COVID-19 Archives

Riverdale-East York Daily Updates

July 7, 2020July 7, 2020 Streeter staff 0 Comment affordable housing, ATM, bank robbery, break-in, camps, Canada Day, child care, child pornography, collision, cooling centres, coronavirus, COVID-19, Coxwell Avenue, Danforth Avenue, Dentonia Park, Dundas Street, eviction, farmers' market, food bank, garden centres, gunshots, Hollandaise, homicide, human trafficking, John Tory, libraries, long-term care, Michael Garron Hospital, Mother's Day, Murals, Pape Avenue, parking permits, parks, Paula Fletcher, potholes, reopening, sexual assault, shooting, ShopHERE, Toronto Police, washrooms, Withrow Park

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

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Forest Hill Daily Updates

July 6, 2020July 7, 2020 Streeter staff 0 Comment camps, Canada Day, cancellations, Carolyn Bennett, coronavirus, COVID-19, farmers' market, food bank, garbage, garden centres, gunfire, Ingram Transfer Station, libraries, long-term care, Lonsdale Road, Mother's Day, parking permits, potholes, reopening, robbery, Salsa on St. Clair, ShopHERE, washrooms, yard waste

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

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Don Valley Daily Updates

July 6, 2020July 7, 2020 Streeter staff 0 Comment Access Hubs, bank robbery, Bermondsey Transfer Station, bridge, camps, Canada Day, cancellations, collision, cooling centres, COVID-19, Don Mills Road, Eglinton Avenue East, essential workplaces, extreme weather, farmers' market, fire, food bank, garbage, gunfire, homicide, Michael Coteau, parking permits, parks, potholes, reopening, shooting, ShopHERE, theft, Toronto Police, washrooms, Windfields Park, yard waste

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

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Central Toronto Daily Updates

July 2, 2020July 2, 2020 Streeter staff 0 Comment affordable housing, bike lanes, camps, cancellations, car chase, COVID-19, cycling, Dundas Street, farmers' market, fire, food bank, garbage, garden centres, Glen Road, gunshots, Harbord Street, homicide, libraries, medication, mischief, Mother's Day, murder, parking permits, potholes, Pride, recycling, reopening, road closure, sexual assault, sexual exploitation, shooting, ShopHERE, stabbing, subway, Toronto Fire Services, Toronto Police, Toronto Public Library, Toronto Reference Library, washrooms, yard waste

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

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Stage 2 at last! Wide reopening to start this week

June 22, 2020June 23, 2020 Rodger Burnside 0 Comment COVID-19, Eileen de Villa, John Tory, reopening

More businesses, cultural centres and recreational facilities should be opening soon, as the province has moved Toronto to Stage 2 of its reopening plan.

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Local farmers’ markets preparing to reopen

June 12, 2020June 15, 2020 Rodger Burnside 0 Comment Artscape Wychwood Barns, Ashbridges Bay Park, COVID-19, Dufferin Grove Park, East Lynn Park, farmers' market, Flemingdon Park, June Rowlands Park, R.V. Burgess Park, Riverdale Park West, Withrow Park Farmers’ Market

The city is working with farmers’ markets to comply with public health regulations and reopen as soon as possible, Mayor John Tory said today.

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Toronto Public Library celebrating Pride throughout June

June 5, 2020June 15, 2020 Monique Thompson COVID-19, Pride, Pride Month, Toronto Public Library, virtual events

The Toronto Public Library is celebrating Pride and supporting the LGBTQ2S+ community through virtual events throughout June.

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Summer events that will be going virtual—or are just cancelled

May 30, 2020June 4, 2020 Monique Thompson Beaches Jazz Festival, cancellations, COVID-19, summer 2020, virtual

Your favourite and much-anticipated events may have been cancelled as live events, but there is still some hope as some are joining the virtual scene.

Going back to normal not option, youth council says in zoom conference

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Future ‘normal’ will be different if we learn our lessons

May 29, 2020June 4, 2020 Carolyn Bennett Carolyn Bennett, coronavirus, COVID-19, Toronto-St. Paul's, Toronto-St. Paul’s Youth Council

There is a growing understanding that asking “When will things get back to normal?” is the wrong question, MP Carolyn Bennett says.

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30th anniversary celebrations cancelled, music studio carries on

May 22, 2020May 27, 2020 Monique Thompson COVID-19, Moore Avenue, music, music lessons, Yellow Dog Music, Yonge Street

Yellow Dog Music should be celebrating its 30th anniversary, but COVID-19 had other plans for them. The music studio and its party plans were shut down.

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More activities return to parks with reopening of amenities

May 21, 2020May 21, 2020 Rodger Burnside COVID-19, John Tory, parks, skateboarding, tennis

It started with the dogs and now use of park facilities is being extended to athletes, picnickers and skateboarders, after the mayor’s announcement.

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Dog owners keep three canines apart as off-leash areas open

May 20, 2020May 20, 2020 Rodger Burnside COVID-19, dogs, John Tory, off-leash area, parks, Withrow Park

Dog owners took to the parks yesterday as Toronto opened its off-leash areas. But for the most part they followed advice to keep up physical distancing.

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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.