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Intersection where dump truck struck woman
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Woman in wheelchair dead after being struck by dump truck

April 28, 2021April 28, 2021 Jay Garak Danforth Avenue, dump truck, fatality, Main Street, traffic fatality, Traffic Services

An 82-year-old woman has died after being struck by a dump truck while she was crossing Danforth Avenue in a wheelchair yesterday afternoon.

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Streetcar struck falling cyclist
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Cyclist struck and killed by streetcar on Queen East

October 9, 2018October 10, 2018 Jay Garak accident, cyclist fatality, Queen Street East, traffic fatality

A 61-year-old man died after being struck by a streetcar on Queen Street East near Hamilton Street on Monday, Toronto police say.

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traffic fatalities on increase.
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We cannot let increase in traffic fatalities continue

March 23, 2018April 20, 2020 Josh Matlow John Tory, Josh Matlow, pedestrian accident, traffic fatality, Vision Zero

Vision Zero is a road safety strategy that aims to eliminate all pedestrian and driver fatalities. Originating in Scandinavia, the strategy accepts that humans will make mistakes and that streets must be accordingly designed to reduce the impacts of those mistakes.

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NEWS 

Woman, 63, struck and killed on Eglinton

October 24, 2016December 24, 2017 Shawn Star pedestrian accident, Toronto Police, traffic fatality

A 63-year-old woman was killed after being struck by a Jeep while crossing Eglinton near Hanna Road.

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NEWS 

Two dead, one hurt in separate crashes

June 3, 2015August 27, 2015 Shawn Star cyclist, motorcycle, Roger du Toit, Toronto Police, traffic fatality

Since early May, two people have died and and another has received life-threatening injuries in two separate crashes in Rosedale.

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Man killed by streetcar near Yonge and St. Clair

September 19, 2014 Shawn Star traffic fatality

An elderly man is dead after being struck by a streetcar on St. Clair Avenue West, near Deer Park Crescent west of Yonge street.

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Girl’s death spurs calls for traffic changes

August 12, 2014September 2, 2014 Shawn Star Georgia Walsh, John Parker, Josh Matlow, Roger Cattell, traffic fatality

Two weeks after a traffic accident that killed 6-year-old Georgia Walsh in Leaside, city councillors were announcing proposals for large-scale traffic rule changes, throughout midtown Toronto.

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NEWS 

Driver charged in Leaside death

July 31, 2014September 2, 2014 Shawn Star careless driving, Georgia Walsh, Toronto Police, traffic fatality

A 50-year-old man is facing two charges in connection with the death of 6-year-old Georgia Walsh, who was struck and killed by a van in Leaside earlier this month.

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NEWS 

Tears and anger at Millwood and McRae

July 18, 2014September 2, 2014 Eric McMillan Georgia Walsh, traffic fatality

Some with anger, some with sadness, many with both — Leasiders swarmed over the corners of Millwood Road and McRae Drive on July 17 in memory of Georgia Walsh, who had been killed by a vehicle there 24 hours earlier.

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NEWS 

7-year-old killed in Leaside intersection

July 17, 2014September 2, 2014 Eric McMillan Georgia Walsh, John Walsh, Millwood Road, Toronto Police, traffic fatality

A 7-year-old girl has died after being hit by a vehicle on Millwood Road at McRae Dive in Leaside yesterday afternoon.

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NEWS 

Cops crack down on cannabis substitutes sold at corner stores

March 27, 2013 Town Crier staff 54 Division, 55 Division, drugs, IZMS Grape Drank, Luau Love, murder, Synthetic Cannabinoids, Thuan Nguyen, traffic fatality, Vy Vy Restaurant and Lounge

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That was then.

Empringham Hotel 1903
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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.

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
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When horses passed UNDER the Beltline bridge

December 1, 2019February 6, 2020 Eric McMillan
Yonge-Eglinton southeast
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Now that the Yonge-Eglinton mess has been cleared up (almost)

October 24, 2019October 25, 2019 Eric McMillan

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