Donwood back on the market? Posted in East York news on March 26, 2008 by Khalid Magram picture-001.jpg Resort of Last Resort Donwood Institute surrounded with tall trees and with a symbolic bridge at the main entrance for welcoming drug and alcohol patients who go for treatment. A...

Graffiti seen as art, an eyesore,and a legal nuisance, residents told Originally filed Feb. 20, 2008 for Toronto Observer(online edition) By Khalid Magram In a small room inside a building that began its life as police station, concerned Beaches-East York residents and their local city...

Dr. Gordon Bell founded the Donwood Institute in 1967. It was the first public hospital for addiction in Canada. The north Leaside location on the edge of a ravine and surrounded by tall trees, walking trails and breathtaking green space seemed perfect for Dr. Bell’s pragmatic endeavor. For...