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Forest Hill Daily Updates

January 15, 2021January 16, 2021 Streeter staff 0 Comment arrest, assault, back to school, Bell boxes, BigArtTO, Bike Share, break-in, break-ins, camps, CampTO, car fire, Carolyn Bennett, Christina Petrowska Quilico, CNE, coronavirus, COVID-19, Dufferin Street, fire, gunfire, gunman, Halloween, home invasion, Humewood Community School, Josh Matlow, libraries, long-term care, Neighbourhood Climate Action Champions, ParksPlayTO, poppies, Pumpkins Parade, reopening, road closures, robbery, shooting, speeding, statue, tobogganing, Toronto Police, Vaughan Road Academy, violin, washrooms

A quick look at the latest news, views and things to do in Forest Hill neighbourhoods.

DAILY UPDATES

Forest Hill Daily Updates: November–December 2020

December 31, 2020January 16, 2021 Streeter staff 0 Comment break-ins, camps, CampTO, Christina Petrowska Quilico, CNE, coronavirus, COVID-19, Dufferin Street, fire, gunfire, gunman, Halloween, hit and run, home invasion, Humewood Community School, libraries, Little Jamaica, long-term care, poppies, road closures, robbery, schools, tobogganing, Toronto Police, Vaughan Road Academy, violin, washrooms

A quick look at the latest news, views and things to do in Forest Hill neighbourhoods.

NEWS

Five arrests, 60 charges for retail robberies across town

December 24, 2020January 12, 2021 Jay Garak 0 Comment Dufferin Street, handgun, robbery, Toronto Police, Victoria Park Avenue

Three men and two boys have been arrested in the month since two retail robberies on opposite sides of town on Nov. 21.

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Holiday camps and winter instruction programs shut down by city

December 18, 2020December 23, 2020 Rodger Burnside 0 Comment CampTO, cancellations, COVID-19, Eileen de Villa, Joe Cressy

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.

NEWS

56 charges after string of night-time break-ins

December 17, 2020December 18, 2020 Jay Garak 13 Division, 53 Division, arrests, break-ins, fraud, Toronto Police

Police have arrested two people in a midtown break-ins investigation, with more than 50 charges laid against one Toronto man.

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Little Jamaica faces extinction, Eglinton West shopkeepers warn

December 16, 2020December 18, 2020 J. Diamond Daniel COVID-19, Eglinton Avenue West, Eglinton Crosstown LRT, Jill Andrew, Little Jamaica, Metrolinx, parking, Toronto-St. Paul's

Without more help from the provincial government, businesses in Little Jamaica will go out of business, say local shopkeepers.

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More park washrooms you can use this winter

November 20, 2020November 21, 2020 Rodger Burnside John Tory, parks, washrooms

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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Be careful selling game consoles at meetings arranged online

November 18, 2020November 18, 2020 Rodger Burnside game consoles, Glencairn Avenue, Glencairn Station, robbery, Toronto Police

With game consoles sold out in many retail outlets, parents are turning to online sources to buy their kids’ presents through private sales.

DAILY UPDATES

Forest Hill Daily Updates: September–October 2020

October 31, 2020January 16, 2021 Streeter staff Allen Road, arrest, assault, back to school, Bell boxes, BigArtTO, break-in, car fire, Carolyn Bennett, CNE, coronavirus, COVID-19, gunman, Halloween, home invasion, Josh Matlow, Neighbourhood Climate Action Champions, Pumpkins Parade, road closures, robbery, shooting, St. Clair Avenue West, statue, Toronto Police

A quick look at the latest news, views and things to do in Forest Hill neighbourhoods.

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Upsurge in Toronto COVID cases shown on neighbourhood map

September 29, 2020September 29, 2020 Streeter staff coronavirus, COVID-19, map, neighbourhoods

Once thought rid of COVID-19, midtown and east-end communities are infected in the latest wave, neighbourhood map shows.

Halloween and Christmas celebrations shit down

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More than Christmas fun is cancelled—or moved online

September 25, 2020September 25, 2020 Rodger Burnside cancellations, coronavirus, market, Nuit Blanche, pandemic, Pumpkins Parade, Santa Claus Parade

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?

September 23, 2020September 24, 2020 Streeter staff climate change, Neighbourhood Climate Action Champions

Toronto is looking for Neighbourhood Climate Action Champions to help develop local climate action projects.

Arts & Music Events THINGS TO DO

Oct. 3–10: Attend Nuit Blanche virtually

September 19, 2020November 9, 2020 Streeter staff Aga Khan Museum, Bata Shoe Museum, East End Arts, Gardiner Museum, Nuit Blanche

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

September 17, 2020November 17, 2020 Rodger Burnside Alex Duff Memorial Pool, art, BigArtTO, Don Mills Library, Donald D. Summerville Olympic Pool, Equinix Data Centre, George Brown College, John Tory, Joseph J. Piccininni Community Centre, Lawrence Heights Community Centre, Leaside Memorial Community Gardens, Shelley Carroll

In case you can’t get leave your neighbourhood to see art, Toronto is bringing art to your neighbourhood, projected onto local buildings.

THINGS TO DO

Sept. 27: Give and take on Secondhand Sunday

September 13, 2020September 27, 2020 Streeter staff Secondhand Sunday, yard sale

Secondhand Sunday encourages residents to leave unwanted reusable items on their front property for neighbours to take for free.

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