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Author: Eric Emin Wood

Column VIEWS 

A pleasant midsummer night’s romantic comedy—with songs

May 8, 2017October 16, 2019 Eric Emin Wood Midsummer (a play with songs), Tarragon Theatre

Don’t be fooled by the title — Midsummer (a play with songs), has little in common with the Bard’s tale of mistaken identity

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Site of two-storey rebuild
NEWS 

Two-storey Rumsey Road proposal on way to OMB

May 6, 2017July 27, 2017 Eric Emin Wood development, Jon Burnside, Ontario Municipal Board, Rumsey Road

A two-storey, 9.35-metre detached home proposed for 310 Rumsey Rd. is on its way to the Ontario Municipal Board (OMB).

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automated road speed sign
NEWS 

Speeding fines on our streets could double

April 7, 2017December 23, 2017 Eric Emin Wood city council, Jaye Robinson, Joe Mihevc, Jon Burnside, Josh Matlow, Mark Grimes, speeding, traffic

City council has approved a proposal asking the province to double speeding fines for residential streets, school zones, and near playgrounds and daycares.

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Playground at Old Orchard Park
NEWS 

Old Orchard Park playground to receive $450K facelift

April 3, 2017October 23, 2017 Eric Emin Wood Christin Carmichael Greb, Old Orchard Park, parks

Old Orchard Park playground, which had been the target of at least four fires over the past two years, is finally scheduled to receive an upgrade.

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Rong Fu, Natasha Mumba and Liz Peterson
Column VIEWS 

Millennial Malcontent fails to content our millennial

April 2, 2017October 16, 2019 Eric Emin Wood Tarragon Theatre, theatre, theatre review

Every reductive stereotype about my generation is embodied by at least one of the eight characters in The Millennial Malcontent.

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Councillor John Matlow
NEWS 

Residents’ feedback sought for Midtown in Focus

March 11, 2017August 1, 2017 Eric Emin Wood Ben Daube, City Planning, Jaye Robinson, Josh Matlow, Midtown In Focus

Midtown in Focus guidelines need to be co-written by the community Councillor Josh Matlow told a Feb. 22 planning group meeting.

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Sold sign outside house
NEWS 

Sale price of your home up, but good luck finding another

March 8, 2017November 8, 2017 Eric Emin Wood real estate, Toronto Real Estate Board

If you’re a midtown homeowner planning to sell and move out of the city, February’s real estate prices will give you reason to finally pack your bags.

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Davisville Junior Public School
NEWS 

Davisville P.S. no architectural treasure, locals say

February 28, 2017August 1, 2017 Eric Emin Wood Davisville Hub, Davisville Junior Public School, Globe and Mail, Josh Matlow, Shelley Laskin, Toronto District School Board

A Globe and Mail essay lamenting the imminent destruction of Davisville Junior Public School’s building has left residents scratching their heads.

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NEWS 

Could province finally be about to reform OMB?

February 4, 2017December 24, 2017 Eric Emin Wood Josh Matlow, Kristyn Wong-Tam, Leaside Property Owners Association, Ontario Municipal Board

Ward 22 councillor Josh Matlow believes the Ontario Municipal Board could be reformed after all.

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NEWS 

Leaside takes lead role in ward boundary review

February 4, 2017March 28, 2017 Eric Emin Wood Geoff Kettel, Jon Burnside, Leaside Property Owners Association

Keeping Leaside together is one of the key reasons city will have 47 wards instead of 44 when the boundary changes come into effect.

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NEWS 

What do you want to see at new Davisville parks?

February 4, 2017August 1, 2017 Eric Emin Wood Glebe Manor Lawn Bowling Club, Josh Matlow, Manor Road United Church, parks

Ward 22 councillor Josh Matlow wants to know what you’d like to see at the new Davisville parks and is holding a meeting on Feb, 27 to get residents’ ideas.

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Column VIEWS 

Out of Sequence

January 18, 2017October 16, 2019 Eric Emin Wood Sequence, Tarragon Theatre

Watching Sequence at the Tarragon is like listening to an ambitious 90-minute prog rock album that ends with a 30-second record scratch.

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NEWS 

‘No immediate plans’ for park on Ranleigh

December 2, 2016 Eric Emin Wood Bedford Park United Church, development, Jaye Robinson, parks

The field at 100 Ranleigh Ave. has been purchased by the city for conversion into parkland. But residents shouldn’t expect to see a park there just yet.

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Leaside toy drive graphic
NEWS 

Guys Night Out is for the kids

December 1, 2016April 12, 2017 Eric Emin Wood Guys Night Out, Leaside Pub, toy drive

Attention men of Leaside. If you’re free Thursday night and want to brighten a child’s holiday, the Leaside Pub would like to invite you out for a pint

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NEWS 

Annual Christmas food drive reaches 16,000 donations

December 1, 2016December 24, 2017 Eric Emin Wood Ecumenical Christmas Food Drive, Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church, St. Cuthbert’s Church

Hungry families across midtown will be having a merrier season thanks to this year’s Ecumenical Christmas Food Drive.

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That was then.

Empringham Hotel 1903
*FEATURED THAT WAS THEN 

From stately hotel to strip club—the Empringham story

November 19, 2020February 6, 2023 Eric Emin Wood

The Empringham, Danforth or Play Pen — they’re all the same hotel, standing at Danforth and Dawes from the late 1800s into the 1980s.

Queen and Waverley 1903
*FEATURED THAT WAS THEN 

Can you believe this century home still stands at Queen and Waverley?

February 27, 2020March 4, 2020 Eric Emin Wood
Beltline bridge over Yonge Street ion 1915
*FEATURED THAT WAS THEN 

When horses passed UNDER the Beltline bridge

December 1, 2019February 6, 2020 Eric Emin Wood
Yonge-Eglinton southeast
*FEATURED THAT WAS THEN 

Now that the Yonge-Eglinton mess has been cleared up (almost)

October 24, 2019October 25, 2019 Eric Emin Wood

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