Some Toronto business owners in the LGBTQ community say they are worried that they're being shut out of a provincial grant program because their businesses sometimes include sexual products or services, which are specifically banned in the program's eligibility rules.
Published Wednesday, June 9, 2021 10:10AM EDT Members of Toronto’s Village neighbourhood are calling for the removal of a statue of a figure connected to the dark history of Canada’s residential school system. The Church-Wellesley Business Improvement Area (BIA) wants the city to help it remove a statue honouring Alexander Wood, which currently stands at the north-west corner of Alexander and Church streets. In a letter to Mayor John Tory, the BIA noted that Wood was a founding board member, and for many years the treasurer, of “The Society for Converting and Civilizing the Indians and Propagating the Gospel among Destitute Settlers in Upper Canada.”