Upholding Bayview’s tree canopy
Ward 25 has one of the largest tree canopies in the city with over 50 per cent forest cover. It is one of the main reasons our neighbourhoods are such desirable places to live.
Category: Culture
Avenue Road wing king withdraws Ford support
Bistro on Avenue founder and the “Louis” of St. Louis Wings Louis Nemes has removed the Rob Ford articles and memorabilia from his well-known restaurant. In 2010, Nemes was an influencial voice in the small business community when he endorsed the embattled mayor during his campaign.
Shooting shocks locals on uptown Yonge
Tuesday nights on in Yonge-Lawrence Village are usually a quiet affair, but on the evening of Feb. 3, the corner of Yonge and Teddington Park Avenue was riddled with the sounds of bullets.
What’s in store in Bathurst Manor
As one of the seven members on Toronto City Council’s budget committee, I was handed four thick binders stretching hundreds of pages each. These were used as road maps for four months of deliberations. Managing a $9.6 billion budget-making process in a city with 2.7 million people is no easy task. We listened carefully to … Continued
Teen inspiring change
Richmond Hill student reaching out at home and abroad
Councillor and local optometrist at odds
Dr. Stan Salsberg believes councillor should support responsible growth
Brace yourself for LRT construction
Anyone in the Eglinton and Bathurst area knows that the impacts of construction on the Eglinton Crosstown light rail transit (LRT) line have arrived.
Developer destroys trees without permit
Councillor Karen Stintz, neighbours, halt trucks in their path.
Theatre review: Tribes at the Berkeley Street Theatre
With the Canadian premiere of Nina Raine’s award-winning 2010 play Tribes, now on at the Berkeley Street Theatre, you get more than a fantastic performance of an intelligent, emotionally charged script; you get a sweeping look into the world of an invisible minority. Deaf and hearing people live side by side but in separate worlds, … Continued
Concert Review: Piano man Elton John wows ACC faithful
To understand the adage “what’s old is new again” is to have been one of the 17,500 in attendance at Thursday night’s sold out Elton John show at the Air Canada Centre.
New details emerge in case of murdered Leaside couple
As new evidence comes to light in the ongoing investigation into the Florida murder of a Leaside couple, their Toronto neighbours continue to come to grips with the long-unsolved crime.
Developers pushing the envelope
The excessive amount of development allowed by the city’s planning rules is already jamming our roads, crowding our subways and straining the capacity of our schools. That should be bad enough!