Bay Street Corridor Archives

Dec. 4: Energy board meeting on hydro rate increase

November 20, 2018December 4, 2018 Streeter staff 0 Comment Grosvenor Street, Ontario Energy Board, Toronto Hydro

The Ontario Energy Board is holding public meetings on Toronto Hydro’s application to change its distribution rates effective Jan. 1, 2020.

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Local groups star in Santa Claus parade

November 19, 2018November 28, 2018 Rodger Burnside 0 Comment Malvern Collegiate Institute, North Toronto Collegiate Institute

It was Toronto’s largest parade. And helping the Santa Claus parade set the record on Nov. 18 were many local participants.

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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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Nov. 18: Santa Claus parade coming to town

November 4, 2018November 12, 2018 Streeter staff Avenue Road, Bloor Street, Christie Pits, Front Street, Santa Claus Parade, St. Lawrence Market, University Avenue

The Santa Claus Parade is the second biggest event of the season for Toronto kids. The price of enjoying the parade is free of course for kids and adults.

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Nov. 10: Public singalong with Sharon and Bram

October 27, 2018October 29, 2018 Streeter staff Bloor Street West, Indigo, Sharon Lois and Bram

Sharon and Bram are launching “The Colour Song,” one of four new songs, at a free public singalong Nov. 10 at Indigo Bloor/Bay.

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Sept. 25: Violence against women as a tool of control

September 11, 2018September 10, 2018 Streeter staff Linda Silver Dranoff, Toronto Reference Library, Yonge Street

A seminar on violence against women as a tool of control will be held at the Toronto Reference Library, Beeton Hall at 789 Yonge St. on Sept. 25 from 7 to 8:15 p.m.

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Sept. 24: Documentary film Colonization Road at Reference Library

September 10, 2018September 10, 2018 Streeter staff Toronto Reference Library, Yonge Street

A screening of the documentary film Colonization Road will be held on Sept. 24 from 6:30 to 8 p.m. at the Toronto Reference Library (Beeton Hall) at 789 Yonge St.

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Police investigating sexual assault in Yorkville area

September 9, 2018September 11, 2018 Jay Garak Bay Street, Cumberland Street, sexual assault, Toronto Police

Toronto police are seeking a man wanted in a sexual assault investigation after an alleged assault near Cumberland and Bay streets on Sept. 8.

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Sept. 8: Parkinson’s superwalk at Ashbridges Bay

August 25, 2018August 23, 2018 Streeter staff fundraiser, Lakeshore Boulevard East., Parkinson's Disease

The Parkinson Canada Superwalk will be held on Sept. 8 from 9:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. at Ashbridge’s Bay Park, 1561 Lakeshore Blvd. E.

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July 12–Aug. 30: Robotics camp at Toronto Reference Library

June 25, 2018July 12, 2018 Streeter staff robotics, Toronto Reference Library, Yonge Street

The summer robotics program will be held at the Toronto Reference Library at 789 Yonge St., each Thursday from 2 to 4 p.m. beginning July 12.

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July 2: Free concert in Yorkville park

June 18, 2018June 18, 2018 Streeter staff Bellair Street, Cumberland Street, live music, Yorkville Village Park

The Lucian Gray Quartet will perform a free concert in the Yorkville Village Park at Cumberland and Bellair on July 2 from 1:30 to 4:30 p.m.

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June 22–24: Pride Toronto festival weekend

June 8, 2018June 14, 2018 Streeter staff Pride

The Pride Toronto festival weekend will take place from June 22 to 24 in the Church and Wellesley Village.

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Midtown Liberals save one, lose everything else

June 8, 2018July 9, 2018 Rodger Burnside Don Valley West, Eglinton-Lawrence, Gillian Smith, Jessica Bell, Jill Andrew, Jo-Ann Davis, Jon Kieran, Kathleen Wynne, Mike Colle, provincial election, Robin Martin, Toronto-St. Paul's, University-Rosedale

Premier Kathleen Wynne barely holds her seat, as NDP and PC take the rest in midtown Toronto in the provincial election on June 7.

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June 20: Trillium Book Award readings

June 6, 2018July 16, 2018 Streeter staff Bram and Bluma Appel Salon, Toronto Reference Library, Trillium Book Award

The Ontario Media Development Corporation is hosting author readings in Toronto for the finalists of the Trillium Book Award, a prestigious literary prize that honours excellence in prose and poetry in both of Canada’s official languages.