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  • Matilda fire wipes out memorable Riverside cafe
    Dennis Hanagan – Meagan Thibeault has fond memories of working more than 10 years at Merchants of Green Coffee in the Riverside neigh­bourhood: looking out the win­dow over the vast…
  • Years of vacancy end in fire and demolition at Riverside property
    Andre Bermon –  On the night of October 14, To­ronto firefighters responded to a three-alarm blaze at 2 Matilda Street, abutting the Don Valley Parkway north of Queen Street. Extensive…
  • Stikuts defeats incumbent Chris Moise in Ward 13
    Julia Frankling –  In a three-way municipal elec­tion race to be Ward 13’s city councillor, newcomer Curran Stikuts defeated Chris Moise and challenger Daniel Tate on October 26. “It was…
  • Fear and loathing lose at the polls
    Christopher Hume – It hasn’t been easy, but Toronto has finally accepted the fact it’s a city, a big city at that. Rath­er than running away from its future as…
  • Ehrhardt wins crowded Ward 14 race
    Anthony Marcusa – In a wave of progressive victo­ries on election night in Toron­to, Sara Ehrhardt won the race to replace Paula Fletcher as councillor for Toronto-Danforth (Ward 14). Ehrhardt,…
  • The new voices of Remembrance
    Winnie Czulinski – When Fred Alvarado filmed the annual Cabbagetown Remem­brance ceremony in 2024, the Regent Park TV/Focus Media community journalist and pro­ducer was also filming diversity, both in local…
  • If these walls could talk…
    Mike Mastromatteo – A Cabbagetown house near­ing the end of its watch For more than a century, the house at 132 Seaton Street has stood among the many dwell­ings of…
  • The mysterious life and death of Sir Harry Oakes
    Bruce Bell, History Columnist – This past summer was without doubt the busiest tourist sea­son I’ve witnessed in 25 years of conducting walking tours in Old Town. With Taylor Swift,…