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Donny Petersen sketch
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Writer and former Hells Angels head Donny Petersen reported dead at 74

December 15, 2021December 15, 2021 Rodger Burnside author, Donny Petersen, Hells Angels, motorcycles, obituary

Donny Petersen, author and former president of the Hells Angels motorcycle club in downtown Toronto, has reportedly died at age 74.

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Twist remembered by animal hospital and community

May 24, 2018November 24, 2020 Brian Baker Animal Hospital, Mt. Pleasant Road, Mt. Pleasant-Davisville Animal Hospital, obituary, Twist

Mount Pleasant-Davisville Animal Hospital’s beloved cat Twist lost battle with intestinal lymphoma at 19.

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Longtime Leaside barber dies

February 25, 2016May 4, 2017 Shawn Star LeMan's Barber Shop, Leo Morra, obituary

Longtime Leaside barber Leonardo Morra, who ran LeMan’s Barber Shop at Sunnybrook Plaza, died Wednesday after a 15-year battle with cancer, according to his family. He was 79.

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St. Mike’s mourns loss of longtime coach

October 21, 2015November 17, 2018 Shawn Star basketball, Blue Raiders, Dan Prendergast, obituary, St. Michael's College School

Dan Prendergast, who has been involved with the school for more than 50 years, died Oct. 11 at his home in Grand Bend. He was 80.

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Former St. Mike’s principal cherished as advocate for Catholic education

January 16, 2014 Town Crier staff Father Thomas Mohan, obituary, St. Michael's College School

St. Michael’s College School said goodbye to former president and principal Father Thomas Mohan on Dec. 10, two days after he had died at age 84 following a battle with leukemia.

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Remembering storied bookseller Al Navis

January 9, 2014June 15, 2014 Karolyn Coorsh Al Navis, George Strouboulopoulos, obituary, Writer

On Nov. 22 1963, students at Bedford Park Public School took an early break from classes to listen to Toronto mayor Donald Summerville’s state funeral.

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Deer Park mourns loss of its champion

February 13, 2012 Town Crier staff Bicycle Path Network, bike lanes, Howard Joy, obituary

Ex-councillor Howard Joy passes away at age 89

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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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