians. BRIAN BURCHELL/GLEANER NEWS
November 8th, 2024 · Comments Off on NEWS: Hot Docs/Bloor Cinema to reopen (Oct./Nov. 2024)
A soft reopening is planned for third-party rentals
The Rocky Horror Picture Show returns to Hot Docs this Halloween. NEILAND BRISSENDEN/GLEANER NEWS
By Rose Haberer
Since its closing in the heat of mid-June, questions about the fate of the Toronto gem and documentary film-scene staple, Hot Docs, have been left open-ended, until now. Read more
November 8th, 2024 · Comments Off on CHATTER: Trinity-St. Paul’s blesses all creatures great and small (Oct./Nov. 2024)
The annual tradition pays tribute to the creatures we love. ROSE HABERER/GLEANER NEWS
If you happened to be at the Trinity-St. Paul’s Centre for Faith, Justice and the Arts this past Sunday, Oct. 6, you would have found the pews full of people replaced with a gaggle of pointy eared, furry friends, there for the annual Blessing of the Animals. Read more
November 8th, 2024 · Comments Off on EDITORIAL: Fact-checking Ford (Oct./Nov. 2024)
Premier Doug Ford, while apparently unable or unwilling to address urgent provincial crises in health care, education, and the ongoing existential threat of climate change, has instead told an Empire Club luncheon last week that he is planning to “rip out bike lanes on major roads such as Bloor Street.” The elites at the lunch were thrilled, a group whose praise Ford craves. Read more