Unwelcome to the neighborhood
Building safer communities. Inertia when a motion dies. A nordic spa, maybe. Child care and dog hair. Ward 4 by-election. Hickman is a poet and he knows it.
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Our snow days are numbered
Last week’s snow lingers on. The poet laureate visits. A new mid-rise on Harvey Rd. A take-out-dream deferred on Hamilton Ave. Keeping St. Clare’s close.
A shared sense of snow
Remembering Snowmageddon. A desire for daycares. The importance of diverse housing types. New standards for old churches. Getting serious about harm reduction.
‘We all need to be more accepting of our neighbours’
Affordable housing coming to Hamilton Ave. and Bennett Ave. and bedsitting rooms at the HUB. Plus: a new design manual to help developers get it right the first time.
Lessons from the Pitcher Plant
Complicated and misunderstood, our provincial symbol is more than a cold-blooded carnivore; it's a model for hospitality, collaboration, and community.
Paradise Above the Dashboard Light
Froude’s gone but not forgotten. A ghost kitchen haunts Springdale Street. Decisions about collisions. A new fourplex brings change to University Avenue. Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library comes to town.
All I want for Christmas is… a New Fiscal Framework
A 2024 Budget is born. Snow clearing wishes come true. Affordable housing visions dance on the horizon. An old tree gets a second chance. And requests for parking relief reveal a shocking truth: not everyone drives a car (gasp!)
Any Porta-Potty in a Storm
Toilets are the talk of the town this week, just not in chambers. Excitement about a big shiny apartment building. Housing may not trickle down, but raw sewage does, and the Goulds is finally getting theirs treated. A water tax loophole is closed. And wetlands are open for assessment.
A Mace at the Table
Students ask Mayor Breen the tough questions. National Housing Day looms. Trails are expanding in a round-about way. Ignore the mace, but mind your road rage ahead of those holiday parades.
The First Rule of Supper Club
Willow Kean talks about the pleasures and politics of sharing meals with friends–and the surprising practicalities of actors eating on stage