Seven mature trees that have been part of a lush, park-like setting on the grounds of the Canadian Film Centre for decades, are slated to be cut down for the centre’s upgrade plan. They may be replaced with twice as many of saplings, but is it a fair trade?
Garth Drabinsky, who once headed up the now-defunct theatre production company, the Live Entertainment Corporation of Canada (Livent), has been named the artistic director for the upcoming Black Creek Music Festival.
Toronto’s community development and recreation committee will be reviewing a motion this month to make the Antibes Community Centre a “priority centre,” which would cut fees for some programs.
Councillor James Pasternak, and a handful of local business owners, want to fight competition from the Yorkdale Shopping Centre development by forming a business improvement area (BIA) that would revitalize part of Wilson Avenue.
The Downsview Area Secondary Plan, which involves 530 hectares of land and has a long history of contention between residents and park officials, may finally be moving forward.
While last month Toronto City Council rejected an application to demolish the historic home once owned by Maclean’s magazine founder John Bayne Maclean, the current owner of the property has made an appeal to the Ontario Municipal Board (OMB).
A recent North York Community Council ruling prevents a Dawlish Avenue resident from building a driveway through a ravine that Lawrence Park locals want protected. The decision, however, cannot reverse a 15-foot retaining wall the owner built last year in anticipation of the driveway. “The fact that he built first, asked later — he took down many trees, unnecessarily,” said Anne McNeilly, a Dawlish Avenue resident.
Last month, the life of one of the area’s most respected real estate developers ended after a small plane he was travelling in crashed en route to Quebec City. Local resident Paul Oberman was the CEO of heritage development company Woodcliffe Properties, and many say he set the standard when it came to revitalizing and preserving Toronto’s old buildings.
Last month Toronto City Council approved a proposal to transform an historic CNR locomotive shop in Leaside’s industrial park into a large shopping development, and some worry it means the loss of what little land is left in the city for manufacturers — and the high-paying jobs that come with them — and it threatens local, main-street retailers.
This month, Deer Park locals will meet with Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) staff to discuss dedicating two acres of the Davisville Subway Yard land, near the corner of Yonge and Davisville, to its neighbour — Oriole Park.
Last month Toronto City Council approved a proposal to transform a historic CNR locomotive shop in Leaside’s industrial park into a large shopping development. However, some worry the approval means the loss of what little land is left in the city for manufacturers and the high-paying jobs that come with them.
New mega-musical high on singing and dancing, but the real surprise is bold, new Shakespeare production
