$1-million fund aims to make Regent Park revitalization better for residents; How a builder’s affordable home program helped a Toronto couple onto the property ladder; Poverty, homelessness no longer ‘downtown’ problems; and more news:

Shawn Micallef: $1-million fund aims to make Regent Park revitalization better for residents (Toronto Star)

Majestic white oak in Bloor West Village a living piece of Toronto history (Toronto.com)

How a builder’s affordable home program helped a Toronto couple onto the property ladder (Toronto Star)

Doug Ford promises to balance books, targets Trudeau and team at PC convention (Globe and Mail)

Poverty, homelessness no longer ‘downtown’ problems (Toronto Star)

Why Doug Ford's Franco-Ontarian cost-cutting could spell trouble for Andrew Scheer (CBC News)

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Concord Gardens Nearing Completion in Richmond (Vancouver)