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Julian Taylor named Canadian Folk Music Awards Solo Artist of the Year, also nominated for two Juno Awards

April 12, 2021

By NANDITA SHARMA From an awards standpoint, 2021 has been shaping up as a pretty good year so far for East Toronto musician Julian Taylor. Earlier this year it was announced that he had received his first two Juno Awards nominations in the Contemporary Roots Album of the Year and Indigenous Artist or Group of […]

Metrolinx work on rail corridor west of Main Street continues this week

April 12, 2021

Metrolinx will be continuing work in the East Toronto area this week in relation to the tracks along the Lakeshore East rail corridor. Last week trees were cleared alongside the tracks’ right-of-way between Wildwood Crescent and Woodbine Avenue for a fiber optic cable and a new manhole. For the week of April 12 work is […]

Deja Views: Back in time on Elmer Avenue

April 11, 2021

By DAVID VAN DYKE This postcard above depicts the house designed and built by Herbert Wellard Waters in 1908-1909 at 75 Elmer Ave. The Waters family arrived from Croydon, England to the Beach in 1888. The house was situated half way up the street to Norway Avenue, which was just a footpath at this time. […]

Reel Beach: Legendary Sophia Loren filmed Between Strangers at the R. C. Harris plant

April 10, 2021

By BERNIE FLETCHER Age should have its perks. We’re not just getting older, we’re getting Pfizer or Moderna or AstraZeneca. Hit me with your best shot, any shot, please! Age is just a number to screen legend Sophia Loren who got her start in film when she was only 15. At 86 she stars in […]

Letter by Danforth Families for Safe Communities says Toronto-area Liberal MPs ‘complicit’ in failure of federal government to deliver meaningful gun control reform

April 9, 2021

By ALAN SHACKLETON The Danforth Families for Safe Communities (DFSC) sent a letter to the Canadian government this week outlining its “great disappointment” with the proposed changes to federal gun control laws being put forward by the ruling Liberal Party. The April 7 letter was addressed to Scarborough Southwest MPP and Minister of Public Safety […]

The Main Menu: Spring is here and maple syrup is on the menu

April 9, 2021

By JAN MAIN Our first crop is being harvested – maple syrup. Yum! The middle days of March to the late days of April have the right combination of cool nights with warmer days to get the sap flowing in maple trees. This tree sap, when boiled down, becomes one of life’s unique culinary pleasures- […]

More than a year after its closure, landlord and former owner of The Tulip wants to clear his name

April 8, 2021

By ALAN SHACKLETON David Lui, the owner of the legendary The Tulip steakhouse on Queen Street East near Coxwell Avenue, says he is a good landlord and wants to clear his name regarding what led to the closure of the business. The issue has been gnawing at Lui, 79, for more than a year as […]

Danforth Avenue closed between Dawes and Victoria Park for crash investigation

April 8, 2021

Danforth Avenue between Dawes Road and Victoria Park Avenue is closed this morning (Thursday, April 8) while police investigate a two-vehicle collision. The crash took place in the eastbound lanes of Danforth Avenue just east of Luttrell Avenue at approximately 9 a.m. Injuries in the side-swipe crash between a white van and a white Chrysler […]

Local doctor welcomes plan to bring vaccines to high-risk areas as part of province’s stay-at-home order

April 7, 2021

By ALI RAZA, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Ontario has declared its third state of emergency in the last 12 months and has implemented a four-week long stay-at-home order for all residents as COVID-19 variants of concern continue to spread at alarming rates. Premier Doug Ford, health minister Christine Elliot, solicitor general Sylvia Jones and Chief […]

Man sought in connection with store robbery near Danforth and Greenwood

April 7, 2021

Toronto police have identified a man wanted in connection with a store robbery in the Danforth and Greenwood avenues area earlier this year. According to police, a man entered a store in the area on Jan. 21 wearing a balaclava mask and approached the checkout counter. He pointed his covered hand towards the employee at […]

No injuries in house fire on Denton Avenue in southwest Scarborough

April 7, 2021

No one was injured in a house fire in southwest Scarborough this afternoon. Toronto firefighters were called at 2:09 p.m. on April 7 for reports of smoke coming from a house at 114 Denton Ave., northeast of Danforth and Pharmacy avenues. When fire crews arrived, all occupants were out of the house and no injuries […]

Community cleanup of Glen Stewart Ravine cancelled due to COVID-19 restrictions

April 7, 2021

The increasing number of COVID-19 cases in Toronto has led the Friends of Glen Stewart Ravine to cancel a planned cleanup of the area this weekend. “Due to recent COVID-19 restrictions we are postponing our cleanup,” the group said on its Facebook page. “Continue to pick up litter as you walk through, but only from […]