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David Shiner

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Bungalows to towers

August 31, 2012 Town Crier staff city hall, Concord Adex, David Shiner, Emerald Park Towers, Hullmark Corporate CEntre, intensification, John Filion, Minto Group, Ontario Municipal Board, Shelley Carroll, Sheppard Station, Toronto Catholic District School Board, Toronto District School Board, West Lansing Homeowners Association

Development is drastically changing the communities along Sheppard Avenue

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OneCity, we hardly knew you

July 12, 2012 Town Crier staff bus, city hall, David Shiner, Glenn De Baeremaeker, Joe Mihevc, Karen Stintz, LRT, OneCity, Peter Milczyn, subway, Toronto Transit Commission, transit, Transit City

Ambitious transit plan scrapped by council before it could leave the station

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Locals wary of Skymark Plaza plans

June 19, 2012 Town Crier staff David George, David Shiner, David Slotnick, Skymark Plaza, Skymark Vicinity Neighbourhood Association, Ward 24, Willowdale Northeast Neighbourhood Association

Development called too dense for neighbourhood

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Youth field fees for 2013 lower than budget

June 13, 2012 Town Crier staff city hall, David Black, David Shiner, executive committee, fees, funding, permit fees, Toronto Baseball Association

But user group says city should fix facilities before charging for their use

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Improvements to Finch West bus too late?

May 9, 2012 Town Crier staff bus, David Shiner, Finch West LRT, James Pasternak, John Filion, Toronto Transit Commission, transit, Vincent Crisanti

Report on ways to speed up service may be moot thanks to LRT

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Kids sports leagues spared fees

April 10, 2012 Town Crier staff Andrew Pace, Bloordale Baseball League, David Shiner, East York Baseball Association, Etobicoke Baseball Association, fees, Janet Davis, Patrick McConnell, Rob Ford

Council gives reprieve for 2012, will examine better implementation for 2013

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Sheppard subway or bust

March 7, 2012June 7, 2014 Town Crier staff city hall, David Shiner, Eglinton Crosstown LRT, Gordon Chong, James Pasternak, Karen Stintz, Sheppard Station, Toronto Transit Commission, transit, Transit City

Light rail for the street is ‘highly misguided’: Pasternak

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Report outlines Sheppard subway costs

February 3, 2012 Town Crier staff David Shiner, Eglinton LRT, funding, Gordon Chong, James Pasternak, Karen Stintz, Metrolinx, Rob Ford, Sheppard Station, Toronto Transit Commission, transit

Expansion to Scarborough estimated at $2.8 billion, plus $1 billion to connect Downsview and Sheppard stations

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Toronto should fight Markham deal

March 7, 2011 Town Crier staff David Shiner, Markham, Ontario Municipal Board, Shops on Steeles

Councillor David Shiner says city needs to keep up its opposition to plan that could see over 2,000 units built on Shops on Steeles site

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Plan to cut down trees draws ire

March 3, 2011 Town Crier staff Bill Samoite, Canadian Film Centre, David Shiner, Jaye Robinson, trees

Residents and community members critical of Canadian Film Centre’s plan to remove seven mature trees

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A new day for David Shiner and John Filion

November 15, 2010 Town Crier staff David Shiner, John Filion, municipal elections, Ward 23, Ward 24

Neighbouring councilmen in Ward 23 and 24 are looking to a new age in their Willowdale area with elected mayor Rob Ford steering Toronto’s helm.

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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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