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Alley where arson allegedly took place

Eric McMillan May 17, 2023May 18, 2023 alley, Danforth Avenue, deck, fire, Main Street, Toronto Fire Services

Man, 42, arrested for arson after Main and Danforth fires

A man faces 15 charges, including eight counts of arson with disregard for human life, in the investigation of a fire at Main and Danforth.

fire truck at deck fire scene

Eric McMillan May 16, 2023May 16, 2023 alley, Danforth Avenue, deck, fire, Main Street, Toronto Fire Services

Deck fire extinguished in alley at Danforth and Main

Firefighters responded to a two-alarm fire in an alley at Main Street and Danforth Avenue at about 6 a.m. today.

1110 Eglinton Avenue West fire aftermath

Eric McMillan May 1, 2023May 2, 2023 Eglinton Avenue West, fire, Toronto Fire Services

Smouldering fire guts Eglinton apartment over store

A two-alarm fire burned slowly through a second-storey apartment at 1110 Eglinton Avenue West late last night.

Kingston Road fire aftermath

Eric McMillan April 18, 2023April 18, 2023 fire, Kingston Road, Toronto Fire Services

Fire scorches ground-floor apartment on Kingston Road

Firefighters were called at 6:37 a.m. to a two-alarm fire in an apartment building at 1204–1176 Kingston Rd. near Courcelette Road.

Davisville Starbucks

Streeter staff March 7, 2022March 7, 2022 affordable housing, assault, automated speed enforcement, Avenue Road, bakery, Barry Sherman, bike lanes, bus, café, candy, cannabis, car crash, car thefts, carbon monoxide, child care, child pornography, COVID-19, development, dog poop, Don Valley Golf Course, fire, fire truck, Fraserwood Avenue, gun control, gunshots, hate crime, homicide, Honey Sherman, knife, Lawrence Avenue East, libraries, Little Jamaica, Loblaws, map, McSorley's Saloon and Grill, Metro, motorcyclist, Mt. Pleasant Road, North Toronto Collegiate, North Toronto Hockey Association, North Toronto Memorial Community Centre, overdoses, parking permits, patios, Playa Cabana Bar Esquina, pollinator gardens, power outage, rents, Rob Oliphant, SafeTO, schools, shooting, Shoppers Drug Mart, snow clearing, Sobeys, Starbucks, Stephanie Bowman, subway, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto Transit Commission, vaccinations, vaccine, Valentine's Day, vigil, Yonge Eglinton, Yonge Eglinton Centre, Yonge Street

North Toronto Daily Updates

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

Moccasin Trail Park

Streeter staff March 7, 2022March 7, 2022 55 Division, arrests, assault, automated speed enforcement, Bermondsey Transfer Station, BigArtTO, BikeMatch, bus shelter, CampTO, carjacking, child care, child pornography, collision, coronavirus, COVID-19, dog, Dogtopia, Don Valley Golf Course, Don Valley Parkway, fire, fire truck, flu vaccine, food bank, garbage, Grenoble Public School, gun control, gunshots, homicide, libraries, Loblaw Companies, Longo's, Lynedock Crescent, Mayor’s Community Safety Awards, medication, Michael Coteau, mischief, motorcycle, murder, Neighbourhood Climate Action Champions, New Year's, No Frills, North York Knights, novelist, Ontario Science Centre, outdoor recreation, parking, parking permits, pedestrian, recreation centres, rinks, SafeTO, shooting, Shoppers Drug Mart, Sole Power Entertainment, speed bumps, speeding, stabbing, StrollTO, stunt drivers, suspicious death, suspicious incident, theft, tobogganing, Toronto Botanical Garden, Toronto Police, Traffic Services, Treadgold Crescent, vaccination rate, vaccines, Victoria Park Collegiate, Wakunda Place, washrooms, waste reduction, Wynford Drive, Yasmin Ratansi, York Mills Road

Don Valley Daily Updates

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

Marietta Fox in Beach Hill header

Streeter staff March 6, 2022March 7, 2022 55 Division, Alter Kakers, arrest, assault, automated speed enforcement, Beach Guild of Fine Art, Brad Bradford, break and enter, comedy, COVID-19, crossing guard, entertainment hubs, Fearless Meat, Film Industry, fire, firearm, flag, Fox Theatre, fraud, heritage, homicide, Housing Now, indecent exposure, Jimmie Simpson Park, Julie Dabrusin, Kew Gardens, knives, libraries, Mamma's Pizza, Mercedes, Nathaniel Erskine-Smith, Neighbourhood Climate Action Champions, patios, Paula Fletcher, prowler, pumpkin parade, pumpkins, rinks, Shop and Vax, stabbing, theft, threatening, Toronto Police, Ukraine, Victoria Park Avenue

Beaches-Leslieville Daily Updates

A quick look at the latest news, views and things to do in Beaches-Leslieville neighbourhoods.

George Street memorial header

Streeter staff March 5, 2022March 7, 2022 ActiveTO, affordable housing, Alexandra Park, Andrea Barrack, Annamie Paul, anti-Semitism, arson, attempted murder, automated speed enforcement, Bayview Avenue, bike lanes, Bloor Street West, break and enter, break-ins, Brian Chang, car fire, Chinatown, Christie Pits Park, Chrystia Freeland, Clinton Street Public School, closures, collision, COVID-19, COVID-19 variant, David Morris, dog poop, Dundas Street West, El Mocambo, encampment, fatality, film festival, fire, firearms, first-degree murder, Food Basics, Friends of 225 Brunswick, goat, graffiti, green plan, gun control, hate, hate crime, homelessness, Howard Street, human remains, indecent act, Jack Layton, Jessica Bell, libraries, Little Italy, Loblaws, Marci Ien, methadone, Metro, Michelle Ross, motorcyclist, New Democratic Party, noise, outdoor recreation, overdoses, Palmerston Area Residents’ Association, parking permits, patios, pedestrian, pollinator gardens, Qi Sushi, Queen's Park, ravines, Remembrance Day, RenovictionsTO, rents, retail robbery, rinks, road closures, road work, robbery, SafeTO, Santa Claus, Seaton House, second-degree murder, sexual assault, shooting, Shoppers Drug Mart, sinkhole, snow clearing, snowstorm, spitting, St. George Care Community, St. Joseph Street, stabbing, Starbucks, streetcar, subway, tenants, Terry Fox, Toronto flag, Toronto Police, Toronto Urban Design Awards, town hall, trafficking, Trinity Bellwoods Park, Valentine's Day, vehicle break-ins, waste reduction, watermain break, wheelchair, YMCA Child Development Centre, Yonge Street, Yorkville Avenue

Central Toronto Daily Updates

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

police image of man sought in endangering life investigation

Eric McMillan February 10, 2022 arson, endangering life, fire, mischief, Toronto Police, Valley Woods Road, York Mills Road

Residents stopped man from starting fire in apartment building, police say

Police have released images of a man sought in an investigation of mischief endangering life in the Parkwoods area two months ago.

Castleview Wychwood Towers

Streeter staff January 10, 2022February 10, 2022 After-School Recreation Care, Ana Bailao, arson, assault, automated speed enforcement, break-ins, car theft, Castleview Wychwood Towers, collision, COVID-19, cyclist, Eglinton Avenue West, encampment, fail to remain, fire, fires, Giovanni Caboto Outdoor Pool, gunfire, gunshots, harassment, hate crime, homicide, libraries, Little Italy, Little Jamaica, long-term care, maps, Marit Stiles, Metro, No Frills, outdoor recreation, Paradise Theatre, parking permits, pedestrians, Pelham Avenue, pickup truck, pollinator gardens, power outage, rinks, robberies, SafeTO, sexual assault, shooting, Shop and Vax, snow clearing, Sobeys, stabbing, Starbucks, Toronto Police, Toronto Public Library, vaccination rate, vaccine, walking tour, Wallace Avenue

Davenport Daily Updates

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

Don Valley Golf Course updates header

Streeter staff January 4, 2022January 5, 2022 Armour Heights Library, assault, automated speed enforcement, Avenue Road, Barry Sherman, COVID-19, Don Valley Golf Course, fire, Honey Sherman, libraries, Longo's, Marco Mendicino, murder, North York Knights, Old Colony Road, outdoor recreation, parking permits, Rob Oliphant, SafeTO, school closures, subway, Toronto District School Board, Toronto Transit Commission, vaccine, York Mills Station

York Mills Daily Updates

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

East York Civic Centre header

Streeter staff December 22, 2021January 18, 2022 55 Division, affordable housing, assault, automated speed enforcement, bike lanes, break and enter, break-ins, car fire, collision, COVID-19, Danforth Avenue, Don Valley Parkway, East York Civic Centre, East York Hockey Associatio, East York Hockey Association, fire, flooding, fraud, Greenwood Station, homicide, Jack Layton, Julie Dabrusin, knife, libraries, luring, Malcolm Kelly, Mamma's Pizza, manslaughter, medication, Michael Garron Hospital, missing man, Monarch Park, Montcrest School, Nathaniel Erskine-Smith, next of kin, O'Connor Drive, Ontario Line, pedestrian, Petition, Presteign Heights Public School, pumpkin parade, rinks, Riverdale Park East, robbery, Second City, sexual assault, shooting, Shop and Vax, stabbing, Toronto Police, Toronto Public Health, Traffic Services, vaccination, Vax the Holidays, vehicle theft, Victoria Park Avenue, Wakunda Place, Wilkinson Junior Public School, Youth Leaders of East York

Riverdale-East York Daily Updates: July–December 2021

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

Townhouse fire

Eric McMillan December 20, 2021December 21, 2021 fire, Grenoble Drive, Office of the Fire Marshal, one-alarm fire, Steve Darling, Toronto Fire Services

Fire rips through top floor of Flemingdon Park townhouse

The Ontario Fire Marshal is investigating after a townhouse fire destroyed a top floor on Grenoble Drive on Sunday afternoon.

751 Woodbine scene of apartment fire

Streeter staff December 16, 2021December 16, 2021 fatality, fire, Matthew Pegg, paramedics, Toronto Fire Services, Woodbine Avenue

Woman in 70s dead after Beach Hill apartment fire

A woman in her 70s has died after a two-alarm fire in an apartment building in Beach Hill yesterday evening.

Old Colony Road fire aftermath

Eric McMillan October 6, 2021October 8, 2021 fire, Old Colony Road, Toronto Fire Services, Toronto Police

Mansion under construction burns down on Old Colony Road

Workers were using heavy machinery today to pull down the still-smoking embers left of a mansion being built on Old Colony Road.

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That was then.

*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.

*FEATURED THAT WAS THEN

Can you believe this century home still stands at Queen and Waverley?

February 27, 2020March 4, 2020 Eric McMillan

*FEATURED THAT WAS THEN

When horses passed UNDER the Beltline bridge

December 1, 2019February 6, 2020 Eric McMillan

*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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