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Mamma's Pizza picket

Beaches-Leslieville Daily Updates: July–August 2021

August 31, 2021November 16, 2021 Streeter staff assault, Canada Day, COVID-19, dog, Fox Theatre, Jack Layton, knife, Mamma's Pizza, map, missing person, Monarch Park Pool, sexual assault, shooting, stabbing, vaccination rate

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

Pride parade cancelled as cancellations pushed to July 1

In-person festivities shut down up to July 1

February 27, 2021March 4, 2021 Rodger Burnside Beaches Jazz Festival, Canada Day, Doors Open, East York, John Tory, Pride Toronto, TD Toronto Jazz Festival

The in-person events of a long list of celebrations right up to July 1 have been cancelled by the city, though some plan to continue online.

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.

playground header for Forest Hill update

Forest Hill Daily Updates: May–June 2020

June 30, 2020October 31, 2020 Streeter staff Canada Day, coronavirus, COVID-19, farmers' market, food bank, garbage, garden centres, gunman, Halloween, Ingram Transfer Station, libraries, long-term care, map, Mother's Day, potholes, real estate, reopening, robbery, Salsa on St. Clair, shooting, ShopHERE, traffic, washrooms, yard waste

A quick look at the latest news, views and things to do in Forest Hill 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.

Leaside Daily Updates: May–June 2020

June 30, 2020November 22, 2020 Streeter staff Bayview Avenue, CampTO, Canada Day, farmers' market, fire, food banks, garbage, garden centres, homicide, libraries, Millwood Road, parks, potholes, reopening, road closures, saliva, shooting, ShopHERE, storage, Taste of Danforth, washrooms, yard waste, Yellow Dog Music

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

Canada Day graphic for East Yorkers

East Yorkers already celebrating at-home Canada Day

June 18, 2020June 18, 2020 Rodger Burnside Canada Day, Red Door Family Shelter, Rick Mercer

East Yorkers usually make a big deal out of July 1, with a Canada Day parade winding through the former borough and festivities at Stan Wadlow Park.

Canada Day header

July 1: Celebrate Canada Day with livestreaming

June 17, 2020July 9, 2020 Streeter staff Canada Day, Gordon Lightfoot, John Tory

The city is organizing Canada Day celebrations with morning, afternoon and evening livestream programs on the country’s 153rd birthday.

Trudeau celebrating graduation

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.

Taste of Danforth 2018

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

May 15, 2020May 16, 2020 Streeter staff 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.

Canada Day fireworks

Canada Day parades, fests and fireworks cancelled

May 4, 2020May 5, 2020 Streeter staff 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.

Don Valley Daily Updates: 2019

December 31, 2019May 19, 2020 Streeter staff Aga Khan, Aga Khan Park, bridge, Canada Day, Canadian Automobile Association, collision, Eglinton Avenue East, fire, food bank, Ismaili Centre, Liberal Party, Michael Coteau, Pynford Crescent, Raptors, Spanbridge Road, theft, Toronto Police, Wynford Drive, Yasmine Ratansi

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

Beaches-Leslieville Daily Updates: July–August 2019

August 31, 2019November 7, 2019 Streeter staff Beaches Jazz Festival, Canada Day, Carlaw Avenue, Cherry Street, craft beer, Don Valley Parkway, Dundas Street East, Eastern Avenue, Heritage Toronto, Leslie Street, Martin Goodman Trail, Queen Street East, Raptors, stabbing, Streetcar Crowsnest Studio, Toronto Fringe Festival, Toronto Police, Woodbine Park

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

Riverdale-East York Daily Updates: June 2019

July 1, 2019August 1, 2019 Streeter staff bicycle theft, break-in, Canada Day, Carlaw Avenue, Cherry Street, Danforth Avenue, Dundas Street East, fire, Garden@Kimbourne, Kimbourne Park United Church, Leslie Street, oxycodone, Playter Crescent, Queen Street East, shooting, Toronto Police, Toronto-Danforth, Victoria Park Avenue, vigil, Wolverleigh Boulevard

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