The Toronto Real Estate Board has released the numbers for September, and the GTA housing market is continuing its strong pace. Following a very active summer, the market has shown no signs of a slowdown with 7,825 sales reported for the month of September. This represents a 22% increase in volume compared to the same period last year. Total sales for 2019 are now at 67,957, up 13.2% year-over-year.

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THE 20^th PLANET IN FOCUS

Film Festival

Last year’s Planet in Focus Environmental Film Festival, the atmosphere was initially fraught, but ultimately hopeful. Katherine Bruce, the festival’s executive director, recalls that there was a sense of urgency at Toronto’s Royal Cinema that evening. In front of a packed house of young adults and outspoken activists, including Commander Chris Hadfield and Dr. David Suzuki, 26-year-old director Slater Jewell-Kemker’s premiered Youth Unstoppable, which chronicles the rise of the global youth climate movement. At one point during the post-film discussion, Suzuki was close to tears as he addressed the filmmaker.