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Who would you name a parkette after?

May 14, 2012 Town Crier staff community, Josh Matlow, Naming, parkette, parks

Josh Matlow is asking for your help in deciding

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'Gung-ho' for playground

May 14, 2012 Town Crier staff community, Eryn Green, fundraising, Haley Birenzweig, parks, Rebuild Our Park, Suydam Park

Determined pair of moms led group to raise $140K for new Suydam Park facilities

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Leaside's birthday plans get underway

May 14, 2012 Town Crier staff Celebration, Centennial, community, John Parker

Neighbourhood’s centennial celebration will be April of next year

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Tennis club bid smashed

May 1, 2012 Town Crier staff Cedarvale Park, Cedarvale Tennis Academy And Club, Chris Chopik, community, community meeting, Joe Mihevc, tennis

Cedarvale community fails to support turning courts to private use

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Community has its say

May 1, 2012 Town Crier staff Christ Church Deer Park, community, Friends Of Oriole Park, Josh Matlow, Oriole Park, parks, Ulli Rath, Upgrades

Public picks Oriole Park upgrades

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One of Canada's finest neighbourhoods

May 1, 2012 Town Crier staff Canadian Institute Of Planners, community, Competition, Gord Perks, Great Places In Canada, Osborne Village, Roncesvalles Village, St. Casimir's Church

Roncesvalles Village named as finalist in nationwide contest

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Henry Farm community marks its 50th anniversary this year

April 19, 2012 Town Crier staff Celebration, community, Events, Golden Jubilee, Henry Farm, Henry Farm Community Interest Association, Namby Vithiananthan

Henry Farm is a residential community located in that part of Toronto once known as Oriole. This hidden treasure is

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Blood clinic thrives

April 16, 2012 Town Crier staff blood, Canadian Blood Services, charity, community, donation, Leukemia, Northlea Elementary And Middle School

Northlea students’ history still fresh in Leasiders’ minds

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Are we the best in Canada?

February 1, 2012June 22, 2014 Meagan Bowden awards, Canadian Institute Of Planners, Cherry Bomb, community, contest, Gord Perks, Greatest Places In Canada, Green Light District, neighbourhood, Parkdale, Roncesvalles Village

Roncesvalles Village in the hunt for title of best neighbourhood

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Bathurst-Finch hub to open by year's end

January 13, 2012 Town Crier staff Bathurst-Finch Community Hub, Circle Of Care, community, Family Services Toronto, JVS Toronto, North York Community House, Northview Heights Secondary School, Unison Health Community Services, United Way Toronto

After delays, construction has finally begun on the community building

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Lawrence Heights' house of hope

January 9, 2012 Town Crier staff activism, Andrew Cox, community, Community Hub, Good News, Jacquline Dyer, Lawrence Heights, Sam Fernandes, Toronto Community Housing, Toronto Employment and Social Services, Toronto Police

How 37 Varna Dr. became a hub for the community

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Santa Claus is coming

November 23, 2011December 3, 2018 Town Crier staff Centre 55, community, culture, Santa Claus Parade

More than 40 floats and lots of bands and singers expected

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Youth shows her drive to help others

November 8, 2011 Town Crier staff charity, community, Daily Bread Food Bank, Fall Food Drive, food drive, Good News, North Toronto Skating Club, Northlea Elementary And Middle School, Patrick Rocca, Sarah Jordan, Tremblett's Valu-Mart, TVO Kids Award

Three tonnes of food collected by 9-year-old and her friends

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Remembering Sydney

November 8, 2011May 4, 2017 Tristan Carter community, Fiori Salon, Indigo Books, Maurice Cody Junior Public School, playground, Shona Farrelly, Sydney Sharma, Toronto District School Board, Tragedy

New playground to be named in student’s memory

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Putting food on Parkdale plates

November 8, 2011 Town Crier staff charity, Clare McDowall, community, farmers' market, food drive, James Partanen, Small Change Fund, Sorauren Park, West End Food Cooperative

West End Food Cooperative aims to bring locally produced food into city environments

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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, 2020May 5, 2021 Eric McMillan

The Empringham, Danforth or Play Pen — they’re all the same hotel, standing at Danfoirth 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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