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Gainsborough house had no working smoke alarms
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No working smoke alarms at fatal Gainsborough Road fire: report

March 12, 2021March 26, 2021 Rodger Burnside electrical failure, fire, Gainsborough Road, Office of the Fire Marshal, smoke detectors, Toronto Fire Services

There were no working smoke alarms in the house on Gainsborough Road where fire killed four people in January, an investigation has found.

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GoFundMe picture of Kai and Arija Jansons.
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Thousands raised on GoFundMe for victims of fatal house fire

February 2, 2021February 4, 2021 Rodger Burnside Brad Bradford, fire, fundraising, Gainsborough Road, GoFundMe

More than $116,000 has been raised on GoFundMe to help Arija Jansons who lost family and friends in the Gainsborough Road fire on Jan. 29.

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firefighters at east-end fire on Gainsborough
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Four dead, others injured in east-end fire

January 29, 2021September 29, 2021 Rodger Burnside fire, Gainsborough Road, Jim Jessop, Stephan Powell, Toronto Fire Services

A fire in an east-end home has killed four people and sent two others to hospital early this morning, Toronto Fire Services say.

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THAT WAS THEN. This is now.

Empringham Hotel 1903
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From stately hotel to strip club—the Empringham story

November 19, 2020 Rodger Burnside Comments Off on From stately hotel to strip club—the Empringham story

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

February 27, 2020 Rodger Burnside Comments Off on Can you believe this century home still stands at Queen and Waverley?
Beltline bridge over Yonge Street ion 1915
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When horses passed UNDER the Beltline bridge

December 1, 2019 Rodger Burnside Comments Off on When horses passed UNDER the Beltline bridge
Yonge-Eglinton southeast
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Now that the Yonge-Eglinton mess has been cleared up (almost)

October 24, 2019 Rodger Burnside Comments Off on Now that the Yonge-Eglinton mess has been cleared up (almost)
Mt. Pleasant loop being built
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When building transit was simpler at Mt. Pleasant and Eglinton

May 9, 2019 Rodger Burnside Comments Off on When building transit was simpler at Mt. Pleasant and Eglinton
Hay wagons on Yonge Street
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The days of hay wagons and streetcars on Yonge Street

February 1, 2019 Rodger Burnside Comments Off on The days of hay wagons and streetcars on Yonge Street
Avoca bridge being torn down
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The viaduct that brought Moore Park into Toronto

December 1, 2018 Streeter staff Comments Off on The viaduct that brought Moore Park into Toronto

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