ON THE COVER: The white elephant (Apr. 2021)
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NEWS: Geary goes green (Apr. 2021)
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Construction on first Green Line initiative set for 2022
By Mary An
One of the first initiatives within the Green Line is underway. As chronicled in the Annex Gleaner’s February edition, the Green Line will be a five kilometre-long park running along the hydro-electric corridor north of Dupont Street.
NEWS: Tenants at risk of eviction (Apr. 2021)
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Critics see government’s “protections” as toothless
By Nicole Stoffman
Seven percent of Ontario tenants, or 98,000 families, can’t pay their full rent because of pandemic-related job loss. They are accumulating rent arrears that many will never be able to repay, according to the Federation of Rental Providers of Ontario (FRPO). In the Annex alone, 16 eviction applications have been made since November.
NEWS: Light sculptures appear on Bloor (Apr. 2021)
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BIA pays homage to its many food establishments during COVID
By Mary An
CHATTER: The pivot to the mask trade (Apr. 2021)
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Rainbows, sparkles and onesies, it turns out, are no match for a global pandemic. That’s what Lien Nguyen and her business partner found out after COVID-19 forced numerous strategic pivots just to stay alive. Their enterprise, the Unicorn Café, opened up in January of 2020 at 561 Bloor Street W., and attempted to continue running via Uber Eats. Like many businesses, the Unicorn Café entered the mask trade and in that, found some hope.
EDITORIAL CARTOON: How Nice (Apr. 2021)
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The Doug Ford wipeout!
SEE MORE BY BRETT LAMB:
- EDITORIAL CARTOON: Pandemic Response (Mar. 2021)
- EDITORIAL CARTOON: How Nice (Feb. 2021)
- EDITORIAL CARTOON: How Nice (Jan. 2021)
- EDITORIAL CARTOON: How Nice! (Dec. 2020)
- EDITORIAL CARTOON: How Nice (Nov. 2020)
- EDITORIAL CARTOON: How Nice (Oct. 2020)
- EDITORIAL CARTOON: How Nice (Aug. 2020)
- EDITORIAL CARTOON: How Nice (July 2020)
- EDITORIAL CARTOON: How Nice (Apr. 2020)
Tags: Annex · Editorial · Opinion
FORUM: Mr. Ford cuts into the future of public services (Apr. 2021)
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Budget bright spots come with a grain of salt
By Jessica Bell
The Ford government released its 2021-2022 Budget on March 24. The government will spend $186 billion next year, a cut of $4.8 billion from the previous year.
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: “On the road to a roof over his head” (Apr. 2021)
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Things are looking up for Jeff Reid, who has finally found a home
Hi! It’s me, the guy on page 7 of the [March edition] of the Gleaner! I have received so many comments about the article, it’s unbelievable. Instead of walking by me like I don’t exist, more people are treating me like I’m actually real or something! So happy!
Tags: Annex · Letters · Opinion
FOCUS: Another legal weed shop heading to Bloor Street (Apr. 2021)
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Value Buds to open where Aroma Coffee operated
By Luca Tatulli
ARTS: Cream cheese and Covid Culture (Apr. 2021)
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Your May 2021 Arts Brief
By Meribeth Deen
May 16th, 2021 is a Sunday, and in all likelihood, you will not be going anywhere, certainly not to a museum or concert. Maybe, maybe… you will go to a park.
GREENINGS: More greenspace, fewer cars (Apr. 2021)
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Let’s not go back to unhealthy “normal”
By Terri Chu
While we all wait for vaccines to bring us back to some sense of “normal” (don’t hold your breath as the variants might beat us at this game), let’s take a moment to reflect on how much normal really sucked: for so many Torontonians, “normal” meant sitting in the car for hours just to get to work.