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Leaside Daily Updates

January 15, 2021January 15, 2021 Streeter staff 0 Comment Bayview Avenue, break and enter, break-ins, CampTO, Christmas tree, COVID-19, crane, first-degree murder, Food Basics, Jaye Robinson, libraries, Overlea Boulevard, pedestrian, raccoons, speeding, testing, Thorncliffe Neighbourhood Organization, Thorncliffe Park Public School, Toronto District School Board, toy drive, washrooms

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

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Six more school closures due to COVID outbreaks

December 14, 2020December 15, 2020 Rodger Burnside City Adult Learning Centre, coronavirus, COVID-19, Eileen de Villa, Grenoble Public School, Humewood Community School, Oakridge Junior Public School, R.H. McGregor Elementary School, Toronto District School Board

The announced shutdown of six more schools brings the number of school closures due to COVID-19 outbreaks in the TDSB to nine.

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Northern’s community mourns loss of student in Iranian tragedy

January 14, 2020November 24, 2020 Brian Baker Maya Zibaie, Mt. Pleasant Road, Northern Secondary School, Roehampton Avenue, Toronto District School Board, Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752

Northern Secondary student Maya Zibaie was an ambitious young lady. During her Grade 9 year at the Mount Pleasant Road

Leaside's three winning cross country teams

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Leaside runner unfazed by shoe loss as cross country team wins gold

November 16, 2019November 20, 2019 Brian Baker Central Toronto Athletics Club, Cross-country, Leaside High School, OFSAA, TDSB, Toronto District School Board

The loss of one shoe wasn’t going to keep Chloe Coutts from earning her Leaside girls’ cross country team a gold medal at OFSAA.

DAILY UPDATES

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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Jones Avenue school closed after heavy fire damage

May 7, 2019May 25, 2019 Rodger Burnside fire, Jones Avenue, Jones Avenue Adult Centre, Matthew Pegg, Strathcona Avenue, Toronto District School Board

Students showing up for their classes at Jones Avenue Adult Centre this morning were turned away as fire had demolished half their school’s roof overnight.

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Pedestrian bridge still out after collapsing four months ago

March 24, 2019March 30, 2019 Kyle Marshall Brad Bradford, bridge, City Council, Crescent Town Elementary School, John Tory, pedestrian bridge, Pinedale Properties, Toronto District School Board

Parents, school staff and students are asking why repairs have not started four months after a pedestrian bridge collapsed outside Crescent Town Elementary School.

Cold case murder of Dennis Joseph Colby solved by ;police

NEWS

1995 murder solved after review of possible McArthur links

February 28, 2019April 2, 2019 Jay Garak Bruce McArthur, cold case, Cosburn Avenue, Dennis Joseph Colby, murder, Pape Avenue, Toronto District School Board

Review of a two-decades-old murder in East York for possible links to Toronto’s most notorious serial killer has led police to solving the cold case.

Sports

Leaside girls run for silver at cross country championship

December 18, 2018December 24, 2018 Brian Baker Chloe Coutts, Leaside High School, OFSAA, Sophie Coutts, TDSB, Toronto District School Board

Leaside’s Coutts twins, Sophie and Chloe, admit that they were were caught a little off guard by the OFSAA Cross Country course at Christie Lake Recreational Area in Dundas, Ont. in early November.

NEWS

Changes proposed for Eglinton Junior Public School

April 2, 2018April 16, 2018 Brian Baker boundary review, Eglinton Junior Public School, Hodgson Middle School, Ian Allison, Maurice Cody Junior Public School, Shelley Laskin, Toronto District School Board

The Toronto District School Board’s last proposal for the 2015 Program Area Review (PART) could mean 40 students from Eglinton Junior Public School will be moved to Maurice Cody Junior Public School.

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Community celebrates saving pool where Olympian trained

February 27, 2018March 3, 2018 Jela Tejada Duke of Connaught Public School, Penny Oleksiak, S.H. Armstrong, Toronto District School Board, Woodfield Road

The Leslieville community celebrated saving the S.H. Armstrong pool with a pool party on Feb. 24. Parents, children, sponsors and Ward 30 councillor Paula Fletcher celebrated the community’s hard work at the “We Saved Our Pool” party at the pool itself.

NEWS

Davisville P.S. no architectural treasure, locals say

February 28, 2017August 1, 2017 Eric Emin Wood Davisville Hub, Davisville Junior Public School, Globe and Mail, Josh Matlow, Shelley Laskin, Toronto District School Board

A Globe and Mail essay lamenting the imminent destruction of Davisville Junior Public School’s building has left residents scratching their heads.

NEWS

School shut down over ‘security risk’

May 13, 2016November 17, 2018 Rodger Burnside Northern Secondary School, Toronto District School Board, Toronto Police

Due to a “potential security risk” at the Mount Pleasant-area school, students were diverted to nearby North Toronto Collegiate Institute on the morning of May 13.