ON THE COVER: Artscape Wychwood Barns 10th anniversary (March 2018)
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NEWS: Shelter offers temporary respite (March 2018)
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NEWS: Dupont decision sets precedent (March 2018)
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Ontario Municipal Board rules in favour of community
CHATTER: Cultural hub marks 10 years (March 2018)
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Tags: General
CHATTER: Advocacy group launches rail safety toolkit (March 2018)
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Safe Rail Communities, a local advocacy group, has drafted its Rail Emergency Preparedness Toolkit as part of its Rail Safety Improvement Program. Funded by Transport Canada, the toolkit provides residents living near rail tracks with emergency contacts in case of a train derailment.
CHATTER: Bathurst cycle shop builds community team (March 2018)
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Bateman’s Bicycle Company celebrated a milestone when its 2018 racing team reached 75 members. This year’s team includes 25 new and 50 returning racers.
The 10-year-old bike shop, which has three locations in the Annex, founded its cycling team in 2012 with one member. Now in its sixth year, the team has cyclists from as young as eight years to over 60 years of age from the community.
CHATTER: Christie Pits rink renamed in honour of Sid Smith (March 2018)
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An artificial rink in Christie Pits Park has been renamed after Sid Smith, the eighth captain of the Toronto Maple Leafs. The name change happened after the city received an application for the change last year from a private citizen.
NEWS: Bike lanes (March 2018)
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A dissenter makes his case
By Annemarie Brissenden
Do bike lanes make cycling inherently safer?
That question was up for debate at January’s Grounds for Thought, which runs the last Tuesday of every month at the Green Beanery at Bloor and Bathurst streets. With free coffee on offer, Grounds for Thought is an homage to the coffee houses of old, places where dissent and unconventional ideas were not only welcomed but encouraged.
EDITORIAL CARTOON: How nice (March 2018)
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Tags: Annex · Columns · Opinion
FORUM: Small businesses create a liveable city (March 2018)
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Provincially mandated taxes are driving out local entrepreneurs
By Joe Cressy
I spend a lot of time in this newspaper talking about the need to build a liveable city. A city that is affordable for all. A city that has the parks and services required to foster inclusive neighbourhoods. A city that takes care of the most vulnerable. And, a city that protects and supports arts and culture, because at the end of the day a city without culture would be a city missing something.
FORUM: What kind of province do we want? (March 2018)
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A case for inclusivity and fairness
By Jessica Bell
I’ve been a community organizer and an executive director of non-profits for nearly 20 years, winning real change for human rights and the environment.
GREENINGS: The science of board games (March 2018)
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The danger of equating pop culture with the periodic table
This neighbourhood is known for great people and I’m lucky enough to call many of them neighbours. I had the pleasure of joining some friends for dinner recently. After dinner, the gracious host pulled out a game and continued their after-dinner tradition of playing the latest trivia game they received for Christmas.