Moonlight Madness brings out Beach’s beer drinkers
You didn’t have to be mad to enjoy the Moonlight Madness event in the Beach on Friday evening. But being a little nuts about craft beers probably helped.
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Author: Rodger Burnside
Bennington Heights school evacuated in bomb scare
Toronto police blew up two suspicious packages after evacuating and searching Bennington Heights Elementary School on Bennington Heights Drive this morning.
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When building transit was simpler at Mt. Pleasant and Eglinton
When the Mt. Pleasant Road Loop was being built nearly 94 years ago, the work didn’t cause massive traffic jams as the building of the Eglinton Crosstown line does now.
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Jones Avenue school closed after heavy fire damage
Students showing up for their classes at Jones Avenue Adult Centre this morning were turned away as fire had demolished half their school’s roof overnight.
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Two arrested after shots fired from Annex rooftop
A man has been charged with discharging a firearm recklessly after shots rang out on a rooftop near Bloor and Spadina on Saturday.
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Volunteer work keeps marginalized from becoming victims: Macphail winner
Volunteer work gave her training to help get through the disaster that hit her life a year ago, Karen Fraser said in accepting the Agnes Macphail Award.
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Looking pho healthy Vietnamese food in the north end?
Looking for a second location, the owners of the health-conscious Pho Vistro eatery on Queen Street West liked what they saw on Avenue Road.
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Eat like an Egyptian — in Greektown
When Papyrus finally opened for business in early winter, it was revealed it had a Greek connection, despite specializing in Egyptian food.
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Ottawa acting on cyber attacks, Gould tells midtown meeting
With a Canadian election less than eight months away, federal minister Karina Gould brought her warnings about expected cyber attacks to midtown Toronto on Sunday.
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Ready for its close-up: Icefest gone Hollywood
Sculptors worked in the cold at the ice-carving competition at Icefest in Yorkville, pausing now and then to chat with visitors.
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Leaside Flames hot in their own tournament
Leaside teams emerged champions in many of the divisions of the Leaside Select Invitational Tournament over the past weekend.
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Leaside community activist eulogized in Parliament
Leaside and East York lost one of their most prominent citizens with the death of Edna Beange, 98, on Jan 7.
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The days of hay wagons and streetcars on Yonge Street
Yonge Street once featured horse-drawn hay wagons and streetcars, not to mention pedestrians and dogs straying across, according to a 1917 photo.
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Harbord Village letter carrier remembered with stamp
It’s a good bet when Albert Jackson delivered mail in Harbord Village, his customers never expected envelopes would one day be stamped with his likeness.
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It’s all downhill for tobogganing ban at Riverdale Park East
Tobogganing may have been banned as unsafe at Riverdale Park East, but that hasn’t kept locals off what has been ranked Toronto’s best hill for winter fun.
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