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: Crescent Town
Crescent Town, near the intersection of Danforth Avenue East and Victoria Park Avenue, is a residential neighbourhood consisting mainly of highrise and low-rise apartment buildings, condominiums and townhouses. The distinctive Crescent Town development making up most of this area is virtually self-contained with buildings connected via above-ground walkways.
Identities of two men sought in Crescent Town shooting investigation
Police have released images of two males being sought in the investigation of a shooting in the Crescent Town apartment complex.
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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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Holiday camps and winter instruction programs shut down by city
Thousands of kids looking forward to city-run holiday camps and skiing or skating lessons will have to forego those activities that get them out of the house, as the programs have been cancelled.
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Tobogganing hills to be big draws during shutdown
Outdoor winter activities are recommended by the city to keep healthy and active. And what such activity is more Canadian than tobogganing?
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Former councillor McMahon gets Liberal nod in Beaches-East York
Beaches-East York Liberals are putting their hopes in former city councillor Mary-Margaret McMahon to win the riding back.
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More park washrooms you can use this winter
If you’re out and about this winter and you just have to go, but washrooms at local eateries are no-go areas — the city has you covered.
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From stately hotel to strip club—the Empringham story
The Empringham, Danforth or Play Pen — they’re all the same hotel, standing at Danfoirth and Dawes from the late 1800s into the 1980s.
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Dec. 1: Continue consulting on the Danforth Study
City staff are organizing online community meetings on the Danforth Study to improve the east end’s busiest and most popular avenue.
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Quarry owner feels ‘lucky’ to have come through shutdown
The owner of the Quarry Café on Gerrard Street East hopes his loyal customers will get the restaurant through the winter months.
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Upsurge in Toronto COVID cases shown on neighbourhood map
Once thought rid of COVID-19, midtown and east-end communities are infected in the latest wave, neighbourhood map shows.
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More than Christmas fun is cancelled—or moved online
The cancellation of Toronto’s famous Christmas parade is getting most of the attention, but dozens of other festivities have been shut down
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Does your neighbourhood need a climate champion? Is it you?
Toronto is looking for Neighbourhood Climate Action Champions to help develop local climate action projects.
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Oct. 3–10: Attend Nuit Blanche virtually
Nuit Blanche has been reimagined for a virtual experience starting Oct. 3 at 7 p.m. and running until Oct. 12.
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BigArtTO projects art into local neighbourhoods
In case you can’t get leave your neighbourhood to see art, Toronto is bringing art to your neighbourhood, projected onto local buildings.
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