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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NEWS: COVID-19 outbreaks at grocers (May 2020)
June 15th, 2020 · Comments Off on NEWS: COVID-19 outbreaks at grocers (May 2020)
CHATTER: Green Beans no more (May 2020)
June 15th, 2020 · Comments Off on CHATTER: Green Beans no more (May 2020)
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)
June 15th, 2020 · 1 Comment
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)
June 15th, 2020 · 1 Comment
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)
June 15th, 2020 · 2 Comments
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FOCUS: Local resources for a global pandemic (May 2020)
June 15th, 2020 · 1 Comment
An updated guide of Annex resources
By Gleaner Staff
Staying home to help stop the spread of the 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID-19) continues to be the new normal for the foreseeable future.
Read on for our updated guide to Annex resources during COVID-19, the third issue since we all started to hunker down and stay together apart.
ON THE COVER: Everything will be alright (Apr. 2020)
May 1st, 2020 · 3 Comments
Huron Street resident and artist Lynne Dalgleish crafted this sign of hope to help neighbours and passers-by alike summon positive thoughts. Click here for the full story from the artist. BRIAN BURCHELL/GLEANER NEWS
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- NEWS: Keep Your Rent campaign emerges (Apr. 2020)
NEWS: Keep Your Rent campaign emerges (Apr. 2020)
May 1st, 2020 · 3 Comments
CIBC report says 30 per cent did not pay rent on April 1
By Nicole Stoffman
Who should take the biggest hit during the economic shutdown of the coronavirus pandemic: renters, landlords, or the big banks? How one answers that question depends on whether one believes in the power of the individual or the collective.
NEWS: ARA helps thy neighbour (Apr. 2020)
May 1st, 2020 · 3 Comments
Annex Helps Group mounts massive outreach to assist
By Nicole Stoffman
The day Toronto announced a soft lockdown in response to the Covid-19 pandemic, Terri Chu dropped 100 flyers in her neighbourhood. “If, for any reason and with no judgement, you need any help, be it running errands, picking up groceries, or childcare, please feel free to reach out,” they read.
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FOCUS: Andrà tutto bene – Everything will be alright (Apr. 2020)
May 1st, 2020 · 2 Comments
A message from the artist
By Lynne Dalgleish
I had read about the “Andrà tutto bene” (everything will be alright) rainbow drawings that the people of Italy were putting in their windows to boost morale and delight children.
FOCUS: Local resources for a global pandemic (Apr. 2020)
May 1st, 2020 · Comments Off on FOCUS: Local resources for a global pandemic (Apr. 2020)
An updated guide of Annex resources
By Gleaner Staff
Staying home to help stop the spread of the 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID-19) continues to be the new normal for the foreseeable future.
Read on for our updated guide to Annex resources during COVID-19, the second issue since we all started to hunker down and stay together apart.
CHATTER: “A burger and a pound of butter please…” (Apr. 2020)
May 1st, 2020 · Comments Off on CHATTER: “A burger and a pound of butter please…” (Apr. 2020)
As social distancing rules cause hour-long line ups at the local Metro, people are also having trouble finding free time slots for grocery delivery. Fortunately for stressed-out shoppers, our friendly neighbourhood Paupers Pub is getting into the grocery game.
CHATTER: Victory’s Nick is the anti-gouger (Apr. 2020)
May 1st, 2020 · 1 Comment
Victory Cafe at 440 Bloor St. W. is open for take-out and is offering gourmet pizza, prepared in a wood fire oven, at roughly 40% off the usual price ($10.95). Owner Nick Ndreka declared: “this is an emergency and people need a break!”