ActiveTO closing roadways to vehicles for weekends again
The ActiveTO program that closed parts of Bayview Avenue and Lake Shore Boulevard to traffic last summer is returning, city
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Neighbourhood: Leslieville
Beaches-Leslieville Daily Updates
A quick look at the latest news, views and things to do in Beaches-Leslieville neighbourhoods.
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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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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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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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Puppetmongers learn new tricks to reach broader audience
Coming up to their 50th anniversary, Puppetmongers Theatre is looking to continue its legacy beyond its Leslieville base.
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Gordon’s Pub Kitchen permanently closes Queen St. E location
The recently opened Gordon’s Pub Kitchen ob Queen Street East is the latest restaurant to succumb to Toronto’s lockdown restrictions.
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Memoir finds different kinds of buried treasure
Leslieville writer Sharon Kirsch made her experience of searching through a home in Montreal’s Jewish community into a personal memoir.
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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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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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Feb. 4, March 4: Attend TEDx digital events
TEDxToronto has announced its next slate of speakers, set to present at the Winter portion of its digital event series, “Uncharted.”
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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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Beaches-Leslieville Daily Updates: November–December 2020
A quick look at the latest news, views and things to do in Beaches-Leslieville 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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