Leaside Daily Updates
A quick look at the latest news, views and things to do in Leaside neighbourhoods.
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Neighbourhood: Thorncliffe Park
Thorncliffe Park is the name of the large, mostly residential neighbourhood bordered on the north by Eglinton Avenue, on the west by Laird Drive and cradled in a bend in the Don River to the south.
One of Toronto’s first planned high-rise communities, Thorncliffe Park is densely populated and highly multicultural. The twin Leaside towers here are the tallest buildings in the region and are home to many local residents.
Leaside heritage group aims to build local museum
The fear of losing the area’s unique character is driving a local group to start a local museum to preserve Leaside heritage.
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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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Six more school closures due to COVID outbreaks
The announced shutdown of six more schools brings the number of school closures due to COVID-19 outbreaks in the TDSB to nine.
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Marc Garneau latest Thorncliffe-area school to close due to COVID
Toronto Public Health advised the closure of Marc Garneau Collegiate after 14 active cases of the coronavirus were reported yesterday.
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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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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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Jaye Robinson returns to public at virtual TTC meeting
Councillor Jaye Robinson attended her first public meeting in more than a year since she announced she was being treated for breast cancer.
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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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Leaside Daily Updates: September–October 2020
A quick look at the latest news, views and things to do in Leaside neighbourhoods.
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North Toronto and Leaside’s ‘The Amazing’ Randi dies in Florida
Magicians, skeptics and fans of science are mourning the loss of James Randi, 92 years after his birth in Leaside.
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Lots more public art to come in midtown: Matlow
There are lots more drab areas of Toronto-St. Paul’s that would benefit from an artful sprucing up, Joah Matlow said recently.
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Man not wearing mask punched challenger in store: police
Security camera mages have been released 12 days after a confrontation over not wearing a mask in a Flemingdon Park convenience store.
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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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