Riverdale-East York Daily Updates
A quick look at news, views and things to do in Riverdale-East York neighbourhoods.
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Neighbourhood: Broadview North
Broadview North is the part of East York just east of Todmorden Mills and the Don Valley. From Playter Estates to the south, it follows Broadview Avenue until it turns east into O’Connor Drive as far east as Pape Avenue.
Tabuns and Fletcher call for action against stunt drivers
Toronto-Danforth MPP Peter Tabuns and city councillor Paula Fletcher are calling on Toronto police to identify and charge stunt drivers.
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Benefits of the pandemic: new bike lanes and closed roads
If there is one benefit we have received from the pandemic and lockdown over the past year or so, it’s the rapid extension of our bike lanes.
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Care of city’s ravines important to Indigenous people
The negative effect of invasive species on native vegetation and wildlife has to be looked at by the city, Isaac Crosby says.
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Shop at East York market: Tuesdays starting May 18
The East York Farmers’ Market is returning to the East York Civic Centre at 850 Coxwell Ave., at Mortimer Avenue.
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Wind storm brings down trees and power lines, damages cars
Fallen trees and branches were reported in many communities as the city was hit by wind up to 75 kilometres per hour.
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Crackdown on large gatherings starting April 22
Toronto police may not be stopping folks who are out walking or driving, but they will be enforcing prohibitions against gatherings.
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Medical officer orders all Toronto schools closed for in-person learning
Medical health officer Dr. Eileen de Villa has ordered elementary and secondary schools closed and students to transition to remote learning.
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Second-degree murder charge in East York death of woman
A 46-year-old man was charged with second-murder yesterday after a woman was found dead in an East York apartment the previous evening.
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Show love for the city with online festival: March 6–April 6
Celebrate Toronto is honouring the city’s 187th Anniversary as a virtual festival to show love for Toronto and its small businesses.
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Beaches, Rosedale, Lawrence Park among lowest COVID rates
Some neighbourhoods are showing much better COVID rates than others, judging by figures from the provincial Ministry of Health.
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Is this the winter of the gun?
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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Patios on streets and sidewalks set to return in spring
The dining and drinking patios that lined Toronto streets last summer may be back in spring bigger than ever, if council gives okays them.
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Feeling the loss of East York Chronicle founder Gary Webb-Proctor
Writer began the year with the news her employer and mentor, East York Chronicle publisher Gary Webb-Proctor, had died.
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Riverdale-East York Daily Updates: November–December 2020
A quick look at news, views and things to do in Riverdale-East York neighbourhoods.
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