True, in the past, religion has been regularly employed in this way… up to and including waging wars in religion’s name. Mary Tudor, Queen of England, commanded that Protestants burn at the stake for their faith. But it’s no longer 1516. And yet religion is still used as a battle cry.
On the coffee table of Geoff Kettel’s Leaside home sits a catalogue of neighbourhood development plans, an architectural timeline of the area. He’s concerned about the survival of the Durant Motors Company building on Laird…
After U.S. retailer Target announced on Jan. 15 it will close all of its 133 stores in Canada, landlords were about to be stuck with empty retail space, including two locations in East York: Shoppers…
Moera Hunter wears the uniform of the Royal Canadian Air Cadets to help her understand the significance of Nov. 11. “It brings honour,” she said.
Moera, 12, joined the Air Cadets two months ago. During the lead-up to Remembrance Day, she’s been selling poppies for the first time on Pape Avenue in East York even in freezing temperatures and chilling winds.
“I think everyday people … every race, culture, generation, religion, all of them should remember … (those) who have given them all that they have today – the freedom, the ability to walk onto the street,” she said.
East Yorkers have sent Angela Kennedy back to the Toronto Catholic District School Board in a landlside.
Angela Kennedy appears set to win another term representing East York on the Toronto Catholic District School Board.
Sweet aromas fill the air above the patio of The Greek Boy restaurant along Toronto’s Danforth Avenue. The owner Dimitri Liasardakis is hard at work behind the counter. “I was born in Greece and it feels…
Students had to evacuate an East York school for half an hour Wednesday after gas leaks were detected in the building.
Police have identified a suspect in the stabbing of a 52-year-old man in East York.
“The average response time since amalgamation has gone way up since I was mayor,” said Beaches-East York MPP Michael Prue. “It’s not going to get there on time.”