Community presented with developments to transform East Danforth
Massive developments are about to transform East Danforth, bringing multiple highrises and thousands of additional residents.
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Author: Rodger Burnside
Each ward getting additional speed camera—and more on the way
Toronto’s 50 speed cameras have been so successful in catching fast drivers and reducing speeds that more cameras are being added.
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Keep 18-hole golf course at Dentonia Park, committee says
A city committee is urging the existing 18 holes at the Dentonia Park Golf Course be maintained, despite calls to reduce it to nine holes.
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Staffing shortages to shut down nearly half of city’s public libraries
Nearly half of all Toronto’s public libraries are closing as of Monday — but not due to COVID-19 precautions.
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‘Temporary’ bike lanes to be made permanent, council decides
Drivers, cyclists and pedestrians had better get used to the bike lanes installed last year as temporary parts of the ActiveTO initiative.
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Writer and former Hells Angels head Donny Petersen reported dead at 74
Donny Petersen, author and former president of the Hells Angels motorcycle club in downtown Toronto, has reportedly died at age 74.
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Colle seeking speculation tax to curb ‘out-of-control’ housing prices
Egliinton-Lawrence councillor Mike Colle is seeking support for a provincial tax on speculation in the housing market.
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COVID-19 outbreaks reported at three schools in and around Forest Hill
Three schools in the Forest Hill and midtown areas are among five schools Toronto Public Health has identified as having COVID-19 outbreaks.
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Tree funeral calls for burying Ontario Line
They came to a tree funeral, but it was the planned Ontario Line they wanted to place underground in Leslieville.
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Grenoble Public School forced to shut down over COVID-19 outbreak
Grenoble Public school in Flemingdon Park is closed as of Nov. 23 after 15 confirmed cases of COVID-19 were reported.
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38 of city’s outdoor ice rinks to open this month
A sure sign of winter coming: you can strap on your skates for a spin on one of Toronto’s outdoor ice rinks as early as a week tomorrow.
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Affordable housing development to be considered for 55 Division property
The city may have found a new use for the site of the 55 Division police station on Carlaw Avenue after it’s relocated to Danforth Avenue.
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Parking lots by York Civic Centre to become Housing Now site
Four sites, including parking lots by the York Civic Centre on Eglinton Avenue West, have been added to the city’s Housing Now initiative
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Poppy project pays tribute at Leaside retirement residence
A Leaside retirement home worked with students to create the Poppy Project, a novel Remembrance Day tribute.
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Local reps call for city control of cannabis shop sites
Two councillors and a BIA manager joined MPP Marit Stiles in calling for the province to give the city more say in cannabis shops locations.
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