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Digs Dorfman at The Sweet Potato

Andrea Freedman July 13, 2023July 13, 2023 affordable food, Bayview Avenue, grocery store, organic food, The Sweet Potato

Where organic groceries can also be affordable

The Sweet Potato organic grocery store opened its second location at 1678 Bayview Ave. in May and has already garnered

Lara Guttman at Sage Pharmacy

Andrea Freedman June 18, 2023July 18, 2023 Bayview Avenue, pharmacist, Sage Pharmacy

New pharmacy offers Sage advice on your health concerns

The recently opened Sage Pharmacy aims to offer clients a more personal experience than some of the larger pharmacies, say its owners.

George Street memorial header

Streeter staff March 5, 2022March 7, 2022 ActiveTO, affordable housing, Alexandra Park, Andrea Barrack, Annamie Paul, anti-Semitism, arson, attempted murder, automated speed enforcement, Bayview Avenue, bike lanes, Bloor Street West, break and enter, break-ins, Brian Chang, car fire, Chinatown, Christie Pits Park, Chrystia Freeland, Clinton Street Public School, closures, collision, COVID-19, COVID-19 variant, David Morris, dog poop, Dundas Street West, El Mocambo, encampment, fatality, film festival, fire, firearms, first-degree murder, Food Basics, Friends of 225 Brunswick, goat, graffiti, green plan, gun control, hate, hate crime, homelessness, Howard Street, human remains, indecent act, Jack Layton, Jessica Bell, libraries, Little Italy, Loblaws, Marci Ien, methadone, Metro, Michelle Ross, motorcyclist, New Democratic Party, noise, outdoor recreation, overdoses, Palmerston Area Residents’ Association, parking permits, patios, pedestrian, pollinator gardens, Qi Sushi, Queen's Park, ravines, Remembrance Day, RenovictionsTO, rents, retail robbery, rinks, road closures, road work, robbery, SafeTO, Santa Claus, Seaton House, second-degree murder, sexual assault, shooting, Shoppers Drug Mart, sinkhole, snow clearing, snowstorm, spitting, St. George Care Community, St. Joseph Street, stabbing, Starbucks, streetcar, subway, tenants, Terry Fox, Toronto flag, Toronto Police, Toronto Urban Design Awards, town hall, trafficking, Trinity Bellwoods Park, Valentine's Day, vehicle break-ins, waste reduction, watermain break, wheelchair, YMCA Child Development Centre, Yonge Street, Yorkville Avenue

Central Toronto Daily Updates

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

Streeter staff February 17, 2022February 17, 2022 ActiveTO, Agnes Macphail Award, arrests, assault, automated speed enforcement, bands, Bayview Avenue, BikeMatch, break and enter, break-ins, CampTO, cannabis, car thefts, Christmas tree, collision, coronavirus, COVID-19, crane, dog poop, first-degree murder, flooding, Food Basics, gun control, gunshots, Islamic Society of Toronto, Jaye Robinson, Leaside Heritage Preservation Society, Leaside Hockey Association, libraries, Loblaw Companies, Loblaws, logo, maps, Marc Garneau Collegiate Institute, McSorley’s, Metro, New Year's, outdoor recreation, Overlea Boulevard, parking permits, patios, pedestrian, Phamilyeats, pollinator gardens, poppies, power outage, raccoons, ravines, recycling, Redway Road, road closure, road work, Rob Oliphant, robbery, SafeTO, sexual assault, shooting, Shop and Vax, speed bumps, speeding, stabbing, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, testing, Thorncliffe Neighbourhood Organization, Thorncliffe Park Community Hub, Thorncliffe Park Drive, Thorncliffe Park Public School, Toronto District School Board, toy drive, Traffic Services, vaccination rate, vaccine, Valu-Mart, washrooms, wind, Youth Leaders of East York

Leaside Daily Updates

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

Bloor Street bike lanes

Eric McMillan December 16, 2021December 17, 2021 Bayview Avenue, bike lanes, Bloor Street, city council, Danforth Avenue, Dundas Street East, Joe Cressy, John Tory, University Avenue

‘Temporary’ bike lanes to be made permanent, council decides

Drivers, cyclists and pedestrians had better get used to the bike lanes installed last year as temporary parts of the ActiveTO initiative.

Bayview ActiveTO

Eric McMillan June 18, 2021June 18, 2021 ActiveTO, Bayview Avenue, cyclists, John Tory, pedestrians

Bayview back on list of weekend road closures

The city has bowed to requests that the southern end of Bayview Avenue be closed to vehicles again for ActiveTO weekends.

Bloor Street bike lanes

*FEATURED Opinion

Eric McMillan May 27, 2021 ActiveTO, Bayview Avenue, bike lanes, cycling, Danforth Avenue, Lake Shore Boulevard East, pedestrians

Benefits of the pandemic: new bike lanes and closed roads

If there is one benefit we have received from the pandemic and lockdown over the past year or so, it’s the rapid extension of our bike lanes.

police car and tape

Eric McMillan May 11, 2021May 11, 2021 Bayview Avenue, fire truck, firefighters, Glazebrook Avenue, Glenavy Avenue, Parkwoods Village Drive, Toronto Police, Victoria Park Avenue

It all started with an attack on a man and his dog….

An alleged assault of a man and his dog in the Mount Pleasant area led to a police pursuit by car and foot across Toronto neighbourhoods.

walking, jobbing and cycling on closed roads

Streeter staff May 2, 2021May 3, 2021 ActiveTO, Bayview Avenue, cycling, jogging, Lake Shore Boulevard East, River Street, walking

Joggers, strollers and cyclists back on the roads for ActiveTO

Cars and trucks were replaced by pedestrians and cyclists on the Bayview Extension, River Street and Lake Shore Boulevard East this weekend.

ActiveTO header

Streeter staff April 26, 2021May 3, 2021 ActiveTO, Bayview Avenue, cycling, Lake Shore Boulevard East, pedestrians, River Street

Cycle, walk or jog on closed roads: May 1–2

The first ActiveTO major weekend road closures of this year will take place this weekend along Bayview Avenue and Lake Shore Boulevard East.

Bayview scene with ActiveTO

Streeter staff April 8, 2021May 5, 2021 Bayview Avenue, cycling, jogging, John Tory, Lake Shore Boulevard East, pedestrians, River Street

ActiveTO closing roadways to vehicles for weekends again

The ActiveTO program that closed parts of Bayview Avenue and Lake Shore Boulevard to traffic last summer is returning, city

Streeter staff March 31, 2021July 27, 2021 Bayview Avenue, Evergreen Brick Works, farmers' market

Shop the farmers’ market at Evergreen: Saturdays

The Saturday Farmers Market at Evergreen Brick Works is open weekly from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., offering local and seasonal food in the city

McSorley's on Bayview Avenue

J. Diamond Daniel February 25, 2021February 26, 2021 Bayview Avenue, COVID-19, McSorley's Saloon and Grill

McSorley’s Saloon and Grill re-opens in Leaside after temporary closure

Popular Leaside restaurant McSorley’s Saloon and Grill re-opens today after temporarily closing in January.

Streeter staff January 31, 2021November 3, 2020 Bayview Avenue, Evergreen Brick Works, farmers' market

Saturdays: Shop the farmers market at Evergreen

The Saturday Farmers Market at Evergreen Brick Works is open weekly from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., offering local and seasonal food in the city

George Street

Streeter staff December 31, 2020March 30, 2021 assault, Bayview Avenue, CampTO, Christina Petrowska Quilico, collision, eviction, fire, George Street, gunshots, home invasion, manslaughter, medication, Metro, New Year's, overdoses, Ring Music, River Tai, robbery, Seaton House, shop local, stabbing, tobogganing, violin, washrooms

Central Toronto Daily Updates: November–December 2020

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

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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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