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  • Fate of 214-230 Sherbourne to be determined by City Council
    Laura Hull – On September 25, the Toronto East York Community Council considered developer KingSett Capital’s application to build a 46 story residential building at 214-231 Sherbourne Street. After hearing…
  • Toronto’s cracking down on renovictions
    Laura Hull –  The City of Toronto is devel­oping a new bylaw to prevent renovictions – when a landlord illegitimately evicts a tenant by alleging that a rental unit needs…
  • Residents at 15 Scadding complain of drug dealing and theft
    Anthony Marcusa –  Drug dealers living in a Toronto Community Housing building in the St. Lawrence neighbour­hood are reportedly creating health and safety problems for residents. Drug users who fre­quent…
  • Don’t block the box!
    Ben Bull, Columnist –  The City of Toronto has in­creased the fine for drivers who are too dumb to know when there’s no room to cross an in­tersection. You know…
  • Big wear-house on a small street: the costume empire of Doane Hanus
    Winnie Czulinski – In an enormous old building on laneway-like Busy Street in South Riverdale, it’s not difficult to imagine period clothing com­ing to life at night. (Yes, there’s a…
  • The family-owned Imperial Pub celebrates its 80th anniversary
    Kateryna Topol – Steps from Yonge-Dundas Square (soon to be Sankofa Square) and Toronto Metropol­itan University is the historic Imperial Pub. The Imperial has been owned by the Newman family…
  • PAWSitive vibes all around
    Ayah Victoria McKhail – On Sunday September 15, dog lovers, their four-legged friends and curious passersby descend­ed on Riverside Common Park and Joel Weeks Park for the third annual Dog…
  • What TIFF taught me about networking: the importance of authenticity
    Jess Blackwell – This year’s Toronto Internation­al Film Festival (TIFF) ran from September 5 to 15, attracting viewers from all over the world with an array of domestic and international…
  • The Temple Building
    Bruce Bell, History Columnist – I had an uncle in Sudbury who not only was a Mason, but he was also an Elk, a Toastmaster and a member of the…