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Riverdale-East York Daily Updates

May 23, 2020May 23, 2020 Streeter staff 0 Comment ATM, Bermondsey Transfer Station, Brad Bradford, Canada Day, child care, coffee shop, coronavirus, COVID-19, Coxwell Avenue, crime, Danforth Avenue, Danforth Early Learning and Child Care Centre, Danforth Music Hall, Dawes Road, Distantly, essential workplaces, extreme weather, food bank, Gamble Avenue, garbage, garden centres, homicide, John Tory, Libraries, long-term care, Michael Garron Hospital, Mother's Day, Nathaniel Erskine-Smith, Pape Avenue, parks, potholes, robbery, shooting, ShopHERE, St. Clair O’Connor Community Care, Stan Wadlow Park, Toronto Bach Festival, Toronto Police, Torstar, yard waste

A quick look at news, views and things to do in Riverdale-East York neighbourhoods.

Drop box at Toronto Reference Library as libraries prepare to reopen

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Curbside service coming from public libraries

May 22, 2020May 22, 2020 Rodger Burnside 0 Comment Barbara Frum Library, Bloor/Gladstone Library, Don Mills Library, library, Lillian H. Smith Library, Maria A. Shchuka Library, Northern District Library, Pape/Danforth Library, S. Walter Stewart, Toronto Public Library, Toronto Reference Library

Toronto’s public library branches begin rolling out curbside service on May 25 as select library drop boxes will be opened to receive library materials.

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More activities return to parks with reopening of amenities

May 21, 2020May 21, 2020 Rodger Burnside 0 Comment COVID-19, John Tory, parks, skateboarding, tennis

It started with the dogs and now use of park facilities is being extended to athletes, picnickers and skateboarders, after the mayor’s announcement.

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Dog owners keep three canines apart as off-leash areas open

May 20, 2020May 20, 2020 Rodger Burnside 0 Comment COVID-19, dogs, John Tory, off-leash area, parks, Withrow Park

Dog owners took to the parks yesterday as Toronto opened its off-leash areas. But for the most part they followed advice to keep up physical distancing.

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Bermondsey drop-off depot reopening to public — partially

May 19, 2020May 19, 2020 Rodger Burnside 0 Comment Bermondsey Road, Bermondsey Transfer Station, drop-off depot, garbage, hazardous waste, John Tory, organic waste, recycling, yard waste

The city is partially reopening to the public the drop-off depot on Bermondsey Road in the east end and on Ingram Drive in the west end, staff announced.

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East-end jazz and food fests among signature summer events cancelled

May 15, 2020May 16, 2020 Streeter staff 0 Comment Aga Khan Museum, Beaches Jazz Festival, Canada Day, cancellations, coronavirus, COVID-19, postponements, Pride Toronto, Salsa on St. Clair, Taste of the Danforth

To no one’s surprise at this point, the Beaches jazz fest and the Taste of the Danforth have become the latest occasions to fall victim to the pandemic.

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ShopHERE to help get small businesses online for free

May 11, 2020May 12, 2020 Rodger Burnside 0 Comment Brad Bradford, John Tory, pandemic, small business, TABIA

The city has launched the ShopHERE program to set up small businesses for online shopping, Mayor John Tory announced today.

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Food banks coping with surge in customers amid massive job losses

May 10, 2020May 18, 2020 Margarita Maltceva 0 Comment Bethany Baptist Church, Cedarvale Avenue, College Street, coronavirus, Cosburn Avenue, COVID-19, Daily Bread Food Bank, food bank, Fort York Food Bank, groceries, job loss, Salvation Army East Toronto, Second Harvest, Toronto Bike Brigade

Local food banks have noticed a spike in customers as thousands of people in Toronto lost their jobs due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Canada Day parades, fests and fireworks cancelled

May 4, 2020May 5, 2020 Streeter staff 0 Comment Aga Khan Museum, Beaches Jazz Festival, Canada Day, cancellations, coronavirus, COVID-19, postponements, Pride Toronto, Salsa on St. Clair

East York won’t be having its annual parade and fest on July 1, and east end parks won’t be celebrating Canada Day with fireworks this year.

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Boom in yardwork aided by resumption of yard waste pickup

May 3, 2020May 3, 2020 Rodger Burnside 0 Comment Doug Ford, garbage, garden centres, John Tory, yard waste

If you’re spending your at-home time cleaning up your property, you can be reassured you can continue getting rid of your yard waste at the curb.

Hospital recipient of Crush COVID fundraiser

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Beaches-East York councillor cycling for Crush COVID fundraiser

April 22, 2020April 29, 2020 Monique Thompson Brad Bradford, Crush COVID, Michael Garron Hospital, virtual cycling

On April 24, Beaches-East York councillor Brad Bradford is spending 24 hours on a bike for a Crush COVID fundraiser for Michael Garron Hospital.

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Beaches-East York to lose their ‘Neighbourhood Voice’

April 18, 2020May 7, 2020 Rodger Burnside community newspapers, Metroland, Torstar

The Beach-East York Neighbourhood Voice has become one of the latest publications to shut down their print editions and take up full-time residence online.

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Yard waste collection trial extended two weeks

April 17, 2020April 17, 2020 Rodger Burnside garbage, yard waste

You can put out your yard waste by the curb at least one more time as the city has extended its collection from April 20 to May 1.

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City ticketing people using parks facilities, gathered too closely

April 8, 2020April 10, 2020 Rodger Burnside coronavirus, COVID-19, Eileen de Villa, John Tory, parks, Stan Wadlow Park, Toronto Police, Windfields Park

City staff issued 12 tickets and spoken to 848 people caught using shutdown facilities or not following distancing rules in Toronto’s parks on Monday.