largest race riot to students in Toronto middle schools and high schools. The play is from the perspective of Joey Rosenthal, a young Jewish boy living in Toronto during the week leading up to the Christie Pits Riot on Aug. 16, 1933.
NEWS: Pits Riot: A teaching moment (Summer 2023)
September 14th, 2023 · Comments Off on NEWS: Pits Riot: A teaching moment (Summer 2023)
EDITORIAL: Ford exploits housing crisis (Summer 2023)
September 14th, 2023 · Comments Off on EDITORIAL: Ford exploits housing crisis (Summer 2023)
Ontario’s auditor general, Bonnie Lysyk, and now, protests across the province, have the Ford government playing their best defensive game. In a scathing investigative report released in August, Lysyk showed more of the same in terms of the Ford government’s approach to decision-making and democracy. For those of us who have been paying attention, none […]
ON THE COVER (May/June 2023)
August 8th, 2023 · Comments Off on ON THE COVER (May/June 2023)
Olivia Chow’s campaign office on Bloor St. stands closed as she prepares to move to city hall as mayor.
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NEWS: Annex honoured for pioneering Bloor bike lanes (May/June 2023)
August 8th, 2023 · Comments Off on NEWS: Annex honoured for pioneering Bloor bike lanes (May/June 2023)
On May 19, the Toronto Community Bikeways Coalition (TCBC) presented their Business Road Safety Champion Award to the Bloor-Annex Business Improvement Area (BIA) and to its general manager, Brian Burchell, for supporting pilot bike lanes and cycling advocacy.
EDITORIAL: Ford’s poor planning will hurt us all (May/June 2023)
August 8th, 2023 · Comments Off on EDITORIAL: Ford’s poor planning will hurt us all (May/June 2023)
brought in the Niagara Escarpment Planning and Development Act. This was the foundational legislation for what we now call the Greenbelt—2 million acres of farmland, forest, wetlands and watersheds in southern Ontario.
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EDITORIAL: Bleed it and then blame it for dying (April 2023)
August 8th, 2023 · Comments Off on EDITORIAL: Bleed it and then blame it for dying (April 2023)
The province has frozen Science Centre funding for 10 years now but blames the Science Centre for its brokenness. This narrative sounds an awful lot like what’s happened in health care. Ford says attendance is down 40 per cent when in fact on-site attendance for 2021-22 well exceeded the Centre’s target of 142,078 for that year.
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CHATTER: Pink Day returns to University of Toronto Schools (Mar. 2023)
April 12th, 2023 · Comments Off on CHATTER: Pink Day returns to University of Toronto Schools (Mar. 2023)
On April 12, the University of Toronto Schools (UTS) is celebrating the International Day of Pink for the tenth year to stand up against bullying and support its 2SLGBTQ+ community. The Day of Pink will be celebrated with a block party and raffles for the community, in addition to assemblies led by UTS students. The […]
EDITORIAL: Ford’s budget is a fail (Mar. 2023)
April 12th, 2023 · Comments Off on EDITORIAL: Ford’s budget is a fail (Mar. 2023)
In its many failings this budget underscores Doug Ford’s inability and/or unwillingness to govern.
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ON THE COVER (Feb. 2023)
March 27th, 2023 · Comments Off on ON THE COVER (Feb. 2023)
Bloor Street United Church located at Bloor St. and Huron St. is being reduced to its original architectural form to make way for luxury condominiums.
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NEWS: 196 years of Black history in Toronto (Feb. 2023)
March 27th, 2023 · Comments Off on NEWS: 196 years of Black history in Toronto (Feb. 2023)
First Baptist Church at 101 Huron St. was founded in 1826 by Elder Washington Christian and 12 other formerly enslaved people who escaped to Canada by way of the Underground Railroad. First Baptist Church is the oldest Black institution in Toronto.
NEWS: Value Village Boutique takes over former Brunswick House site (Feb. 2023)
March 27th, 2023 · Comments Off on NEWS: Value Village Boutique takes over former Brunswick House site (Feb. 2023)
In September, Value Village opened a new location in the former Brunswick House (481 Bloor St. W.), adding one more to their more than 20 stores in the GTA.
EDITORIAL: We care Mr. Tory (Jan. 2023)
January 24th, 2023 · Comments Off on EDITORIAL: We care Mr. Tory (Jan. 2023)
The fact that the mayor, acting with just one third of councillors, has the power to overrule the majority of the elected representatives makes a mockery of our democracy.
