Beaches-Leslieville Daily Updates
A quick look at the latest news, views and things to do in Beaches-Leslieville neighbourhoods.
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Neighbourhood: The Beach
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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Tobogganing hills to be big draws during shutdown
Outdoor winter activities are recommended by the city to keep healthy and active. And what such activity is more Canadian than tobogganing?
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Former councillor McMahon gets Liberal nod in Beaches-East York
Beaches-East York Liberals are putting their hopes in former city councillor Mary-Margaret McMahon to win the riding back.
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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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Quarry owner feels ‘lucky’ to have come through shutdown
The owner of the Quarry Café on Gerrard Street East hopes his loyal customers will get the restaurant through the winter months.
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The Fox struggles to preserve local theatre experience
Owners of the Fox Theatre in the Beach, are hopeful the 106-year-old lady of the silver screen has a lot of life left in her yet.
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Renaming Dundas Street moves to public phase
City council gave the go-ahead today to further research and holding public consultations on renaming Dundas Street project.
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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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Become a tourist in our own neighbourhoods, city urges
Tour the neighbourhoods in Toronto’s 25 wards, with self-guided tours outlined by the city in its StrollTO program.
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Oct. 3–10: Attend Nuit Blanche virtually
Nuit Blanche has been reimagined for a virtual experience starting Oct. 3 at 7 p.m. and running until Oct. 12.
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Charges laid in fatal boat crash near Woodbine Beach
Two weeks after the fatal boat crash near Woodbine Beach, a man has been charged with criminal negligence, police report.
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