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Central Toronto Daily Updates

September 25, 2020September 25, 2020 Streeter staff 0 Comment Alex Duff Memorial Pool, Barbara Hall Park, Bay Street, Bell boxes, BigArtTO, Bike Share, Brass Rail Tavern, CNE, collision, coronavirus, COVID-19, cycling, Dundas Street, fire, George Street, gunshots, hit and run, Jagmeet Singh, kidnapping, knife, map, museums, Neighbourhood Climate Action Champions, noise, parking permits, real estate, River Street, road work, robbery, Rosedale Valley Road, sexual assault, stabbing, StrollTO, subway, Toronto Fire Services, Toronto Police, Yonge Street

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

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September 24, 2020September 24, 2020 Streeter staff 0 Comment back to school, bank robbery, Bell boxes, BigArtTO, Bike Share, CNE, collision, condominiums, coronavirus, COVID-19, Davisville Avenue, fatal crash, gun, home invasion, Ingram Transfer Station, Lawrence Avenue West, map, Mt. Pleasant Road, Neighbourhood Climate Action Champions, noise, parking permits, ParksPlayTO, potholes, real estate, reopening, road work, Roehampton Hotel, sexual assault, shooting, stabbing, StrollTO, subway, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, syringes, theft, Toronto Police, traffic, Yonge Street

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

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Man in hospital after apartment fire in Yonge-Lawrence area

May 30, 2020September 22, 2020 Rodger Burnside fire, Toronto Fire Services, Yonge Street

A man was taken to hospital after a two-alarm fire destroyed a ground-floor apartment in the Yonge Street and Lawrence Avenue area.

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30th anniversary celebrations cancelled, music studio carries on

May 22, 2020May 27, 2020 Monique Thompson COVID-19, Moore Avenue, music, music lessons, Yellow Dog Music, Yonge Street

Yellow Dog Music should be celebrating its 30th anniversary, but COVID-19 had other plans for them. The music studio and its party plans were shut down.

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Daily: Book art at Toronto Reference Library

March 12, 2020March 14, 2020 Streeter staff books, Toronto Reference Library, Yonge Street

The Toronto Public Library’s “Art of the Book” exhibit showcases rare, fine press and artist-made books from the library’s special collections.

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Union members, city councillors ratify agreement

March 6, 2020March 8, 2020 Rodger Burnside CUPE Local 416, Eddie Mariconda, garbage, garbage strike, Yonge Street

Garbage should continue to be picked up in communities east of Yonge Street for the next five years, with the ratification of an agreement.

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March 15: Storytelling at the Tranzac Club

March 1, 2020March 14, 2020 Streeter staff Bathurst Street, Bloor Street East, Bloor Street West, Brunswick Avenue, Danforth Avenue, storytelling, Sussex Avenue, Toronto Reference Library, Tranzac Club, Yonge Street

Storytelling Toronto presents the Toronto Storytelling Festival. The 2020 theme is conviviality, to help re-imagine our world and our way forward together.

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Tentative deal, garbage pickup to continue in eastern half of Toronto — for now

February 29, 2020March 1, 2020 Rodger Burnside CUPE Local 416, Eddie Mariconda, garbage, garbage strike, John Tory, William Kaplan, Yonge Street

Negotiators for the City of Toronto and CUPE Local 416 announced late Friday a tentative deal had been reached to avert a garbage strike or lockout.

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Last garbage pickup east of Yonge Street?

February 28, 2020March 1, 2020 Rodger Burnside CUPE Local 416, Eddie Mariconda, garbage, garbage strike, John Tory, William Kaplan, Yonge Street

The usual Friday garbage pickup continued as scheduled in neighbourhoods east of Yonge Street today, as city and union negotiators huddled to find a deal.

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March 7–29: Storytelling fest across central Toronto venues

February 22, 2020March 14, 2020 Streeter staff Bathurst Street, Bloor Street East, Bloor Street West, Brunswick Avenue, Danforth Avenue, storytelling, Sussex Avenue, Toronto Reference Library, Tranzac Club, Yonge Street

Storytelling Toronto presents the Toronto Storytelling Festival. The 2020 theme is conviviality, to help re-imagine our world and our way forward together.

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