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Sidney Soanes
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Leaside remembers figure skating club founder

March 4, 2018May 24, 2018 Brian Baker Dr. Sidney Soanes, figure skating, Leaside Memorial Community Gardens, Leaside Skating Club

The Leaside Memorial Gardens Arena and the Leaside Skating Club are mourning the loss of a builder and mentor. Dr. Sidney Soanes, who started the Leaside Skating Club in 1952, the same year the Leaside Gardens opened, died Feb. 21.

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Anne MacKenzie, left, Margaret McDonald and Magnolia Conacher
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Skating club to host 50th anniversary celebration

April 1, 2017April 11, 2017 Brian Baker figure skating, North Toronto Skating Club

The North Toronto Skating Club is looking to celebrate life in Toronto for the figure skating association’s golden anniversary.

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Summer drills for winter thrills

August 16, 2014September 5, 2014 Brian Baker Ava Smale, figure skating, Forest Hill Skating Club, Larry Grossman Arena

While most of her friends are outside, enjoying the hot summer sun, Forest Hill Skating Club member Ava Smale is

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Skating coach to bring colour to Olympic TV coverage

February 12, 2014March 4, 2019 Perry King figure skating, P.J. Kwong, Sochi Olympics

On the ice at North Toronto Arena, P.J. Kwong has a lot on her mind.

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Local skaters getting in synch for winter competitions

January 8, 2014March 22, 2019 Perry King Bill Phillips Invitational, figure skating, Leaside Synergy

On the ice at Leaside Gardens, a group of 12– 15-year-old girls is putting the finishing touches on a difficult, yet beautiful, routine.

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Ready to showcase their on-ice talent

March 26, 2010 Town Crier staff figure skating

A successful figure skating season is concluding its long program as the North Toronto Skating Club gears up for their Showcase April 1.

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Forest Hill skates the night away

March 12, 2010 Town Crier staff figure skating

Julia Thackray loves figure skating. It shows in the confident tone of her voice as she coos about Kurt Browning and working on her double jumps.

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2010 Olympics a test of Patrick Chan's mettle

February 12, 2010 Town Crier staff figure skating, Olympics, Patrick Chan

For Vancouver-bound figure skater Patrick Chan, the support of his teachers at École Secondaire Étienne-Brûlé helped him train for the big show.

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THAT WAS THEN. This is now.

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
Mt. Pleasant loop being built
*FEATURED THAT WAS THEN 

When building transit was simpler at Mt. Pleasant and Eglinton

May 9, 2019November 24, 2020 Eric McMillan
Hay wagons on Yonge Street
*FEATURED THAT WAS THEN 

The days of hay wagons and streetcars on Yonge Street

February 1, 2019February 3, 2019 Eric McMillan
Avoca bridge being torn down
*FEATURED THAT WAS THEN 

The viaduct that brought Moore Park into Toronto

December 1, 2018December 15, 2018 Streeter staff

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