Caring about Caribana: Festival connects Annex resident to her roots
By Liivi Sandy Spend some time with Sherrill Sutherland and you’ll get an education. The 25-year-old Annex resident works for CBC News Network, writing about the events that make our city, country, and...
View ArticleWelcome to Happyview: Neigbourhood dad hosts one-man show
By Bethan Evans Have you ever thought to yourself, Children’s theatre is entertaining for my kids, but I am bored to tears after the curtain opens? Michael McMurtry did and decided to do something...
View ArticleQuizzing the candidates: Ward 19 takes on parks, permits, and moratoriums
Compiled by Emina Gamulin, Perry King, Rebecca Payne, and Khristopher Reardon In Ward 19, incumbent Joe Pantalone, who has been a sitting councillor since 1980, is running for mayor. There are nine...
View ArticleAsked, answered: Street merchant restrictions, garbage, and cycling big...
Compiled by Perry King and Emina Gamulin The Gleaner asked you what questions you’d like the Ward 20 candidates to answer, and here’s what you came up with. Answers have been edited for space, and...
View ArticleToronto Election 2010: Ward 18
Ward 18 has a dozen registered candidates. Councillor Adam Giambrone is not seeking re-election. The Gleaner was not able to contact or find any information on candidates Mohammmed Muhit and Joanna...
View ArticleSam James makes good joe
By Karen Bliss The lattes at Sam James Coffee Bar (297 Harbord St.) are a work of art and it has little to do with the carefully poured rosetta design that decorates each cup. The staff that make the...
View ArticleFaçade facelift: Lee’s Palace iconic mural is back
By Beth Macdonell In 1987, Al Runt was working behind the bar at Lee’s Palace (529 Bloor St. W.). He was let go for drinking on the job, but the owner, “Mr. Lee,” noticed Runt was a talented painter....
View ArticleEarning his stripes? “Social transformation” art project not supported by...
By Perry King Artist Miklos Legrady wants to paint candy stripes on Toronto Western Hospital’s smokestack, at the cost of $675,000. Courtesy Miklos Legrady After years of being a sticking point for...
View ArticleMad House: Madison dweller alleges harassment over heritage home
By Eddie Mumford ‘Majestic’ would be a word to describe the house at 145 Madison Ave. With its uniformity of smooth brick and irregular shape, the massive, detached home stands out amongst the...
View ArticleHome from the Odyssey: Artist returns to her Annex roots
By Liivi Sandy Every environment is a new palate to explore for artist Erica Brisson. The 27-year-old grew up in the Annex with the neighbourhood driving her creativity. Erica has been on the road for...
View ArticleWho is Jane Beecroft: Dragon of City Hall or First Nations Truth Speaker?
By Susan Oppenheim I met Jane Beecroft in 2008, when she brought flyers into my shop for the opening of a nearby historical restoration. At the time I knew nothing of heritage work, the Community...
View ArticleLocal storyteller releases new children’s novel
By Eddie Mumford “Even though my neighbourhood has changed drastically, it still basically looks the same … so I thought it would be fun to think about what it was like in another time,” says...
View ArticleParkdale Giller Prize nominee’s ‘quietly apocalyptic’ stories told over...
By Jeromy Lloyd Seven years ago, the short stories from This Cake Is For The Party moved with their author from Victoria to Toronto, where they found audiences in publications such as The Walrus and...
View ArticleA work of heart: Michael Golland’s paintings to benefit artists with...
By Tracy Chen This Valentine’s Day, people will have the chance to reach for hearts of a different variety. Michael Golland, contemporary artist and longtime Liberty Village resident, is creating a...
View ArticleGrant goes Green: Harbord Village chair jumps into provincial race
By Perry King When Tim Grant went to a Green Party policy conference two years ago to hear more about their platform, he was “prepared to be unimpressed.” “The Green Party in this riding has been very...
View ArticleRubin Hurricane Carter’s new book missing Toronto chapter
By Perry King When Gus Sinclair thinks back to his work on the Rubin Carter case, his immediate thoughts go to Lisa Peters and her love for the fallen boxer. “There are two people who I’ve met in my...
View ArticlePlans for Radio Parkdale to be announced at Synthesis Gala this Friday
By Emina Gamulin While the head of the local residents’ association jokingly refers to them as the “Politically Correct Development Group,” the newly-renamed PCDG says they will continue to do the...
View ArticleThe patsies of Parkdale? Bar owners say they shoulder blame for entire...
By Rebecca Payne The closure of Captain Jack’s and denial of a rooming house application for the Parkdale “problem spot” does not mean that some area business owners are satisfied. The West Parkdale...
View ArticleTime to ask your west-downtown Toronto federal candidates some questions
Gleaner Community Press is interviewing Federal candidates for Trinity-Spadina and Parkdale-High Park and we are seeking questions from you (besides “why are we having another election?”). After we...
View ArticleTax, transport, and pirates: Trinity-Spadina candidates are put in the hot seat
Compiled by Emina Gamulin, Perry King, and Beth Macdonell The Riding Trinity-Spadina neighbourhoods include Chinatown, Little Italy, Little Portugal, Kensington Market, the Annex, Seaton Village,...
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