Neighbourhood: University

DAILY UPDATES 

Central Toronto Daily Updates

April 9, 2021April 10, 2021 Streeter staff 0 Comment ActiveTO, arson, automated speed enforcement, Bloor Street West, Clinton Street Public School, closures, collision, COVID-19, COVID-19 variant, first-degree murder, Food Basics, green plan, gun control, homelessness, human remains, Jessica Bell, Loblaws, Michelle Ross, Palmerston Area Residents’ Association, RenovictionsTO, retail robbery, road closures, SafeTO, Seaton House, shooting, Shoppers Drug Mart, sinkhole, St. George Care Community, St. Joseph Street, Starbucks, subway, Toronto Police, trafficking, Valentine's Day, YMCA Child Development Centre

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

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*FEATURED NEWS 

Medical officer orders all Toronto schools closed for in-person learning

April 6, 2021April 7, 2021 Rodger Burnside 0 Comment COVID-19, Eileen de Villa, Health Protection and Promotion Act, schools, Toronto Public Health

Medical health officer Dr. Eileen de Villa has ordered elementary and secondary schools closed and students to transition to remote learning.

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Emergency repairs close College Street after 25-foot sinkhole appears

March 31, 2021April 5, 2021 Rodger Burnside 0 Comment Beverley Street, College Street, road repairs, Sewer, sinkhole, St. George Street

A stretch of College Street has been shut down after the collapse of a 148-year-old sewer and the appearance of a 25-foot-deep sinkhole.

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Festivals THINGS TO DO 

Show love for the city with online festival: March 6–April 6

March 12, 2021April 6, 2021 Streeter staff 0 Comment Celebrate Toronto

Celebrate Toronto is honouring the city’s 187th Anniversary as a virtual festival to show love for Toronto and its small businesses.

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Beaches, Rosedale, Lawrence Park among lowest COVID rates

February 14, 2021February 15, 2021 Rodger Burnside COVID-19, map, neighbourhoods

Some neighbourhoods are showing much better COVID rates than others, judging by figures from the provincial Ministry of Health.

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*FEATURED Editorial VIEWS 

Is this the winter of the gun?

February 13, 2021February 15, 2021 Streeter staff Editorial, gun control, handgun, homicides, John Tory, Justin Trudeau, shootings

Trudeau government’s expected gun control on military-style weapons does not go nearly far enough to deal with Toronto’s handgun violence.

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*FEATURED Business NEWS 

How to enjoy Valentine’s Day 2021 in Toronto

February 7, 2021February 13, 2021 J. Diamond Daniel Drake Commissary, Eataly, La Latina, lockdown, speed dating, Valentine's Day

The latest lockdown may have changed your plans for 2021 but you can still celebrate this Valentine’s Day while staying home and staying safe.

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Exhibits THINGS TO DO 

Wednesdays–Sundays: Explore timely footwear issues at Bata

January 3, 2021November 3, 2020 Streeter staff Bata Shoe Museum, Bloor Street West, shoes

“Footwear in the Age of Enlightenment” is the first of three exhibitions in the Bata Shoe Museum’s 25th anniversary lineup,

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DAILY UPDATES 

Central Toronto Daily Updates: November–December 2020

December 31, 2020March 30, 2021 Streeter staff assault, Bayview Avenue, CampTO, Christina Petrowska Quilico, collision, eviction, fire, George Street, gunshots, home invasion, manslaughter, medication, Metro, New Year's, overdoses, Ring Music, River Tai, robbery, Seaton House, shop local, stabbing, tobogganing, violin, washrooms

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

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Holiday camps and winter instruction programs shut down by city

December 18, 2020December 23, 2020 Rodger Burnside CampTO, cancellations, COVID-19, Eileen de Villa, Joe Cressy

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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NEWS 

Manslaughter charged in ‘sudden death’ at hospital

December 8, 2020 Jay Garak manslaughter, Toronto General Hospital, Toronto Police, Toronto Western Hospital

Two people have been arrested after an investigation into a “sudden death” two weeks after an incident at Toronto General Hospital.

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Presentations & Workshops THINGS TO DO 

Dec. 9: Join shoe museum’s salon series

November 25, 2020December 1, 2020 Streeter staff Bata Shoe Museum

The Bata Shoe Museum invites you to join it for the last Salon Series event of the year on ideas of modesty in the 18th century.

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More park washrooms you can use this winter

November 20, 2020November 21, 2020 Rodger Burnside John Tory, parks, washrooms

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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Exhibits THINGS TO DO 

Continuing: See the Egyptian Mummies at the ROM

November 19, 2020November 23, 2020 Streeter staff Egypt, mummies, Queen's Park, Royal Ontario Museum

Visitors are invited to see what life was like on the Nile 3,000 years ago in “Egyptian Mummies: Ancient Lives. New Discoveries” at the ROM.

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DAILY UPDATES 

Central Toronto Daily Updates: September–October 2020

October 31, 2020March 30, 2021 Streeter staff ActiveTO, Alex Duff Memorial Pool, BigArtTO, break-ins, Cabbagetown Residents Association, cancellations, collision, Dundas, gas leak, gunfire, Halloween, hit and run, knife, machete, medals, Neighbourhood Climate Action Champion, Nuit Blanche, Parliament Street, road work, robbery, StrollTO, Yonge Street Warehouse

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

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