Three area parks get redo as part of new revitalization plan
Despite worries over city funding for green spaces, Sibelius Square Park, Taddle Creek Park and Vermont Square are three Annex parks being revitalized.
Category: Culture
Fundraising reaches the home stretch for Leaside ice rink
The Leaside Arena Expansion Project has nearly reached its fundraising goal of $2.5 million to fund the addition of a second ice rink at the Leaside Memorial Community Gardens.
Willowdale’s MP plays pipes for Will and Kate
Chungsen Leung, Willowdale’s new member of Parliament, recently got the opportunity to play the bagpipes for William and Kate, Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, at a Rideau Hall tree-planting ceremony.
Guilty plea in drug-smuggling case
Local sports medicine specialist faces up to three years in jail
Area school forced to find new home after lease ends
A local Catholic school being forced to move out of its current location has been given $16 million by the provincial government for a new building, but a local Toronto Catholic District School Board (TCDSB) trustee worries the funds may not be enough. Students from Dante Alighieri Academy have been leasing space in the former … Continued
Traffic concerns lead to scaling back of Lawrence Heights
Toronto City Council recently approved plans to scale back the Lawrence Heights redevelopment
Paralympic athlete champions literacy
This month, Paul Rosen will go from gold-medal sledge hockey champion to literacy awareness champion
Cash-for-parkland fee set at $10,000 per unit
Richmond Hill Council recently set the fee charged to developers for cash-in-lieu of parkland at $10,000 per unit
The cult of Conan grows despite brutally honest documentary
Toronto concert a disappointment despite gangly redhead’s indisputable appeal
Rosedale like you’ve never seen it before
Plus four great Shaw Festival productions
Rock from the Rock
Band’s latest album, Seeds, has landed on the Polaris Prize shortlist
Wind power sound backlash is overblown
Ontario turbines are still the safest energy generators