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Stella the dog found
*FEATURED NEWS 

Stella has been returned to her owners

July 31, 2021July 31, 2021 Jay Garak dognapping, Lake Shore Boulevard East, robbery, Toronto Police, Woodbine Avenue

Police are looking for a four-year-old female dog going by the name of Stella and standing about two feet high.

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Stella the dog
NEWS 

Stella the dog taken after cooling off in vehicle

July 28, 2021August 4, 2021 Jay Garak dognapping, Lake Shore Boulevard East, robbery, Toronto Police, Woodbine Avenue

Police are looking for a four-year-old female dog going by the name of Stella and standing about two feet high.

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Bloor Street bike lanes
*FEATURED Opinion VIEWS 

Benefits of the pandemic: new bike lanes and closed roads

May 27, 2021 Ali Nahsoor ActiveTO, Bayview Avenue, bike lanes, cycling, Danforth Avenue, Lake Shore Boulevard East, pedestrians

If there is one benefit we have received from the pandemic and lockdown over the past year or so, it’s the rapid extension of our bike lanes.

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Dog poop bin
*FEATURED NEWS 

Dog poop bins installed for when you’re out walking the dog

May 4, 2021May 4, 2021 Rodger Burnside Broadway Avenue, compost, Dunfield Avenue, garbage, Homewood Avenue, John Tory, Kilgour Road, Lake Shore Boulevard East, litter, Queen Street East, recycling, Rosehill Avenue

Ten “dog poop” bins have been set up across the city in a pilot project to see if dog waste collection in street litter bins is feasible.

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walking, jobbing and cycling on closed roads
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Joggers, strollers and cyclists back on the roads for ActiveTO

May 2, 2021May 3, 2021 Streeter staff ActiveTO, Bayview Avenue, cycling, jogging, Lake Shore Boulevard East, River Street, walking

Cars and trucks were replaced by pedestrians and cyclists on the Bayview Extension, River Street and Lake Shore Boulevard East this weekend.

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ActiveTO header
Health & Fitness THINGS TO DO 

Cycle, walk or jog on closed roads: May 1–2

April 26, 2021May 3, 2021 Streeter staff ActiveTO, Bayview Avenue, cycling, Lake Shore Boulevard East, pedestrians, River Street

The first ActiveTO major weekend road closures of this year will take place this weekend along Bayview Avenue and Lake Shore Boulevard East.

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Bayview scene with ActiveTO
*FEATURED NEWS 

ActiveTO closing roadways to vehicles for weekends again

April 8, 2021May 5, 2021 Streeter staff Bayview Avenue, cycling, jogging, John Tory, Lake Shore Boulevard East, pedestrians, River Street

The ActiveTO program that closed parts of Bayview Avenue and Lake Shore Boulevard to traffic last summer is returning, city

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activity on ActiveTO road closure
*FEATURED NEWS 

Major road closures popular with cyclists and pedestrians

June 18, 2020June 18, 2020 Streeter staff ActiveTO, Bayview Avenue, Lake Shore Boulevard East, River Street, road closure

Thousands are taking to the ActiveTO major road closures on weekends with their bicycles and walking shoes, figures released by the city show.

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Sept. 8: Parkinson’s superwalk at Ashbridges Bay

August 25, 2018August 23, 2018 Streeter staff fundraiser, Lake Shore Boulevard East, Parkinson's Disease

The Parkinson Canada Superwalk will be held on Sept. 8 from 9:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. at Ashbridge’s Bay Park, 1561 Lakeshore Blvd. E.

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Community Events THINGS TO DO 

July 27: Yoga and beach cleanup at Woodbine

July 13, 2018July 18, 2018 Streeter staff beach cleanup, Blue Flag, Lake Shore Boulevard East

A beach cleanup and free Tidal Flow yoga event will take place on July 27 from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. at Woodbine Beach at 1675 Lakeshore Blvd. E.

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That was then.

Empringham Hotel 1903
*FEATURED THAT WAS THEN 

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
*FEATURED THAT WAS THEN 

When horses passed UNDER the Beltline bridge

December 1, 2019February 6, 2020 Eric McMillan
Yonge-Eglinton southeast
*FEATURED THAT WAS THEN 

Now that the Yonge-Eglinton mess has been cleared up (almost)

October 24, 2019October 25, 2019 Eric McMillan

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