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Kensington Bia: Landlords Pricing and Sun Days

kensington bia: Along with his part-time job as coordinator of the Kensington BIA, Morrison is one of the organizers of Pedestrian Sundays he likes to call them Pedestrian Sun Days the celebration of community, culture and ecology held monthly from May to October, according to NOW Magazine. Employed by the BIA board, Morrison is the go-to guy in Kensington when problems arise. He an undeniable star of the neighbourhood. Lately, those have been about the rising cost of land, and new landlords pricing out long-time tenants. As a result, Flashback, one occupant, will have to close. Tensions boiled over this past summer when residents came together to oppose Claude Bitton, owner of CB Holdings, who bought five properties on Kensington Place in June and who tenants say tried to intimidate them into leaving by hiking their rents. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.