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Picture-worthy treats come to midtown at Mermaid Cafe

January 21, 2023January 28, 2023 Andrea Freedman 0 Comment café, Mermaid Café, midtown, new business, Yonge Street

Mermaid Cafe’s whimsical, mermaid-themed café decor provides a perfect backdrop for customers to create eye-catching Instagram posts.

Stag Shop

Stag Shop brings the sexy back to Yonge and Eglinton

June 26, 2022June 30, 2022 Andrea Freedman Pride, sex shop, sexuality, Stag Shop, Yonge Street

Recently opened Stag Shop has created an inclusive and comfortable environment for people to shop for products to enhance sexual well-being.

Davisville Starbucks

North Toronto Daily Updates

March 7, 2022March 7, 2022 Streeter staff affordable housing, assault, automated speed enforcement, Avenue Road, bakery, Barry Sherman, bike lanes, bus, café, candy, cannabis, car crash, car thefts, carbon monoxide, child care, child pornography, COVID-19, development, dog poop, Don Valley Golf Course, fire, fire truck, Fraserwood Avenue, gun control, gunshots, hate crime, homicide, Honey Sherman, knife, Lawrence Avenue East, libraries, Little Jamaica, Loblaws, map, McSorley's Saloon and Grill, Metro, motorcyclist, Mt. Pleasant Road, North Toronto Collegiate, North Toronto Hockey Association, North Toronto Memorial Community Centre, overdoses, parking permits, patios, Playa Cabana Bar Esquina, pollinator gardens, power outage, rents, Rob Oliphant, SafeTO, schools, shooting, Shoppers Drug Mart, snow clearing, Sobeys, Starbucks, Stephanie Bowman, subway, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto Transit Commission, vaccinations, vaccine, Valentine's Day, vigil, Yonge Eglinton, Yonge Eglinton Centre, Yonge Street

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

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Central Toronto Daily Updates

March 5, 2022March 7, 2022 Streeter staff ActiveTO, affordable housing, Alexandra Park, Andrea Barrack, Annamie Paul, anti-Semitism, arson, attempted murder, automated speed enforcement, Bayview Avenue, bike lanes, Bloor Street West, break and enter, break-ins, Brian Chang, car fire, Chinatown, Christie Pits Park, Chrystia Freeland, Clinton Street Public School, closures, collision, COVID-19, COVID-19 variant, David Morris, dog poop, Dundas Street West, El Mocambo, encampment, fatality, film festival, fire, firearms, first-degree murder, Food Basics, Friends of 225 Brunswick, goat, graffiti, green plan, gun control, hate, hate crime, homelessness, Howard Street, human remains, indecent act, Jack Layton, Jessica Bell, libraries, Little Italy, Loblaws, Marci Ien, methadone, Metro, Michelle Ross, motorcyclist, New Democratic Party, noise, outdoor recreation, overdoses, Palmerston Area Residents’ Association, parking permits, patios, pedestrian, pollinator gardens, Qi Sushi, Queen's Park, ravines, Remembrance Day, RenovictionsTO, rents, retail robbery, rinks, road closures, road work, robbery, SafeTO, Santa Claus, Seaton House, second-degree murder, sexual assault, shooting, Shoppers Drug Mart, sinkhole, snow clearing, snowstorm, spitting, St. George Care Community, St. Joseph Street, stabbing, Starbucks, streetcar, subway, tenants, Terry Fox, Toronto flag, Toronto Police, Toronto Urban Design Awards, town hall, trafficking, Trinity Bellwoods Park, Valentine's Day, vehicle break-ins, waste reduction, watermain break, wheelchair, YMCA Child Development Centre, Yonge Street, Yorkville Avenue

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

SAVA Crepes and Coffee owner Sofia Reshetnikova

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Crepes and coffee shop brings Russian tradition to Yonge-Eglinton

February 11, 2022March 7, 2022 Andrea Freedman COVID-19, Crepes, restaurant, SAVA Crepes and Coffee, Yonge Street

SAVA Crepes and Coffee, a café that serves sweet and savoury crepes, as well as coffee purchased from other local

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Exhibits THINGS TO DO

Daily to Jan. 2: Space out at scifi exhibit at reference library

November 1, 2021November 9, 2021 Streeter staff Judith Merril, science fiction, Toronto Reference Library, Yonge Street

“Spaced Out: 50 Years of the Merril Collection” showcases some of the strange and wonderful things held by TPL’s Merril Collection.

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Charges laid in investigation of two assaults called hate-motivated

July 15, 2021July 16, 2021 Jay Garak anti-Semitism, Glen Elm Street, hate crime, Toronto Police, Yonge Street

A man has been arrested after two alleged assaults police are treating as hate-motivated — one in Deer Park and one downtown.

Condos planned for Yonge and Davisville

City, developer divided over condo towers on Davisville heritage site

May 29, 2021May 31, 2021 Dennis Hanagan Davisville Avenue, Josh Matlow, Millwood Road, South Eglinton Ratepayers’ and Residents’ Association, Starbucks, Times Group Corporation, Yonge Street

The city and a developer aren’t seeing eye-to-eye over a proposal that would demolish heritage buildings at Yonge and Davisville.

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SIU investigating after man ‘in crisis’ shot by police

May 23, 2021May 26, 2021 Jay Garak Merton Street, police shooting, shooting, Special Investigations Unit, stabbing, Toronto Police, Yonge Street

Investigation of a fatal altercation between Toronto police and a “person in crisis” in Davisville has been turned over to the SIU.

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Residents say proposed Yonge-Eglinton development ignores their concerns

April 29, 2021April 30, 2021 Dennis Hanagan Andy Gort, development, Eglinton Avenue, Federation of North Toronto Residents’ Associations, Josh Matlow, Oxford Properties Group, South Eglinton Ratepayers’ and Residents’ Association, Toronto Transit Commission, Yonge Street

When the developer made its Yonge-Eglinton proposal to the city, it ignored locals’ expressed concerns, residents’ group says.

One of buildings bought by city

City buys buildings in Summerhill, Chinatown for the vulnerable

April 15, 2021April 15, 2021 Rodger Burnside affordable housing, Chinatown, John Tory, Mike Layton, Spadina Avenue, St. Clare’s Multifaith Housing Society, Yonge Street

The city has bought two multi-storey buildings on busy commercial strips in Summerhill and Chinatown to turn into homes for people in need.

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Meetings THINGS TO DO

Join public meeting on ActiveTO midtown street project: April 27

April 13, 2021April 16, 2021 Streeter staff ActiveTO, bike lanes, cafés, Yonge Street

A virtual public meeting to discuss the ActiveTO Midtown Complete Street Pilot adding bike lanes and curb lane patios on Yonge Street.

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Yonge Street to be transformed with bike lanes, patios

April 10, 2021April 17, 2021 J. Diamond Daniel ActiveTO, Barbara Gray, bike lanes, CafeTO, patios, Yonge Street

City council has approved a pilot project that will see part of Yonge Street reduced to two lanes, bike lanes added and patios installed.

Davisville Starbucks

Starbucks makes Grande-size cutbacks across city

February 1, 2021February 2, 2021 Rodger Burnside cafés, closures, coffee shops, Davisville Avenue, Starbucks, Yonge Street

Fewer of us will be able to order Tall, Grande and Venti coffees at our local shops, as more than 25 Starbucks cafés have closed in Toronto.

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North Toronto Daily Updates: November–December 2020

December 31, 2020March 11, 2021 Streeter staff arrest, assault, Barry Sherman, break-ins, CampTO, Christmas trees, COVID-19, crane, dog care, Dogstar Boutique and Spa, fire, Ghost Kitchens, Glencairn Station, gunshots, Halloween, hit and run, Honey Sherman, Jaye Robinson, Lawyer, Little Jamaica, Metro, murder, parking, Pine Ink Tattoos, robberies, shooting, suspicious incident, SUV thefts, washrooms, Yonge Street

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

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That was then.

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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

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