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development planned for Queen and Leslie southeast corner

Community Consultation THINGS TO DO

Feb. 21: Consult on Queen-Leslie development

February 14, 2023 Streeter staff development, Leslie Street, mid-rise building, Queen Street East

The city is holding a community consultation meeting on the proposal for an nine-storey building at 1233-1243 Queen St. E. and 77 Leslie St.

Presentations & Workshops THINGS TO DO

Sept. 23: Add Women, Make Change?

September 9, 2019August 26, 2019 Streeter staff Bonaventure Parish Centre, Leslie Street, University Women’s Club

The University Women’s Club North York presents Diane Montreuil, artist and docent at the ROM, speaking on Indigenous art and storytelling on April 29.

Beaches-Leslieville Daily Updates: July–August 2019

August 31, 2019November 7, 2019 Streeter staff Beaches Jazz Festival, Canada Day, Carlaw Avenue, Cherry Street, craft beer, Don Valley Parkway, Dundas Street East, Eastern Avenue, Heritage Toronto, Leslie Street, Martin Goodman Trail, Queen Street East, Raptors, stabbing, Streetcar Crowsnest Studio, Toronto Fringe Festival, Toronto Police, Woodbine Park

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

Riverdale-East York Daily Updates: July–August 2019

August 27, 2019October 16, 2019 Streeter staff bicycle theft, Bike Share, break-in, Carlaw Avenue, Cherry Street, Danforth Avenue, Don Valley Parkway, Dundas Street East, fire, Leslie Street, oxycodone, Playter Crescent, power outage, Queen Street East, shooting, stolen jewellery, Toronto Hydro, Toronto Police, Toronto-Danforth, Unwin Avenue, vigil

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

Riverdale-East York Daily Updates: June 2019

July 1, 2019August 1, 2019 Streeter staff bicycle theft, break-in, Canada Day, Carlaw Avenue, Cherry Street, Danforth Avenue, Dundas Street East, fire, Garden@Kimbourne, Kimbourne Park United Church, Leslie Street, oxycodone, Playter Crescent, Queen Street East, shooting, Toronto Police, Toronto-Danforth, Victoria Park Avenue, vigil, Wolverleigh Boulevard

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

Beaches-Leslieville Daily Updates: June 2019

July 1, 2019August 1, 2019 Streeter staff Beach Village BIA, Beaches Jazz Festival, bicycle theft, break-in, Canada Day, Carlaw Avenue, Cherry Street, craft beer, Dundas Street East, Eastern Avenue, Heritage Toronto, Jurassic Beach, Leslie Grove Park, Leslie Street, Moonlight Madness, Northern Dancer Boulevard, Paula Fletcher, power outage, Queen Street East, Raptors, stabbing, Streetcar Crowsnest Studio, Toronto Fringe Festival, Toronto Hydro, Toronto Police, tour, Unwin Avenue, Woodbine Park

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

Leslieville Tree Festival scene

A tree grows in Leslieville, thanks to festival

June 17, 2019October 16, 2019 Rodger Burnside LEAF, Leslie Grove Park, Leslie Street, Leslieville Tree Festival, Paula Fletcher

The Leslieville Tree Festival was about more than planting a single tree but was a celebration of the urban forest in Toronto in general.

Community Events

June 22: Lemonade stand puts squeeze on diabetes

June 8, 2019June 22, 2019 Streeter staff diabetes, Jamie Cleghorn, Leslie Street, Lexus on the Park, Max Armstrong, Toyota on the Park

Diabetes Canada is hosting the Put a Squeeze on Diabetes lemonade stand at Lexus on the Park and Toyota on the Park, 1075 Leslie St., from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Riverdale-East York Daily Updates: May 2019

June 1, 2019July 26, 2019 Streeter staff Bach Fest, bicycle theft, Black Swan, break-in, Canada Day, Carlaw Avenue, Cherry Street, Danforth Avenue, Dundas Street East, fire, Garden@Kimbourne, Jones Avenue, Jones Avenue Adult Centre, Kaboom Chicken, Kimbourne Park United Church, Leslie Street, Peter Tabuns, power outage, Queen Street East, Toronto District School Board, Toronto Hydro, Toronto Police, Toronto-Danforth, Unwin Avenue, Victoria Park Avenue, Wolverleigh Boulevard

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

Presentations & Workshops THINGS TO DO

April 29: Indigenous art and storytelling

April 15, 2019April 26, 2019 Streeter staff Bonaventure Parish Centre, Leslie Street, University Women’s Club

The University Women’s Club North York presents Diane Montreuil, artist and docent at the ROM, speaking on Indigenous art and storytelling on April 29.

Presentations & Workshops THINGS TO DO

Feb. 25: The science and ethics of using stem cells

February 11, 2019February 12, 2019 Streeter staff Bonaventure Parish Centre, Leslie Street, University Women’s Club

The University Women’s Club North York presents Dr. Janet Rossant, senior scientist at the Hospital for Sick Children, to discuss stem cells.

Presentations & Workshops THINGS TO DO

Jan. 28: Women in leadership discussed at women’s club

January 14, 2019December 29, 2018 Streeter staff Bonaventure Parish Centre, Leslie Street, University Women’s Club North York

The University Women’s Club North York presents Dr. Betsy McGregor, former senior fellow at Harvard University, on Women in Leadership.

Award for philanthropic work

17-year-olds awarded for helping diabetic kids attend camp

November 23, 2018November 28, 2018 Dennis Hanagan Bayview Avenue, D-Camps, Eglinton Avenue East, Jamie Cleghorn, lemonade stand, Leslie Street, Lexus on the Park, Max Armstrong, Millwood Road, Upper Canada College

Two Leaside teens have received an award for their years of philanthropic work helping type 1 diabetic children attend camps to learn to manage their disease.

Presentations & Workshops THINGS TO DO

Nov. 26: A Holocaust story with a twist of fate

November 12, 2018November 12, 2018 Streeter staff Bonaventure Parish Centre, Leslie Street, University Women’s Club North York

The University Women’s Club North York presents Rona Arto, author The Last Train, as she recounts her husband’s experience during the Holocaust.

Presentations & Workshops THINGS TO DO

Oct. 29: Getting more women in engineering

October 15, 2018October 14, 2018 Streeter staff Bonaventure Parish Centre, Leslie Street, University Women’s Club North York

The University Women’s Club North York presents professional engineer Marisa Sterling discussing women in science, technology, engineering and math.

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That was then.

*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.

*FEATURED THAT WAS THEN

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

February 27, 2020March 4, 2020 Eric McMillan

*FEATURED THAT WAS THEN

When horses passed UNDER the Beltline bridge

December 1, 2019February 6, 2020 Eric McMillan

*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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