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North Toronto Daily Updates

March 7, 2022March 7, 2022 Streeter staff affordable housing, assault, automated speed enforcement, Avenue Road, bakery, Barry Sherman, bike lanes, bus, café, candy, cannabis, car crash, car thefts, carbon monoxide, child care, child pornography, COVID-19, development, dog poop, Don Valley Golf Course, fire, fire truck, Fraserwood Avenue, gun control, gunshots, hate crime, homicide, Honey Sherman, knife, Lawrence Avenue East, libraries, Little Jamaica, Loblaws, map, McSorley's Saloon and Grill, Metro, motorcyclist, Mt. Pleasant Road, North Toronto Collegiate, North Toronto Hockey Association, North Toronto Memorial Community Centre, overdoses, parking permits, patios, Playa Cabana Bar Esquina, pollinator gardens, power outage, rents, Rob Oliphant, SafeTO, schools, shooting, Shoppers Drug Mart, snow clearing, Sobeys, Starbucks, Stephanie Bowman, subway, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto Transit Commission, vaccinations, vaccine, Valentine's Day, vigil, Yonge Eglinton, Yonge Eglinton Centre, Yonge Street

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

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Beaches-Leslieville Daily Updates

March 6, 2022March 7, 2022 Streeter staff 55 Division, Alter Kakers, arrest, assault, automated speed enforcement, Beach Guild of Fine Art, Brad Bradford, break and enter, comedy, COVID-19, crossing guard, entertainment hubs, Fearless Meat, Film Industry, fire, firearm, flag, Fox Theatre, fraud, heritage, homicide, Housing Now, indecent exposure, Jimmie Simpson Park, Julie Dabrusin, Kew Gardens, knives, libraries, Mamma's Pizza, Mercedes, Nathaniel Erskine-Smith, Neighbourhood Climate Action Champions, patios, Paula Fletcher, prowler, pumpkin parade, pumpkins, rinks, Shop and Vax, stabbing, theft, threatening, Toronto Police, Ukraine, Victoria Park Avenue

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

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Central Toronto Daily Updates

March 5, 2022March 7, 2022 Streeter staff ActiveTO, affordable housing, Alexandra Park, Andrea Barrack, Annamie Paul, anti-Semitism, arson, attempted murder, automated speed enforcement, Bayview Avenue, bike lanes, Bloor Street West, break and enter, break-ins, Brian Chang, car fire, Chinatown, Christie Pits Park, Chrystia Freeland, Clinton Street Public School, closures, collision, COVID-19, COVID-19 variant, David Morris, dog poop, Dundas Street West, El Mocambo, encampment, fatality, film festival, fire, firearms, first-degree murder, Food Basics, Friends of 225 Brunswick, goat, graffiti, green plan, gun control, hate, hate crime, homelessness, Howard Street, human remains, indecent act, Jack Layton, Jessica Bell, libraries, Little Italy, Loblaws, Marci Ien, methadone, Metro, Michelle Ross, motorcyclist, New Democratic Party, noise, outdoor recreation, overdoses, Palmerston Area Residents’ Association, parking permits, patios, pedestrian, pollinator gardens, Qi Sushi, Queen's Park, ravines, Remembrance Day, RenovictionsTO, rents, retail robbery, rinks, road closures, road work, robbery, SafeTO, Santa Claus, Seaton House, second-degree murder, sexual assault, shooting, Shoppers Drug Mart, sinkhole, snow clearing, snowstorm, spitting, St. George Care Community, St. Joseph Street, stabbing, Starbucks, streetcar, subway, tenants, Terry Fox, Toronto flag, Toronto Police, Toronto Urban Design Awards, town hall, trafficking, Trinity Bellwoods Park, Valentine's Day, vehicle break-ins, waste reduction, watermain break, wheelchair, YMCA Child Development Centre, Yonge Street, Yorkville Avenue

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

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.

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Forest Hill Daily Updates

February 13, 2022February 17, 2022 Streeter staff 53 Division, attempted murder, automated speed enforcement, backyard hens, CafeTO, cannabis, car theft, Carolyn Bennett, Cedarvale Park, collision, COVID-19, crane, EcoFair Toronto, federal election, For Youth Initiative, Forest Hill Art Club, Jill Andrew, Josh Matlow, Kandy Krazed, Krista Mihevc, libraries, Little Jamaica, Loblaws, Lonsdale, mural, noise, Oakwood Avenue, Oakwood Vaughan Community Organization, Oakwood Village BIA, outdoor recreation, parking permits, patios, pollinator gardens, rents, robbery, SateTO, school closures, sexual interference, Spadina Expressway, Spadina Museum, St. Clair Avenue West, stabbing, Summerhill Market, Synagogue, Toronto Police, Toronto Public Health, transformer fire, vaccine, vandalism, vigil, Winona Drive

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

curb-lane patio on Yonge Street

Sidewalk, curb-lane patios to become permanent dining experience in Toronto

October 28, 2021October 29, 2021 Rodger Burnside CafeTO, city council, executive committee, John Tory, patios

The city’s executive committee yesterday approved extending the CaféTO initiative allowing sidewalk and curb-lane patios indefinitely.

Yonge Street patios and bike lanes

Yonge Street to be transformed with bike lanes, patios

April 10, 2021April 17, 2021 J. Diamond Daniel ActiveTO, Barbara Gray, bike lanes, CafeTO, patios, Yonge Street

City council has approved a pilot project that will see part of Yonge Street reduced to two lanes, bike lanes added and patios installed.

Patios like this one set to reopen

Patios on streets and sidewalks set to return in spring

January 27, 2021January 29, 2021 Rodger Burnside CafeTO, John Tory, patios

The dining and drinking patios that lined Toronto streets last summer may be back in spring bigger than ever, if council gives okays them.

Customers and server on patios

Patios not enough, need full reopening, Danforth eateries say

July 7, 2020July 9, 2020 Margarita Maltceva CafeTO, Danforth Avenue, Factory Girl, Pantheon Restaurant, patios, reopening, restaurants, sidewalk, Tapas at Embrujo, Toronto Public Health

New outdoor space will add only a few tables to restaurants’ patios due to the social distancing rules, which will cover losses from closure.

Summer in the city

July 23, 2012July 28, 2020 Francis Crescia Hollywood Gelato, patios, summer, Town Folk

Leaside-Rosedale Town Crier People Pics

Real Jerk finds its new home

June 29, 2012July 28, 2020 Town Crier staff Ed Pottinger, patios, restaurant, The Real Jerk

Owners to have location open by mid- to late-August

New ideas in outdoor decor

September 16, 2011June 8, 2014 Farhana Uddin balconies, Decks, decor, Home and Garden, Outdoor Decor, patios

Different approaches found for urban balcony and patio design

St. Clair patios given reprieve

June 9, 2010 Town Crier staff patios

There may be a growing patio culture along St. Clair West, but not all businesses are having and easy time joining in the fun.

Split decision on patios

October 6, 2009 Town Crier staff patios, restaurants

This is a tale of two patios in the trendy Annex community and effort to keep the neighbourhood safe.

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We are adding more communities and more features daily. Check back for news, views and things to do in your neighbourhood.

That was then.

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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.

*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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