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Canada Post

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EDITORIAL: Let’s not abandon mail delivery just yet

March 4, 2014June 21, 2014 Eric McMillan Canada Post, Door-to-door delivery

When is the last time you received a personal letter by post? More to the point, when’s the last time you wrote and mailed one yourself?

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Council posts disapproval of change

March 4, 2014June 21, 2014 Shawn Star Canada Post, Door-to-door delivery, John Parker, Josh Matlow

City council is asking the federal government to direct Canada Post to continue door-to-door mail delivery, even as the crown corporation begins to phase out home delivery.

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Fate of Postal Station S sealed quietly

August 30, 2013June 7, 2014 Town Crier staff Bedford Park, Canada Post, Postal Station

Some residents are concerned to learn Canada Post has quietly sold Postal Station S on Avenue Road to an unidentified buyer.

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Design released for Postal Station K site

April 15, 2013June 22, 2014 Eric Emin Wood Canada Post, Jack Winberg, Karen Stintz, Montgomery Square, Montgomery Tavern, Postal Station K, Rebellion of 1837, Rockport Group, William Lyon Mackenzie

Plan would keep building and public open space

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Postal Station K sold for condos

February 6, 2013June 22, 2014 Che Perreira Canada Post, King Edward VIII, Mike Colle, Montgomery Tavern, Postal Station K, Rebellion of 1837, William Lyon Mackenzie

But new owner vows to keep valuable historical features intact

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City can’t fully protect Postal Station K

October 2, 2012 Town Crier staff Canada Post, Karen Stintz, King Edward VIII, Mike Colle, Postal Station K

Federal ownership an obstacle to heritage designation for site

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Keep us Post-ed

August 24, 2012June 22, 2014 Omar Mosleh Canada Post, King Edward VIII, Mike Colle, Postal Station K

Residents fight to keep historic Station K

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Postal service fails to deliver

April 4, 2012 Town Crier staff Canada Post, Carolyn Bennett, Convenience and Coffee Express, Josh Colle, Oakwood Village, Postal Service, Tom Tran

Oakwood Avenue residents push for new outlet closer to home

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Stamping out mail problems

March 7, 2012June 3, 2021 Town Crier staff Canada Post, Carolyn Bennett, mail delivery, St. Paul's, Tichester Gardens, town hall

St. Paul’s MP plans town hall to discuss Canada Post issues

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The Donway post office site sold

February 4, 2011 Town Crier staff Cadilac Fairview, Canada Post, Civitan arena, Donway

But no word yet on Cadillac Fairview’s plans for the site

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Friendly faces adorn Girl Guides stamp

July 20, 2010 Town Crier staff Canada Post, Girl Guides, Stamps

Best buddies Molly Lewis and Emma Luce have a pretty neat momento of their friendship: a postage stamp with their picture on it.

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Former Oxford University Press building to be razed

June 29, 2010August 24, 2019 Jessica Vitullo Canada Post, Wynford Drive

A Wynford Drive building slated for demolition should be declared a heritage site, say members of a local preservation panel.

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New Canada Post rules hitting local shops hard

May 5, 2010 Town Crier staff Canada Post, mail

It’s a story that’s become all too familiar across the city: another Canada Post outlet has closed up shop, this time near Bloor and Bathurst.

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Another post office stamped out

March 22, 2010 Town Crier staff Canada Post, Convenience Store

For senior Carol Bell, picking up a parcel from Canada Post was as simple as walking a block to her local convenience store on the Danforth.

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Canada Post outlet gets reprieve

October 28, 2009 Town Crier staff Canada Post, Grand Bargain, Paul Ju

Grand Bargain variety store owner Paul Ju gets to keep his postal outlet after a battle with Canada Post over a new contract.

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That was then.

Empringham Hotel 1903
*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.

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

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