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Ontario iGaming wagers hit $17.8 billion in 2023-2024

18 April 2024

A new report offers insights into Ontario's online gaming market, which racked up nearly $18 billion in wagers during the 2023-2024 period. [...]

Yankees score four runs in ninth for win over Jays

17 April 2024

A thin bullpen proved costly for the Toronto Blue Jays on Wednesday in a 6-4 loss to the New York Yankees at Rogers Centre. [...]

S&P/TSX composite flat on Wednesday, U.S. stock markets fall

17 April 2024

Canada's main stock index was flat on Wednesday, helped by strength in battery metal and technology stocks, while U.S. stock markets moved lower. [...]

Ont. First Nation calls for chemical plant to be shut down amid ‘dangerously high’ benzene levels

17 April 2024

Aamjiwnaang First Nation called on the federal and provincial governments to shut down INEOS Styrolution, a chemical manufacturer. [...]

‘Dangerous’: Ontario lab closures would put lives at risk, workers warn

17 April 2024

OPSEU says the proposed closures would close labs in Timmins, Sault Ste. Marie, Orillia, Hamilton, Kingston, and Peterborough. [...]

The ins and outs of NHL faceoffs: ‘It’s like parenting’

17 April 2024

Former NHL linesman Vaughan Rody knows faceoffs: the fundamentals, the tricks, the tells, the cheats. There's a lot that goes into the seemingly simple action of restarting a game. [...]

Ontario is changing what developers pay to build. Feds say it means ‘higher taxes’

17 April 2024

Tensions between the Ford and Trudeau governments are continuing on the housing file. Now, Ottawa says changes to development charges amount to higher taxes. [...]

Video shows stolen gold loaded onto truck

17 April 2024

Video shared by Peel police shows a suspect loading stolen gold onto a truck at Pearson airport. [...]

MUST WATCH: Stolen gold shipment truck route

17 April 2024

Peel Police released video of the truck route taken after more than $22M of gold and foreign cash was stolen [...]

Police provide update on gold heist at Pearson

17 April 2024

Nine suspects wanted in connection with the gold heist at Pearson International Airport last year. [...]

‘The largest gold heist in Canadian history’

17 April 2024

Police speak with reporters about the significance nature of a nearly $24M heist at Pearson airport [...]

Jontay Porter banned from NBA

17 April 2024

Toronto Raptors player Jontay Porter has been handed a lifetime ban from NBA following an investigation. [...]

City to discuss report on vacant home tax

17 April 2024

It's a busy day at City Hall with plenty on the agenda for today's council meeting. [...]

Arrests in Toronto Pearson gold heist

17 April 2024

Nine suspects are in custody and a 'large quantity of firearms" have been seized [...]

Toronto to raise fines for 125 parking offences on August 1

18 April 2024

Fines for 125 parking offences will rise in Toronto on August 1st, city council decided on Wednesday. [...]

Ontario Legislature bans keffiyeh scarves, premier calls for reversal

17 April 2024

The Ontario Legislature has banned the wearing of keffiyehs with its speaker saying the scarves are a "political statement," while the premier is calling for a reversal of the move. [...]

'Inconceivable' that accused couldn't feel he hit 300-lb. cop, Crown says at murder trial

17 April 2024

A man accused of killing a Toronto police officer nearly three years ago acted reasonably under fear of an imminent threat to his heavily pregnant wife and two-year-old son, defence [...]

Opposition grills government on UP Express service change U-turn

17 April 2024

Opposition parties questioned the Ontario government on Wednesday about its decision to reverse planned changes to the UP Express service, saying the government failed to consult commuters before announcing the [...]

2 Air Canada employees played key roles in $22.5M Pearson airport gold heist, police allege

17 April 2024

Police say they have arrested multiple people and laid 19 charges in connection with what investigators are calling the largest gold heist in Canadian history. [...]

Woman who pressured boyfriend to kill ex granted prison absences

17 April 2024

A woman who pressured her boyfriend into killing his teenage ex more than a decade ago will be allowed to leave prison for weeks at a time. [...]

Tim Hortons says 'technical errors' falsely told people they won $55K boat in Roll Up To Win promo

17 April 2024

A technical error by Tim Hortons led coffee drinkers across Canada to falsely believe they had won a $55,000 boat as part of the franchise's Roll Up To Win promotion. [...]

100 days away, Paris Games come with promise of a French renaissance for the Olympic, Paralympic movement

17 April 2024

Raptors' Jontay Porter banned from NBA for betting on games

17 April 2024

Toronto Raptors two-way player Jontay Porter was banned from the NBA on Wednesday after a league probe found he disclosed confidential information to sports bettors and wagered on games, even [...]

How many medals will Canada win at the Paris Olympics?

17 April 2024

CBC Sports' daily newsletter digs into the latest podium projections for the Summer Games to see how Canadian athletes might do. [...]

Canada crushes Japan to open women's wheelchair basketball Paralympic qualifier

17 April 2024

The Canadian women's wheelchair basketball team is off to a strong start at its Paralympic qualifying tournament in Osaka, Japan. [...]

Canadians could make some noise in the NBA post-season

16 April 2024

CBC Sports' daily newsletter looks at the top Canadian players to watch as the chase for the Larry O'Brien Trophy heats up. [...]

Olympic curling champion Brad Jacobs splits with Carruthers' Manitoba rink

17 April 2024

Veteran skip Brad Jacobs is a free agent after announcing Wednesday that he is parting ways with Reid Carruthers and his Manitoba-based curling team. [...]

'Ready for a new challenge': Caitlin Clark already feeling at home in Indiana

17 April 2024

When Caitlin Clark walked to the dais Wednesday in Indianapolis, she looked like a natural. [...]

Leaside Events April 2024

1 April 2024

Toronto-Leaside Rotary Club – Recycle Your Electronics Saturday, April 6 from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm. East York Town Centre, 45 Overlea Boulevard. Please – no appliances or light fixtures. [...]

Welcome back! LanceBotics returns to LHS

1 April 2024

After a hiatus during the pandemic, Leaside High School’s Robotics Team, LanceBotics, is once again doing what they love to do: building robots and taking part in competitions. Their name, [...]

It’s time to clean up this town!

1 April 2024

Spring has arrived in Leaside in all its glory! Mother Nature never fails to disappoint. Walking around the neighbourhood, I see the signs everywhere. Trees in bud. Daffodils, snowdrops, crocuses [...]

Properties Unlimited Realty Brokerage celebrates 40 year milestone

1 April 2024

On February 28, 2024, Properties Unlimited Realty Brokerage turned 40, but there is nothing middle-aged about our company. The firm remains a strong Leaside family business: the owners and founders [...]

What the Crizzle?!

1 April 2024

February 14th. Valentine’s Day. 7:21 p.m. And I feel anything but love … for Crizzle. I am steps away from the corner of Rumsey and Parkhurst, with Jerry-the-neurotic-wonder-dog, when I [...]

Elijah Mubarak overcomes fears to win big

1 April 2024

Rolph Road’s very own 6-year-old Elijah Mubarak recently placed first in the Next Gen Niagara 2024 Jiu Jitsu Tournament. A sweet and confident kid, Elijah has always been extremely active. [...]

A haven for seniors in Leaside since 1987

1 April 2024

Suomi-Koti, or “Finnish Home” in English, on Eglinton just west of Laird Drive, has been a fixture in the Leaside neighbourhood for more than three decades. In 1982, five Finnish [...]

Santa & Carollers Coming to Town!

7 November 2023

Saturday, December 2nd & 9th between 12:30pm-3:30pm [...]

AppleFest October 14th, 2023

1 September 2023

Sidewalk Sensation Event – June 17th, 2023

19 April 2023

Commercial Façade Improvement Grant Program

1 March 2023

Now Open! New Businesses on Bayview

23 December 2022

Gift & Shop Local Holiday Event December 3rd & 10th

14 November 2022

Celebrate the holidays on Saturday, December 3rd and 10th between 11 am-4 pm with the merchants on Bayview! Bring the whole family to enjoy a FREE warm beverage from select... [...]

Applefest 2022!

28 August 2022

The Bayview Leaside BIA is proud to welcome you back to our annual Applefest celebration held on October 15th, where we will line the streets with apple’s and hay to... [...]

Community Clean Up Day

8 April 2024

Join us on April 21 to help tidy up the neighbourhood! 12 Noon to 12:45pm [...]

12th Mount Pleasant Village Harvest Fair!

13 September 2023

Pull out your flannel and brush up on your pumpkin carving skills… The Mount Pleasant Village Harvest Fair is on Sept 23! [...]

The Regent Theatre Revival: Terra Bruce Productions’ Exciting New Plans for Entertainment in Toronto

11 September 2023

Terrabruce Productions and The Regent Theatre take center stage as Gold Sponsors of the 12th Mount Pleasant Village Harvest Fair. [...]

Camping, Cottaging, Camper-Van’ing – A Mount Pleasant Village Shopping Guide for Stocking Up

16 August 2023

A Mount Pleasant Village Shopping Guide for all your vacationing needs before you hit the road! [...]

Summer Self Care Guide: Aesthetician’s Top Tips for Glowing Skin

7 July 2023

Healthwinds Aesthetician Leila Moldakhmetova gives us the inside scoop. Continue reading for 3 tips to get glowing skin for the summer! [...]

A Head Start on Summer Shopping in Mount Pleasant Village

6 July 2023

Sweet, sweet summer! It’s finally here. And it’s oh-so-good in Ontario, whether you’re in the city or retreating somewhere a little more slow paced. [...]

Unlocking Your Child’s Potential: How Scholars’ Tutoring Programs Boost Grade Levels

5 July 2023

Discover the power of education with Scholars Education, proud Gold Sponsors of the 12th Mount Pleasant Village Harvest Fair. [...]

Fresh produce!

17 April 2024

A farmer set up a produce selling on the corner of MacPherson and Yonge. He had nice stuff but few people knew about it and he likely didn't sell much. [...]

Yonge Street late afternoon!

17 April 2024

Bicycles? Well there are two. Lots of cars on Avenue Road though and no bikes. [...]

Fixing electric wires

16 April 2024

Working in the rear of some buildings being worked on. Between Roxborough and MacPherson. A lot of construction is under way!Yonge Street near the library closed while construction is going [...]

New steps on Roxborough!

15 April 2024

The house is being redone. [...]

Yonge Street going up and up!

15 April 2024

The seven special stores and restaurants remain but their rear is going up!A garage between MacPherson and Roxborough.Bus heading up Avenue Road. [...]

At MacPherson Park!

14 April 2024

Two ladies with two dogs playing at MacPherson Park!One of their dogsAnother. Both having a good time! [...]

A note to dog people!

14 April 2024

Too many people walking with dogs leave a poo behind! Here is their note on Roxborough.Caught in the trees on Roxborough! It will no doubt come down before long.Carefully waiting [...]

The SEDRA Owl: March 2024

27 March 2024

Heritage Preservation in Midtown Bill 23 and the Impact on Heritage Preservation in Midtown Toronto You may have heard of Bill 23 in reference to the Greenbelt, but we want [...]

Q&A with Councillor Mike Colle

12 December 2023

Image: Ward 8’s City Councillor Mike ColleImage Credit: toronto.ca A number of local residents’ associations, including SEDRA, have come together to bring you a series of short informational pieces that [...]

Traffic Safety – an oxymoron?

12 December 2023

An important message from John Hiddema, SEDRA Co-President The term traffic safety is used as a catch-all for conversations about what happens on our streets as we move about the [...]

The SEDRA Owl: November 2023

8 November 2023

A conversation with Josh Matlow Image: Ward 12’s City Councillor Josh MatlowImage Credit: toronto.ca A number of local residents’ associations, including SEDRA, have come together to bring you a series of short [...]

The SEDRA Owl: Fall 2023

3 October 2023

The greening of Davisville Image: 33 and 77 Davisville Ave, and future site of 60 BalliolImage Credit: Mary Turcotte by Jane Auster, co-president, SEDRAWhere are our parks?Davisville Village is one [...]

The SEDRA Owl: June 2023

15 June 2023

What’s the magic number for new neighbours? Image: Crane Index, Q1 2023 Contributed by Jeff Latto, SEDRA Board Member and Chair of the TMWG (Tall-Mid Rise Working Group) We are [...]

Midtown Working Group: Review and recommendations re Oxford Development revised submission – Canada Square

5 June 2023

This review provides our analysis and recommendations regarding the current revised application for the development of Canada Square as submitted in December 2022. The Midtown Working Group believed that Canada [...]

Heritage Register Review: Public Information Session

18 February 2024

Toronto residents are invited to an online Public Information Session to learn about the City’s Heritage Register Review project. The purpose of the meeting is to share information about the [...]

Councillor Jaye Robinson – January 2024 Newsletter

31 January 2024

I hope 2024 is off to a great start for you and your families. The Ward 15 – Don Valley West team is hitting the ground running here at City [...]

Plans for a mass-timber building pivot to steel girders and concrete

31 January 2024

Facing a persistently sluggish market for office buildings, one developer has pivoted his original plan to construct an environmentally leading-edge mass-timber building in Toronto to instead build lab and research [...]

1840 Bayview proposal

1 January 2024

The application to build a 34-storey mixed-use building at 1840 Eglinton with 377 units has been appealed to the Ontario Land Tribunal. The hearing date has not yet been set. [...]

Bayview and Eglinton development – getting down to serious business

1 January 2024

In last February’s Leaside Life we described the influx of tall building applications at and within 500 metres of the intersection of Bayview north of Eglinton, and Eglinton west of Bayview. Guess [...]

Revamped proposal at Leaside Station adds units, reworks design

15 December 2023

The proposal for 589-595 Eglinton Ave. E. is for a 35-storey residential building with 442 units and ground floor retail fronting on Eglinton, just east of Bayview.The LRA has submitted [...]

Councillor Jaye Robinson’s November 2023 Newsletter

2 December 2023

As November comes to a close, I am sending my best wishes to families across Ward 15 for a wonderful holiday season. To celebrate, the City's annual Cavalcade of Lights [...]

More Darkness in Ontario’s Democracy

18 February 2024

In Canada, after an election first ministers write mandate letters to their cabinet colleagues, laying out deliverables their departments should achieve. Some governments make them public (Trudeau, McGuinty and Wynne [...]

Heritage Register Review: Public Information Session

17 February 2024

Toronto residents are invited to an online Public Information Session to learn about the City’s Heritage Register Review project. The purpose of the meeting is to share information about the [...]

Loud noises keeping you up at night?

7 January 2024

The noise bylaw amendments, which will be discussed at the Economic and Community Development Committee next week, come after a pandemic-delayed review mandated by the 2019 bylaw. Concerts with the volume turned [...]

FoNTRA 2023 Year End Review and 2024 Look Forward

4 January 2024

Some highlights/lowlights of 2023 and a look forward to 2024 - another busy year ahead!We ended the year with the most FoNTRA members ever - 37 resident associations!We revitalized the [...]

Employment area policy proposals

30 November 2023

The amendment to the provincial definition of "area of employment" narrows the scope of uses from what is currently permitted in areas of employment. In particular, it expressly excludes from [...]

Infill housing and protecting Toronto’s tree canopy

30 November 2023

We strongly support the identification of potential strategies to protect and enhance the City's tree canopy and growing space for trees, while also supporting infill housing growth in Toronto's low-rise [...]

Mid-rise buildings rear transition

29 November 2023

The rear angular plane guidelines were developed through a comprehensive study in 2010 that resulted in a guideline that the rear transition to abutting low density residential areas be a [...]

Recognizing Community Partners

17 April 2024

Everyday people and policing partners were recognized with Toronto Police Service awards at police headquarters on April 7 for helping police save lives and solve crimes. On October 21, 2023 [...]

Toronto Police Recover Carjacked High-End Vehicles and Guns

16 April 2024

Two high-end stolen vehicles have been recovered and three handguns seized by police in the city’s west end. On April 6, suspects robbed a man of his blue BMW X5 [...]

Tri-Service Awards Honour Dispatchers

15 April 2024

Toronto Police Service Communicator of the Year Peter Karagiannis was among several Emergency Services members honoured at Toronto Police headquarters on April 15. “Fire, paramedics and police work so closely [...]

Reflecting on Progress in Missing Persons Investigations

13 April 2024

April 13 marks the third anniversary of the Missing and Missed Report from the Independent Civilian Review into Missing Person Investigations. Through the collaborative development and design with the Missing [...]

Community Joins in Prayer Walk

11 April 2024

For the first time, Toronto Police Service members and faith leaders simultaneously walked in every Division in the city on April 11. “I am happy to be participating in this [...]

Partnership Reduces Robberies

10 April 2024

Pharmacy robberies have been drastically reduced in Toronto through the use of time-delayed safes thanks to a partnership with the Ontario College of Pharmacists and the Ontario Association of Chiefs [...]

Report Hate Crimes Anonymously

9 April 2024

Reporting hate crimes is essential for a safe and healthy city, whether it be directly to police or anonymously. Toronto Crime Stoppers have launched a campaign to encourage reporting of [...]

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