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Category: Culture
No demo for Leaside home
Developer hopes to restore heritage features to farmhouse
Mother’s helpers shine
North York woman serves as an ‘Angel’ to families in need
An open letter to Toronto’s next mayor: David Suzuki Foundation’s hopes for a greener Toronto
Dear Olivia Chow, Rob Ford, David Soknacki, Karen Stintz, John Tory and other mayoral candidates, Toronto faced some serious weather this past year. The never-ending polar vortex, dramatic ice storms and flash flooding — unsettling reminders that our communities are vulnerable to Mother Nature’s whims — left many of us with cracked pipes, soggy basements and frayed nerves.
Toronto’s Elaine Lui celebrates launch of her new memoir Listen to the Squawking Chicken
Elaine Lui didn’t always want to be a writer. It wasn’t until she started her now famous blog, LaineyGossip.com, that she really considered it as a profession. In fact, one of her earliest career objectives — at age 10 — was to become Miss Hong Kong, an expressed desire to which her mother responded, “Miss Hong Kong is a whore.”
24 Hour Rental is a comedy unlike anything ever produced in Canada
Locally filmed TV show 24 Hour Rental is very violent and very funny.
Gord Downie and The Sadies form new Toronto supergroup
This is the first interview Travis Good has given regarding the new collaborative project that sees Toronto band The Sadies team up with Gord Downie of the Tragically Hip fame. And, true to the anarchic nature of the seven-year project, he’s having trouble explaining how it all came together so brilliantly. Who knew these Canadian roots and rock veterans could be so punk?
Laughs and lady parts: Toronto comedy legend Andrea Martin stars in new comedy series Working the Engels
The play on words Working the Engels — the title of the new sitcom starring Andrea Martin —couldn’t better describe the comedy legend’s approach to her career.
Property Brothers’ Jonathan and Drew Scott on their runaway hit show and why Forest Hill is their home away from home
What about the home renovation show Property Brothers has made it so insanely popular across international borders?
Leaside’s oldest home subject of dispute
Leaside’s oldest home, the Thomas G. Elgie farmhouse, might be moving. Developer Matthew Garnett took possession of the property located at 262 Bessborough Dr. in 2013 and wants to divide the land into three lots. He plans to use a hydraulic lifting system to move the Elgie House forward on the 105-foot-wide space to make … Continued
A new take on development
If you find Toronto’s development approval process hard to understand, it’s not your fault. The most common question asked is “Why doesn’t the city just require the builder to respect the existing bylaw?” The answer is mired in the land use approval provisions set out in the provincial planning act and the processes that subsequently … Continued
Keeping the Hodgson rink open
Our community’s ice rink at Hodgson Senior Public School is beloved by our local families. It sadly closed this year as a result of ammonia leaks. Components at a facility like Hodgson have a life cycle of 15 to 20 years, and the rink is now more than 30 years old. There is no doubt … Continued