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NEWS 

Family comes to zoo's aid

May 1, 2012 Town Crier staff budget, city hall, Friends Of The High Park Zoo, funding, High Park Zoo, Honey Family Foundation, Sarah Doucette, service cuts

Honeys agree to match community donations up to $50,000

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NEWS 

Service cuts to TTC routes now in effect

February 13, 2012 Town Crier staff Brad Ross, Rob Ford, Route Cuts, service cuts, Toronto Transit Commission, transit

Over 70 bus and streetcar routes affected during peak and off-peak hours combined

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NEWS 

Budget vote splits local councillors

February 9, 2012May 3, 2017 Karolyn Coorsh budget, Capital Budget, city hall, funding, John Parker, Kristyn Wong-Tam, Rob Ford, service cuts

Wong-Tam lauds last-minute deal, while Parker says cuts needed

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NEWS 

A tale of two councillors

February 8, 2012 Town Crier staff budget, city hall, Eglinton-Lawrence, funding, Josh Colle, Karen Stintz, Rob Ford, service cuts

Eglinton-Lawrence’s two reps come out on vastly different sides of key budget vote

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NEWS 

High Park Zoo needs stable funding

February 1, 2012 Town Crier staff budget, city hall, funding, High Park Zoo, Mark Grimes, Michael Thompson, Sarah Doucette, service cuts

Local councillor is seeking a new revenue source

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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 

Local vote key to saving services

February 1, 2012 Town Crier staff budget, city hall, Doug Holyday, Gloria Lindsay Luby, Josh Colle, Leaf Collection, Peter Milczyn, Rob Ford, service cuts

Leaf collection too important to lose says Gloria Lindsay Luby

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NEWS 

Torontonians waking up, thanks to Ford’s damage

September 21, 2011June 22, 2014 Janet Davis Beaches-East York, city hall, Community Developmen, executive committee, Janet Davis, One Toronto, Rob Ford, service cuts, Ward 31

Mayor Rob Ford has inadvertently done what many of us in local government have worked for years to achieve: he

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NEWS 

Funding for targeted groups shouldn't be cut as 'gravy'

September 15, 2011 Town Crier staff Community Partnershi, Core Service Review, Don Valley East, executive committee, Gravy Train, KPMG, Rob Ford, service cuts, Shelley Carroll

The below list is a sampling of the organizations who, with small amounts of funding from the City of Toronto,

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NEWS 

TTCRiders unite to fight for transit

July 6, 2011 Town Crier staff city hall, P, service cuts, Toronto Transit Commission, transit

Lobby group meets to discuss service cuts, high costs

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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, 2020 Rodger Burnside Comments Off on From stately hotel to strip club—the Empringham story

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, 2020 Rodger Burnside Comments Off on Can you believe this century home still stands at Queen and Waverley?
Beltline bridge over Yonge Street ion 1915
*FEATURED THAT WAS THEN 

When horses passed UNDER the Beltline bridge

December 1, 2019 Rodger Burnside Comments Off on When horses passed UNDER the Beltline bridge
Yonge-Eglinton southeast
*FEATURED THAT WAS THEN 

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

October 24, 2019 Rodger Burnside Comments Off on Now that the Yonge-Eglinton mess has been cleared up (almost)
Mt. Pleasant loop being built
*FEATURED THAT WAS THEN 

When building transit was simpler at Mt. Pleasant and Eglinton

May 9, 2019 Rodger Burnside Comments Off on When building transit was simpler at Mt. Pleasant and Eglinton
Hay wagons on Yonge Street
*FEATURED THAT WAS THEN 

The days of hay wagons and streetcars on Yonge Street

February 1, 2019 Rodger Burnside Comments Off on The days of hay wagons and streetcars on Yonge Street
Avoca bridge being torn down
*FEATURED THAT WAS THEN 

The viaduct that brought Moore Park into Toronto

December 1, 2018 Streeter staff Comments Off on The viaduct that brought Moore Park into Toronto

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