Lights installed at Bayview-Davisville despite community split
Long-anticipated traffic lights have been installed on Bayview Avenue at the Davisville T-intersection, just one block south of the Millwood Road lights.
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Carol Burtin Fripp
Volunteer work keeps marginalized from becoming victims: Macphail winner
Volunteer work gave her training to help get through the disaster that hit her life a year ago, Karen Fraser said in accepting the Agnes Macphail Award.
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Fate of Laird-Eglinton development awaits planning study, consultations
It may be overlooked amid all the construction taking place on Eglinton Avenue for the Crosstown LRT stations. But there’s another potentially massive development waiting in the wings at the Laird-Eglinton intersection.
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Remember your roots, Agnes Macphail Award-winner advises
“If you don’t have ceremonies like this, then people forget,” Agnes Macphail Award-winner Burtin Fripp told the audience Saturday at the East York Civic Centre.
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Now it’s Burtin Fripp’s turn as Agnes Macphail Award winner
Toronto and East York Community Council accepted the recommendation from the Agnes Macphail Recognition Committee on Feb. 5 to name Carol Burtin Fripp as the award winner.
Read MoreLPOA annual meeting calls community to action
A common theme loomed over all the presentations at the Leaside Property Owners Association’s annual meeting on Nov. 25.
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Costco approved despite local concerns
A Costco proposed for Thorncliffe Park that deeply divided residents in both the area and in neighbouring Leaside has been approved by the city.
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Ideas, not name-calling, main focus at Don Valley West debate
While much of the 2015 federal election has been defined by barbed exchanges between the three leading national party leaders, those who attended the Don Valley West all-candidates’ meeting at Leaside Memorial Gardens on Oct. 7 expecting similar fireworks probably left disappointed.
Read MoreTTC to close Bayview Avenue service gap
In 2016, South Leaside residents will finally be able to use transit all along Bayview Avenue without making a detour via Yonge Street, thanks to the efforts of Leaside Property Owners Association co-president Carol Burtin Fripp, Bennington Heights Residents Association president Hugh Grant, and Ward 26 councillor Jon Burnside.
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