The flood caused such serious damage that major renovations are required, and the estimated time for the repairs is four months. As you might expect, the units are uninhabitable in the meantime — and so the bottom line is that tenants were rendered virtually homeless about a month before this holiday season.
So only a few years after construction stops on Pape’s current renovation project, the drill may have to come out again as an even bigger overhaul with a new subway tunnel and platforms looms. One can’t help but wonder why the two projects could not have been better coordinated to save the taxpayer valuable funds for redundant drilling and the neighbours a few more of their nerves.
The auction struggled to find an answer to a major challenge this year: the NHL lockout.
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The star of the show is the Mars rover, Curiosity. As the real NASA rover is currently busy exploring the surface of the Red Planet some 230 million km away, visitors to the science centre can get up and personal with a full-size model.
A key point of the new federal budget — delivered in March — is the government's push toward more applied research. The idea, says Conservative Kitchener-Waterloo MP Peter Braid, is to propel Canada forward on the innovation front.
Toronto will be getting a new paint job starting this summer. The city’s new StreetARToronto (StART) program is aiming to put up wall murals to add flavour and character to many of its neighbourhoods. These may be done as graffiti, stencil, mosaic, projections or other techniques.
Scarborough has seen a shift from violent crimes towards theft and robberies in the early months of 2012. Crime statistics for the beginning of 2012 showed a 17 to 23 per cent decline of violent crimes like murder, assault, and sexual assault compared to numbers from early 2011.
How much luxury can money buy in Scarborough? You have to visit the private neighbourhood overlooking the Scarborough Bluffs to find out. Nestled among other million-dollar properties lies Scarborough’s most expensive home, or at least it was during a recent check. Priced at $2,995,000, the 9,000-square-foot home requires you to have a rather large piggy bank.
Scarborough will soon be getting its new sports facility for the city’s Pan Am games in 2015. The Aquatics Centre is set to be built near the Scarborough campus of the University of Toronto starting this summer.
About a week ago, the Toronto Zoo lost its golden seal from the American-based Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA). Now, the president of the union representing the zoo’s animal keepers is concerned that the Canadian accreditation may follow.
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The hay fever season is here and many welcome it with a sneeze. Besides just enduring it, most suffering from seasonal allergies know only two options: either take medication or get expensive allergy shots from an immunologist. But a growing number of people are discovering a cheaper and less aggressive third solution: a spoon full of raw honey from a local bee hive.
Scarborough has turned into a battlefield for Toronto politics. “This was a win for Scarborough,” said Councillor Raymond Cho after the recent political showdown in City Hall revived Transit City and handed Mayor Rob Ford the biggest defeat of his term. However, the mayor shot back by defiantly insisting that the vote was devoid of any true meaning as it would have only expressed the opinion of a few councillors out of touch with the their constituents.
Toronto Transit Commission chairwoman and city councillor Karen Stintz (Ward 16) won more that just a pivotal vote on the future of subway expansion in the city, she also won the crowd. Following city council’s vote of 25-18 to proceed with above ground, light rail transit for a portion of the TTC’s new Eglinton-Scarborough cross town [...]
Some of Toronto's best minds in particle physics are hoping 2012 will be the year they achieve a big bang of their own, including a potential Nobel Prize in physics. The physicists, from the University of Toronto and York University, have a shot at discovering one of science's Holy Grails, the Higgs boson - also known as the "God particle".
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The Year of the Dragon is said to bring success and good fortune. For Kavin Ketheeswaran, 2012 is shaping up that way. The young lion dancer is looking forward to taking his performance to the next level this year and representing Canada on the international stage in his discipline’s home country.
