Riverdale-East York Daily Updates
A quick look at news, views and things to do in Riverdale-East York neighbourhoods.
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Neighbourhood: Riverside
Riverside, formerly known as Queen Broadview Village and sometimes called South Riverdale, lies south of Gerrard Street East on the east side of the Don Valley. It shares the Chinatown East retail district with Riverdale along Gerrard Street East and Broadview Avenue.
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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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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Thorncliffe Park Public School closed due to COVID-19 findings
Thorncliffe Park Public School has been closed after nineteen cases of coronavirus came to light during a testing pilot project at the school.
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Kathleen Wynne on girls, women and politics
Former premier Kathleen Wynne recalls her experiences showing misogyny still exists and how much further we have to go to achieve equality.
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Dec. 5–Jan. 3: Visit Holiday Corner in east end
Crow’s Theatre and restaurant Gare de l’Est are starting a new east end holiday tradition, creating the Dundas and Carlaw Holiday Corner.
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The Scribe brings thrill of rare books to the Danforth
With a Dec. 1 launch date in mind, Justin Daniel Wood and his staff are currently renovating a space on Danforth for The Scribe.
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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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Electric vehicles stations activated—especially in east end
Stations are ready to charge up electric vehicles across the city — especially in the east end — in a pilot program launched yesterday.
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Protected bike lanes planned for ‘dangerous’ Dundas Street East
A dangerous stretch of bicycle paths on Dundas Street East may become a little safer if the city installs protected bike lanes.
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Nov. 18–21: View art projected on east-end postal plant
“Interchanges” by artist Winnie Truong will be displayed on the Canada Post South Central Letter Processing Plant on Nov. 18–21.
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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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Does your neighbourhood need a climate champion? Is it you?
Toronto is looking for Neighbourhood Climate Action Champions to help develop local climate action projects.
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Oct. 4: Drive-thru Environment Day event in Toronto-Danforth
Community Environment Day is being held at the Commissioners Drop-Off Depot, 400 Commissioners Street on Sunday, Oct. 4.
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