Treat Mom to tea in Kew Gardens this Mother's Day
The Toronto Beach Rotary Club is hosting high tea at Kew Gardens' Gardener's Cottage on Mother's Day.The annual fundraiser, which also includes a raffle, will take place Saturday, May 12 and Sunday,...
View ArticleSocial Fabric betters the community
BEACH-RIVERDALE - Little India-area retailers, residents and local organizations are building community through art.
View ArticleCondo bill passes second reading
Disgruntled condo owners will now get a chance to publicly air their grievances after a Toronto MPP's bill to provide better consumer protection passed a second reading in the Ontario Legislature on...
View ArticlePrincipal honoured as best in the school board
BLOOR WEST - Principal Maria Pereira has learned a lot over her 17-year career - seven years of which have been spent at Bishop Marrocco/Thomas Merton Catholic Secondary School.
View ArticleExhibition Place to be 'heart' of Toronto's Pan Am Games
SCARBOROUGH - The Pan Am Games are going to touch every corner of Toronto from North York to Scarborough to Etobicoke to downtown.
View ArticleToronto tenants, politicians to talk rent control
Toronto politicians and tenants will talk this Saturday, May 12, afternoon about whether Ontario's government should reinstate permanent rent controls and allow the city to license its landlords.ACORN...
View ArticleScarborough's Tamil community faces challenges accessing mental health services
In Sri Lanka, says the social agency YouthLink in Scarborough, mental illness can be seen as a "life sentence," a "bottomless pit" people fall into and never escape.But though "the stigma is...
View ArticleCity ponders future of Casa Loma site
CITY HALL - Casa Loma, the iconic mansion overlooking the city, could need as much as $20 million in capital repairs to keep it standing, according to consultants speaking to a community meeting...
View ArticleMeeting to discuss rebuilding Jamie Bell playground castle slated
Parkdale-High Park Councillor Sarah Doucette will host a community meeting to discuss the design and rebuild of The Jamie Bell Adventure Playground's castle May 17.The castle turret fell prey to fire...
View ArticleBook brings back Toronto's fish - in print
SCARBOROUGH - Gone are the days when the Don and Humber rivers ran black with the backs of Atlantic Salmon, which "swarmed the rivers so thickly that they were thrown out with a shovel and even with...
View ArticleElderly man succumbs to injuries
An 82-year-old man has died after being struck by an SUV on Duplex Avenue at Anderson Avenue, south of Eglinton Avenue, Friday.Police said an eastbound Acura MDX was turning north on to Duplex when it...
View ArticleDundas Street murder victim identified
Police have identified the victim of a daylight shooting that took place along a busy stretch of Dundas Street West on Thursday. Officers discovered Delano Coombs, 27, of Brampton suffering from...
View ArticleGo to the track and support a good cause
ETOBICOKE - Spend an afternoon track side at Woodbine Race Track and support homeless youth at Youth Without Shelter.
View ArticleAnemometer will remain off Scarborough's shore for another summer
SCARBOROUGH - Sailors, trail walkers and those with backyards overlooking Lake Ontario will have to deal with another summer of an anemometer being a part of their view.
View ArticleBernie Finkelstein helped shape Canadian music
CITY CENTRE - From the tumultuous early days when Yorkville was a music hotbed through to the 2007 sale of the record label he founded, Bernie Finkelstein was not only a mainstay but a driving force in...
View ArticleSunnybrook launches study into health care costs of house fires
NORTH YORK - Two minutes after the fire started on the couch, the living room was engulfed in flames, forcing anyone standing near the structure to back away from the intense heat and overpowering...
View ArticleGallery leaves no Stone unturned for photo exhibit
PARKEDALE - Emanating from Analogue Gallery these days is an endless string of Rolling Stones songs spanning their 50-year career.
View ArticleWest-end actors flex their acting muscle in upcoming production of RENT
BLOOR WEST - Rehearsing for The Lower Ossington Theatre's production of RENT opening on May 24, actor Phil Skala, who plays drag queen Angel, admits the role is a departure from the characters he has...
View ArticleLISTED: Networking: five tips and five questions
Organizations, community groups and professional associations across Toronto hold networking events throughout the year. The Toronto Board of Trade hosts more than 100 networking events each year....
View ArticleEast Side Players closes season with The Hypochondriac
EAST YORK - East Side Players closing their season with the Canadian premier of an adaptation of Moliere's classic comedy, The Hypochondriac.
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