Demand is high this year for summer camp spots across the province, but camps are faced with more than just a waiting list to worry about there’s a lack of staff too.
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One phone call ended a bitter battle pitting the citizens of Mile End against one of the city’s most prominent real-estate firms. On Friday, Danny Lavy, co-owner of Schiller-Lavy Realties, called up Stephen Welch, the 68-year-old owner of venerable Mile End bookstore S.W. Welch, and said: Let’s make a deal. Late last month, a For Rent sign went up in the window of S.W. Welch on St-Viateur St. and almost immediately locals were up in arms, angry that another small indie business was seemingly being pushed out of the ‘hood because a landlord was demanding a hefty rent increase. Welch and Lavy have agreed to a two-year lease at $2,750 per month, up from the current rent of $2,000, but below what Schiller-Lavy originally asked for. Welch says he is going to retire at the end of the two-year lease.
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