New streetcar tech could get traffic moving
Our leaders at City Hall know all about the new technology that can get Toronto’s traffic moving faster. So why aren’t we using it!?
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Neighbourhood: Greenwood-Coxwell
Greenwood-Coxwell is the designation for the residential area between Greenwood and Coxwell avenues mainly south of Danforth Avenue (though part of it does jut up north of Danforth on some maps). It stretches south as far as eastern avenue, overlapping the east end of Leslieville.
Monarch Park festival grows in second year
Thousands turned out to Monarch Park for for the second annual Heart of the East Community Festival hosted by Michael Garron Hospital on Sept. 21.
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Sundays: Leslieville farmers’ market on into October
The Leslieville Farmer’s Market is running on Sundays throughout the summer at Jonathan Ashbridge Park between Queen Street East and Eastern Avenue.
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Danforth experiment proved benefits of bike lanes
A pop-up demonstration of bike lanes gave us a glimpse of what Danforth could look like, reconfigured to give cyclists and pedestrians priority over cars.
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Murder rate down from last year’s record — so far
After a record-breaking year for homicides, the murder rate in 2019 is shaping up to be much lower — coming closer to the levels of earlier years.
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East end benefits from rapid Bike Share expansion in 2019
It should be easier to grab a pair of wheels for a bike ride in east-end neighbourhoods with an extensive expansion of the city’s Bike Share system.
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Bells on Danforth ring out for safer bike lanes
June 15 was the date for the annual Bells on Danforth ride. Gathering at Withrow Park, hundreds of cyclists had a clear ride eastward along the avenue.
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June 15: Comedy show part of fundraiser at Redwood
The Redwood Theatre at 1300 Gerrard Street East is hosting a comedy show fundraiser with some of Canada’s top comedians donating their performances.
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Sundays: Leslieville farmers’ market at Jonathan Ashbridge Park
The Leslieville Farmer’s Market is running on Sundays throughout the summer at Jonathan Ashbridge Park between Queen Street East and Eastern Avenue.
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June 8: Yard and sidewalk sales in Danforth east
The Danforth East Community Association returns with its seventh annual yard sales that take over the neighbourhood in conjunction with the Danny BIA.
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Man surrenders in Peel five months after robberies in Danforth-Coxwell area
The investigation of two robberies near Danforth and Coxwell avenues in late 2018 came to an end last week when a man walked into a Peel police station.
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Volunteer work keeps marginalized from becoming victims: Macphail winner
Volunteer work gave her training to help get through the disaster that hit her life a year ago, Karen Fraser said in accepting the Agnes Macphail Award.
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Potholes on the mind when spring is in the air
It’s obvious that when spring comes for good, we’ll be faced with having almost every road in the city pockmarked wioth potholes as badly as ever.
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March 26: Transit town hall in Toronto-Danforth
Toronto-Danforth councillor Paul Fletcher is holding a town hall on transit on Mar. 26, getting underway at 7 p.m. at 49 Donlands Ave.
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Eastern Commerce’s memory kept alive in documentary
Columnist sat down with Luke Galati to talk about why a Riverdale alum would take such interest in Eastern Commerce, a school that closed down in 2016.
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