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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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Eglinton Avenue and Mt. Pleasant
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Eglinton East ranked worst road in Ontario: CAA poll

May 31, 2019June 1, 2019 Rodger Burnside Bathurst Street, Canadian Automobile Association, Dufferin Street, Eglinton Avenue East, Eglinton Avenue West, Eglinton Crosstown LRT

It’s official. Eglinton Avenue East, site of construction for the Eglinton Crosstown light-rail line, is now the most hated street in Ontario.

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Sabrina Greupner at Ontario Science Centre
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Engaging kids in science for 50 years and counting

February 10, 2019October 16, 2019 Brian Baker Don Mills Road, Eglinton Avenue East, Ontario Science Centre, Paul Terry, Sabrina Greupner, STEM

Sabrina Greupner is always on the lookout for new ways to engage kids and open their minds to possibilities at the Ontario Science Centre.

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Retirement 

When will you be ready for the big move?

January 15, 2018February 18, 2018 Rodger Burnside etirement home

Retirement homes are for people who enjoy mental and physical health. They’re for people who can live there as autonomously as in their own houses or semi-autonomously — perhaps requiring a little assistance for a few daily tasks like housekeeping and shopping trips.

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Racconos got into greenbin
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Only one tip seems to keep raccoons out of your scraps

October 10, 2017December 23, 2017 Rodger Burnside green bins, raccoons

Raccoons have solved the problem of how to get into the new, “raccoon-proof” green bins, as evidence by the messes on our sidewalks.

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THAT WAS THEN. This is now.

Empringham Hotel 1903
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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
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The viaduct that brought Moore Park into Toronto

December 1, 2018December 15, 2018 Streeter staff

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