[URBAN NOTE] Five Toronto links: House of Anansi, Why Not Theatre, York Street, Vimy Ridge, murder

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• Toronto Life takes a look at the House of Anansi bookstore on Sterling Road, set to take on a higher profile as that street becomes bigger.


• The Globe and Mail profiles Why Not Theatre, a Toronto troupe that has opted not to acquire a permanent space.


• CBC Toronto takes a look at the campaign of Daniel Rotsztain to save the York Street pillars, legacies of old freeways turned by time into public art.


• Descendants of acorns taken from Vimy Ridge to Scarborough are now repopulating that battlefield. CBC reports.


• Yesterday, Toronto suffered its 90th homicide of the year, making a new record. CBC reports.