Time to stop subsidizing cost of garbage By Terri Chu “I’ve got more freezer packs for you,” my friend said as she handed me a gigantic bag. She recently started using those meal delivery services where they pack and portion ingredients for you, include a recipe card, and you cook it when you’re ready to […]
GREENINGS: Municipalities should flex their green muscles (City Election 2018)
October 17th, 2018 · Comments Off on GREENINGS: Municipalities should flex their green muscles (City Election 2018)
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ARTS: Get your spook on for Halloween (City Election 2018)
October 17th, 2018 · Comments Off on ARTS: Get your spook on for Halloween (City Election 2018)
Travel round the world through the arts By Heather Kelly The end of October is a creepy, crawly, spooky fun time of year. With that in mind, everyone can get up close and personal with some of the biggest and baddest arachnids in the world, including new additions to the Spiders: Fear & Fascination exhibition […]
ON THE COVER: Laneway lit up (October 2018)
October 16th, 2018 · Comments Off on ON THE COVER: Laneway lit up (October 2018)
Mural and street artists transformed tagged garage doors in the Euclid Avenue-Palmerston Boulevard laneway into animated, colourful canvases on September 15 and 16. The event celebrated the Laneway Light Up project, and was sponsored by StreetArt Toronto, a City of Toronto program that reduces graffiti vandalism by replacing it with community-engaged street art. Other participants […]
NEWS: Funding for Indigenous housing (October 2018)
October 16th, 2018 · Comments Off on NEWS: Funding for Indigenous housing (October 2018)
Affordable units made possible by development charges By Ahmed Hagar Wigwamen Terrace (14 Spadina Rd.) has received $700,000 to fund a three-storey expansion that will add 24 new affordable housing units for Indigenous seniors. Toronto City Council approved the funding late last month. “What this does is ensure that Indigenous seniors can continue to live […]
NEWS: Election chaos (October 2018)
October 16th, 2018 · Comments Off on NEWS: Election chaos (October 2018)
Council cuts a concern By Ellie Hayden Local residents’ associations, business improvement areas, and community organizations are concerned that reducing Toronto City Council from 47 to 25 seats will wreak havoc with the business of the city in their neighbourhoods. “Clearly Ford is going to put his foot down wherever he feels like putting his […]
CHATTER: Sergeant Ryan Russell Parkette set for a redo (October 2018)
October 16th, 2018 · Comments Off on CHATTER: Sergeant Ryan Russell Parkette set for a redo (October 2018)
A plan to revitalize Sergeant Ryan Russell Parkette is set to be completed by the end of the year, with construction scheduled to begin next spring. The small greenspace at Dupont Street and Avenue Road — which in 2011 was named after Russell, who was killed in the line of duty that same year […]
NEWS: A way to honour the past (October 2018)
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Exploring the roots of Korea Town By Annemarie Brissenden A heritage tour of Toronto’s Korea Town starts — as it should — at the Bloor Street United Church of Canada, once home to the Alpha Korean United Church. Founded in 1967 when there were just over 200 Koreans living in Toronto, it’s the oldest Korean […]
CHATTER: Getting corny for a cause (October 2018)
October 16th, 2018 · Comments Off on CHATTER: Getting corny for a cause (October 2018)
Corn, corn, and more corn was on the menu at Jean Sibelius Park for the Annex Residents’ Association’s annual Corn Fest. This year’s festival featured a silent auction that raised money for those affected by the fire at 650 Parliament St. GEREMY BORDONARO/GLEANER NEWS
EDITORIAL CARTOON: How Nice (October 2018)
October 16th, 2018 · 1 Comment
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EDITORIAL: Eight weeks lost to Ford’s madness (October 2018)
October 16th, 2018 · 1 Comment
For some time now, perfume and cologne companies have marketed their wares as if the wearer would be donning a new character, not just a new scent. High Endurance, Wild, and More Swagger are just some of the options on offer, to which we humbly suggest another, Just Swagger. Designed especially for the newly-minted Ontario […]
FORUM: Build the grid, build the vision (October 2018)
October 16th, 2018 · Comments Off on FORUM: Build the grid, build the vision (October 2018)
City council should catch up on traffic safety By Liz Sutherland Do you remember the day you first rode the protected Bloor bike lanes? For me, it was a hot day in late August — almost exactly two years ago — and I had my dog Sadie in the bike trailer. Coming from Bloordale, I […]
FORUM: Changing times and travel modes (October 2018)
October 16th, 2018 · Comments Off on FORUM: Changing times and travel modes (October 2018)
Councillors should ask new questions By Albert Koehl Is City Hall’s preoccupation with facilitating the movement of cars now just a bad habit that can no longer be rationalized in light of actual travel modes by residents? According to the numbers, among other reasons: yes. [pullquote]Dominance of the car in public debates masks the diminishing role of the […]