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Father and son at backyard rink
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North Leasiders enjoy hockey on neighbour’s refrigerated backyard rink

February 10, 2020February 13, 2020 Brian Baker hockey, rink

Walk up to the North Leaside home of Sven Walker, and you’ll hear the sounds of hockey being played on his refrigerated backyard rink.

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Lawrence Park Panthers going to OHL.
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Lawrence Park duo drafted by OHL teams

April 22, 2019April 25, 2019 Brian Baker hockey, Lawrence Park Collegiate, Ontario Hockey League, Peterborough Petes, Tucker Robertson, Windsor Spitfires, Wyatt Johnston

Their hard work has paid off as Lawerence Park Panthers’ Wyatt Johnston and Tucker Robertson were drafted into the OHL on April 6.

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championship Guelph Gryphons
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Four Leaside Wildcats alum on U Sports champion’s roster

April 6, 2019April 26, 2019 Brian Baker Gabby Smyth, Gabi Underwood, Guelph Gryphons, hockey, Kaitlin Lowy, Kristen Jay, Leaside Wildcats, U Sports, Women's Hockey

Four former Leaside Wildcats are U Sports Women’s Hockey champions and one of them, Kaitlin Lowy, scored the the title-winning goal.

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Girls hockey team Leaside Wildcats
Sports 

Girls hockey continues to grow in midtown

March 26, 2019April 25, 2019 Brian Baker Canadian Women's Hockey League, Caroline Cameron, Clarkson Cup, Girls Hockey, hockey, Leaside Hockey Association, Leaside Wildcats, Sportsnet, USports Women's Hockey Championship

It was a happy coincidence for girls hockey — Women’s Day, the Leaside Wildcats tournament, and female hockey players appearing at the NHL All-Star Game.

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Winning Panthers team
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Triple overtime wins hockey title for Lawrence Park boys

March 20, 2019March 20, 2019 Brian Baker hockey, Lawrence Park Collegiate, OFSAA, TDSSAA

It took triple overtime for Lawrence Park to oust Humberside in boys’ AAA hockey on March 1, to become the first team to head back to OFSAA in some time.

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Lawrence Park girls win city title
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Lawrence Park’s girls net third straight city title

March 8, 2019March 10, 2019 Brian Baker hockey, Lawrence Park Collegiate, OFSAA, TDSSAA

Lawrence Park’s girls’ hockey team netted its third straight city title Feb. 28 with a 3-0 win over Humberside Huskies at the Mattamy Athletic Centre.

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Sports 

St. Mike’s names new varsity hockey team coach

October 22, 2018October 25, 2018 Brian Baker CISAA, Connor Brown, Dan Brown, hockey, Michael Power-St. Joseph High School, St. Michael's College School, Toronto Maple Leafs, Toronto Marlboros

St. Michael’s College School has a new bench boss for its Majors hockey team, Etobicoke Sports Hall of Fame inductee Dan Brown.

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Oct. 5: The fight over Hockey Night in Canada

September 21, 2018September 30, 2018 Streeter staff hockey, Memorial Park Avenue, S. Walter Stewart Library

Veteran sportswriter David Shoalts covers the story of how CBC lost Hockey Night in Canada and how Rogers’ $5.2-billion deal with the NHL didn’t work out.

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Midget AA host championships
THINGS TO DO 

Apr. 13–15: North Toronto Midget AA host hockey championships

March 26, 2018April 13, 2018 Streeter staff hockey, North Toronto Hockey Association, North Toronto Memorial Arena, Ontario Hockey Federation, Orchardview Boulevard

North Toronto Midget AA is hosting the 2018 Ontario Hockey Federation championships on April 13–15. It is only one of two organizations in the GTA that will have the opportunity to host an Ontario provincial hockey championship this year.

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Northern's junior hockey team
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Northern claims city’s first-ever junior hockey title

March 11, 2018March 16, 2018 Brian Baker Brian Gaw, hockey, Northern Secondary School, Red Knights, TDSSAA

It was a great year for hockey at Northern Secondary School. The land of the Red Knights had over 70 kids put on the uniform for the school, including the first-ever junior boys non-contact hockey league.

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Nothing was going to stop invitational hockey tournament

February 5, 2018May 24, 2018 Brian Baker hockey, Leaside Hockey Association, Leaside Memorial Community Gardens, Select Invitational Tournament

Not even a broken-down Zamboni at Victoria Village Arena could keep the Leaside Hockey Association’s 28th annual Select Invitational Tournament from going ahead.

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Doug Radford and dog Tobi
NEWS Sports 

Leafs playing in Leaside backyard

April 13, 2017May 3, 2017 Rodger Burnside hockey, Toronto Maple Leafs

The Toronto Maple Leafs are back in the NHL playoffs after a three-year drought. And so Doug Radford is back showing the games in his backyard.

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Lawrence Park Collegiate girls hockey players
Sports 

Lawrence Park grabs silver in AAA girls hockey

April 2, 2017August 1, 2017 Brian Baker hockey, Lawrence Park CI, OFSAA

A testament of Lawrence Park Collegiate’s sportsmanship was the delivery of sparkling juice to the winning team’s dressing room post OFSAA gold medal match.

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hockey players competing for the puck
Sports 

Tournament scores record-breaking number of entries

March 11, 2017August 1, 2017 Brian Baker hockey, Jennifer Smith, Mark Schrutt, Toronto Leaside Girls Hockey Association, Toronto Leaside Wildcats March Madness Tournament, Tournament

The Toronto Leaside Girls Hockey Association is hosting 171 teams from across the province for the 38th annual hockey tournament.

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Sports 

Lawrence Park’s girls hockey the best in the province

March 22, 2016March 29, 2016 Brian Baker hockey, Lawrence Park Collegiate, OFSAA, TDSB

In the moments leading up to Lawrence Park’s gold medal game against Centennial CVI of Guelph, head coach Karen Daigle

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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, 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
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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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