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NEWS 

Community swims saved at 33 schools

May 1, 2012 Town Crier staff Anne Jackson, city council, funding, Heart And Stroke Foundation Of Canada, Karen Pitre, Let's Make Waves, Public Use, recreation, Revenue, school pools, schools, Toronto District School Board, Toronto Sports Council

Five-year deal between city and board now goes to city council for final okay

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Bedford Park pool programming saved

February 8, 2012 Town Crier staff city council, Mike Del Grande, Paula Fletcher, pools, recreation, school pools, swimming, Toronto District School Board

Facility taken off the block before budget vote

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NEWS 

Runnymede swims again

February 1, 2012 Town Crier staff Aquatic Working Group, budget, Josh Colle, Let's Make Waves, Paula Fletcher, Runnymede Collegiate Institute, Sarah Doucette, school pools, schools, service cuts, Toronto District School Board, Toronto Lands Corporation

Blockbuster motion rescued school pools from budget cuts

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NEWS 

Is Hillcrest going under?

January 12, 2012 Town Crier staff Aquatic Working Group, community development and recreation committee, David Crombie, education, funding, Hillcrest Community Centre, Joe Mihevc, school pools, Toronto District School Board, Toronto Lands Corporation, Toronto Sports Council

If budget passes, pool may lose programming

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Bedford Park pool saved from cuts

January 10, 2012 Town Crier staff Bedford Park Community Centre, city budget, executive committee, funding cuts, Jaye Robinson, Josh Matlow, Mike Del Grande, Paul Ainslie, school pools, Sir Wilfred Laurier Collegiate Institute

But five others still on the chopping block leave some crying foul

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Runnymede swim programs may get axe

January 5, 2012May 4, 2017 Omar Mosleh Budget Cuts, funding, Parkdale-High Park, Parks Forestry And Recreation, Programming Cuts, Runnymede Colleagite Institute, Sarah Doucette, school pools, Toronto District School Board

School’s pool on the list of seven to be cut in the budget

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School pools extend contract

November 1, 2011 Town Crier staff city council, Janet Davis, Karen Pitre, pools, recreation, school pools, Shirley Hoy, swimming, Toronto District School Board, Toronto Lands Corporation, Toronto Sports Council

But negotiations continue in the interim

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Sink or swim?

August 29, 2011 Town Crier staff Aquatic Working Grou, Community Developmen, education, funding, Janet Davis, Karen Pitre, school pools, Toronto District School Board, Toronto Sports Council

School pools at risk when funds dry up

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Activism can bring about revolutionary change

January 24, 2011 Town Crier staff activism, Change, Gord Perks, Joe Mihevc, school pools

But it takes more than a clever sign and a crowd to get things done

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News Briefs: 501 streetcar route now split

October 21, 2009 Town Crier staff school pools, streetcar

The 501 Queen streetcar has begun a new trial route split to improve reliability, short turns and speed up overall travel time.

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Working to save east end pools

October 14, 2009 Town Crier staff Cathy Dandy, Paula Fletcher, school pools

The Toronto District School Board voted Sept. 16 to save another four pools on the critical list because there was

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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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