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Third suspect in home invasion

Two of three suspects arrested in investigation of east-end home invasion

April 18, 2023April 18, 2023 Jay Garak cannabis, cocaine, Durham Regional Police, Elmer Avenue, home invasion, Norway Avenue, possession, Toronto Police

Two people suspected of being in an armed home invasion in Upper Beaches a month ago have been arrested in Oshawa.

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Two males, female sought after home invasion in Beach Hill

March 22, 2023March 23, 2023 Jay Garak Elmer Avenue, firearm, home invasion, machete, Norway Avenue, Toronto Police

Two armed men and a woman invaded an apartment in the Beach Hill neighbourhood of the Upper Beaches in the early morning of March 20.

Riverdale Collegiate

Riverdale-East York Daily Updates: March–April 2021

April 30, 2021November 16, 2021 Streeter staff ActiveTO, arson, automated speed enforcement, bank robberies, baseball, Bermondsey Transfer Station, Brad Bradford, break and enter, child luring, COVID-19, Danforth Avenue, Dentonia Park Golf Course, development, Eastern Avenue, fatality, Green Party, gunshots, home invasion, Jane Anderson, knife, live music, Loblaws, luring, medication, Michael Garron Hospital, missing person, Paula Fletcher, pedestrian, Peter Tabuns, power outage, Puppetmongers Theatre, SafeTO, school closures, shooting, smoke alarms, Toronto Police, vaccine, wheelchair

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

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Woman, 57, fought off man who broke into her apartment, police say

April 9, 2021April 9, 2021 Jay Garak home invasion, St. Joseph Street, Toronto Police

A 32-year-old man was arrested yesterday after a 57-year-old woman reported fighting off a man who broke into her apartment.

George Street

Central Toronto Daily Updates: November–December 2020

December 31, 2020March 30, 2021 Streeter staff assault, Bayview Avenue, CampTO, Christina Petrowska Quilico, collision, eviction, fire, George Street, gunshots, home invasion, manslaughter, medication, Metro, New Year's, overdoses, Ring Music, River Tai, robbery, Seaton House, shop local, stabbing, tobogganing, violin, washrooms

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

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Forest Hill Daily Updates: November–December 2020

December 31, 2020January 17, 2021 Streeter staff break-ins, camps, CampTO, Christina Petrowska Quilico, CNE, coronavirus, COVID-19, Dufferin Street, fire, gunfire, gunman, Halloween, hit and run, home invasion, Humewood Community School, libraries, Little Jamaica, long-term care, New Year's, poppies, road closures, robbery, schools, tobogganing, Toronto Police, Vaughan Road Academy, violin, washrooms

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

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Forest Hill Daily Updates: September–October 2020

October 31, 2020January 16, 2021 Streeter staff Allen Road, arrest, assault, back to school, Bell boxes, BigArtTO, break-in, car fire, Carolyn Bennett, CNE, coronavirus, COVID-19, gunman, Halloween, home invasion, Josh Matlow, Neighbourhood Climate Action Champions, pumpkin parade, road closures, robbery, shooting, St. Clair Avenue West, statue, Toronto Police

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

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Woman arrested, two men at large after home invasion

September 23, 2020September 23, 2020 Jay Garak assault, break-in, home invasion, robbery, Toronto Police

A woman faces charges including robbery and assault resulting from an alleged home invasion in the Deer Park area Sept. 4.

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Don Valley Daily Updates: July–August 2020

August 31, 2020November 27, 2020 Streeter staff bicycles, CNE, collision, condominiums, coronavirus, dog, Eglinton Avenue East, home invasion, mask, ParksPlayTO, real estate, reopening, road closure, road work, theft, Toronto Police, Victoria Park Avenue, York Mills Road

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

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Riverdale-East York Daily Updates: July-August 2020

August 31, 2020March 1, 2021 Streeter staff Alton Avenue, arson, break-in, Carlaw Avenue, CNE, condominiums, cooling centres, coronavirus, COVID-19, Dawes Road, daycare, Dentonia Park, Don Valley Parkway, Donora Park, eviction, farmers' market, fire, home invasion, Michael Garron Hospital, Mountjoy Avenue, murals, murder, museum, noise, Pape Avenue, ParksPlayTO, permit parking, racism, real estate, sexual assault, shooting, subway

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

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Video, drawing released in two violent home invasion cases

August 25, 2020November 9, 2020 Rodger Burnside Dawes Road, Don Mills Road, Halsey Avenue, home invasion, Overlea Boulevard, shooting, Toronto Police, video

Police released surveillance video showing masked and hooded figures wanted in the investigation of a violent home invasion and shooting.

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Men dressed as construction workers sought after violent home invasion

November 15, 2018November 16, 2018 Jay Garak assault, Eglinton Avenue West, home invasion, Yonge Street

Police have released security camera video showing three males in hard hats and construction worker clothes seven weeks after a violent home invasion.

Street racing charge for DVP speeder

March 15, 2013 Town Crier staff home invasion, kidnapping, robbery, street racing, Swarming

Town Crier Crime

Two facing charges over having loaded gun in car

August 23, 2012May 4, 2017 Shawn Star armed robbery, break-in, fraud, guns, home invasion, jewellery, Pistol-Whipping, robbery, stabbing, theft

Bayview-Mills Town Crier crime briefs

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That was then.

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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.

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

February 27, 2020March 4, 2020 Eric McMillan

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When horses passed UNDER the Beltline bridge

December 1, 2019February 6, 2020 Eric McMillan

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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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