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NEWS 

MIHEVC: Reflections on the ice storm

February 18, 2014 Town Crier staff funding, ice storm, Joe Mihevc

It is in times of emergency that we come to appreciate the very basic needs of our lives.

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NEWS 

Province needs to step up to fund education

March 27, 2013 Town Crier staff Cathy Dandy, education, Enrolement, funding, Funding Formula, Provincial Government, Queen's Park, Staffing, Toronto District School Board

A Town Crier Community Column

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NEWS 

How can we pay for it?

October 23, 2012 Town Crier staff city hall, funding, Josh Matlow, LRT, Metrolinx, Paul Bedford, Steve Munro, subway, taxes, Toronto Transit Commission, transit

Options for sustainable revenue for transit expansion and operation discussed at town hall meeting

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Sports 

Youth field fees to be phased in

July 13, 2012 Town Crier staff city council, city hall, fees, funding, Janet Davis, Norm Kelly, permit fees

Two-year process will see groups paying between $2-6 an hour to use city facilities

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NEWS 

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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NEWS 

Now what?

May 9, 2012 Town Crier staff art, Aubrey Dan, budget, Dancap Productions, funding, Gary Crawford, Jersey Boys, Livent Inc., Rob Ford, Sony Centre For The Performing Arts, St. Lawrence Centre For The Arts, theatre, Theatre Taskforce, Toronto Centre For The Arts

With Dancap leaving, can the Toronto Centre for the Arts survive?

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NEWS 

Community swims saved at 33 schools

May 1, 2012 Town Crier staff Anne Jackson, city council, funding, Heart And Stroke Foundation Of Canada, Karen Pitre, Let's Make Waves, Public Use, recreation, Revenue, school pools, schools, Toronto District School Board, Toronto Sports Council

Five-year deal between city and board now goes to city council for final okay

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NEWS 

Family comes to zoo's aid

May 1, 2012 Town Crier staff budget, city hall, Friends Of The High Park Zoo, funding, High Park Zoo, Honey Family Foundation, Sarah Doucette, service cuts

Honeys agree to match community donations up to $50,000

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Sports 

Youth sports leagues cry foul over rate hikes

March 8, 2012 Town Crier staff Andrew Pace, baseball, budget, city hall, funding, Jim Drohan, John Parker, Mark Lawson, permit fees, Peter Milczyn

New permit fees on youth sports passed in city budget

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NEWS 

Baseball leagues cry foul over rate hikes

March 6, 2012 Town Crier staff baseball, budget, city hall, funding, Howard Birnie, John Parker, Mark Lawson, permit fees, Peter Milczyn

New permit fees on youth sports passed in city budget

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NEWS 

LRT opponents attack in North Toronto

February 29, 2012 Town Crier staff city council, funding, Josh Matlow, Karen Stintz, LRT, Rob Ford, subway, Toronto Transit Commission, transit

Expected Eglinton LRT update meeting turns into a heated discussion of subways vs. LRTs

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NEWS 

Child care onus on the government

February 24, 2012May 29, 2020 Town Crier staff Andrea Calver, Atkinson Foundation, Carrie McQuaig, Cathy Dandy, child care, Dalton McGuinty, funding, Mary Fragedakis, Ontario Coalition For Better Child Care, Pascal Report, Paula Fletcher, Peter Tabuns, Sheila Cary-Meagher, Toronto-Danforth

Every week I talk to parents who are trying to find good, affordable childcare. Parents who need to go back

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NEWS 

Budget vote splits local councillors

February 9, 2012May 3, 2017 Karolyn Coorsh budget, Capital Budget, city hall, funding, John Parker, Kristyn Wong-Tam, Rob Ford, service cuts

Wong-Tam lauds last-minute deal, while Parker says cuts needed

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NEWS 

Council passes rink funding

February 9, 2012 Town Crier staff Capital Budget, city council, East York Foundation, funding, John Parker, Leaside Hockey Association, Leaside Memorial Community Gardens, Leaside Skating Club, Second Ice Pad, Toronto Leaside Girls Hockey Association

Loans will be paid back to city through ice time user fees

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NEWS 

Transit City 2.0

February 9, 2012 Town Crier staff city hall, Eglinton LRT, Finch LRT, funding, Gordon Chong, James Pasternak, Karen Stintz, Metrolinx, Rob Ford, Sheppard Station, Toronto Transit Commission, transit, Transit City

Council votes to keep most of Eglinton LRT above-ground and resurrect other cancelled LRT projects

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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, 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

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