March 19 2013   Toronto Star Royson James   You’ve heard it said — from the rabble-rousing bleeding hearts derided as professional activists — that Toronto’s homeless shelters are overflowing and spilling people onto the streets on cold nights.   You’ve also heard it said — insistently from the mayor, no less — that there’s [...]

March 15 2013   Town Crier Eric Emin Wood   Which would you rather have at a busy midtown intersection: a surface-area parking lot with 55 spaces, or a two-level retail building with underground parking for up to 90 cars?   That’s what the Forest Hill Village BIA wants to know.   Chair Peter McClelland [...]

March 14 2013   Town Crier Eric Emin Wood   Robert Bateman’s wildlife paintings have been sold around the world. He’s mounted shows at the Canadian Embassy in Tokyo, St. Petersburg’s Russian State Museum and Washington D.C.’s Smithsonian Institution and was awarded the Order of Canada in 1983. Yet Toronto residents might be surprised to [...]

March 14 2013   Town Crier Eric Emin Wood   A door leading to the Central Eglinton Community Centre’s second floor currently swings into the hall without warning. “Although it’s never happened, we’re afraid of bowling someone over,” says Paula Cornett, the centre’s executive director. To help address that concern, city council voted to give [...]