32 Storey Shops on Steeles plan may be OMB bound
Developers intent on transforming a Thornhill shopping centre into a controversial high-rise community recently filed an appeal with the Ontario Municipal Board.
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Classic candies a sweet surprise on Mount Pleasant
Not only does Stella Kim sell vintage jeans, but vintage runs in her genes as well. Kim recently opened high-end consignment shop Haute Classics (with co-owner Jina Han) but says her love of vintage started young and started in the family.
The onset of Labour Day calls for ‘should-free’ diet
With school just around the corner, begin to motivate and communicate with your kids using the ‘mirroring technique’
Opa your heart to me
Trish Stratus and husband Ron open up about school days, yoga studios and souvlaki
William Thorsell’s T.O. is sleek, sensual and just a little bit naughty
Fifty years ago this August, an eager Albertan moved to T.O., destined to revolutionize two of its iconic institutions. We asked this former Globe & Mail editor-in-chief and ROM CEO how he would spend his final night in the city?
Lohan, hot dogs and soccer a priority?
Fluff continues to dominate the news cycle, says Suzuki
A private predicament
These days, It’s the schools facing expulsion rather than the students — and not because they’ve been misbehaving.
Fight continues over former Leaside car lot
While Last Month the committee of adjustment (COA) voted down development plans for a proposed Bayview Avenue and Broadway Avenue grocery store and LCBO site because of size and traffic concerns, most say the decision was the first battle in what will likely be a long war.
Rosedale’s book mogul fights stoning
It was a recent conversation with Nobel laureate Elie Wiesel that compelled North Toronto resident and Indigo CEO Heather Reisman to try and save Iranian woman Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani from death. “I had just come from hearing him say the opposite of love is not hate; it’s indifference,” said Reisman of her talk with Wiesel, … Continued
North York woman blames city for 18 basement floods
Shondra Nauth says she has yet to receive justice after Toronto’s ombudsman issued a damning report on the city’s handling of a plumbing problem that has caused her basement to flood 18 times in the last eight years.
Ford denies report he was dismissed from Newtonbrook
The Rob Ford campaign has slammed allegations that the mayoral candidate got into a physical altercation with a football player and was subsequently asked to leave his coaching position at Newtonbrook Secondary School in 2001, as was reported in a recent Toronto Star article.
Competing for playing field sparks bidding war
While the cost of revamping the playing field at Our Lady of Perpetual Help school (OLPH) has left the site in decline, a recent proposal by a community group to pay $250,000 to transform the field has locals wondering if they can devise a better plan and funds to back it.