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Author: Vatché Ayvazian

Crime rates down, police say
NEWS 

Crime rates are down as the city fights the coronavirus

April 3, 2020April 7, 2020 Vatché Ayvazian coronavirus, crime, Toronto Police

As the coronavirus cases in Toronto continue to rise, many crimes have been falling — but others are increasing, police say.

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Crews & Tangos
*FEATURED NEWS 

Residents fight to save ‘three queer spaces’ from condo development

March 12, 2020March 13, 2020 Vatché Ayvazian Church Street, Crews & Tangos, development, Graywood Group

A petition to save the popular Crews & Tangos from making way for a condo development is continuing to gain strength despite the bar signing a lease.

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Whitney Junior Public School
*FEATURED NEWS 

Students, staff at Rosedale school warned of coronavirus exposure

March 9, 2020March 11, 2020 Vatché Ayvazian coronavirus, COVID-19, Eileen de Villa, Whitney Junior Public School

Students and staff at Whitney Junior Public School are being asked to monitor their health after a school visitor tested positive for coronavirus.

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Flemingdon Park library
NEWS 

Second shooting in Flemingdon Park leaves man seriously injured

March 9, 2020March 13, 2020 Vatché Ayvazian Flemingdon Park Library, shooting, St. Dennis Drive, Toronto Police

A man is in serious condition after a shooting near Don Mills and St. Dennis, the second such incident in two weeks in Flemingdon Park.

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Queen Street East near gas leak
NEWS 

Gas leak in the Beach causes evacuation of businesses

March 4, 2020March 9, 2020 Vatché Ayvazian evacuation, gas leak, Queen Street East, Toronto Police

No one was hurt and damages were minor as businesses were evacuated early Saturday morning after a gas leak in the Beach.

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100 Gamble Avenue Building
NEWS 

22 cars in Gamble underground garage broken into

March 4, 2020March 6, 2020 Vatché Ayvazian break-in, Gamble Avenue, Toronto Police, vandalism

Toronto Police are investigating after 22 vehicles in an East York underground parking lot were broken into and items stolen late Tuesday night.

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residential building at 500 Dawes Rd.
NEWS 

Two-alarm fire on 11th floor of Dawes Road apartment building

March 2, 2020March 4, 2020 Vatché Ayvazian Dawes Road, fire, Stephan Powell, Toronto Fire Services

A two-alarm fire broke out in an East York apartment building on Dawes Road in East York on Sunday, according to the fire department.

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Townhouse at St. Denis and Grenobles Drives
*FEATURED NEWS 

‘Targeted shooting’ in Flemingdon hit the wrong target, police say

February 29, 2020March 3, 2020 Vatché Ayvazian Grenoble Drive, shooting, St. Dennis Drive, Toronto Police

A targeted shooting in Flemingdon Park has left a women with serious injuries, although she was likely not the intended victim, Toronto police say.

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kids at youth centre
*FEATURED NEWS 

City council grant keeps Cabbagetown centre going

February 28, 2020March 4, 2020 Vatché Ayvazian Cabbagetown Youth Centre, city council, Grant, John Tory, Kristyn Wong-Tam

Cabbagetown residents have been happy to learn Toronto city council has given its youth centre a $161,000 grant to keep it open.

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TTC fares rising
*FEATURED NEWS 

TTC fare hike gets negative reviews from local riders

February 21, 2020February 24, 2020 Vatché Ayvazian fare Increase, Pape Station, Toronto Transit Commission, TTCriders

Starting next week TTC will be increasing most of its fares by 10 cents and here’s what local riders have to say about the latest hike.

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183 Durant Avenue
NEWS 

Fire on Durant Avenue leaves man with leg burns

February 15, 2020February 25, 2020 Vatché Ayvazian Durant Avenue, fire, Toronto Fire Services

A man is being treated in hospital after sustaining leg burns in a fire in an East York garage late last week.

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Peter MacKay
*FEATURED NEWS 

Beaches residents unaware Peter MacKay is their neighbour

February 12, 2020February 24, 2020 Vatché Ayvazian Beaches-East York, Conservative Party, Nathaniel Erskine-Smith, Peter MacKay

Beaches residents seem unaware the leading contender for leader of Canada’s Conservative Party, Peter MacKay, lives among them.

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Photo radar in Scarborough
*FEATURED NEWS 

Photo radar gets mixed reviews from local residents, drivers

February 11, 2020February 24, 2020 Vatché Ayvazian Bernard Avenue, Huron Street, photo radar, theft, Toronto Police, vandalism

Some called them “resourceful,” others assailed their use as a “lazy” tactic, as residents shared their opinions on photo radar cameras.

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Toronto forensic vehicle at shooting scene
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Man killed in shooting outside Danforth bar

February 5, 2020February 7, 2020 Vatché Ayvazian Danforth Avenue, homicide, Toronto Police

A man in his 20s was found unconscious and later pronounced dead after a shooting outside a Danforth Avenue bar early this morning, police report.

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Coronavirus victim is at Sunnybrook Hospital
*FEATURED NEWS 

Toronto man with coronavirus in isolation at Sunnybrook

January 29, 2020February 3, 2020 Vatché Ayvazian coronavirus, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, virus

The Ontario medical chief has confirmed a Toronto couple tested positive for coronavirus. The man is reported in stable condition at Sunnybrook hospital.

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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 Vatché Ayvazian

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 Vatché Ayvazian
Beltline bridge over Yonge Street ion 1915
*FEATURED THAT WAS THEN 

When horses passed UNDER the Beltline bridge

December 1, 2019February 6, 2020 Vatché Ayvazian
Yonge-Eglinton southeast
*FEATURED THAT WAS THEN 

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

October 24, 2019October 25, 2019 Vatché Ayvazian

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