North Toronto Daily Updates
A quick look at the latest news, views and things to do in North Toronto neighbourhoods.
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Neighbourhood: Lytton Park
Lytton Park is a neighbourhood in Midtown Toronto located at the southwestern corner of Yonge Street and Lawrence Avenue and extending past Avenue Road west to Bathurst Street. Briar Hill Road marks the southern boundary of the community.
Centered around an actual park of the same name, Lytton Park is one of Toronto’s most affluent neighbourhoods. The architecture here hails from the 1890s to the 1930s and is mostly of the Georgian and Tudor styles, though the buildings here have seen a good deal of renovation in recent years, with some homes being re-built entirely.
Oct. 3–23: Yonge Lawrence artwalk returns
The Yonge Lawrence Village BIA presents its 15th Annual Artwalk in partnership with The North Toronto Group of Artists from
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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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Lawrence Park continues tennis tradition, four medals at OFSAA
It would not be a fault to compare junior tennis player Hilary Kent to comic book hero Wolverine. They have the uncanny ability to heal very quickly.
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Lytton Park chanteuse ready to bring Ella (and Louis) to jazz festival
Barbra Lica is ramping up for a performance at the TD Toronto Jazz Festival on June 22 at Home Smith Bar inside the Old Mill.
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Lawrence Park duo drafted by OHL teams
Their hard work has paid off as Lawerence Park Panthers’ Wyatt Johnston and Tucker Robertson were drafted into the OHL on April 6.
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Triple overtime wins hockey title for Lawrence Park boys
It took triple overtime for Lawrence Park to oust Humberside in boys’ AAA hockey on March 1, to become the first team to head back to OFSAA in some time.
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Lawrence Park’s girls net third straight city title
Lawrence Park’s girls’ hockey team netted its third straight city title Feb. 28 with a 3-0 win over Humberside Huskies at the Mattamy Athletic Centre.
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Grade 5’s Canstruction designs to fight poverty
The halls of Havergal College were abuzz with Grade 5 students stacking cans, as part of the school taking part in the Canstruction competition.
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Parked delivery vehicles are helping cause traffic nightmare
The problem is reaching a crescendo of sorts: the number of delivery vehicles parked and double parked on our streets, both residential and commercial.
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Rosedale, Leaside leading rise in midtown house prices
For all the talk of a slowdown in house sales and a buyer’s market in this city, real estate prices are rising steadily, according to the latest figures.
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Oct. 13: The Great Kids Stuff Sale at St. Clement’s
Over 180 vendors sell gently used, high quality items for children from newborn to age six at the Great Kids Stuff Sale at St. Clement’s Church.
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Oct. 11–Nov. 1: Artwalk in Yonge Lawrence Village
The Yonge Lawrence Village BIA will present its 14th Annual Artwalk in partnership with The North Toronto Group of Artists (NTGA), beginning Oct. 11.
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Oct. 2: Eglinton-Lawrence candidates meeting
The LPRO is hosting a candidates’ meetings for Ward 8 Eglinton-Lawrence on Oct. 2 from 7 to 9 p.m. at Eglinton St. George’s United Church.
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Aug. 24: Three Bears puppet show at Locke library
The Three Bears puppet show will be performed on Aug. 22 from 2 to 2:45 p.m. at the Locke Library at 3083 Yonge St.
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