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gun control graphic
*FEATURED Editorial VIEWS 

Is this the winter of the gun?

February 13, 2021February 15, 2021 Streeter staff Editorial, gun control, handgun, homicides, John Tory, Justin Trudeau, shootings

Trudeau government’s expected gun control on military-style weapons does not go nearly far enough to deal with Toronto’s handgun violence.

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Mentalist Jaymes White leads seance
*FEATURED Column VIEWS 

Seance at George Brown House left skeptical journalist shaking

October 11, 2019October 17, 2019 Brian Baker George Brown house, Halloween, Jaymes White, Seance

Guided by lantern, we walked over to the three-storey, mansard-roofed George Brown House as we heard its story. We were about to attend a seance.

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ROM collection of extinct birds
Column VIEWS 

ROM has the last remaining mounts of extinct birds

May 3, 2019October 16, 2019 Brian Baker Doug Ford, great auk, passenger pigeon, puffin, Royal Ontario Museum

The ROM has many extinct species in its collection, including the passenger pigeon, the ivory-billed woodpecker, the Labrador duck, and the great auk.

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Taylor Owen addresses meeting on cyber attacks.
VIEWS 

Ottawa acting on cyber attacks, Gould tells midtown meeting

February 26, 2019March 10, 2019 Rodger Burnside Carolyn Bennett, Karina Gould, Yonge Street, Yorkminster Park Baptist Church

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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Storm Crown Manor bar
Column VIEWS 

Nerdvana found at new Church and Wellesley bar

November 27, 2018October 16, 2019 Brian Baker H.P. Lovecraft, Jay Kaw, restaurant, Star Wars, Storm Crow Manor

Storm Crow Manor, titled after the surname of Gandalf the Grey, now resides where Fuzion, The Vic, and Maison House once stood at Church and Wellesley.

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Sharon and Bram at Indigo
*FEATURED Kids & Families 

Sharon and Bram launch new song with sing-along at Bay-Bloor

November 12, 2018November 14, 2018 Brian Baker children's music, Indigo, Sharon and Bram, Sharon Lois and Bram

Parents, grandparents and children packed the kids section of the Bay-Bloor Indigo for a chance to hear Sharon and Bram’s new single, “The Colour Song.”

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Garlic at Toronto Garlic Festival
Food & Dining 

Garlic fest draws everyone but vampires

September 23, 2018September 28, 2018 Rodger Burnside Artscape Wychwood Barns, Christie Street, garlic, Toronto Garlic Festival

Garlic may fend off vampires but it doesn’t keep away mortal fans of the seasoning plant — as more than 4,000 people attended the recent Toronto Garlic Festival.

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Homicide rate rising
Column VIEWS 

Tackling the ‘fear factor’ as homicide rate fluctuates

September 12, 2018December 22, 2018 Carolyn Bennett Carolyn Bennett, homicide

In 2017, police reported 660 homicides in Canda, 48 more than the previous year. This represents a 7 per cent increase in the homicide rate.

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Bloor-Danforth line
Opinion VIEWS 

When do we get upgrade to Bloor-Danforth subway line?

August 28, 2018October 7, 2018 Jason Shvili Pape Station, subway

The Bloor-Danforth subway line s being sorely neglected by the city while the Yonge-University-Spadina line gets all the improvements, rider says.

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rail versus piplines
*FEATURED Column VIEWS 

Pipelines safer than rail transport through midtown, MP says

July 1, 2018December 22, 2018 Carolyn Bennett Carolyn Bennett, pipelines, railway safety, Toronto-St. Paul's

With the lack of pipelines being built in Canada between 2012 and 2017, the number of rail cars carrying crude oil across the country has tripled.

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George A. Romero grave site
*FEATURED Column VIEWS 

Deep in the crypts of midtown lies a filmmaker’s secret

June 29, 2018October 16, 2019 Brian Baker George A. Romero, movies, Night of the Living Dead, Toronto Necropolis, zombies

It’s been a year since Night of the Living Dead director George A. Romero became one with the earth, and as fans of his work, we made a pilgrimage to his final resting place at the Cabbagetown cemetery.

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Game Changers
*FEATURED Column VIEWS 

Game changers: midtowners helping improve life of city kids

May 2, 2018October 16, 2019 Brian Baker Dwayne De Rosario, fundraiser, MLSE Foundation, MLSE Game Changers Foundation, Wendel Clark

Game Changers believe all kids should have access to sport and the opportunity to pursue lasting dreams on the playing field.

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Peter Goddard at home
Column VIEWS 

When two pop culture lovers get talking

April 3, 2018October 16, 2019 Brian Baker Glenn Gould, music, Peter Goddard

An old grandfather clock ticks out its rhythm like a metronome atop a piano­­, as former Toronto Star pop culture columnist Peter Goddard sits across from me in his Annex home.

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traffic fatalities on increase.
Column VIEWS 

We cannot let increase in traffic fatalities continue

March 23, 2018April 20, 2020 Josh Matlow John Tory, Josh Matlow, pedestrian accident, traffic fatality, Vision Zero

Vision Zero is a road safety strategy that aims to eliminate all pedestrian and driver fatalities. Originating in Scandinavia, the strategy accepts that humans will make mistakes and that streets must be accordingly designed to reduce the impacts of those mistakes.

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Lear
*FEATURED Column VIEWS 

Musical comedy updates Shakespeare featuring Donald J. Lear

March 17, 2018October 16, 2019 Eric McMillan Donald Trump, North Toronto Players, Papermill Theatre, Todmorden Mills

The brilliant idea of the North Toronto Players is to update the tragedy of King Lear by replacing the king with a figure based on Donald J. Trump.

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THAT WAS THEN. This is now.

Empringham Hotel 1903
*FEATURED THAT WAS THEN 

From stately hotel to strip club—the Empringham story

November 19, 2020May 5, 2021 Eric McMillan

The Empringham, Danforth or Play Pen — they’re all the same hotel, standing at Danfoirth 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 McMillan
Beltline bridge over Yonge Street ion 1915
*FEATURED THAT WAS THEN 

When horses passed UNDER the Beltline bridge

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

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

October 24, 2019October 25, 2019 Eric McMillan
Mt. Pleasant loop being built
*FEATURED THAT WAS THEN 

When building transit was simpler at Mt. Pleasant and Eglinton

May 9, 2019November 24, 2020 Eric McMillan
Hay wagons on Yonge Street
*FEATURED THAT WAS THEN 

The days of hay wagons and streetcars on Yonge Street

February 1, 2019February 3, 2019 Eric McMillan
Avoca bridge being torn down
*FEATURED THAT WAS THEN 

The viaduct that brought Moore Park into Toronto

December 1, 2018December 15, 2018 Streeter staff

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