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Leaside Daily Updates

June 10, 2021June 10, 2021 Streeter staff 0 Comment ActiveTO, assault, automated speed enforcement, Bayview Avenue, break and enter, break-ins, CampTO, car thefts, Christmas tree, collision, COVID-19, crane, dog poop, first-degree murder, Food Basics, gun control, Jaye Robinson, Leaside Heritage Preservation Society, libraries, Loblaw Companies, Loblaws, logo, maps, Marc Garneau Collegiate Institute, McSorley’s, Metro, New Year's, outdoor recreation, Overlea Boulevard, pedestrian, power outage, raccoons, ravines, Redway Road, road work, robbery, SafeTO, sexual assault, speeding, testing, Thorncliffe Neighbourhood Organization, Thorncliffe Park Community Hub, Thorncliffe Park Public School, Toronto District School Board, toy drive, Traffic Services, vaccine, Valu-Mart, washrooms, wind

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

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More than 30 Toronto schools now shut down by COVID outbreaks

April 6, 2021April 7, 2021 Rodger Burnside closures, COVID-19, D.A. Morrison Middle School, Danforth Collegiate and Technical Institute, East York Collegiate, Grenoble Public School, Riverdale Collegiate, school closures, Toronto District Catholic School Board, Toronto District School Board, Toronto Public Health, Valley Park Middle School

At least 20 more schools are closing on the advice of Toronto Public Health today after experiencing COVID-19 outbreaks.

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Eleven schools across city closed by COVID this week

March 31, 2021April 2, 2021 Rodger Burnside Clinton Street Junior Public School, closures, COVID-19, Gateway Public School, Ryerson Community School, Thorncliffe Park Public School, Toronto Catholic District School Board, Toronto District School Board, Toronto Public Health, Victoria Village Public School

Four more schools in two parts of town have been closed by the Toronto District School Board today for COVID-19 investigations.

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Victoria Village school shut down after COVID-19 outbreak

March 29, 2021March 29, 2021 Rodger Burnside closures, COVID-19, Toronto District School Board, Victoria Village Public School

Victoria Village Public School is one of two North York schools that closed today by public health officials for a COVID-19 investigation.

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Riverdale-East York Daily Updates: November–December 2020

December 31, 2020March 1, 2021 Streeter staff attempted murder, BigArtTO, bike lanes, books, Broadway Station, CampTO, COVID-19, Dundas Street, East York Chronicle, electric vehicles, Empringham Hotel, explosion, fire, Food Basics, nooses, Pape Station, power outage, robberies, stabbing, testing, Thorncliffe Park Public School, tobogganing, Toronto District School Board, washrooms

A quick look at news, views and things to do in Riverdale-East York 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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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