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: East Danforth
Danforth Village is the name of the neighbourhood straddling Danforth Avenue just east of what most Torontonians refer to as The Danforth or Greektown. It is a busy and diversified area, running from Greenwood Avenue to Victoria Park Avenue. It includes smaller neighbourhoods and commercial areas known as East Lynne, the Danforth Mosaic, Danforth Village and the northern part of Greenwood-Coxwell.
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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More than 30 Toronto schools now shut down by COVID outbreaks
At least 20 more schools are closing on the advice of Toronto Public Health today after experiencing COVID-19 outbreaks.
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Exercise at noon with Centennial students: April 7
Centennial College PR students are hosting a free, virtual, 15-minute deskside workout on Wednesday, April 7 at 1:30 p.m.
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Play golf at a city course: Starting April 1
Toronto has announced all five of its golf courses are opening for the 2021 season on Thursday — several days ahead of schedule.
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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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Five Black-owned businesses you can support now
If you are still looking for a way to celebrate Black History Month in practical terms, you can try supporting black-owned 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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Man, 47, gunned down in East Danforth condo garage
A 47-year-old man is dead after a shooting in a condo garage on Danforth Avenue last night, police report.
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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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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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Woman arrested for attempted murder in east end
A 35-year-old woman has been charged with attempted murder after an alleged stabbing in the east end yesterday evening.
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