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Trudeau celebrating graduation
Column VIEWS 

Celebrating together — while apart

June 15, 2020July 15, 2020 Carolyn Bennett Canada Day, Carolyn Bennett, Gay Pride, Toronto-St. Paul's, Toronto-St. Paul’s Youth Council

We are celebrating graduations, PRIDE, Indigenous history, Portuguese, Italian and Filipino Heritage Month and Canada Day very, very differently this year.

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cooking by andrea
Column VIEWS 

Cooking up a storm to stay calm

May 30, 2020July 14, 2020 Andrea Freedman cooking, coronavirus, COVID-19

With all the time I have had on my hands over the past two months, one of the things I have been doing to keep busy is cooking more than I ever have before.

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Going back to normal not option, youth council says in zoom conference
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Future ‘normal’ will be different if we learn our lessons

May 29, 2020June 4, 2020 Carolyn Bennett Carolyn Bennett, coronavirus, COVID-19, Toronto-St. Paul's, Toronto-St. Paul’s Youth Council

There is a growing understanding that asking “When will things get back to normal?” is the wrong question, MP Carolyn Bennett says.

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laundry piling up
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Not throwing in the towel during COVID-19 pandemic

May 3, 2020May 29, 2020 Andrea Freedman apartment living, COVID-19, laundry, pandemic

For one apartment dweller, using the communal laundry room has become one of the many things she has been apprehensive to do.

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Carolyn Bennett at home
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Do what we can to support local businesses, MP urges from home

May 2, 2020May 6, 2020 Carolyn Bennett BIAs, Carolyn Bennett, COVID-19, small business, Toronto-St. Paul's

Order takeout or delivery, see which shops are offering online ordering and delivery, or buy virtual gift cards, MP Carolyn Bennett urges.

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noise-making on balconies
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Nightly noise-making reassures us we’re all in this together

April 21, 2020April 29, 2020 Andrea Freedman balconies, coronavirus, COVID-19, noise

Every night at exactly 7:30 p.m. people in my midtown Toronto neighbourhood have been going outside on their balconies to make some noise.

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COVID-19 precaution washing hands
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Advice from Sunnybrook: How to protect yourself against COVID-19

March 13, 2020March 17, 2020 Alexis Dobranowski coronavirus, COVID-19, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre

Health professionals at midtown’s Sunnybrook hospital offer tips to help minimize your risk of catching COVID-19 and other viruses too.

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Namesake for Mabel's Fables bookstore
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Mabel’s Fables is more than just a retail shop

March 13, 2020November 24, 2020 Brian Baker Jill Andrew, Josh Matlow, Mabel's Fables, Mt. Pleasant Road

The bookstore has provided my kids with the foundation for a lifelong love of reading. Imagine my ire when I discovered it is being forced out of business.

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Winter Stations preparation
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Smaller Winter Stations art event on the beach intrigues — and mystifies

February 21, 2020February 26, 2020 Eric McMillan Centennial College, Winter Stations

Winter Stations at Woodbine Beach are fewer than usual in number this year but are still drawing attention — and sometimes mystification — from viewers.

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Dogs in off-leash area
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Rules suggested for dog owners in park

December 10, 2019December 17, 2019 Jason Shvili dogs, off-leash area, Withrow Park

Off-leash dog parks have their problems, including a sheer lack of etiquette and respect for fellow dog owners, according to one.

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Seniors in Toronto-St. Paul's
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Election showed the issues Toronto-St. Paul’s cares about

December 1, 2019December 5, 2019 Carolyn Bennett Carolyn Bennett, federal election, Toronto-St. Paul's

In Toronto-St. Paul’s, we heard clearly about the need to deal with the climate emergency, housing affordability, better transit and support for seniors.

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Traffic waiting behind streetcar
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New streetcar tech could get traffic moving

October 12, 2019 Jason Shvili bike lanes, cycling, Danforth Avenue

Our leaders at City Hall know all about the new technology that can get Toronto’s traffic moving faster. So why aren’t we using it!?

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Mentalist Jaymes White leads seance
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Seance at George Brown House left skeptical journalist shaking

October 11, 2019October 17, 2019 Brian Baker George Brown house, Halloween, Jaymes White, Seance

Guided by lantern, we walked over to the three-storey, mansard-roofed George Brown House as we heard its story. We were about to attend a seance.

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Deodorant being bought at store
Health & Wellness VIEWS 

Does deodorant cause breast cancer?

September 13, 2019October 16, 2019 Alexis Dobranowski Breast cancer, cancer, deodorant, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre

There is no clear evidence demonstrating the use of deodorant or antiperspirant results in an increased risk of breast cancer, a Sunnybrook oncologist says.

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Column VIEWS 

From growing up on a Depression dairy farm to playing for the TSO

September 11, 2019October 16, 2019 Brian Baker Dorothy White, Flautist, Harpist, Toronto Symphony Orchestra

I learned my neighbour Dorothy White, 91, had been second harpist for the Toronto Symphony Orchestra — having grown up in Springfield, Missouri.

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That was then.

Empringham Hotel 1903
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From stately hotel to strip club—the Empringham story

November 19, 2020February 6, 2023 Eric McMillan

The Empringham, Danforth or Play Pen — they’re all the same hotel, standing at Danforth and Dawes from the late 1800s into the 1980s.

Queen and Waverley 1903
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Can you believe this century home still stands at Queen and Waverley?

February 27, 2020March 4, 2020 Eric McMillan
Beltline bridge over Yonge Street ion 1915
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When horses passed UNDER the Beltline bridge

December 1, 2019February 6, 2020 Eric McMillan
Yonge-Eglinton southeast
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Now that the Yonge-Eglinton mess has been cleared up (almost)

October 24, 2019October 25, 2019 Eric McMillan

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