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Local | Mar 16

Billboards now up for Cash for Guns program

Toronto Crime Stoppers has launched an advertising campaign for its Cash for Guns initiative.

More than 20 billboards promoting the program have been put up throughout the city.

Cash for Guns...

CityHall | Mar 16

Mayoralty candidate wants more bike lanes in Toronto

Toronto's network of bike lanes should be dramatically expanded so there's one on every second or third street, according to mayoralty candidate Sarah Thomson.

But she said one of those roads shouldn't be Jarvis Street, the planned location of a controversial set of bike lanes... ...

Local | Mar 16

Bloor West resident carves out dancing career in New York

Twenty-three-year old Jordan Risdon's life as a dancer has taken her far since her story first graced the pages of The Villager newspaper, back in 1997 when she was 11.

The Bloor West Village native's first foray into dancing was at four years of age after tagging along to her older... ...

Local | Mar 16

Firefighters get a hand in historical sprucing up

Window caulking and dollar store frames just weren't doing the historical photographs and postcards that adorn the walls of the West Toronto Junction Fire Hall justice.

"We don't know what we're doing," quipped firefighter and self-proclaimed history buff Greg Schultz... ...

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Local | Mar 16

Fern students will not get water vending machine

Parents from Fern Avenue Public School surprised their trustee when they arrived en masse to protest a pilot project she thought was nearly a sure thing.

Trustee Irene Atkinson previously said she... ...

Local | Mar 16

Students participate in Polar Bear Dip

Staff and students from Western Technical School, Lakeshore Collegiate Institute and Lester B. Pearson were lucky Wednesday, March 10 that the weather cooperated.

Close to 200 took the plunge into... ...

Local | Mar 16

Shelter struggles to secure funding as the demand for services grows

Those close to Veronica know her as a successful entrepreneur, a strong woman who boasts a black belt in karate.

Few would ever guess she is also a survivor of domestic abuse.

Almost eight... ...

Local | Mar 16

Debutante ball a long-standing family tradition

A modern, Canadian-raised girl, 17-year-old Roncesvalles Village resident Lea Janossy couldn't resist the allure of centuries-old tradition steeped in her Hungarian heritage.

Dignitaries from... ...

Sports

Sports | Mar 01

High school hockey playoffs heating up

The Winter Olympic hockey competition may be over but the Toronto District School Board (TDSB) hockey playoffs are just heating up.

In boys hockey, the city's three divisions (south, west and... ...

Sports | Feb 23

Scarborough well represented in TDSB girls volleyball finals

Scarborough has again proven to be the power in girls volleyball.

Of the four teams competing in the Toronto District School Board (TDSB) 4A and 3A finals, on tap Wednesday, Feb. 24, at Humber... ...

What's On

What's On | Jan 14

Mom shows her gratitude on stage

Mom shows her gratitude on stage

Thank-you cards just couldn’t convey the depth of gratitude Alisa Walton felt for the doctors and nurses at St. Joseph’s Health Centre, whose quick thinking and expertise saved her newborn son.

What's On | Nov 26

Cavalcade of Lights shines on St. Clair West

Join the Corso Italia Business Improvement Area (BIA) on Friday, Nov. 27 to celebrate the launch of its annual Cavalcade of Lights.

Free entertainment, hot drinks and holiday treats will be... ...

Opinion

Columns | Mar 12

BEYOND THE HEADLINES: Vigorous debate needed on how to pay for services

Huh?

The city found an extra $105 million? Just where did it look? Under some office plants? Was it left behind in a bag on the subway? Maybe between the cushions on a sofa?

No, city staff... ...

Columns | Mar 12

CITY VIEWS: Budget surpluses nothing new at city hall

The appropriate thing to do when someone slaps a pie in your face, I'm told, is to smack your lips, roll your eyes and say, "Boston Cream - my favourite."

So in that spirit, may I say... ...

Community

Education | Mar 12

TDSB professional development event price tag slashed

After a public outcry from parents and trustees, a Toronto District School Board (TDSB) professional development event slated to take place at the Air Canada Centre has had its original $345,000 price... ...

Education | Mar 12

ARC motion narrowly passes

The proverbial carrot has been dangled to parents concerned about school closures resulting from Accommodation Review Committees (ARC) in their neighbourhoods, but as with most dangling goodies there... ...

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