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Afghanistan

NEWS 

A Valentine visit

February 22, 2011 Town Crier staff Afghanistan, Canadian Troops, Summit Heights, Toronto District School Board

Summit Heights PS students made Valentine’s Day cards to send to Canadian troops serving overseas. Captain Rachel Cane paid a

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NEWS 

Local cops support troops overseas

November 8, 2010 Town Crier staff Afghanistan, GTA, Toronto Police

Toronto officer Staff Sergeant Jim Gotell of 33 division was deployed to Afghanistan to serve his country and to cooperate with other international police and the Afghan forces.

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NEWS 

A song fit for heroes

July 13, 2010 Town Crier staff Afghanistan, Bob Reid, Military

Bob Reid never planned on making a song.

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NEWS 

An East York soldier’s gut check moment

March 22, 2010 Town Crier staff Afghanistan, Legion, Soldier, Todmorden

You have a life-or-death decision to make and three seconds to make it. What do you do?

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Cops collect items for soldiers

November 6, 2009June 22, 2014 Nicole Miller Afghanistan

As Staff Sergeant Jim Gotell prepares for his journey to Afghanistan, his fellow officers at 33 Division are asking the community to donate to the Support Our Troops Drive.

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THAT WAS THEN. This is now.

Empringham Hotel 1903
*FEATURED THAT WAS THEN 

From stately hotel to strip club—the Empringham story

November 19, 2020May 5, 2021 Eric McMillan

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

Queen and Waverley 1903
*FEATURED THAT WAS THEN 

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
*FEATURED THAT WAS THEN 

When horses passed UNDER the Beltline bridge

December 1, 2019February 6, 2020 Eric McMillan
Yonge-Eglinton southeast
*FEATURED THAT WAS THEN 

Now that the Yonge-Eglinton mess has been cleared up (almost)

October 24, 2019October 25, 2019 Eric McMillan
Mt. Pleasant loop being built
*FEATURED THAT WAS THEN 

When building transit was simpler at Mt. Pleasant and Eglinton

May 9, 2019November 24, 2020 Eric McMillan
Hay wagons on Yonge Street
*FEATURED THAT WAS THEN 

The days of hay wagons and streetcars on Yonge Street

February 1, 2019February 3, 2019 Eric McMillan
Avoca bridge being torn down
*FEATURED THAT WAS THEN 

The viaduct that brought Moore Park into Toronto

December 1, 2018December 15, 2018 Streeter staff

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