Empower families, promote small business, and provide better transit
By Karim Jivraj
I am thrilled to be running to be your next member of Parliament. Over the past three months, our team of young volunteers and I have knocked on over 68,000 doors and I’ve personally met thousands of neighbours and local residents.
This is the second instalment of Grading our Greenspace, The Annex Gleaner’s annual parks review. In this popular feature, we visit local parks and rate them on factors like amenities, cleanliness, and ambience.
To revisit part one, please see our website, www.gleanernews.ca.
A platform comparison with an environmental yardstick
The federal riding lines have been redrawn for this election and we are no longer in the old riding of Trinity-Spadina. Instead, the Annex is now situated in the riding of University-Rosedale and we have several strong contenders to be our member of parliament.
Farmers’ market produce attracts shoppers from near and far
“You have to touch and smell the goods to appreciate them,” says Doug Eiche, beekeeper and honey farmer, pictured above at the Bloor-Borden Farmers’ Market.
By Axile Gerona
Local CPC candidates hope to rehabilitate political brand
By Annemarie Brissenden
The local Conservative Party of Canada (CPC) candidates are hoping to convince Annex residents that their political brand is not at odds with downtown in the upcoming federal election.
Once the largest school of its kind in the British Empire
Central Technical School has been known for its unique training programs throughout its history. Above, students in 1948 take a watchmaking class, the only one of its kind in Canada.
Photo courtesy CTSAA
By Annemarie Brissenden
Lucky to have top professional in Canada, says producer
The Postman costume designer and PARA board member Kei Yano poses on Palmerston Boulevard with a borrowed production prop. Photo by Neiland Brissenden, Gleaner News
By Annemarie Brissenden
It all happened somewhat by accident.
Tags: Annex · Liberty · News · People
The thought of bicycling down a highway is a frightening prospect. It is dangerous, and that is why it is prohibited. Bloor Street is technically a highway too, King’s Highway No. 5 to be exact, named in 1925 for King George V. Those high hydro poles whose lights appear only to serve to illuminate third floor apartments are a requirement for “highways” such as Bloor Street. The Bloor Annex BIA (whose chair publishes this newspaper) attached decorative lights to the poles to bring some brightness down to the street. Introducing bike lanes on Bloor Street would be another step to share this roadway more equitably and more safely with the automobile.
Tags: Annex · News · Editorial
Build stronger cities
By Adam Vaughan
When it comes time to vote in October’s federal election, will this city try to make a point, or will Toronto residents make a difference? It’s an important question.
Steel leaves welded onto the Toronto Transit Commission venting grills at Matt Cohen Park add to the park’s theme of balancing nature and urban living.
Park marks
Central Tech students graduated into advanced apprenticeships
In honour of Central Technical School’s centennial, we thought we’d have a look through the Gleaner archives and pull up some of our favourite pieces. This month, we feature a story that appeared in February 2003 about the cancelling of Tech’s prestigious aircraft program. Keep an eye on our Twitter account, @GleanerNews, where we’ll post other stories that celebrate the school’s historic and storied past.
Residents and business-owners vow to battle proposed development
By Annemarie Brissenden
Kensington Market is once again preparing for battle. In what’s becoming an increasingly familiar story in this part of Toronto, an application to replace a non-residential automotive rental facility at College Street and Augusta Avenue with a mixed-use development has the area’s residents and business-owners up in arms.
Popular park will benefit from development dollars
A rendering of the renewal plans for Christie Pits Park reveals improved pathways with new lookouts, a redesigned community hub and stage, and an expanded basketball court. By Harrington McAven Ltd., Courtesy of the City of Toronto
By Annemarie Brissenden and Brian Burchell