Posted: Jul 14, 2021 6:09 PM ET | Last Updated: July 15
After a lengthy debate on Wednesday, council voted 17 to 7 in favour of a motion put forward by Mayor John Tory and city staff to change the name of Dundas Street, a major artery running east to west through the city. (Giordano Ciampini/The Canadian Press)
Toronto city council has voted in favour of renaming Dundas Street in a bid to promote inclusion of marginalized communities.
After a lengthy debate on Wednesday, council voted 17-7 in favour of a motion put forward by city staff to change the name of the street, a major artery running east-west through the city.
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TORONTO The Toronto Public Library has been calling tens of thousands of seniors throughout the pandemic to help break the isolation and provide important information about its services and COVID-19 resources. The Seniors Wellness Check Call program began in March 2020, as 100 branches around the city were forced to close to stop the spread of the virus. Fifteen months later, library staff have since called 36,000 people 70 years of age and up including Sharon Jarvis of North York. “I enjoy my own company,” said Jarvis, 75, who has been on her own for 15 years. “The only thing I truly miss is my outings with my friends, lunch and spending time with them. That’s about the worst it is, and the library, no books. The library was closed and that’s one of many favourite pastimes.”
Toronto high school plastered with larger than life photographs of its students
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Huge photographs of students are appearing on the exterior of a Toronto high school and a gallery this summer as part of a multi-site exhibit, the first of its kind in Scarborough.
There are very few public art exhibits in Malvern and this is Contact s first public exhibit in Scarborough,
Three-Thirty curator Anique Jordan tells blogTO. In order for you to see the show, you have to map Scarborough, you have to walk through Malvern, you have to become familiar with a community. Many people have seen as this place of disregard according to Toronto media, Jordan says.