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Tree funeral calls for burying Ontario Line

November 29, 2021December 1, 2021 Rodger Burnside Jimmie Simpson Park, Metrolinx, Ontario Line, Paula Fletcher, Peter Tabuns, Save Jimmie Simpson

They came to a tree funeral, but it was the planned Ontario Line they wanted to place underground in Leslieville.

Riverdale Park recreation

Riverdale-East York Daily Updates: May–June 2021

June 30, 2021August 25, 2021 Streeter staff ActiveTO, bank robbery, beaches, Bingham Avenue, break-ins, COVID-19, East York Farmers' Market, goat, golf, invasive species, Loblaws, Michael Garron Hospital, modular housing, motorcycle crash, outdoor recreation, parking enforcement, Paula Fletcher, Peter Tabuns, rent, Riverdale Park West, road closures, robberies, snow clearing, sports, Toronto Police, town hall, traffic iights, vaccine

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

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Beaches-Leslieville Daily Updates: May–June 2021

June 30, 2021January 18, 2022 Streeter staff ActiveTO, Ashbridges Bay Park, attempted murder, Bingham Avenue, break-ins, collision, COVID-19, dog poop, fireworks, invasive species, Kew Gardens, knife, Leslieville Farmers' Market, lifeguard, Nathaniel Erskine-Smith, parking enforcement, Paula Fletcher, Peter Tabuns, recreation, rent, Rima Berns-McGown, robberies, snow clearing, sports, Toronto Police, town hall, vaccination rate, vaccine

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

stunt drivers accident on DVP

Tabuns and Fletcher call for action against stunt drivers

June 3, 2021June 7, 2021 Rodger Burnside Don Valley Parkway, Paula Fletcher, Peter Tabuns, stunt driving

Toronto-Danforth MPP Peter Tabuns and city councillor Paula Fletcher are calling on Toronto police to identify and charge stunt drivers.

Riverdale Collegiate

Riverdale-East York Daily Updates: March–April 2021

April 30, 2021November 16, 2021 Streeter staff ActiveTO, arson, automated speed enforcement, bank robberies, baseball, Bermondsey Transfer Station, Brad Bradford, break and enter, child luring, COVID-19, Danforth Avenue, Dentonia Park Golf Course, development, Eastern Avenue, fatality, Green Party, gunshots, home invasion, Jane Anderson, knife, live music, Loblaws, luring, medication, Michael Garron Hospital, missing person, Paula Fletcher, pedestrian, Peter Tabuns, power outage, Puppetmongers Theatre, SafeTO, school closures, shooting, smoke alarms, Toronto Police, vaccine, wheelchair

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

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Presentations & Workshops THINGS TO DO

Sept. 15: Find out your rights as tenants

September 2, 2020September 2, 2020 Streeter staff Don Valley Community Legal Services, Paula Fletcher, Peter Tabuns, tenants

Councillor Paula Fletcher and MPP Peter Tabuns are hosting a virtual tenants’ workshop with Don Valley Community Legal Services.

Construction noise

Local MPPs back city request to cut back construction noise

July 27, 2020July 28, 2020 Rodger Burnside construction, Jessica Bell, Jill Andrew, Josh Matlow, Lytton Park Residents' Organization, Mike Colle, noise, Peter Tabuns, Rima Berns-McGown, Suze Morrison

Twelve MPPS, mostly from Toronto, have signed a letter to Ontario premier Doug Ford to give the city back the power to limit construction noise.

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Community Events THINGS TO DO

June 30: Fight hate in the east end

June 16, 2020June 30, 2020 Streeter staff Brad Bradford, Michael Garron Hospital, Paula Fletcher, Peter Tabuns, Rima Berns-McGown

MPPs Rima Berns-McGown and Peter Tabuns are hosting a forum to fight hatred after the recent incident at the Michael Garron Hospital construction site.

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.

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Volunteer work keeps marginalized from becoming victims: Macphail winner

March 29, 2019March 30, 2019 Rodger Burnside Agnes Macphail, Agnes Macphail Award, Brad Bradford, Carol Burtin Fripp, Coxwell Avenue, East York Civic Centre, Jennifer Story, John Tory, Karen Fraser, Kathleen Wynne, Paula Fletcher, Peter Tabuns, Rima Berns-McGown, Rob Oliphant

Volunteer work gave her training to help get through the disaster that hit her life a year ago, Karen Fraser said in accepting the Agnes Macphail Award.

Community Events THINGS TO DO

March 26: Transit town hall in Toronto-Danforth

March 12, 2019March 20, 2019 Streeter staff Donlands Avenue, Paula Fletcher, Peter Tabuns, subway, town hall, transit

Toronto-Danforth councillor Paul Fletcher is holding a town hall on transit on Mar. 26, getting underway at 7 p.m. at 49 Donlands Ave.

Alan Redway wins Agnes Macphail Award

April 18, 2013October 31, 2017 Tristan Carter Agnes Mcphail Award, Alan Redway, Daily Bread Food Bank, easide Property Owners Association, Flemingdon Community Legal Services, John Carmichael, Michael Prue, Peter Tabuns

Former East York mayor recognized for his decades of community involvement

Don’t legislate volunteerism

March 27, 2013 Town Crier staff education, Extracurriculars, Peter Tabuns, Queen's Park, teachers, Toronto-Danforth, unions

A Town Crier Community Column

Jack’s way

March 15, 2013June 18, 2014 Francis Crescia Bridgepoint Health, Craig Scott, Don Jail, Jack Layton, Mike Layton, Olivia Chow, Paula Fletcher, Peter Tabuns, Toronto-Danforth, Tribute, Ward 30

Road named to honour late Toronto-Danforth MP Jack Layton

Coming soon: renewables

February 22, 2013 Town Crier staff electricity, Peter Tabuns, Renewable Energy, solar energy, Toronto-Danforth, Wind Energy

A Town Crier Community Column

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THAT WAS THEN. This is now.

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From stately hotel to strip club—the Empringham story

November 19, 2020May 5, 2021 Eric McMillan

The Empringham, Danforth or Play Pen — they’re all the same hotel, standing at Danfoirth 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

*FEATURED THAT WAS THEN

When building transit was simpler at Mt. Pleasant and Eglinton

May 9, 2019November 24, 2020 Eric McMillan

*FEATURED THAT WAS THEN

The days of hay wagons and streetcars on Yonge Street

February 1, 2019February 3, 2019 Eric McMillan

*FEATURED THAT WAS THEN

The viaduct that brought Moore Park into Toronto

December 1, 2018December 15, 2018 Streeter staff

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