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Pride Toronto

Pride flags at city hall
NEWS 

Pride Toronto celebrates 40th anniversary with digital showcase

May 28, 2021June 30, 2021 J. Diamond Daniel John Tory, Pride Month, Pride Toronto

Along with all of Toronto’s other popular parades, Pride Toronto’s festival and parades have  become virtual-based and “phygital” programming.

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Michelle Ross memorial
*FEATURED NEWS 

Iconic drag queen Michelle Ross dead

March 30, 2021April 4, 2021 Rodger Burnside Crews and Tangos, drag queens, Gay Village, Glad Day Bookshop, Michelle Ross, Pride Toronto, Tribute

Drag queen Michelle Ross has died. The news came in tributes on social media from Pride Toronto and others over the past two days.

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Pride parade cancelled as cancellations pushed to July 1
*FEATURED NEWS 

In-person festivities shut down up to July 1

February 27, 2021March 4, 2021 Rodger Burnside Beaches Jazz Festival, Canada Day, Doors Open, East York, John Tory, Pride Toronto, TD Toronto Jazz Festival

The in-person events of a long list of celebrations right up to July 1 have been cancelled by the city, though some plan to continue online.

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Taste of Danforth 2018
*FEATURED NEWS 

East-end jazz and food fests among signature summer events cancelled

May 15, 2020May 16, 2020 Streeter staff Aga Khan Museum, Beaches Jazz Festival, Canada Day, cancellations, coronavirus, COVID-19, postponements, Pride Toronto, Salsa on St. Clair, Taste of the Danforth

To no one’s surprise at this point, the Beaches jazz fest and the Taste of the Danforth have become the latest occasions to fall victim to the pandemic.

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Canada Day fireworks
*FEATURED NEWS 

Canada Day parades, fests and fireworks cancelled

May 4, 2020May 5, 2020 Streeter staff Aga Khan Museum, Beaches Jazz Festival, Canada Day, cancellations, coronavirus, COVID-19, postponements, Pride Toronto, Salsa on St. Clair

East York won’t be having its annual parade and fest on July 1, and east end parks won’t be celebrating Canada Day with fireworks this year.

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THAT WAS THEN. This is now.

Empringham Hotel 1903
*FEATURED THAT WAS THEN 

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.

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
*FEATURED THAT WAS THEN 

When horses passed UNDER the Beltline bridge

December 1, 2019February 6, 2020 Eric McMillan
Yonge-Eglinton southeast
*FEATURED THAT WAS THEN 

Now that the Yonge-Eglinton mess has been cleared up (almost)

October 24, 2019October 25, 2019 Eric McMillan
Mt. Pleasant loop being built
*FEATURED THAT WAS THEN 

When building transit was simpler at Mt. Pleasant and Eglinton

May 9, 2019November 24, 2020 Eric McMillan
Hay wagons on Yonge Street
*FEATURED THAT WAS THEN 

The days of hay wagons and streetcars on Yonge Street

February 1, 2019February 3, 2019 Eric McMillan
Avoca bridge being torn down
*FEATURED THAT WAS THEN 

The viaduct that brought Moore Park into Toronto

December 1, 2018December 15, 2018 Streeter staff

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