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Toronto is the centre of the largest local calling area in Canada, and one of the largest in North America. As of 2013, the following points in area code 905 were a local call to 416 in Toronto: Ajax-Pickering, Aurora, Beeton, Bethesda, Bolton, Brampton, Caledon East, Campbellville, Castlemore, Claremont, Georgetown, Gormley, King City, Markham, Milton, Mississauga (rate centres Clarkson ...
89 Chestnut Residence is a university residence operated by the University of Toronto, opposite the downtown Toronto DoubleTree hotel (formerly the Metropolitan Hotel) at 89 Chestnut Street. It was converted from the Colony Hotel in 2004 and turned into a student residence to accommodate the incoming double cohort in 2003 and 2004.
On its 70th anniversary in 1998 the Radio College of Canada changed its name to RCC College of Technology. On June 24, 2004, the Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities in Ontario, allowed RCC to grant bachelor's degrees after a successful audit by the Post-Secondary Education Quality Assessment Board (PEQAB).
The hotel component is run by Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts and has 202 guest rooms and suites. [2] The condominium portion occupies the upper floors of the building and consists of 393 units. [ 3 ] Excavation of the site started in 2008, and work on the parking garage began in early 2009.
The InterContinental Toronto Centre is a hotel located in the downtown core of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is part of the Metro Toronto Convention Centre complex on Front Street West in the former Railway Lands. The hotel is managed by InterContinental Hotels. The hotel was constructed by the Canadian National Railway, and opened in 1984 as L ...
A section of the New College complex. New College is a constituent colleges of the University of Toronto in Canada. One of the larger colleges, with approximately 5,000 students, it stands on Huron Street at the west end of the downtown St. George campus, nestled alongside the Athletic Centre, the Earth Sciences Centre, Sidney Smith Hall and the Ramsey Wright Zoology Laboratory.
In 1984, Khabouth, then 22 years old, purchased a defunct gay club, The Manatee, at 11A St. Joseph Street in the Yonge & Wellesley area. After refurbishment, the venue was launched as Club Z. [10] The financing for the venture was approximately C$30,000, accrued from personal savings, a bank loan secured against his Audi car, [2] [9] and a loan from his stepfather. [2]
Rexdale was named after local real estate developer Rex Heslop, who purchased farmland in the area in 1955 for a cost of $110,000, and installed water mains, streets and sewers, as well as houses that listed for sale at either $9,000 or $10,000. The homes sold well, and soon 330 families were living in the development.