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: Upper Beaches
Medical officer orders all Toronto schools closed for in-person learning
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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More than 30 Toronto schools now shut down by COVID outbreaks
At least 20 more schools are closing on the advice of Toronto Public Health today after experiencing COVID-19 outbreaks.
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Beaches drive-thru Easter parade cancelled for today
The timing couldn’t have been worse for the Beaches drive-thru Easter Parade and other events planned for the long weekend of April 2–4.
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Play golf at a city course: Starting April 1
Toronto has announced all five of its golf courses are opening for the 2021 season on Thursday — several days ahead of schedule.
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No working smoke alarms at fatal Gainsborough Road fire: report
There were no working smoke alarms in the house on Gainsborough Road where fire killed four people in January, an investigation has found.
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Show love for the city with online festival: March 6–April 6
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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The winners and losers in December’s photo radar sweepstakes
Drivers on Stanley Avenue received the most number of tickets issued by one of the city’s photo radar devices in December.
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Beaches, Rosedale, Lawrence Park among lowest COVID rates
Some neighbourhoods are showing much better COVID rates than others, judging by figures from the provincial Ministry of Health.
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Is this the winter of the gun?
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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Man, 47, gunned down in East Danforth condo garage
A 47-year-old man is dead after a shooting in a condo garage on Danforth Avenue last night, police report.
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Thousands raised on GoFundMe for victims of fatal house fire
More than $116,000 has been raised on GoFundMe to help Arija Jansons who lost family and friends in the Gainsborough Road fire on Jan. 29.
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Four dead, others injured in east-end fire
A fire in an east-end home has killed four people and sent two others to hospital early this morning, Toronto Fire Services say.
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Patios on streets and sidewalks set to return in spring
The dining and drinking patios that lined Toronto streets last summer may be back in spring bigger than ever, if council gives okays them.
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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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