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Province’s new rules allowing sky-blocking tower in North Leaside

May 4, 2022May 6, 2022 Brian Baker construction, development, Geoff Kettel, Jaye Robinson, Leaside Residents' Association, Midtown In Focus, Ontario Land Tribunal, Ontario Municipal Board

The provincial government’s rewrite of Toronto’s Midtown in Focus plan has left North Leaside residents potentially in the dark.

Leaside Daily Updates

February 17, 2022February 17, 2022 Streeter staff ActiveTO, Agnes Macphail Award, arrests, assault, automated speed enforcement, bands, Bayview Avenue, BikeMatch, break and enter, break-ins, CampTO, cannabis, car thefts, Christmas tree, collision, coronavirus, COVID-19, crane, dog poop, first-degree murder, flooding, Food Basics, gun control, gunshots, Islamic Society of Toronto, Jaye Robinson, Leaside Heritage Preservation Society, Leaside Hockey Association, libraries, Loblaw Companies, Loblaws, logo, maps, Marc Garneau Collegiate Institute, McSorley’s, Metro, New Year's, outdoor recreation, Overlea Boulevard, parking permits, patios, pedestrian, Phamilyeats, pollinator gardens, poppies, power outage, raccoons, ravines, recycling, Redway Road, road closure, road work, Rob Oliphant, robbery, SafeTO, sexual assault, shooting, Shop and Vax, speed bumps, speeding, stabbing, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, testing, Thorncliffe Neighbourhood Organization, Thorncliffe Park Community Hub, Thorncliffe Park Drive, Thorncliffe Park Public School, Toronto District School Board, toy drive, Traffic Services, vaccination rate, vaccine, Valu-Mart, washrooms, wind, Youth Leaders of East York

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

Broadway parkette site

Parkette planned for midtown neighbourhood hungry for green space

October 21, 2021October 22, 2021 Dennis Hanagan Broadway Avenue, Jaye Robinson, park, parkette, Redpath Avenue

A new parkette is in the offing near a prominent midtown intersection, but it’s two years away for the park-deprived neighbourhood.

Dogstar header

North Toronto Daily Updates: November–December 2020

December 31, 2020March 11, 2021 Streeter staff arrest, assault, Barry Sherman, break-ins, CampTO, Christmas trees, COVID-19, crane, dog care, Dogstar Boutique and Spa, fire, Ghost Kitchens, Glencairn Station, gunshots, Halloween, hit and run, Honey Sherman, Jaye Robinson, Lawyer, Little Jamaica, Metro, murder, parking, Pine Ink Tattoos, robberies, shooting, suspicious incident, SUV thefts, washrooms, Yonge Street

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

Jayue Robinson at virtual meeting

Jaye Robinson returns to public at virtual TTC meeting

November 16, 2020November 17, 2020 Rodger Burnside Don Valley West, Jaye Robinson, Toronto Transit Commission

Councillor Jaye Robinson attended her first public meeting in more than a year since she announced she was being treated for breast cancer.

North Toronto Daily Updates: September–December 2019

December 31, 2019August 21, 2020 Streeter staff Bayview Avenue, Blythwood Road, Don Valley West, Eglinton Avenue, gunfire, Jaye Robinson, Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Royal Ontario Museum, scam, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto Police, Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Toronto Transit Commission, Tunnel of Glam, Yonge Lawrence artwalk, Yonge Lawrence Village BIA, Yonge Street

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

Starbucks concert

Leaside Daily Updates: September–December 2019

December 31, 2019January 28, 2020 Streeter staff Bayview Avenue, Brentcliffe Road, Davisville Avenue, deaths, Eglinton Avenue East, Jaye Robinson, Remembrance Day, scam, shooting, St. Cuthbert’s Church, Starbucks, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto Police, Vanderhoof Avenue

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

Jaye Robinson on election night

Jaye Robinson being treated for breast cancer

October 29, 2019October 29, 2019 Rodger Burnside Breast cancer, Don Valley West, Doug Ford, Jaye Robinson, John Tory, Rob Oliphant

Don Valley West councillor Jaye Robinson has been diagnosed with breast cancer and is undergoing an “extensive treatment plan,” she announced this morning.

Edna Beange Lane sign

Leaside Daily Updates: June–August 2019

August 31, 2019October 30, 2019 Streeter staff Bayview Avenue, Bennington Heights Day Care, Bennington Heights Drive, Bennington Heights Elementary School, bomb scare, Canadian Automobile Association, diabetes, Edna Beange, Edna Beange Lane, Eglinton Avenue East, InsideOut Studio, Jaye Robinson, John Tory, Kathleen Wynne, Laird Drive, Leaside High School, Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Rob Oliphant, shooting, Spring Into Action, Sunnybrook Park, Sutherland Drive, Toronto Police

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

Edna Beange Lane sign

Lane naming reflects Edna Beange’s life of activism

June 29, 2019October 9, 2019 Rodger Burnside Bayview Avenue, Edna Beange, Jaye Robinson, Rob Oliphant

The new had better be kept clean and accessible, Don Valley West MP Rob Oliphant warned. “Edna is watching,” he said.

Leaside Daily Updates: May 2019

June 1, 2019July 11, 2019 Streeter staff Bayview Avenue, Bennington Heights Day Care, Bennington Heights Drive, Bennington Heights Elementary School, bomb scare, Canadian Automobile Association, diabetes, Edna Beange, Edna Beange Lane, Eglinton Avenue East, InsideOut Studio, Jaye Robinson, John Tory, Kathleen Wynne, Laird Drive, Leaside High School, Rob Oliphant, shooting, Spring Into Action, Sunnybrook Park, Sutherland Drive, Toronto Police

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

Jon Burnside on election night

Leaside uncertain about its prospects after recent election

November 5, 2018December 22, 2018 Brian Baker Alan Redway, Doug Ford, Eglinton Avenue East, Geoff Kettel, Jaye Robinson, John Burnside, Leaside Property Owners Association, municipal election

Leasiders appear split on the recent municipal election — with North Toronto incumbent Jaye Robinson ousting local favourite Jon Burnside.

Robinson speaks at Don Valley West victory party

Robinson victorious in expanded Don Valley West

October 23, 2018December 22, 2018 Alexei Malakhov and Eric McMillan Don Valley West, Jaye Robinson, Jon Burnside, Laird Drive, municipal election, Uptown Pub, Yonge Street

Jaye Robinson is now councillor for a ward called Don Valley West that is almost twice as large as the ward she previously represented.

May 5: Environment Day with Jaye Robinson

April 21, 2018December 22, 2018 Streeter staff Environment Day, Jaye Robinson, York Mills Collegiate, York Mills Road

Ward 25 councillor Jaye Robinson presents a community Environment Day, when residents can bring in their items to be reused or recycled.

Josh Matlow at top of election poll.

Midtown councillors riding high in early poll

December 10, 2017December 28, 2017 Jay Garak Christin Carmichael Greb, Doug Ford, Jaye Robinson, Joe Cressy, Joe Mihevc, John Tory, Jon Burnside, Josh Matlow, Kristyn Wong-Tam, municipal election

Midtown city councillors have nothing to worry about in the next municipal election, to judge by a recent poll by a young market research company.

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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.

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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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When building transit was simpler at Mt. Pleasant and Eglinton

May 9, 2019November 24, 2020 Eric McMillan

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The days of hay wagons and streetcars on Yonge Street

February 1, 2019February 3, 2019 Eric McMillan

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The viaduct that brought Moore Park into Toronto

December 1, 2018December 15, 2018 Streeter staff

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