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Mark Saunders

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Murder rate down from last year’s record — so far

July 27, 2019August 20, 2019 Sean Leca handgun, homicide, Mark Saunders, murder, Shelley Carroll, Toronto Police

After a record-breaking year for homicides, the murder rate in 2019 is shaping up to be much lower — coming closer to the levels of earlier years.

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Daznforth shooting press conference
NEWS 

Police seeking citizens’ images of Danforth shooting

July 23, 2018July 25, 2018 Rodger Burnside Danforth Avenue, Mark Saunders, shooting, Terry Browne, Toronto Police

Police are asking any of the many people who were on Danforth Avenue  on Sunday evening to send them any videos they may have taken during the shooting that left three people dead and 13 injured.

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Danforth Avenue blocked after shooting
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Shooting spree on Danforth leaves three dead, 12 injured

July 23, 2018July 23, 2018 Rodger Burnside Bowden Street, Danforth Avenue, Mark Saunders, shooting, Special Investigations Unit, Toronto Police

East York and Riverdale residents woke up today to learn their beloved Danforth Avenue strip had become the site of one of Toronto’s worst mass shootings.

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Police chief Saunders on disappearances
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No link or foul play found in disappearances, police say

December 10, 2017December 28, 2017 Jay Garak Carleton Street, Church Street, Gay Village, homicide, Mark Saunders, missing person, social media, Tess Richey, Toronto Police, Winchester Street

There is no reason to think a serial killer is at work in the recent disappearances of men from the Church and Wellesley area, police say.

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NEWS 

Local launch a first for police toy drive

November 5, 2016August 1, 2017 Rodger Burnside Mark Saunders, Maurice Cody Junior Public School, toy drive

Four years ago, 10-year-old Ella Craig heard some sad news that would change her life: the toy bins for the annual Toronto Auxiliary Police Toy Drive were empty.

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THAT WAS THEN. This is now.

Empringham Hotel 1903
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From stately hotel to strip club—the Empringham story

November 19, 2020 Rodger Burnside Comments Off on From stately hotel to strip club—the Empringham story

The Empringham, Danforth or Play Pen — they’re all the same hotel, standing at Danfoirth and Dawes from the late 1800s into the 1980s.

Queen and Waverley 1903
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Can you believe this century home still stands at Queen and Waverley?

February 27, 2020 Rodger Burnside Comments Off on Can you believe this century home still stands at Queen and Waverley?
Beltline bridge over Yonge Street ion 1915
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When horses passed UNDER the Beltline bridge

December 1, 2019 Rodger Burnside Comments Off on When horses passed UNDER the Beltline bridge
Yonge-Eglinton southeast
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Now that the Yonge-Eglinton mess has been cleared up (almost)

October 24, 2019 Rodger Burnside Comments Off on Now that the Yonge-Eglinton mess has been cleared up (almost)
Mt. Pleasant loop being built
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When building transit was simpler at Mt. Pleasant and Eglinton

May 9, 2019 Rodger Burnside Comments Off on When building transit was simpler at Mt. Pleasant and Eglinton
Hay wagons on Yonge Street
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The days of hay wagons and streetcars on Yonge Street

February 1, 2019 Rodger Burnside Comments Off on The days of hay wagons and streetcars on Yonge Street
Avoca bridge being torn down
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The viaduct that brought Moore Park into Toronto

December 1, 2018 Streeter staff Comments Off on The viaduct that brought Moore Park into Toronto

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