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
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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Woman arrested for attempted murder in east end
A 35-year-old woman has been charged with attempted murder after an alleged stabbing in the east end yesterday evening.
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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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From stately hotel to strip club—the Empringham story
The Empringham, Danforth or Play Pen — they’re all the same hotel, standing at Danfoirth and Dawes from the late 1800s into the 1980s.
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Dec. 1: Continue consulting on the Danforth Study
City staff are organizing online community meetings on the Danforth Study to improve the east end’s busiest and most popular avenue.
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Protected bike lanes planned for ‘dangerous’ Dundas Street East
A dangerous stretch of bicycle paths on Dundas Street East may become a little safer if the city installs protected bike lanes.
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It’s not just candy day for kids, but John Candy Day for all
This is the day kids get candy, but this year it is also the day we all get John Candy, especially in East York where he was raised.
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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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Videos released two days after gunfire in Leslieville
Videos have been released today showing a person running from the scene of shooting and fleeing in a car in the Greenwood-Coxwell.
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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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