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Central Toronto Daily Updates

July 2, 2020July 2, 2020 Streeter staff 0 Comment affordable housing, bike lanes, camps, cancellations, car chase, COVID-19, cycling, Dundas Street, farmers' market, fire, food bank, garbage, garden centres, Glen Road, gunshots, Harbord Street, homicide, libraries, medication, mischief, Mother's Day, murder, parking permits, potholes, Pride, recycling, reopening, road closure, sexual assault, sexual exploitation, shooting, ShopHERE, stabbing, subway, Toronto Fire Services, Toronto Police, Toronto Public Library, Toronto Reference Library, washrooms, yard waste

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

Police investiogating scene where man stabbed

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Three-person fight ends with one fatally stabbed, police say

June 26, 2020June 26, 2020 Jay Garak 0 Comment homicide, Ontario Street, stabbing, Toronto Police, Wellesley Street East

One person was stabbed to death in a fight among three people late last night in the St. Jamestown-Cabbagetown area, police report.

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Registration for CampTO summer camps begins

June 24, 2020June 24, 2020 Streeter staff 0 Comment camps, CampTO, Day camp, parks, recreation centres

Parents in the Toronto/East York and North York areas can start signing up their kids, age 6 to 12, for the CampTO summer camps run by the city.

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July 1: Celebrate Canada Day with livestreaming

June 23, 2020June 25, 2020 Streeter staff 0 Comment Canada Day, Gordon Lightfoot, John Tory

The city is organizing Canada Day celebrations with morning, afternoon and evening livestream programs on the country’s 153rd birthday.

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Stage 2 at last! Wide reopening to start this week

June 22, 2020June 23, 2020 Rodger Burnside 0 Comment COVID-19, Eileen de Villa, John Tory, reopening

More businesses, cultural centres and recreational facilities should be opening soon, as the province has moved Toronto to Stage 2 of its reopening plan.

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Local farmers’ markets preparing to reopen

June 12, 2020June 15, 2020 Rodger Burnside 0 Comment Artscape Wychwood Barns, Ashbridges Bay Park, COVID-19, Dufferin Grove Park, East Lynn Park, farmers' market, Flemingdon Park, June Rowlands Park, R.V. Burgess Park, Riverdale Park West, Withrow Park Farmers’ Market

The city is working with farmers’ markets to comply with public health regulations and reopen as soon as possible, Mayor John Tory said today.

Yorkville Public Library celebrates P)ride

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Toronto Public Library celebrating Pride throughout June

June 5, 2020June 15, 2020 Monique Thompson COVID-19, Pride, Pride Month, Toronto Public Library, virtual events

The Toronto Public Library is celebrating Pride and supporting the LGBTQ2S+ community through virtual events throughout June.

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Parks washrooms opening this week and next

June 1, 2020June 2, 2020 Rodger Burnside John Tory, parks, Toronto Public Health, washrooms

About 50 parks washrooms across town are being opened this week and the rest to follow next week, after the go-ahead was received from the province.

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Two teens wounded in Thorncliffe as shootings erupt across city

May 25, 2020May 25, 2020 Rodger Burnside Bleecker Street, Danforth Avenue, gunshots, Thorncliffe Park Drive, Toronto Police, Wellesley Street

Police are investigating a slew of shootings, including one in Thorncliffe Park, one in the St. James Town area and two along Danforth Avenue.

Drop box at Toronto Reference Library as libraries prepare to reopen

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Curbside service coming from public libraries

May 22, 2020May 22, 2020 Rodger Burnside Barbara Frum Library, Bloor/Gladstone Library, Don Mills Library, library, Lillian H. Smith Library, Maria A. Shchuka Library, Northern District Library, Pape/Danforth Library, S. Walter Stewart, Toronto Public Library, Toronto Reference Library

Toronto’s public library branches begin rolling out curbside service on May 25 as select library drop boxes will be opened to receive library materials.

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More activities return to parks with reopening of amenities

May 21, 2020May 21, 2020 Rodger Burnside COVID-19, John Tory, parks, skateboarding, tennis

It started with the dogs and now use of park facilities is being extended to athletes, picnickers and skateboarders, after the mayor’s announcement.

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Dog owners keep three canines apart as off-leash areas open

May 20, 2020May 20, 2020 Rodger Burnside COVID-19, dogs, John Tory, off-leash area, parks, Withrow Park

Dog owners took to the parks yesterday as Toronto opened its off-leash areas. But for the most part they followed advice to keep up physical distancing.

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East-end jazz and food fests among signature summer events cancelled

May 15, 2020May 16, 2020 Streeter staff Aga Khan Museum, Beaches Jazz Festival, Canada Day, cancellations, coronavirus, COVID-19, postponements, Pride Toronto, Salsa on St. Clair, Taste of the Danforth

To no one’s surprise at this point, the Beaches jazz fest and the Taste of the Danforth have become the latest occasions to fall victim to the pandemic.