Ryerson Community School 96 Denison Ave.
• Current enrolment: 317
• Utilization rate: 53%
• Projected utilization rate in 2034: 100%

Photo: Brian Burchell, Gleaner News

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Kensington Community School 401 College St.
• Current enrolment: 113
• Utilization rate: 25%
• Projected utilization rate in 2034: 20%

Photo: Brian Burchell, Gleaner News

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Master list of possible closures includes eight in Ward 10

By Brian Burchell and Claire Kilpatrick

At least eight schools in Trinity-Spadina are at risk of closing following the provincial Minister of Education’s direction to the Toronto District School Board (TDSB) to review its capital plan. It’s but one of several orders based on the recommendations found in Margaret Wilson’s sweeping report, which reviewed “operational issues at the TDSB with a focus on the governing structure”.  Read more

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The Central Technical School Blues took on the football players of Sir John A. Macdonald Collegiate Institute on Nov. 7, 2013, before going on to win the citywide finals that year. The field was locked down shortly thereafter, following the discovery of contamination in the soil. The Central Tech students are keen to get their field back, and support the TDSB’s plan to install a championship field, which would include artificial turf and a seasonal dome, at the site. Photo Brian Burchell, Gleaner News  Read more

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New councillor states position on jets and Waterfront Toronto

By Joe Cressy

Toronto began as a waterfront city. It was our point of origin. Since then, our city has grown and developed in leaps and bounds, but along the way the waterfront seemed to have been lost. But in recent years we have found it again. As politicians, developers, community leaders, and business people, we’ve begun to reclaim and revitalize our waterfront.  Read more

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Long in need of a rethink, the corner of Bathurst and Bloor streets is currently the focus of renewed scrutiny, as City of Toronto planners work to lay down guidelines in advance of a much-anticipated application to re-develop the Honest Ed’s site, and adjoining land.  Read more

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The University of Toronto and Ryerson University women’s basketball teams battle it out in the first game of the inaugural BIA Cup on Jan. 7 at U of T’s Goldring Centre.
The tournament, which runs to Feb. 11, is a series of games aimed at promoting high-performance post-secondary athletics to male and female adolescents across the city. Photo Martin Bazyl, U of T Faculty of Kinesiology and Physical Education

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City should emulate Guelph and Chicago

By Terri Chu

Coming off an election campaign, I was often asked why I decided to run for city council. When members of Adam Vaughan’s old campaign team asked me to put my name forward, I had to think long and hard about putting life on hold in the name of public service.  Read more

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Re-elected in a landslide victory, Layton pushes transit file

By Mike Layton

There is no silver bullet to Toronto’s transit woes.  Almost as rare is finding a transit plan that all Torontonians can agree with.

But though seldom as it is, it does happen on occasion.  Read more

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It’s sad to see the students of Central Tech used as pawns to advance a singular solution to the problem of the school’s playing field. It’s a complicated issue and the students are being fed an easy-to-swallow pill about who is to blame for the state of their field.  Read more

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Ashley James Thomas of The Art House Gallery, 594 Markham St. participated in the The Mirvish Village
Sidewalk Sale on Markham Street Saturday & Sunday, September 20-21 with, among others, this painting
of the Bloor Street Viaduct.
COURTESY LAURA BURNHAM, MIRVISH VILLAGE BIA

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Students from 201 Toronto Catholic District School Board schools contributed to Project Reach, a collaborative
installation on display at Brennan Hall (81 St. Mary St.) as part of Scotiabank Nuit Blanche. Each
school made a “box of charity” to show their view on the meaning of charity. The hands symbolize people’s
ability to reach out and change the world around them.
NEILAND BRISSENDEN/GLEANER NEWS

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Energy efficiency is the lowest hanging fruit on the environmental front

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