Robert Eisenberg News Today

In today’s letters to the editor: apology accepted; centrist politics; entrepreneurship in Canada; the value of art; the Trans-Canada Highway

Work converting a disused Millville office complex into 50 apartments is to start soon, but property is set for sale to a new developer.

Eric Haldenby, Alexander Reford and Robert Eisenberg have been recently named to the Order of Canada, among 135 new appointments. Created in 1967, the Order of Canada is a high honour that recognizes outstanding achievement, dedication to community and service to the nation. More than 7 500 people from all sectors of society have been […]

After making their mark in spheres ranging from health care to social justice, more than two dozen members of the University of Toronto community have been honoured with a new appointment to – or promotion within – the Order of Canada.

On Wednesday, Verena Tunnicliffe, professor emeritus at the University of Victoria’s biology and earth and ocean sciences departments, was among 134 others appointed to the Order of Canada by Gov. Gen. Mary May Simon.

The Governor General has appointed new Canadians to the Order of Canada, in a list that includes prominent political, cultural and academic leaders.

The proposal needed a variance to move forward. The Zoning Board issued the approval after a hearing April 1, attorney Dean Marcolongo said. The office complex, at 1601 N. 2nd Street (Route 47), is in an area where hotels and motels are allowable uses. Apartments, if attached to a business, also are allowed. But this type of conversion was not specifically allowed in the zoning rules, sparking the variance request. According to the proposal, most construction work will be inside of its building...