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FROM THE ARCHIVES (Feb. 2023)
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FROM THE ARCHIVES (Jan. 2023)
January 24th, 2023 · Comments Off on FROM THE ARCHIVES (Jan. 2023)
ARTS: Coronavirus arts update:?Stay engaged (July 2020)
August 7th, 2020 · Comments Off on ARTS: Coronavirus arts update:?Stay engaged (July 2020)
ARTS: Embrace culture in defiance of COVID-19 (May 2020)
June 15th, 2020 · 2 Comments
At your fingertips and while in your pjs – enjoy it!
By Meribeth Deen
NEWS: Wychwood Library aims to attract (May 2019)
May 28th, 2019 · Comments Off on NEWS: Wychwood Library aims to attract (May 2019)
Demolition of 1970s element makes way for modern addition
By Nabahat Hussain
EDITORIAL: Ford’s angry budget (May 2019)
May 28th, 2019 · Comments Off on EDITORIAL: Ford’s angry budget (May 2019)
The most recent Ontario budget targets Toronto for over $177 million in annual provincial funding cuts. The targeted cuts are to Toronto’s programs in healthcare, child care, legal aid, tourism, and transit. In exchange, Premier Ford’s province-wide base gets a few shiny trinkets, and as a whole the budget still fails to resemble the kind of plan that could lead our province in the direction of fiscal balance.
Tags: Annex · Editorial · Opinion
HISTORY (OCTOBER 2016): Honouring those who honour history
October 27th, 2016 · Comments Off on HISTORY (OCTOBER 2016): Honouring those who honour history
Local residents recognized at Heritage Toronto Awards
Former Chief of the Mississaugas of the New Credit First Nation and community historian Carolyn King received Heritage Toronto’s Special Achievement Award in recognition of her decades-long efforts to preserve the Mississaugas of New Credit First Nation’s community and to celebrate First Nation heritage at this year’s award ceremony, held in conjunction with the annual Kilbourn lecture on Oct. 17 at the Isabel Bader Theatre. The presentation capped off an evening that celebrated a host of local historians.
ARTS (AUGUST 2016): Library’s ukulele drop-in program leverages diminutive instrument to launch musical journeys
August 25th, 2016 · Comments Off on ARTS (AUGUST 2016): Library’s ukulele drop-in program leverages diminutive instrument to launch musical journeys
By Annemarie Brissenden
It’s hard to feel sad when playing a ukulele.
“Everyone feels good when they play the music,” laughs Sarah Bradley, a branch head librarian with the Toronto Public Library (TPL). She and her colleagues have been running a ukulele program at the Lillian H. Smith branch at College Street and Spadina Avenue that is proving surprisingly popular.
Tags: Annex · Arts · General · Life
Operating budget $67 million short
February 2nd, 2016 · Comments Off on Operating budget $67 million short
Cancelled car tax could have made up difference for Toronto
By Annemarie Brissenden
The City of Toronto’s proposed tax-supported operating budget for 2016 rings in at just over $10 billion, but what’s remarkable is what it doesn’t include.
Tags: General
Bookworms unite to celebrate Toronto
November 11th, 2012 · Comments Off on Bookworms unite to celebrate Toronto
Supporters gathered at the Toronto Book Awards to celebrate the city
By Jacqueline Schifano
Bibliophiles united at the Toronto Reference Library for the 38th annual Toronto Book Awards.
On Oct. 11, Andrew J. Borkowski’s collection of short stories, Copernicus Avenue, took the top prize at the awards honouring literary works that are evocative of Toronto.