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by The Bulldog • August 21, 2018

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Durham police search for suspect after daytime shooting in Ajax, Ont.

19 May 2024

Police in Durham are looking for a suspect after an altercation in Ajax, Ont., apparently led to a shooting late Saturday afternoon. No victims have been located. [...]

3 people dead, 5 injured after serious boat collision north of Kingston, Ont.

19 May 2024

A collision involving two boats — described as a fishing-style boat and a speedboat — left three people dead and five injured Saturday night at a lake north of Kingston, [...]

Driver crashes into firetruck in Hamilton, Ont., man faces impaired driving charges

19 May 2024

OPP's highway unit says a man from Brampton, Ont., is facing charges after crashing into a firetruck on Highway 403 that was protecting the scene of another collision. [...]

Federal byelection announced for June 24 in Toronto St. Paul’s riding

19 May 2024

A federal byelection will be held in the Ontario riding of Toronto - St. Paul's on June 24 to fill the seat left vacant by Liberal cabinet minister Carolyn Bennett. [...]

Scarborough shooting sends one to hospital, investigation underway: Toronto police

19 May 2024

Toronto police are investigating a shooting early Sunday following a dispute outside a home in Scarborough. One man was taken to hospital, and the investigation is ongoing. [...]

Bernardeschi scores three goals as rampant Toronto FC thumps CF Montreal 5-1

19 May 2024

After a 5-1 thumping of an injury-ravaged CF Montreal on Saturday, Toronto FC's Italian duo of Federico Bernardeschi and Lorenzo Insigne had the honour of leading the Viking Clap. [...]

DeLuca’s two-run homer lifts Rays over Jays 5-4

18 May 2024

The Toronto Blue Jays know that something has to change. Pitcher Chris Bassitt, general manager Ross Atkins and manager John Schneider have all said as much over the past two [...]

Victoria Day long weekend underway

19 May 2024

The Victoria Day long weekend is here and it's shaping up to be a great one to spend outdoors. [...]

Distinguished Gentleman's Ride in Bloor-Yorkville

19 May 2024

Motorcyle riders are out and about Yorkville this morning for the annual Distinguished Gentleman's Ride. [...]

Man hospitalized after Scarborough shooting

19 May 2024

A man was shot after a dispute outside of a house in Scarborough Saturday morning, police say. [...]

First measles death in Ontario in 35 years

19 May 2024

Dr. Dale Kalina, Assistant clinical professor at McMaster University says the lack of vaccinations could be linked to COVID-19 pandemic. [...]

No injuries after vessel caught fire

19 May 2024

Emergency crews were called to the public boat launch around 3:30 PM. [...]

Robbery at Fairview Park Mall in Kitchener

19 May 2024

Shoppers at a Kitchener shopping centre were sent scrambling after an armed robbery last night. [...]

Business catches fire in Barrie

19 May 2024

Crews extinguished a fire that started inside of a business in the area of Essa Road and Tiffin Street around 5:30 last night. [...]

Federal byelection called in Liberal stronghold of Toronto-St. Paul's

19 May 2024

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has called a byelection in the riding of Toronto-St. Paul's, a key Liberal stronghold that was long held by former cabinet minister Carolyn Bennett. [...]

Only 3 Toronto beaches are accessible. Advocates want better

19 May 2024

The City of Toronto says only three of its 10 supervised swimming beaches have accessibility features for people with disabilities. Advocates want to see that number expand, with accessibility consistent [...]

As Mississauga votes for next mayor, Ward 5 to choose new councillor

19 May 2024

Mississaugans head to the polls on June 10 to choose the next mayor, but those who live in Ward 5 also have the opportunity to elect a new councillor. The [...]

3 dead, 5 injured in evening boat collision north of Kingston

19 May 2024

Ontario Provincial Police say the collision happened after 9:30 p.m. on Saturday and involved "an open bow fishing style boat" and a speedboat. [...]

Here's what's open in Toronto on Victoria Day weekend

17 May 2024

Most grocery stores will be closed for Victoria Day 2024 in Toronto, but you can still catch fireworks and check out plenty of attractions on Monday. [...]

SIU investigating woman's death after arrest in Barrie

19 May 2024

Ontario’s police watchdog is investigating the death of a 28-year-old woman who died in hospital Saturday morning after she was arrested in Barrie. [...]

Fog advisory ends for Toronto

19 May 2024

A fog advisory has been lifted for Toronto. [...]

Watch the Canadian Olympic and Paralympic swim trials

9 July 2023

Canada's Damian Warner wins 8th Hypo Meeting decathlon

19 May 2024

Canada's Damian Warner won his record eighth Hypo Meeting decathlon on Sunday in Götzis, Austria, his first multi-sport competition since finishing second at last year's World Athletics Championships. [...]

De Grasse 2nd in Diamond League 100m, Mitton 3rd in shot put

19 May 2024

Canadian sprint star Andre De Grasse was second in the 100 metres at Sunday's Diamond League event in Morocco. [...]

Canadian women's 3x3 basketball team earns spot in Paris Olympics with win over Hungary

19 May 2024

The Canadian women's 3x3 team is down to their final chance to get to this summer's Olympic Games. The team of Paige Crozon, Kacie Bosch, and twin sisters Michelle and Katherine [...]

PWHL playoffs: Toronto's inability to score leads to Minnesota-Boston final

18 May 2024

Over three playoff games against Minnesota, Toronto couldn't solve goaltender Maddie Rooney when it mattered most. [...]

Cozens leads Canada to 3-2 win over Switzerland at world hockey championship

19 May 2024

Dylan Cozens scored twice and added an assist as Canada edged Switzerland 3-2 on Sunday to remain unbeaten at the world hockey championship. [...]

Canadian women top Thailand to improve to 3-1 at Volleyball Nations League competition

19 May 2024

Canada picked up an important victory in Volleyball Nations League action on Saturday night with a 25-21, 25-13, 20-25 and 25-17 over winless Thailand in Rio de Janeiro. [...]

Take that, trash pandas!

1 May 2024

Trash pandas beware – Rick Roos has invented a way to spoil your nocturnal feasts. The 49-year-old Leaside father of one has created BinClaw, a device for securing your garbage [...]

Fireworks lit up the sky in Talbot Park

1 May 2024

I often still hear the distant sound of fireworks on Victoria Day, but there was a time long ago when the annual aerial light show of sparkling starbursts was right [...]

The Curious Idler May 2024

1 May 2024

A hockey first at Northlea Elementary & Middle School! There is nothing quite as special as playing for your school team, and it is extra special when your team [...]

Editor: Time for a food truck revolution in Leaside?

1 May 2024

A few years ago, our intrepid Business of Leaside columnist Glenn Asano posed this question about Leaside’s Business Park: Why not a food truck festival? After all, there’s ample room [...]

Exploring the night economy – opportunity or threat for Leaside?

1 May 2024

-The “night economy” refers to all economic activities occurring between 6 p.m. and 6 a.m., extending well beyond just nightclubs and bars. This sector includes late-night eateries, retail outlets, cultural [...]

Green ambition – Jason Rokosh scales the heights

1 May 2024

Living walls, green façades, rooftop gardens. Just imagine the possibilities beyond the usual lawn. Meet Jason Rokosh, whose green creativity takes him – and his clients – to new places, [...]

Truckin’ awesome dumplings in Leaside

1 May 2024

Ada Mok and Cam Pounder love dumplings. As it happens, so do many Leasiders. Luckily for all of us, these foodpreneurs turned their love into a food truck business called [...]

Sidewalk Sensation Event – June 15th, 2024

30 April 2024

Saturday, June 15th between 10:30am – 4:00pm [...]

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... [...]

Pleasant Present Contest

19 May 2024

SHOP MORE... DINE MORE... Upload a receipt for your chance to WIN a $100 MPV Gift Card! [...]

Mother’s Day 2024

11 May 2024

Pick up an extra special gift for Mom and treat her to a delicious meal she'll remember! [...]

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! [...]

Restaurant tables getting out!

19 May 2024

The restaurants along Yonge Street are starting to put tables outside. The City is allowing them again. It will make Yonge Street look good and, of course, it will be [...]

Adding a piece!

18 May 2024

Adding a piece on the building on Roxborough. It's being completely fixed up!A chair available on Roxborough. Things are always available on our streets.More books are being added to the [...]

A part-time market!

17 May 2024

All available at MacPherson and Yonge! Only occasionally though!It tells you how to find it!The special plants are still available on MacPherson near Molson! [...]

Things are nice in the park!

16 May 2024

Not many people and enough benches at MacPherson Park.It's all for cleaning the windows in a house on Roxborough!It used to say "Molson" before one of the big trucks hit [...]

Fixing a roof

15 May 2024

Fixing a roof on MacPhersonMore books available at the box on MacPherson!A nicely fixed house on the north side of MacPherson. [...]

Cafe T.O. is coming!

14 May 2024

The patio "relocations," as the City says, are up as signs on Yonge Street. More coffee will be available outside the restaurants and coffee places.Great steps are being put in [...]

Yorkville on a Sunday!

13 May 2024

Many, many people taking photos on Yorkville during the lovely Sunday!Many also enjoyed Yorkville's boulder!Crossing Avenue Road. It's not easy! [...]

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 [...]

Major Streets Study – FoNTRA responds

8 May 2024

FoNTRA supports the general intent of the Major Streets initiative as being a logical framework to pursue opportunities for increased density in Neighbourhoods. However the proposal is presented as “one [...]

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 [...]

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