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North Toronto Daily Updates

December 1, 2019December 2, 2019 Streeter staff 0 Comment Bayview Avenue, Blythwood Road, Don Valley West, Eglinton Avenue, gunfire, Jaye Robinson, Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Royal Ontario Museum, Scam, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto Police, Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Toronto Transit Commission, Yonge Lawrence artwalk, Yonge Lawrence Village BIA, Yonge Street

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

NEWS

Man shot at Bayview and Eglinton, sent to hospital with serious injuries

November 20, 2019November 23, 2019 Streeter staff 0 Comment Bayview Avenue, Eglinton Ave. East, shooting, Toronto Police

Police report a man was shot at Bayview Avenue and Eglinton Avenue East on Nov. 17 and sent to hospital with non-life-threatening.

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Police warn of compromised SIN telephone scam

November 15, 2019November 20, 2019 Jay Garak 0 Comment Scam, Toronto Police

Police in 53 Division are warning about a telephone scam in which a caller claims the victim’s Social Insurance Number has been used illegally.

Murder-suicide suspected at 141 Davisville Ave.

NEWS

Deaths in Davisville apartment called murder-suicide

November 12, 2019November 12, 2019 Jay Garak 0 Comment Davisville Avenue, deaths, homicide, murder, Suicide, Toronto Police, trauma

The deaths of a man and a woman found with severe injuries in a Davisville Avenue apartment more than two weeks ago are being attributed to murder-suicide.

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Jaye Robinson being treated for breast cancer

October 29, 2019October 29, 2019 Rodger Burnside Breast cancer, Don Valley West, Doug Ford, Jaye Robinson, John Tory, Rob Oliphant

Don Valley West councillor Jaye Robinson has been diagnosed with breast cancer and is undergoing an “extensive treatment plan,” she announced this morning.

Police car sits outside Davisville apartment

NEWS

Two reported dead from trauma in Davisville apartment

October 28, 2019October 28, 2019 Jay Garak Davisville Avenue, deaths, Toronto Police, trauma

Two people are dead after being found by police with serious injuries at 141 Davisville Ave. on Oct. 26, media are reporting.

NEWS

Arrest after fraudulent home repairs alleged

October 8, 2019October 16, 2019 Jay Garak Bayview Avenue, Blythwood Road, fraud, Toronto Police

A man suspected of targeting seniors to offer fraudulent home repairs in the North Toronto area has been arrested, police report.

Column VIEWS

From growing up on a Depression dairy farm to playing for the TSO

September 11, 2019October 16, 2019 Brian Baker Dorothy White, Flautist, Harpist, Toronto Symphony Orchestra

I learned my neighbour Dorothy White, 91, had been second harpist for the Toronto Symphony Orchestra — having grown up in Springfield, Missouri.

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Murder rate down from last year’s record — so far

July 27, 2019August 20, 2019 Sean Leca handgun, homicide, Mark Saunders, murder, Shelley Carroll, Toronto Police

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.

DAILY UPDATES

North Toronto Daily Updates

July 24, 2019August 1, 2019 Streeter staff assault, Avenue Road, Bathurst Street, Beth Sholom Synagogue, Canada Day, Canadian Automobile Association, Columbus Centre, Dufferin Street, Eglinton Avenue West, Flemington Road, Jewish Music Week, Jill Andrew, John Tory, Kathleen Wynne, Lawrence Avenue West, Mike Colle, Moore Park Ravine, North Toronto Memorial Community Centre, Rob Oliphant, robbery, Sonshine and Broccoli, St. Clair Avenue West, St. Monica's Catholic School, Toronto Police, Toronto-St. Paul's

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

DAILY UPDATES

North Toronto Daily Updates: June-July 2019

July 1, 2019October 18, 2019 Streeter staff assault, Avenue Road, Bathurst Street, Beth Sholom Synagogue, Canada Day, Canadian Automobile Association, Columbus Centre, Dufferin Street, Eglinton Avenue West, Flemington Road, Jewish Music Week, Jill Andrew, John Tory, Kathleen Wynne, Lawrence Avenue West, Mike Colle, Moore Park Ravine, North Toronto Memorial Community Centre, Rob Oliphant, robbery, Sonshine and Broccoli, St. Clair Avenue West, St. Monica's Catholic School, Toronto Police, Toronto-St. Paul's

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

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Midtown’s naked jogger may be back, police say

June 6, 2019June 7, 2019 Jay Garak Alexander Muir Memorial Gardens Park, David A. Balfour Park, indecent act, indecent exposure, Moore Avenue, Moore Park Ravine, Mt. Pleasant Road, Sherwood Park, Toronto Police, Yonge Street

A naked man approaching women in midtown parks in May has been identified as the man who was reported jogging naked in two incidents in 2017 and 2018.