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sunset over construction for noise story
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Noise petition aims to cut construction back to previous hours

July 8, 2021July 8, 2021 Rodger Burnside construction, Doug Ford, Josh Matlow, Kristyn Wong-Tam, noise, Ontario government, Petition

Two city councillors have launched a petition to reduce the hours construction noise is allowed in Toronto.

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Outdoor recreation at Riverdale Park
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On-again-off-again outdoor recreation back again

May 21, 2021May 21, 2021 Rodger Burnside baseball, basketball, COVID-19, Doug Ford, golf, John Tory, lawn bowling, pandemic, soccer, sports, tennis

Following an Ontario announcement yesterday, the city is reopening its outdoor recreational amenities — albeit with public health restrictions in place — as of May 22.

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Live music venue Danforth Music Hall
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Help bring back live music, Bradford and BIAs urge premier

April 29, 2021April 30, 2021 Rodger Burnside Brad Bradford, Broadview Danforth BIA, Danforth Music Hall, Doug Ford, live music, live streaming, TABIA

Councillor Brad Bradford has joined Toronto’s BIAs in a letter to Premier Doug Ford lamenting recent restrictions on live streaming music.

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inside Davenport Garden Centre_
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Garden centres are split on reopening their doors

May 8, 2020May 19, 2020 Sabra Ismath curbside pickup, delivery, Doug Ford, garden centres, Home Depot, shopping

Local garden centres have responded variously to Ontario premier Doug Ford’s announcement on reopening garden centres on May 6.

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Garden centre curbside pickup
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Local garden centres open for curbside pickup and delivery

May 6, 2020May 10, 2020 Sabra Ismath curbside pickup, delivery, Doug Ford, garden centres, Home Depot, shopping

Local garden centers are now reopening stores for curbside pickup and delivery in response to the ongoing CIVID-19 pandemic.

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yard waste pickup
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Boom in yardwork aided by resumption of yard waste pickup

May 3, 2020May 3, 2020 Rodger Burnside Doug Ford, garbage, garden centres, John Tory, yard waste

If you’re spending your at-home time cleaning up your property, you can be reassured you can continue getting rid of your yard waste at the curb.

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Backgrounder 

List of essential workplaces

March 24, 2020March 24, 2020 Streeter staff coronavirus, COVID-19, Doug Ford, essential services, essential workplaces

This is a list of workplaces deemed essential by the provincial government, based on a statement from the office of Ontario premier Doug Ford on March 23.

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hardware store is essential service to stay open
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So what’s open after tonight?

March 24, 2020March 24, 2020 Rodger Burnside coronavirus, COVID-19, Doug Ford, essential services, essential workplaces, John Tory, Justin Trudeau

All “at-risk workplaces” are ordered to close as of midnight tonight while essential businesses can stay open, Premier Doug Ford has announced.

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Jaye Robinson on election night
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Jaye Robinson being treated for breast cancer

October 29, 2019October 29, 2019 Rodger Burnside Breast cancer, Don Valley West, Doug Ford, Jaye Robinson, John Tory, Rob Oliphant

Don Valley West councillor Jaye Robinson has been diagnosed with breast cancer and is undergoing an “extensive treatment plan,” she announced this morning.

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ROM collection of extinct birds
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ROM has the last remaining mounts of extinct birds

May 3, 2019October 16, 2019 Brian Baker Doug Ford, great auk, passenger pigeon, puffin, Royal Ontario Museum

The ROM has many extinct species in its collection, including the passenger pigeon, the ivory-billed woodpecker, the Labrador duck, and the great auk.

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Jon Burnside on election night
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Leaside uncertain about its prospects after recent election

November 5, 2018December 22, 2018 Brian Baker Alan Redway, Doug Ford, Eglinton Avenue East, Geoff Kettel, Jaye Robinson, John Burnside, Leaside Property Owners Association, municipal election

Leasiders appear split on the recent municipal election — with North Toronto incumbent Jaye Robinson ousting local favourite Jon Burnside.

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Paula Fletcher re-elected in Toronto-Danforth
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Fletcher crushes former ally and opponent in Toronto-Danforth

October 23, 2018March 27, 2019 Rodger Burnside Danforth Avenue, Doug Ford, Fox and Fiddle, Jennifer Story, Mary Fragedakis, municipal election, Paula Fletcher, Sidewalk Café

It was an “historical election,” Toronto-Danforth’s re-elected councillor Paula Fletcher told about 120 cheering supporters at the Fox and Fiddle.

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Danforth vigil
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‘Love, not hate’ fills Danforth at vigil for shooting victims

July 26, 2018November 17, 2018 Rodger Burnside Bowden Street, Danforth Avenue, Doug Ford, Faisal Hussain, Greektown on the Danforth BIA, John Tory, Logan Avenue, shooting, Toronto Police, vigil

She was honouring those who were killed but she didn’t hate anyone, not even the man thought to have shot

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Josh Matlow at top of election poll.
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Midtown councillors riding high in early poll

December 10, 2017December 28, 2017 Jay Garak Christin Carmichael Greb, Doug Ford, Jaye Robinson, Joe Cressy, Joe Mihevc, John Tory, Jon Burnside, Josh Matlow, Kristyn Wong-Tam, municipal election

Midtown city councillors have nothing to worry about in the next municipal election, to judge by a recent poll by a young market research company.

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Cancer survivor Karen Hubert greets Doug Ford
NEWS 

Ford Nation ‘invades’ mayoral debate in Leaside

October 8, 2014 Shawn Star Doug Ford, John Tory, LPOA, municipal elections, Olivia Chow

Leasiders woke up Tuesday morning expecting to see John Tory and Olivia Chow at their local debate, but a late confirmation from Doug Ford changed everything.

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That was then.

Empringham Hotel 1903
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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
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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
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When horses passed UNDER the Beltline bridge

December 1, 2019February 6, 2020 Eric McMillan
Yonge-Eglinton southeast
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Now that the Yonge-Eglinton mess has been cleared up (almost)

October 24, 2019October 25, 2019 Eric McMillan

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