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Lytton Park chanteuse ready to bring Ella (and Louis) to jazz festival

June 15, 2019October 16, 2019 Brian Baker Barbra Lica, jazz, music, TD Toronto Jazz Festival, University Of Toronto

Barbra Lica is ramping up for a performance at the TD Toronto Jazz Festival on June 22 at Home Smith Bar inside the Old Mill.

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Tamara Jewett
Sports 

Deer Park runner’s recovery pays off with 10K win

June 1, 2018June 18, 2018 Brian Baker Harbord Street, runner, Spadina Avenue, Sporting Life 10K, Tamara Jewett, Toronto Women’s 10K, triathlete, University Of Toronto

There’s a sense of relief in Tamara Jewett’s breathing as she retells the past year of training for the Sporting Life 10K she ran on May 13.

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stem cells
THINGS TO DO 

March 31: Conference on cancer stem cells research open to all

March 17, 2018March 17, 2018 Streeter staff cancer research, Genetics Society of the University of Toronto, stem cells, University Of Toronto

The Genetics Society of the University of Toronto (GSUT) is hosting its first annual conference: Horizons in Cancer Stem Cells Research on Mar. 31 from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the St. George Campus, 1 King’s College Circle.

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virtual reality
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University friends plug midtown into virtual reality gaming

December 10, 2017December 23, 2017 Brian Baker Divrge, Faraz Malek, gaming, Kirill Moisyeyev, University Of Toronto, Virtual Reality

A quartet of entrepreneurs is discovering the importance of a fraternal bond when it comes to virtual reality.

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NEWS 

U of T prof gets spacey with Leasiders

March 23, 2016May 4, 2017 Brian Baker astronomy, Bryan Gaensler, University Of Toronto

Astronomy fans got a chance to hear a live lecture from University of Toronto professor Bryan Gaensler on March 22.

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Sports 

Lawrence Park CI alum shatters CIS record

October 24, 2014 Brian Baker CIS, football, Lawrence Park CI, Simon Nassar, University Of Toronto, Varsity Blues

Breaking a Canadian Interuniversity Sport football record was not the first thing that came to Simon Nassar’s after U of T’s game against Carleton Ravens, in Ottawa.

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Sports 

Swimmer making waves of her own

February 9, 2014March 4, 2019 Perry King Kate Lyne, Rosedale Heights School of the Arts, Swimmer, University Of Toronto

At a humid pool at the University of Toronto, Kate Lyne slaps her shoulders and shakes her head with steady focus, but staying loose as she prepares for a 50-yard backstroke sprint.

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Sports 

McLuhan Rebels getting ready to run

April 4, 2013June 4, 2019 Perry King Eric Boszin, Jane Marum, Jeremy Kama, Lianne Wing-Martins, Marshall McLuhan Catholic Secondary School, Michael Peters, Nike High School Grand Prix Invitational, OFSAA, Rebels, TDCAA, track and field, University Of Toronto

Eight grade 10 boys from the Marshall McLuhan Rebels track and field team will be co-representing Ontario at the Nike High School Grand Prix Invitational in May.

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NEWS 

Fun where you may not expect

August 24, 2012 Town Crier staff Centre of Gravity, extracurricular activities, Joyride 150, kids, Pawsitively Pets, University Of Toronto

Cool extracurricular activities that are far from ordinary

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NEWS 

Students think safety

May 14, 2012 Town Crier staff April Wang, Intersection, Jason Foster, jaywalking, Mark Zijlstra, Masha Itkina, Ryan Brown, safety, University Of Toronto

Budding engineers tackle problem of jaywalking at Bathurst and Finch intersection

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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
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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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