Loblaws, Metro, Fiesta Farms all affected
By Nicole Stoffman
How is COVID-19 impacting the health and safety of grocery workers and their customers across the Annex? The Gleaner took a closer look.
DUPONT LOBLAWS
NEWS: COVID-19 outbreaks at grocers (May 2020)
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CHATTER: Annex hotel now home for frontline workers (May 2020)
June 15th, 2020 · 1 Comment
The twenty-four room Annex Hotel at 296 Brunswick Avenue has re-opened its doors to accommodate Toronto healthcare workers fighting the COVID-19 pandemic.
NEWS: Food bank to receive funds raised by community mask initiative (May 2020)
June 15th, 2020 · 1 Comment
Neighbours come together in a time of “social distancing”
By Tanya Ielyseieva
The Palmerston Area Residents Association (PARA) has donated $7,900 to the Daily Bread Food Bank raised by a community fundraising drive. To help prevent the spread of COVID-19, they also launched an initiative to make non-medical masks, which raised some additional funds for the Daily Bread Food Bank.
EDITORIAL: Ontario gets a failing grade (May 2020)
June 15th, 2020 · 1 Comment
Long-term care homes in the Annex, public, not-for-profit, and profit alike, have fared relatively well in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. Sadly, the same cannot be said for similar facilities across the province. Before government starts pointing fingers for the tragedy that has unfolded among our most vulnerable seniors, it would do well to acknowledge its own role in the problem.
Tags: Annex · Editorial · Opinion
FORUM: We are here to support you (May 2020)
June 15th, 2020 · 2 Comments
On the road to recovery and a sustainable future
By Mike Layton
As we prepare for a summer like we have never seen in Toronto, I want to take a moment to look back on what our community has accomplished so far. Whether you are part of the frontline response, or are doing your part by practicing physical distancing, this has been a challenging time. However, the sacrifices we have all been making have worked and we have saved lives.
FOCUS: Local resources for a global pandemic (May 2020)
June 15th, 2020 · 1 Comment
An updated guide of Annex resources
By Gleaner Staff
Staying home to help stop the spread of the 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID-19) continues to be the new normal for the foreseeable future.
Read on for our updated guide to Annex resources during COVID-19, the third issue since we all started to hunker down and stay together apart.
SPORTS: Leafs hopeful for baseball this summer (May 2020)
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Shortened season possible if social restrictions lifted and parks reopen by July
R.S. KONJEK/GLEANER NEWS
By R.S. Konjek
The ballpark is quiet.
ON THE COVER: Everything will be alright (Apr. 2020)
May 1st, 2020 · 3 Comments
Huron Street resident and artist Lynne Dalgleish crafted this sign of hope to help neighbours and passers-by alike summon positive thoughts. Click here for the full story from the artist. BRIAN BURCHELL/GLEANER NEWS
READ MORE LOCAL COVID-19 COVERAGE:
- NEWS: Keep Your Rent campaign emerges (Apr. 2020)
NEWS: ARA helps thy neighbour (Apr. 2020)
May 1st, 2020 · 3 Comments
Annex Helps Group mounts massive outreach to assist
By Nicole Stoffman
The day Toronto announced a soft lockdown in response to the Covid-19 pandemic, Terri Chu dropped 100 flyers in her neighbourhood. “If, for any reason and with no judgement, you need any help, be it running errands, picking up groceries, or childcare, please feel free to reach out,” they read.
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FOCUS: Andrà tutto bene – Everything will be alright (Apr. 2020)
May 1st, 2020 · 2 Comments
A message from the artist
By Lynne Dalgleish
I had read about the “Andrà tutto bene” (everything will be alright) rainbow drawings that the people of Italy were putting in their windows to boost morale and delight children.
FOCUS: Local resources for a global pandemic (Apr. 2020)
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An updated guide of Annex resources
By Gleaner Staff
Staying home to help stop the spread of the 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID-19) continues to be the new normal for the foreseeable future.
Read on for our updated guide to Annex resources during COVID-19, the second issue since we all started to hunker down and stay together apart.
CHATTER: Victory’s Nick is the anti-gouger (Apr. 2020)
May 1st, 2020 · 1 Comment
Victory Cafe at 440 Bloor St. W. is open for take-out and is offering gourmet pizza, prepared in a wood fire oven, at roughly 40% off the usual price ($10.95). Owner Nick Ndreka declared: “this is an emergency and people need a break!”
CHATTER: Pop-up coffee shop opens on Bloor! (Apr. 2020)
May 1st, 2020 · 2 Comments
Sean Lacey saw most coffee establishments shutter on Bloor St. due to the pandemic. He saw the opportunity and opened up his own take-out only coffee venue within the Victory Cafe (440 Bloor St. W.). Lacey, pictured above, makes his own fresh baked goods on the premises and sells coffee beans to go. The new business will move to Borden St. (just south of Bloor) when the Victory Cafe and other restaurants fully re-open.