- Community seeks social responsibility in Queen Street redevelopment
By Reedah Hayder – City staff and local residents are calling for revisions to a proposed 31 storey mixed-use condominium on a 19th-century heritage site at the corner of Queen…
- Damage to parkland feared from Metrolinx’s Don Valley Layover Facility
By the bridge reporter – Metrolinx’s proposed Don Valley Layover Facility for GO trains continues to raise concerns about its impact on the Valley’s ecology. Both the public and the…
- Advocating for positive change in the Moss Park community
By Kais Azad, Building Roots and Coalition Coorindator – In 2013, Building Roots was founded to address the lack of fresh food access and agricultural growing space in Toronto. We…
- Major drug bust adds to problems facing Esplanade residents
By the bridge reporter – On April 14 Toronto Police announced that more than 280 kilograms of illicit drugs had been found in an apparent condominium “stash house” on The…
- Cabbagetown South residents hire weekend guards
By Elspeth Chalmers – Residents in the Cabbagetown South neighbourhood have hired private security to conduct weekly patrols. On Friday and Saturday nights, guards will walk the neighbourhood from Shuter…
- Market Street closing from June to the end of September
By Krishika Jethani – On April 21, the Toronto and East York Community Council voted to close Market Street beside St. Lawrence Market to vehicular traffic from June 1 to…
- Council extends COVID-19 shelters, including Bond and Novotel Hotel sites
By the bridge reporter – On March 24, City Council’s Economic and Community Development Committee approved a staff recommendation to extend use of 27 Covid-19 temporary shelter sites until at…
- The politics of poverty
By Andre Bermon, Publisher – An abandoned Victorian mansion abutting a large empty lot sits idly on a strip of Sherbourne Street, just a stone’s throw from Dundas East. To…
- Toronto Street
By Bruce Bell, Columnist – Toronto Street (one block west of Church between King and Adelaide Streets) should be nicknamed the ‘If Only’ street, as in “If Only they had…
By Reedah Hayder – City staff and local residents are calling for revisions to a proposed 31 storey mixed-use condominium on a 19th-century heritage site at the corner of Queen…
By the bridge reporter – Metrolinx’s proposed Don Valley Layover Facility for GO trains continues to raise concerns about its impact on the Valley’s ecology. Both the public and the…
By Kais Azad, Building Roots and Coalition Coorindator – In 2013, Building Roots was founded to address the lack of fresh food access and agricultural growing space in Toronto. We…
By the bridge reporter – On April 14 Toronto Police announced that more than 280 kilograms of illicit drugs had been found in an apparent condominium “stash house” on The…
By Elspeth Chalmers – Residents in the Cabbagetown South neighbourhood have hired private security to conduct weekly patrols. On Friday and Saturday nights, guards will walk the neighbourhood from Shuter…
By Krishika Jethani – On April 21, the Toronto and East York Community Council voted to close Market Street beside St. Lawrence Market to vehicular traffic from June 1 to…
By the bridge reporter – On March 24, City Council’s Economic and Community Development Committee approved a staff recommendation to extend use of 27 Covid-19 temporary shelter sites until at…
By Andre Bermon, Publisher – An abandoned Victorian mansion abutting a large empty lot sits idly on a strip of Sherbourne Street, just a stone’s throw from Dundas East. To…
By Bruce Bell, Columnist – Toronto Street (one block west of Church between King and Adelaide Streets) should be nicknamed the ‘If Only’ street, as in “If Only they had…