Shoppers Drug Mart faces backlash against receipt checks
By Alexa Méndez
Entries Tagged as 'News'
NEWS: Receipt checks raise retail conflict (Dec. 2023)
December 23rd, 2023 · Comments Off on NEWS: Receipt checks raise retail conflict (Dec. 2023)
ON THE COVER: Pretty cool (Fall 2023)
December 5th, 2023 · Comments Off on ON THE COVER: Pretty cool (Fall 2023)
It’s great that the Bloor Annex was recognized as one of “The 40 coolest in the world” by Time Out – a leading global hospitality publication based in the U.K. Over 12,000 people voted for which places should be in the top 40. Only two in Canada were selected.
Tags: Annex · News · On the cover
NEWS: Parkettes win Urban Design Award (Fall 2023)
December 5th, 2023 · Comments Off on NEWS: Parkettes win Urban Design Award (Fall 2023)
Urban design firm DTAH and Bloor-Annex BIA lauded by city
NEILAND BRISSENDEN/GLEANER NEWS
By Megan Bocchinfuso
NEWS: Carved pumpkins to enjoy an encore on Harbord Street (Fall 2023)
December 4th, 2023 · Comments Off on NEWS: Carved pumpkins to enjoy an encore on Harbord Street (Fall 2023)
Come celebrate the warmth of community
By Brian Burchell
Harbord Village’s cherished pumpkin festival is back this year on Nov. 1. Dozens of pumpkins will light up the neighbourhood along Harbord Street from Spadina Avenue to Borden Street.
NEWS: Women’s Art Association’s Secret Postcard Society (Fall 2023)
December 4th, 2023 · Comments Off on NEWS: Women’s Art Association’s Secret Postcard Society (Fall 2023)
One of many unique exhibitions put on by the association
By Hailey Alexander
ON THE COVER (Summer 2023)
September 14th, 2023 · Comments Off on ON THE COVER (Summer 2023)
READ MORE:
Tags: Annex · News · On the cover
NEWS: Remembering the race riot (Summer 2023)
September 14th, 2023 · Comments Off on NEWS: Remembering the race riot (Summer 2023)
90 years ago Jewish and Italian neighbours defended community against antisemitism
By Fox Oliver
NEWS: Pits Riot: A teaching moment (Summer 2023)
September 14th, 2023 · Comments Off on NEWS: Pits Riot: A teaching moment (Summer 2023)
By Fox Oliver
A local theatre group is telling the story of the Christie Pits Riot, which involved 10,000 people, on the same soil where it happened.
NEWS: University Women’s Club of Toronto celebrates 120 years (Summer 2023)
September 14th, 2023 · Comments Off on NEWS: University Women’s Club of Toronto celebrates 120 years (Summer 2023)
Over a century of events and philanthropy
On April 23, the University Women’s Club of Toronto (UWC) celebrated 120 years with over 160 members. The celebration took place on May 1 at the University of Toronto’s Faculty Club at 41 Willcocks Street, east of Spadina, where the club holds its events.
FOCUS: Bloor’s Hungarian chapter closes (Summer 2023)
September 14th, 2023 · Comments Off on FOCUS: Bloor’s Hungarian chapter closes (Summer 2023)
Country Style restaurant closes after serving Annex for 62 years
By Chloe Robinson
ON THE COVER (May/June 2023)
August 8th, 2023 · Comments Off on ON THE COVER (May/June 2023)
Tags: Annex · News · On the cover
NEWS: Retail suffers as developments loom (May/June 2023)
August 8th, 2023 · Comments Off on NEWS: Retail suffers as developments loom (May/June 2023)
Goodness Me!, formerly Noah’s, closes after 39 years
By Fox Oliver
On Saturday, May 20, Goodness Me! Natural Food Market (formerly Noah’s Natural Food), located at 322 Bloor St. W, closed their doors for good. The store opened in 1984, but as large chunks of Bloor and Spadina are set to be demolished to make way for condominium towers, existing retail is being pushed out.
NEWS: Annex honoured for pioneering Bloor bike lanes (May/June 2023)
August 8th, 2023 · Comments Off on NEWS: Annex honoured for pioneering Bloor bike lanes (May/June 2023)
BIA selected by advocacy group for foundational work
By Fox Oliver