Ceremony launches ambitious building schedule

By Joshua Snow

KESKUS International Estonian Centre, located at 9 and 11 Madison Ave., held their official construction launch on April 8. The expected opening date is October 2023.   Read more

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“Rising tides raise all boats”

By Danielle Popov

The Annex Food Hall closed during the pandemic, but it will soon be reborn as an all Asian-owned 4,000 sq. foot night market called Superfresh.   Read more

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The Bata Shoe Museum will dazzle your feet

By Meribeth Deen

With any luck, winter boots will be forgotten in the back of the closet this month as Torontonians embrace spring—at least on the good days.

If you are a shoe fanatic, Sundays are particularly good days because the Bata Shoe Museum (BSM) is FREE on Sundays.   Read more

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Gleaner asks University-Rosedale hopefuls five key questions

Questions are compiled by the Gleaner editorial board and edited for length and clarity. Election date is September 20, 2021. For more information on voting, please visit elections.ca.   Read more

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New builds abound around the Annex

The construction of new residential towers has continued unabated in the Annex despite the pandemic. The Gleaner  is distributed to homes between College Street, Dupont Street, Avenue Road and Christie Street. Fourteen development sites, at various stages of completion, currently exist within these boundaries. With one confirmed exception – Mirvish Village – these are each condominium developments with high price tags. In the next one to three years the population of the Annex will increase considerably. Here is what to expect.  Read more

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• NEWS: Area long-term care homes and COVID (Dec. 2020)
• FORUM: Ford’s fall agenda deeply flawed (Dec. 2020)
• FORUM: Find ways to support local businesses (Dec. 2020)
• ARTS: Keep. Craving. Culture. (Dec. 2020)
• NEW IN BUSINESS: Get your fix of dumplings and wontons (Dec. 2020)
• EDITORIAL: Ford flailing as COVID numbers spike (Nov. 2020)

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• FOCUS: Park set for eco-restoration (Nov. 2020)

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BIA infrastructure improvements, parkettes construction to begin in 2019

By Meribeth Deen

Big changes are coming to Bloor Street: new sidewalks, new water-mains, new trees in the ground, and four new parkettes. At the recent Bloor-Annex Business Improvement Association AGM, BIA chair (and publisher of this newspaper) Brian Burchell told local business and property owners that, after years of planning, the City of Toronto is confident that the Bloor St. Greening Initiative will come to fruition in the coming year.  Read more

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