Tag: downtown
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Multiplex makeover: From a single-family downtown Toronto dwelling to 10 rental units
[ad_1] Toronto just loosened its zoning rules around multi-unit dwellings. Multiplexes like this one could make renting in the city more affordable. (Photography courtesy of Craig Race) In 2019, Toronto architect Craig Race received a whopper of a proposal: convert a single-family home into 10 rental units. The ask came from real estate developer Leonid…
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New Waterloo police station opens in downtown Kitchener
[ad_1] Descrease article font size Increase article font size A ribbon-cutting ceremony was held on Friday morning to mark the opening of the new Waterloo Regional Police Service’s Central Division. The station, which is located in downtown area of Kitchener, will also play host to community events while also having a new prisoner management facility,…
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The Move: From downtown Toronto to an artist’s escape in rural Newfoundland
[ad_1] Laura Dawe thought she’d never be able to afford a home. Then a little yellow house in picturesque Pouch Cove caught her eye. (Photography by Johnny Lam) The buyer: Laura Dawe, 40 The budget: $115,000 The backstory: Laura Dawe moved into her bare-bones two-bedroom apartment in Toronto’s Parkdale neighbourhood in 2011. At the time,…
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Montreal Pride parade makes triumphant return to downtown streets
[ad_1] Breadcrumb Trail Links Local News Organizers and participants had a good time on Sunday, but highlighted the need to keep fighting injustices. Author of the article: La Presse Canadienne Coralie Laplante Published Aug 13, 2023 • Last updated 1 hour ago • 3 minute read Participants in the Montreal Pride parade dance along René-Lévesque Blvd.…
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Weekend traffic: Disruptions in Laval, downtown and around the Big O
[ad_1] Article content Some trouble spots on Montreal highways to look out for this weekend: Highway 40 (Île-aux-Tourtes Bridge) Article content Only one lane will be available toward Montreal from 10 p.m. Friday to 5 a.m. Monday as maintenance work continues on the bridge. Two lanes will be available toward Vaudreuil-Dorion. Route 138 (St-Pierre Interchange)…
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This couple moved from a downtown Toronto condo to a sprawling Nova Scotia B&B
[ad_1] Photographs by Darren Calabrese The buyers Stefan Palios, a 31-year-old sales and marketing consultant for tech start-ups, and Marty Butler, a 31-year-old registered nurse and organ-donation coordinator The backstory After two years of dating, Marty moved into Stefan’s one-bedroom, 450-square-foot apartment in downtown Toronto in May of 2019. The place was small but a…
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Hundreds sign petition against teardown of downtown Calgary bike lane – Calgary
[ad_1] Descrease article font size Increase article font size Hundreds have signed a petition against the teardown of a cycle track in Calgary. The cycle track that runs along Third Avenue South from 8th Street West to Centre Street was a temporary route introduced by the City of Calgary as a detour for construction along…
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Edmonton Downtown Farmers Market moving locations to keep cost down
[ad_1] Breadcrumb Trail Links Local News Edmonton Downtown Farmers Market announced on their social media that they will be moving from their current building citing cost as the biggest factor. Published Jun 28, 2023 • 1 minute read The under construction Edmonton Downtown Farmers Market, 10305 97 St., in Edmonton Wednesday Sept. 18, 2019. Photo…
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Mayor Jyoti Gondek is creating the Calgary of the future—starting downtown
[ad_1] (Photography by Allison Seto) Fires are burning all around Jyoti Gondek. There are the actual fires, blazing wildly across Alberta, but also transit violence, empty office towers—the same sticky issues facing most big-city mayors in Canada. See also: the shock-jock politics that railroaded Alberta’s last election. Gondek, a former policy analyst turned city councillor,…
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New ferry from Nanaimo to downtown Vancouver releases schedule, pricing
[ad_1] Descrease article font dimension Enhance article font dimension B.C.’s latest ferry service, which can transport passengers between Nanaimo and downtown Vancouver, has launched extra data Thursday. Hullo Ferries might be offering a brand new 70-minute passenger-only experience, anticipated to start in early August. The route will function two “high-speed catamarans” which can be on…