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Town Crier staff October 3, 2012 Andy Byford, Bob Chiarelli, Bruce McCuaig, Eglinton Crosstown LRT, Karen Stintz, Metrolinx, Private Operator, Provincial Government, Toronto Transit Commission, transit

It'll be the TTC after all

Metrolinx’s original plan to have new LRT lines run by a private operator nixed after negotiations

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Town Crier staff October 1, 2012 city hall, Eglinton Crosstown LRT, Joe Mihevc, Metrolinx, Private Operator, Toronto Transit Commission, transit

Midtown rep drops motion against private TTC operation

Negotiations between Metrolinx and TTC ‘positive sign’ running of new lines may be handed to TTC, Mihevc says

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Town Crier staff October 1, 2012 Eglinton Crosstown LRT, Karen Stintz, Metrolinx, Private Operator, streeter, Toronto Transit Commission, transit

What commuters think about LRT

Will having a private operator make difference for riders?

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Town Crier staff October 1, 2012 Eglinton Crosstown LRT, Joe Mihevc, John Parker, Karen Stintz, Metrolinx, Private Operator, Toronto Transit Commission, transit

Who runs light rail line under negotiations

City reps negotiating with Metrolinx to rule out private operator

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That was then.

Empringham Hotel 1903
*FEATUREDTHAT WAS THEN

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
*FEATUREDTHAT 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
*FEATUREDTHAT WAS THEN

When horses passed UNDER the Beltline bridge

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

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

October 24, 2019October 25, 2019 Eric McMillan

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