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Freelance journalist and fact-checker with work currently in Toronto Life, Storeys, and The Globe and Mail. Staff editor and content coordinator with Village Media.

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Ontario Agriculture Is "In Crisis", And It's Giving Way To A New Age For Farmland

Ontario Agriculture Is "In Crisis", And It's Giving Way To A New Age For Farmland

From wedding venues and cideries to residential farm cooperatives, Ontario property owners are rethinking how…

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A Social Housing Proposal in Kitsilano Has Vancouver Divided - STOREYS

A Social Housing Proposal in Kitsilano Has Vancouver Divided - STOREYS

A community group in Kitsilano is doing anything they can to prevent a social housing project from being buil…

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Winter in Toronto evokes chilling truths about youth homelessness

Winter in Toronto evokes chilling truths about youth homelessness

Toronto’s latest Street Needs Assessment reveals a sharp rise in youth homelessness, overwhelming shelters an…

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When mental heath is not on the menu - This Magazine

When mental heath is not on the menu - This Magazine

Canada's restaurant industry is in the thick of its bad rap and mental health supports are long overdue.

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Bringing pattern and color to a 'simple box' of a home in upstate New York - Curbed

Bringing pattern and color to a 'simple box' of a home in upstate New York - Curbed

Curbed's weekly original tours series takes you inside homes with eye-catching style and big personality-from…

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A Bug Hugger's Confession - The Globe and Mail

A Bug Hugger's Confession - The Globe and Mail

I am a bug person, if such a thing exists. It's not like I prefer bugs to people or anything like that, but I…

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A 100 per cent affordable rental tower is coming to the Port Credit GO station

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By Zakiya Kassam Verified
| Toronto Life Verified
Rendering courtesy of Mahogany Management Things are moving swiftly for an 11-storey rental set to rise steps from the Port Credit GO station in Mississauga. In August, Mahogany Management secured a demolition permit for the site at 50 High Street East, and construction is now underway. The project will replace a three-storey apartment building, bringing 96 new units to the neighbourhood, 100 per cent of which will be designated as affordable.
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A condo developer just successfully reduced its $3.3-million provincial penalty to $600,000

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By Zakiya Kassam Verified
| Toronto Life Verified
Photo by Andrew Francis Wallace/Toronto Star/Getty Images A Woodbridge-based condo developer has managed to shave off the lion’s share of a $3.3-million fine from the province. In 2023, the Home Construction Regulatory Authority came down hard on First Avenue Properties after the company told 107 buyers to move in at 859 The Queensway in Etobicoke before it had received occupancy permits for their units, confirming that they were safe to inhabit and complied with building and fire codes.
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A 54-storey residential addition is coming to a 14-storey office tower on University Avenue

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By Zakiya Kassam Verified
| Toronto Life Verified
Rendering by GLW Realty Partners After years of back and forth with the city, developer GWL Realty Advisors has filed new plans for a 54-storey housing addition atop the office tower at 200 University Avenue. Combining residences with offices is a common practice in Toronto, but what makes this project so odd is the fact the original building stands at a mere 14 storeys. John C. Parkin of John B. Parkin Associates—once Canada’s largest architectural firm—completed the original office in 1961.
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