One expropriated business, Pape Avenue's Cleopatra Five Star Hair Design, is pulling no punches when it comes to letting Metrolinx know how they feel about the matter.
A note posted in the hair studio's window announce the shop's impending closure and decry the expropriation of their — and others' in the area — business."Metrolinx screwed all small businesses in Pape Village," the note reads, adding that"they didn't pay enough money to start a new business, leaving us no income for our new businesses.
This is far from the first time a local business has been outspoken about the ways that subway line construction — which, admittedly, will likely benefit local businesses in the distant future — is hurting them today.At the time, clinic owner Charlene Owens shared details about the difficult and costly process of relocating the business, adding that they had received minimal financial support from Metrolinx throughout it all.
The Ontario Line will add 15 new subway stations to the city, running from Exhibition Place northeast to the Science Centre. In April of this year, progress began on the construction of the future Gerrard Station, prompting the closure and vacation of anOntario is about to get hit with an early burst of fall weatherA giant dong-shaped weather system is thrusting past OntarioProposed transit line could soon directly link two Ontario cities
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