Yonge Street

THINGS TO DO 

May 14: Support the Sporting Life 10K run

May 7, 2023May 15, 2023 Streeter staff 0 Comment Campfire Circle, run, Sporting Life 10K, Yonge Street

The annual Sporting Life 10K is off and running again on May 14, starting at 7:30 a.m. ay Yonge Street and Davisville Avenue.

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THINGS TO DO 

April 27: Discuss Davisville condo and rental development

April 20, 2023April 26, 2023 Streeter staff Davpart, development, Yonge Street

The city is holding a virtual meeting April 27 for community consultation on a proposed development at Yonge Street and Chaplin Crescent.

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Business NEWS 

Regret getting that tattoo? Removery studio can help

March 17, 2023March 20, 2023 Andrea Freedman midtown, Removery, tattoo removal, Yonge Street

Tattoo shops are not uncommon in midtown Toronto but now there’s also a place where you can make your tattoos disappear.

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Business NEWS 

Picture-worthy treats come to midtown at Mermaid Cafe

January 21, 2023February 23, 2023 Andrea Freedman 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.

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NEWS 

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.

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DAILY UPDATES 

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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DAILY UPDATES 

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.

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*FEATURED Business NEWS 

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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NEWS 

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.

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*FEATURED NEWS 

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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*FEATURED NEWS 

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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*FEATURED NEWS 

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.

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*FEATURED NEWS 

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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