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Beaches-Leslieville Daily Updates

March 6, 2022March 7, 2022 Streeter staff 55 Division, Alter Kakers, arrest, assault, automated speed enforcement, Beach Guild of Fine Art, Brad Bradford, break and enter, comedy, COVID-19, crossing guard, entertainment hubs, Fearless Meat, Film Industry, fire, firearm, flag, Fox Theatre, fraud, heritage, homicide, Housing Now, indecent exposure, Jimmie Simpson Park, Julie Dabrusin, Kew Gardens, knives, libraries, Mamma's Pizza, Mercedes, Nathaniel Erskine-Smith, Neighbourhood Climate Action Champions, patios, Paula Fletcher, prowler, pumpkin parade, pumpkins, rinks, Shop and Vax, stabbing, theft, threatening, Toronto Police, Ukraine, Victoria Park Avenue

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

Golfer at Dentonia Park Golf Course

Keep 18-hole golf course at Dentonia Park, committee says

January 12, 2022January 20, 2022 Rodger Burnside Brad Bradford, Dentonia Park, Taylor Creek Park, Victoria Park Avenue, Walk Toronto

A city committee is urging the existing 18 holes at the Dentonia Park Golf Course be maintained, despite calls to reduce it to nine holes.

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Riverdale-East York Daily Updates: July–December 2021

December 22, 2021January 18, 2022 Streeter staff 55 Division, affordable housing, assault, automated speed enforcement, bike lanes, break and enter, break-ins, car fire, collision, COVID-19, Danforth Avenue, Don Valley Parkway, East York Civic Centre, East York Hockey Associatio, East York Hockey Association, fire, flooding, fraud, Greenwood Station, homicide, Jack Layton, Julie Dabrusin, knife, libraries, luring, Malcolm Kelly, Mamma's Pizza, manslaughter, medication, Michael Garron Hospital, missing man, Monarch Park, Montcrest School, Nathaniel Erskine-Smith, next of kin, O'Connor Drive, Ontario Line, pedestrian, Petition, Presteign Heights Public School, pumpkin parade, rinks, Riverdale Park East, robbery, Second City, sexual assault, shooting, Shop and Vax, stabbing, Toronto Police, Toronto Public Health, Traffic Services, vaccination, Vax the Holidays, vehicle theft, Victoria Park Avenue, Wakunda Place, Wilkinson Junior Public School, Youth Leaders of East York

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

ASE watching for speeders

Two east-end cameras catch most speeders in Toronto

October 12, 2021October 12, 2021 Rodger Burnside automated speed enforcement, photo radar, speeding, Victoria P, Victoria Park Avenue

Figures released by the city today show the most number of speeders caught by photo radar over the recent summer was in the east end.

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It all started with an attack on a man and his dog….

May 11, 2021May 11, 2021 Rodger Burnside Bayview Avenue, fire truck, firefighters, Glazebrook Avenue, Glenavy Avenue, Parkwoods Village Drive, Toronto Police, Victoria Park Avenue

An alleged assault of a man and his dog in the Mount Pleasant area led to a police pursuit by car and foot across Toronto neighbourhoods.

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Five arrests, 60 charges for retail robberies across town

December 24, 2020January 12, 2021 Jay Garak Dufferin Street, handgun, robbery, Toronto Police, Victoria Park Avenue

Three men and two boys have been arrested in the month since two retail robberies on opposite sides of town on Nov. 21.

'Violent' suspect wanted

‘Violent’ man, 32, sought for Parkwoods-area robbery, assault

November 19, 2020November 19, 2020 Jay Garak assault, Ellesmere Road, robbery, theft, Victoria Park Avenue

Police are looking for a 32-year-old man wanted for the alleged violent robbery of a 61-year-old man on Nov. 8.

Sammy the Samoyued

Sammy’s been found by ‘good samaritan’

October 8, 2020January 18, 2021 Jay Garak carjacking, dog, robbery, Toronto Police, Victoria Park Avenue

Police are looking for a large, white dog that had been in a carjacked vehicle — despite them having recovered the car.

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Dog missing after carjacked vehicle found

October 7, 2020January 18, 2021 Jay Garak carjacking, dog, robbery, Toronto Police, Victoria Park Avenue

Police are looking for a large, white dog that had been in a carjacked vehicle — despite them having recovered the car.

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Don Valley Daily Updates: July–August 2020

August 31, 2020November 27, 2020 Streeter staff bicycles, CNE, collision, condominiums, coronavirus, dog, Eglinton Avenue East, home invasion, mask, ParksPlayTO, real estate, reopening, road closure, road work, theft, Toronto Police, Victoria Park Avenue, York Mills Road

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

Couple in Dentonia Park

Rally against racism spreads love in Dentonia Park

August 30, 2020September 1, 2020 Rodger Burnside Danforth Avenue, Dentonia Park, racism, Rima Berns-McGown, Victoria Park Avenue

When Mark Austin and Candace Zinkweg visited Dentonia Park two months ago they became the victims of an alleged racist attack.

Access Hub on Victoria Park

Heated, spacious transit shelters installed

June 30, 2020July 1, 2020 Rodger Burnside Access Hubs, Don Mills Road, Overlea Boulevard, Toronto Transit Commission, transit, Victoria Park Avenue

The TTC has installed large, heated Access Hubs in neighbourhoods across Toronto, including in Thorncliffe Park, Don Mills and Upper Beaches.

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One male in hospital, one in custody after Parma Court shooting

April 30, 2020April 30, 2020 Jay Garak gunshots, O'Connor Drive, Parma Court, shooting, Toronto Police, Victoria Park Avenue, Wakunda Place

Police have one male in custody and are seeking a second after a shooting that left one male wounded last night near O’Connor Drive and Victoria Park.

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Feb. 17—March 29: Winter Stations continue at Woodbine

March 7, 2020February 26, 2020 Streeter staff art installations, Ashbridges Bay, Kew-Balmy Beach, Victoria Park Avenue, Winter Stations, Woodbine Avenue

Winter Stations are returning to the Beaches with four new public art installations for the sixth year transforming lifeguard posts.

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Beaches-Leslieville Daily Updates: January–February 2020

February 29, 2020April 13, 2020 Streeter staff bike lanes, child pornography, child sexual abuse, Danforth Avenue, Danforth Study, Fox Theatre, garbage, homicide, John Tory, Nathaniel Erskine-Smith, Peter MacKay, photo radar, Queen Street East, racism, Toronto Hydro, Toronto Police, Victoria Park Avenue, Winter Stations, Winterlicious, Woodbine Beach

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

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From stately hotel to strip club—the Empringham story

November 19, 2020May 5, 2021 Eric McMillan

The Empringham, Danforth or Play Pen — they’re all the same hotel, standing at Danfoirth 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

*FEATURED THAT WAS THEN

When building transit was simpler at Mt. Pleasant and Eglinton

May 9, 2019November 24, 2020 Eric McMillan

*FEATURED THAT WAS THEN

The days of hay wagons and streetcars on Yonge Street

February 1, 2019February 3, 2019 Eric McMillan

*FEATURED THAT WAS THEN

The viaduct that brought Moore Park into Toronto

December 1, 2018December 15, 2018 Streeter staff

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