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January 10, 2022February 10, 2022 Streeter staff After-School Recreation Care, Ana Bailao, arson, assault, automated speed enforcement, break-ins, car theft, Castleview Wychwood Towers, collision, COVID-19, cyclist, Eglinton Avenue West, encampment, fail to remain, fire, fires, Giovanni Caboto Outdoor Pool, gunfire, gunshots, harassment, hate crime, homicide, libraries, Little Italy, Little Jamaica, long-term care, maps, Marit Stiles, Metro, No Frills, outdoor recreation, Paradise Theatre, parking permits, pedestrians, Pelham Avenue, pickup truck, pollinator gardens, power outage, rinks, robberies, SafeTO, sexual assault, shooting, Shop and Vax, snow clearing, Sobeys, stabbing, Starbucks, Toronto Police, Toronto Public Library, vaccination rate, vaccine, walking tour, Wallace Avenue

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

Public libraries like St. James Town closing

Staffing shortages to shut down nearly half of city’s public libraries

January 4, 2022February 14, 2022 Rodger Burnside closures, COVID-19, Dawes Road Library, Forest Hill Library, Leaside Library, libraries, Locke library, St. James Town Library, Toronto Public Library, Victoria Village Library

Nearly half of all Toronto’s public libraries are closing as of Monday — but not due to COVID-19 precautions.

Megha Majumdar

Arts & Music Events THINGS TO DO

July 15: Join author Megha Majumdar in conversation at library

July 1, 2020July 9, 2020 Streeter staff Toronto Public Library, Toronto Reference Library

On July 15 at 7 p.m., writer Megha Majumdar discusses her debut, A Burning, that includes all the components of a compelling thriller.

Glen Road bridge

Central Toronto Daily Updates: May–June 2020

June 30, 2020November 27, 2020 Streeter staff affordable housing, bike lanes, camps, cancellations, car chase, CNE, collision, coronavirus, COVID-19, cycling, farmers' market, fire, food bank, garbage, garden centres, Glen Road, gunshots, Harbord Street, homicide, libraries, medication, mischief, Mother's Day, museums, potholes, Pride, real estate, recycling, reopening, road closure, sexual exploitation, shooting, ShopHERE, Toronto Fire Services, Toronto Police, Toronto Public Library, Toronto Reference Library, washrooms, yard waste

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

Susanna Moore header

Arts & Music Events THINGS TO DO

July 10: Join author Susanna Moore in conversation at library

June 25, 2020July 9, 2020 Streeter staff Toronto Public Library, Toronto Reference Library

On July 10 at 7 p.m., writer Susanna Moore talks about her entertaining and at times harrowing memoir, Miss Aluminum.

Yorkville Public Library celebrates P)ride

Toronto Public Library celebrating Pride throughout June

June 5, 2020June 15, 2020 Monique Thompson COVID-19, Pride, Pride Month, Toronto Public Library, virtual events

The Toronto Public Library is celebrating Pride and supporting the LGBTQ2S+ community through virtual events throughout June.

Drop box at Toronto Reference Library as libraries prepare to reopen

Curbside service coming from public libraries

May 22, 2020May 22, 2020 Rodger Burnside Barbara Frum Library, Bloor/Gladstone Library, Don Mills Library, library, Lillian H. Smith Library, Maria A. Shchuka Library, Northern District Library, Pape/Danforth Library, S. Walter Stewart, Toronto Public Library, Toronto Reference Library

Toronto’s public library branches begin rolling out curbside service on May 25 as select library drop boxes will be opened to receive library materials.

Library sets out to map midtown’s verses

April 13, 2015March 28, 2017 Brian Baker Toronto Public Library

The Toronto Public Library is unveiling a digital map marking landmarks in the city, including midtown Toronto, that are referenced in the works of local poets.

Good news and bad news for local library branch

August 8, 2012 Town Crier staff budget, Fairview Library, libraries, Shelley Carroll, Toronto Public Library, Ward 33

Fairview will be revamped but must close for a year

Citizens speak out over library hours cut

November 28, 2011 Town Crier staff Anne Bailey, budget, budget committee, city council, Gord Perks, libraries, Maureen O'Reilly, Sarah Doucette, Toronto Public Library

Six hours a week could be lost to Runnymede branch patrons

A charming afternoon

August 18, 2011April 6, 2021 Town Crier staff arts and crafts, Don Mills Library, fashion, jewellery, Toronto Public Library, workshops

Class at Don Mills Library teaches girls to make jewellery

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Streeter News, Views and Things To Do are selected from neighbourhoods across Toronto. For local news only, see our community pages:

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• Cabbagetown
• Don Mills
• East Danforth
• East York
• Forest Hill
• Leaside
• Leslieville
• North Toronto
• Parkview-O’Connor
• Riverdale
• Upper Beaches
• Woodbine

We are adding more communities and more features daily. Check back for news, views and things to do in your neighbourhood.

That was then.

*FEATURED THAT 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.

*FEATURED THAT WAS THEN

Can you believe this century home still stands at Queen and Waverley?

February 27, 2020March 4, 2020 Eric McMillan

*FEATURED THAT WAS THEN

When horses passed UNDER the Beltline bridge

December 1, 2019February 6, 2020 Eric McMillan

*FEATURED THAT WAS THEN

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

October 24, 2019October 25, 2019 Eric McMillan

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