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Riverdale Park recreation

Riverdale-East York Daily Updates: May–June 2021

June 30, 2021August 25, 2021 Streeter staff ActiveTO, bank robbery, beaches, Bingham Avenue, break-ins, COVID-19, East York Farmers' Market, goat, golf, invasive species, Loblaws, Michael Garron Hospital, modular housing, motorcycle crash, outdoor recreation, parking enforcement, Paula Fletcher, Peter Tabuns, rent, Riverdale Park West, road closures, robberies, snow clearing, sports, Toronto Police, town hall, traffic iights, vaccine

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

Police arrested fourth man

Fourth man arrested — after two more bank robberies

May 19, 2021May 20, 2021 Jay Garak arrests, bank robbery, firearm, holdup squad, Toronto Police

The fourth man wanted in connection with a series of bank robberies in downtown Toronto and East York has been arrested.

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Third man arrested for bank robberies, a fourth still at large

May 3, 2021May 20, 2021 Jay Garak arrests, bank robbery, firearm, holdup squad, Toronto Police

The Toronto police’s hold-up squad has caught two men but are looking for two more after bank robberies in downtown Toronto and East York.

Police seek suspects in back robberies

Two men arrested, two sought for bank robberies

April 27, 2021May 20, 2021 Jay Garak arrests, bank robbery, firearm, holdup squad, Toronto Police

The Toronto police holdup squad has caught two men but are looking for two more after bank robberies in downtown Toronto and East York.

protest on Mt. Pleasant

North Toronto Daily Updates: July–August 2020

August 31, 2020November 2, 2020 Streeter staff bank robbery, Bell boxes, Bike Share, CNE, collision, condominiums, coronavirus, COVID-19, fatal crash, map, noise, parking permits, ParksPlayTO, potholes, pumpkin parade, real estate, reopening, Roehampton Hotel, shooting, stabbing, subway, theft, Toronto Police, traffic

A quick look at the latest news, views and things to do in North Toronto neighbourhoods.

Bermondsey Transfer Station

Don Valley Daily Updates: May-June 2020

June 30, 2020November 27, 2020 Streeter staff Access Hubs, bank robbery, Bermondsey Transfer Station, camps, Canada Day, coronavirus, COVID-19, Eglinton Avenue East, farmers' market, food bank, garbage, gunfire, potholes, reopening, theft, Toronto Police, washrooms

A quick look at the latest news, views and things to do in Don Valley neighbourhoods.

Foodbank lineup

Riverdale-East York Daily Updates: May-June 2020

June 30, 2020October 6, 2020 Streeter staff affordable housing, bank robbery, Bermondsey Transfer Station, break-in, CampTO, Canada Day, child care, child pornography, Dundas Street, eviction, farmers' market, food banks, garden centres, Hollandaise Diner, human trafficking, libraries, Michael Garron Hospital, Mother's Day, Pappas Grill, parks, Paula Fletcher, potholes, reopening, saliva, shooting, ShopHERE, Taste of Danforth, washrooms, yard waste

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

Beaches-Leslieville Daily Updates: May–June 2020

June 30, 2020September 8, 2020 Streeter staff Access Hubs, affordable housing, bank robbery, boat accident, body, Brad Bradford, camps, Canada Day, coronavirus, COVID-19, crash, Distantly, essential workplaces, eviction, extreme weather, farmers' market, floaty, food bank, garbage, garden centres, gunshots, homicide, John Tory, Jones Avenue, kidnapping, libraries, Main Street Terrace, map, Michael Garron Hospital, Mother's Day, Paula Fletcher, potholes, Queen Street East, real estate, reopening, sexual assault, shooting, ShopHERE, speeding, Toronto Police, trees, washrooms

A quick look at the latest news, views and things to do in Beaches-Leslieville neighbourhoods.

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North Toronto Daily Updates: May–June 2020

June 30, 2020August 21, 2020 Streeter staff assault, Balliol Street, bank robbery, camps, CampTO, child pornography, collision, coronavirus, Davisville Avenue, Du Maurier Boulevard, farmers' market, fatal crash, food bank, fraud, garden centres, Ingram Transfer Station, Lawrence Avenue West, Mother's Day, potholes, subway, Toronto And Region Conservation Authority, Toronto Police, Toronto Transit Commission, washrooms, yard waste

A quick look at the latest news, views and things to do in North Toronto neighbourhoods.

bank in area of bank robbery

Arrest came quickly after east-end bank robbery

May 27, 2020May 27, 2020 Jay Garak bank robbery, Danforth Avenue, Main Street, Toronto Police

A 20-year-old man has been charged after a bank robbery near Main Street and Danforth Avenue early Monday afternoon, police say.

Riverdale-East York Daily Updates: March–April 2020

April 30, 2020June 15, 2020 Streeter staff bank robbery, 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, Gamble Avenue, garbage, gunshots, homicide, John Tory, libraries, long-term care, Michael Garron Hospital, Nathaniel Erskine-Smith, Pape Avenue, parks, robbery, St. Clair O’Connor Community Care, Stan Wadlow Park, Toronto Bach Festival, Toronto Police, Torstar, Withrow Park, yard waste

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

bank holdup reported at Danforth and Logan

Male flees with cash from Danforth bank holdup

April 9, 2020April 9, 2020 Rodger Burnside bank, bank robbery, Danforth Avenue, holdup, Toronto Police

A bank at Danforth and Logan avenues was held up this afternoon by a male claiming to have a weapon, police report. He escaped with cash.

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Man arrested for string of bank robberies

August 25, 2018August 30, 2018 Jay Garak bank robbery, Queen Street East, Spadina Road, St. Clair Avenue West, Toronto Police, Woodbine Avenue

A man was arrested in Winnipeg on Aug. 23 following an investigation into five bank robberies in Toronto and across Canada over the past year.

Police make arrest in ‘Lunchtime Bandit’ case

February 4, 2017August 1, 2017 Shawn Star bank robbery, holdup

A 20-year-old man is facing five robbery charges for a series of midtown bank holdups attributed to the “Lunchtime bandit.”

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Leaside bank robber left behind jacket

February 4, 2017April 12, 2017 Shawn Star bank robbery, Toronto Police

Police are looking for a man who robbed two Leaside banks late last year, and left behind a jacket at one of the crime scenes.

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That was then.

*FEATURED THAT WAS THEN

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.

*FEATURED THAT WAS THEN

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

February 27, 2020March 4, 2020 Eric McMillan

*FEATURED THAT WAS THEN

When horses passed UNDER the Beltline bridge

December 1, 2019February 6, 2020 Eric McMillan

*FEATURED THAT WAS THEN

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

October 24, 2019October 25, 2019 Eric McMillan

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