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  • The curious case of 233 Carlton
    Andre Bermon, Publisher – Freedom of information disclosures obtained by the bridge raise signifi­cant questions about transparency, decision-making and cost escalation in the city’s ongoing project to establish a 24-hour…
  • Regent Park pool faces ongoing repairs and safety challenges
    Julia Frankling – More than a decade after open­ing, the Pam McConnell Aquat­ic Centre – once symbolizing revitalization in Regent Park – is facing persistent maintenance challenges, periodic ameni­ty closures…
  • The second act: Breaking into Toronto’s film industry after 40
    Jess Blackwell – At any age, starting a new career can be both exciting and challenging. But older adults — those aged 40+ — may face unique barriers and benefits…
  • Toronto’s traffic crisis is self-inflicted
    Christopher Hume – It is a truth universally ac­knowledged that a city beset by congestion must be in need of a solution, no city more than Toronto. According to the…
  • Are we a winter city?
    Ben Bull, Columnist – How is your winter going? Mine is cold and messy. Winter is not my favourite season. I’m looking out my win­dow at yet another dumping and…
  • Cabbagetown in the cross hairs
    Paul Dilse – The recent raft of planning ap­provals for high-rise towers along Sherbourne Street is not the first planned assault by the city on the historic neighbour­hood of Cabbagetown.…
  • If these walls could talk
    Mike Mastromatteo – Prosaic pastimes of a classic Sumach Street home At the northeastern corner of Cabbagetown, where the land begins its downward slope to­wards the Don River, 416 Su­mach…
  • St. Lawrence library moves north to Queen and Parliament
    Rodrigo Huerta Aguirre – in the Downtown East, Toron­to Public Library announced in December the designation of 339 Queen Street East as the site for a new district branch, scheduled…