ON THE COVER: All hands on deck! (Nov. 2019)
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NEWS: Freeland re-elected (Nov. 2019)
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Minister of Foreign Affairs handily wins riding
By Khyrsten Mieras
Chrystia Freeland will continue her work representing University-Rosedale as a member of parliament following the federal election on Oct. 21.
HISTORY: The Gleaner looks back at 25 years (Nov. 2019)
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Lunch with Jane Jacobs in 1997
In May 2020, The Annex Gleaner celebrates 25 years of publishing. In celebration, we are republishing highlights of our past; this feature, Lunch with Jane Jacobs, was originally printed in August of 1997. Jacobs, the celebrated urban thinker, was a long-time Annex resident. Deanne Fisher, who interviewed Jacobs, is the founding editor of the Gleaner.
CHATTER: Park gets a haircut (Nov. 2019)
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After two Gleaner stories amplifying community concerns over the city’s neglect of Paul Martel Park (on Madison north of Bloor), city staff gave the green space a major clean-up and its long promised new sign. Residents are hopeful that park staff bring the planting beds back to life in the spring.
EDITORIAL CARTOON: How Nice (Nov. 2019)
December 9th, 2019 · 1 Comment
READ MORE BY BRETT LAMB:
- EDITORIAL CARTOON: How Nice (Oct. 2019)
- EDITORIAL CARTOON: How Nice (Sept. 2019)
- EDITORIAL CARTOON: How nice (August 2019)
- EDITORIAL CARTOON: How Nice (Summer 2019)
- EDITORIAL CARTOON: How Nice (May 2019)
- EDITORIAL CARTOON: How Nice (Spring 2019)
- EDITORIAL CARTOON: How nice (December 2018)
- EDITORIAL CARTOON: How Nice (City Election 2018)
- EDITORIAL CARTOON: How Nice (October 2018)
- EDITORIAL CARTOON: How nice (Aug./Sept. 2018)
Tags: Annex · Columns · Opinion
EDITORIAL: Don Cherry’s deeply revealing words (Nov. 2019)
December 9th, 2019 · 1 Comment
Don Cherry made it easy for Rogers’s-owned Sportsnet to fire him on Nov. 11. His attack on newcomers for not wearing symbols of allegiance (the poppy) advances a very non-Canadian agenda that is entirely contrary to the values that our soldiers and allies fought for over several wars. It’s not so much that times have changed and Cherry’s views have failed to evolve, but that we believe Cherry is advancing views that were never very Canadian. The fact that he was fired on Remembrance Day is the real tribute to those troops.
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FORUM: Winter woes in Ward 11 (Nov. 2019)
December 9th, 2019 · 1 Comment
Layton seeks a more “robust” approach to snow clearing
By Mike Layton
Before the weather goes below zero, and the fall rain turns into ice and snow, I thought I could take a moment to talk about a topic that will be top of mind for many Ward 11 residents in the coming months – snow removal.
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FORUM: Ford’s backtracks show our resistance is working (Nov. 2019)
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With his popularity in free fall, the premier tries reverse gear
By Jessica Bell
Over the past year, Doug Ford has hacked away at our schools, hospitals, and communities. He’s made devastating cuts to OSAP, ambulance services, and cancer-screening programs. Under his term, class sizes have ballooned, wait times at emergency rooms have increased, and university has become more expensive. It’s a bleak picture. But the good news is we have been fighting back – and Ford is now forced to listen.
FOCUS: Defacement or marginalia? (Nov. 2019)
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The question of writing in library books at U of T
By Nicole Stoffman
Judging by the state of many books one finds at the University of Toronto Libraries, writing in library books is a U of T tradition. In long-held parts of the collection, especially in books used for course readings and essay research, one finds almost every sentence underlined or highlighted.
ARTS: Arts light up November nights (Nov. 2019)
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The Arts Corridor is waiting for you – all of it within walking distance
By Meribeth Deen
No need for the lull between the excitement of Halloween and the festive lights of the darkest month to get you down. The Bloor Street Arts Corridor has plenty of story, spectacle, and audio enjoyment to keep your spirits up as the days grow shorter.
GREENINGS: Unpacking the winning bling (Nov. 2019)
December 9th, 2019 · 1 Comment
Let’s stop celebrating symbols of destruction
Bling bling! Jaws dropped and the media was bedazzled by the newly unveiled Toronto Raptors championship rings on October 23. For the team’s opening game, each player was awarded a golf-ball of 10 karat gold covered in 14 carat diamonds, and the nearly 20,000 fans watching at Scotiabank Arena were given replicas. Instead of being star struck, I feel sick. Instead of celebrating the making and baring of those rings, we should be denouncing them and the culture that clouds the story they really tell.