North Toronto Post

1 week ago | postcity.com | Nisean Lorde

Major upgrades are taking place at the former Canada Post building at 1117 Queen St W! A pantry shop, dubbed 1117 Meats & Pantry, will be opening at the site in the near future. The owners have been documenting their progress on Instagram, and it seems that it’ll be the go-to place in the neighbourhood for meats, gourmet goods and pantry must-haves. The two-storey Beaux-Arts building, known as Postal Station C, is an official heritage site designation.

1 week ago | postcity.com | Ron Johnson

After a number of delays, the long-awaited Glen Road pedestrian bridge appears to be just days away from reopening, with crews applying the final touches to one of Toronto’s most beloved footpaths. The newly rebuilt Glen Road bridge, officially known as the Morley Callaghan Footbridge, spans the lush Rosedale Valley Ravine and reconnects the communities of Rosedale and north St. James Town.

1 week ago | postcity.com | Ron Johnson

Toronto marked the seventh anniversary of the deadly Yonge Street van attack during the Toronto City Council meeting on April 23, with a moving tribute led by Mayor Olivia Chow. Mayor Chow announced that Canterbury Place, a street in North York near where the tragedy occurred, will be ceremonially renamed “Heroes’ Way,” to honour the victims and the nearly 2,000 first responders who helped in the aftermath and during the COVID-19 pandemic.

1 week ago | postcity.com | Ron Johnson

As America slides into more authoritarianism and unlawfulness, many Americans and Venezuelans with temporary residency permits could come to Canada. Not as draft dodgers, but as Trump dodgers. And many will be headed to Toronto. Toronto has been a safe haven for many different people since the Second World War: from southern Italy fleeing limited life chances, from Hungary, from the draft in the United States, from Vietnam and Southeast Asia, from Iran, from Syria and from Ukraine.

2 weeks ago | postcity.com | Ron Johnson

Toronto’s bike lanes on Bloor, University and Yonge streets will remain in place for now, thanks to a temporary injunction issued by Justice Paul Schabas in April. The injunction prevents the Ford government from proceeding with the removal of the lanes until a decision is made on a Charter of Rights and Freedoms challenge. Cycling advocates, backed by Cycle Toronto and Ecojustice, argue that the removal violates cyclists’ charter rights to life and security.