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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 

City seeks relief from cost of two storms

January 29, 2014 Town Crier staff ice storm, John Parker, Josh Matlow, Karen Stintz

City council voted unanimously in favour of asking the provincial and federal governments for financial assistance to help cover damages caused by the devastating Dec. 21 ice storm.

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Forest Hill first to feel effects of ice storm

January 16, 2014 Town Crier staff ice storm, Response, Toronto Hydro

The northern part of Forest Hill was among the first to go dark in the aftermath of the ice storm that walloped Toronto on Dec. 21, ultimately leaving some 300,000 people without power.

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BENNETT: ‘Neighbourliness’ helped us through icy aftermath

January 15, 2014 Town Crier staff Carolyn Bennett, ice storm, Neighbourliness

It’s been 10 years since we lost 44 people in the SARS crisis in Toronto. It’s been 10 years since over 14,000 people died in the heat wave in France.

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Lawrence Heights hit hard by the storm

January 15, 2014 Town Crier staff Franchesca Barry, ice storm, Lawrence Heights, Sezar Samin

While many areas of the city were hit hard by outages caused by the ice storm, Lawrence Heights was among the worst, with most of the TCH neighbourhood being out for five days.

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Ice storm left area looking like ‘war zone’

January 15, 2014 Town Crier staff ice storm, Jeff Ware

In the aftermath of the ice storm that left a quarter of a million Torontonians without power, unique stories are emerging from the hardest hit areas of midtown.

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Recovery’s been tough job

January 11, 2014 Town Crier staff ice storm

Much of midtown Toronto was hit hard by the power outage that left some 300,000 Torontonians in the dark following a massive ice storm on Dec. 21.

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Community pulled together to survive blackout

January 11, 2014 Town Crier staff David Sparrow, Geoff Kettel, ice storm, John Parker

When the power went out at the height of the ice storm that walloped Toronto on Dec. 21, Dave Sparrow instinctively knew the blackout would be a significant one.

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EDITORIAL: Lessons of the ice storm

January 9, 2014 Town Crier staff Editorial, ice storm, Toronto Hydro

It’d be tempting to call the ice storm a wake-up call for Torontonians.

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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, 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.

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
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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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