January 23rd, 2017 · Comments Off on FOCUS (JANUARY 2017): Should marijuana dispensaries be closed?
Bloor Street citizens have their say
By Geremy Bordonaro
The December 22 shutdown of Pacifico Life had us wondering: what do people think of having a marijuana dispensary in their neighbourhood? So, we hit Bloor Street on January 12, not too far from where Pacifico Life had been, to find out. We asked people what they thought of the shutdown, and of dispensaries in general. What follows is a round-up of what we learned. Read more
[Read more →]
Tags: Annex · People · Opinion
July 25th, 2016 · Comments Off on NEWS (JULY 2016): A permanent home for storytelling
Rogers family donates $5 million to Hot Docs
By Annemarie Brissenden
Ninety years after John Grierson — who would go on to become the first commissioner of the National Film Board of Canada — coined the term documentary, Toronto’s burgeoning narrative feature industry has secured a permanent home. Read more
[Read more →]
Tags: Annex · News · General
September 15th, 2011 · 10 Comments
By Julia Manoukian
287 Brunswick Ave.
287 Brunswick Ave. was once home to one of the area’s wealthiest real estate owners. Anne Racz, better known as Annie of the Annex, invested in a great deal of real estate in and around Toronto with her husband, Leslie Racz. Her entire estate, which is rumoured to be valued at $80 million, was left to her common-law partner, Rich Martyniuk, after she passed away in July 2004. Strangely, the property is listed as occupied, under Leslie Racz’s name.
Read more
[Read more →]
Tags: Annex · News