The Bloor-Annex BIA parkettes won the Small Open Spaces Award for their attention to detail, unique granite rock landscaping, and environmental considerations.

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This collection of park reviews contains the first eight parks reviewed this year, with more gradings to come in future editions of the Annex Gleaner.

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From June 28 to July 8, the Women’s Art Association of Canada (WAAC) displayed their Secret Postcard Society exhibit

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The late September change was a reversal of his reversal of his previous reversal of his original 2018 plan. Confused? You should be, that’s the way he likes it. 

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My office has undertaken a number of important initiatives impacting the Annex over the last couple of months. Here are some highlights

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It took teamwork to get the Conservatives to back down. Environmentalists and citizens sent emails, made phone calls, and attended and organized protests and lobbying campaigns in the 905 and beyond.

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READ MORE:  NEWS: Pits Riot: A teaching moment (Summer 2023) NEWS: Remembering the race riot (Summer 2023)

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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 […]

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No sleepy summer in University-Rosedale By Dianne Saxe I hope you’ve had a good summer, even if it has been the hottest in at least 120,000 years. Here are a few of the issues we have been working on for you.  First, you’ve undoubtedly noticed the reconstruction of Bloor Street between Avenue Road and Spadina, […]

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The roots of today’s crisis date back decades. In the early 1990s, the federal and provincial governments were building 10,000-15,000 affordable homes a year, including mixed-income co-ops, public housing, and supportive housing for people with mental health and addiction challenges. In the mid-1990s, the federal Liberals canceled the federal housing program, and the Ontario government downloaded the responsibility of providing housing to cities.

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