Lawrence West Daily Updates
A quick look at the latest news, views and things to do in Central Toronto neighbourhoods.
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Neighbourhood: Glen Park
Plans for 19-storey, affordable housing for young adults introduced
A project to build a highrise on Elm Ridge Drive to provide housing for young adults with developmental disabilities was presented April 6.
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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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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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North Toronto Daily Updates: November–December 2020
A quick look at the latest news, views and things to do in North Toronto 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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56 charges after string of night-time break-ins
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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Markham man, 19, identified as Glen Park homicide victim
The man shot to death in the Glen Park area yesterday afternoon has been identified as a 19-year-old Markham resident.
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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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Be careful selling game consoles at meetings arranged online
With game consoles sold out in many retail outlets, parents are turning to online sources to buy their kids’ presents through private sales.
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North Toronto Daily Updates: September–October 2020
A quick look at the latest news, views and things to do in North Toronto neighbourhoods.
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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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