Don Valley Streeter

27/09/2023

Sept 30: Community Safety Townhall.
Hosted by MPP Adil Shamji and Councillor Jon Burnside • Ward 16.
Location: IBEW Building, 1377 Lawrence Avenue East, 1-3pm. For registration: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1hFEiyXKEewx9aeM4Y0TIW2iiOzSVRXXmv_H0QAg99pE/viewform?edit_requested=true&fbclid=IwAR0ysVbjziHVirVqysRLY8iOGUP1PHOzIzivQvIzltCDqHl8cosHu8wTO48
Image: Jon Burnside • Ward 16 page

12/07/2023

Since June 1923 the Toronto Field Naturalists have been advocates for urban green spaces and the wildlife that inhabit them. The group is marking its 100th anniversary this year with a photo exhibit during the city’s Ravine Days in October. Read more about them and their upcoming plans in the full Streeter story (attached).

Climate change may be driving people to protect the environment, but the Toronto Field Naturalists have been involved for a century.

28/06/2023

Tomorrow, June 29: Reservations open for Summerlicious. The event takes place July 7-23, with participating restaurants offering prix fixe menu options for lunch and dinner.
At least four eateries in and around Don Mills are registered for the event, according to our reading of the map on the Summerlicious webpage. They are Taylors Landing and Mantra By Host, both on O’Neill Road at CF Shops at Don Mills, Casa Manila on York Mills Road, and Diwan at the Aga Khan Museum on Wynford Drive.
For locations of the 200 plus participating restaurants, check out the Summerlicious site: https://www.toronto.ca/explore-enjoy/festivals-events/summerlicious/
Photo: City of Toronto Summerlicious webpage.

15/06/2023

A “significant increase” in reports of sick or injured raccoons and the number of people bitten or scratched has led Toronto Public Health to issue warnings against contact with wild animals in the city. Eighty per cent of those people suffering bites and scratches have had to suffer further through the uncomfortable anti-rabies treatment, involving multiple vaccine doses, to fend off the potentially fatal infection. For tips on how to help protect yourself and your pets, see the full Streeter story.

Residents are warned to avoid contact with raccoons after TPH reported a large increase in people being bitten or scratched.

09/06/2023

Tomorrow, June 10: Spring Into Action Move for Youth Mental Health is returning for its 17th year, featuring dance, kids’ activities, food, celebrity youth performances, and a two- or five-kilometre walk or run through Sunnybrook Park. Funds raised will go to Health Out Loud.
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Midtown’s annual Spring Into Action is returning for its 17th year, with family activities and a walk/un through Sunnybrook Park.

27/05/2023

The City has recruited 44 community groups to build habitats for Toronto's declining bee and butterfly populations.
You can read more about the locations of the recipients at the City's site: https://www.toronto.ca/services-payments/water-environment/environmental-grants-incentives/pollinateto-community-grants/?accordion=grant-recipients-projects-videos&fbclid=IwAR2N4Vbgdd7qyGEwXvjjwMT5nKdNa6vLBp7uvzpEj-RTGaZvvzC9GR2eEqg

Toronto has recruited 44 community groups across the city to build habitats for Toronto’s declining bee and butterfly populations. Habitat

25/04/2023

Further developments re: moving the Ontario Science Centre to Ontario Place include:
* Architects come out for saving the Science Centre. Joining the opposition to the province’s plans to demolish the Ontario Science Centre are the Architectural Conservancy of Ontario and the Toronto Society of Architects.
* MPP Adil Shamji, whose Don Valley East riding includes the Ontario Science Centre site, is among the voices criticizing rebuilding the Science Centre at Ontario Place.
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Architectural Conservancy Ontario Toronto Society of Architects - TSA Toronto and Region Conservation Authority Streeter

22/04/2023

Activist Floyd Ruskin is proud that restoration has been accomplished in the Don Valley. But the east-end resident finds himself himself continually in demand as an advocate for the restoration and preservation of flora and fauna. The valley and our ravines in Toronto are under constant threat from encroachment by developers and others, Ruskin warns.
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Riverdale's Floyd Ruskin finds himself a much sought-after advocate for the restoration and preservation of flora and fauna in the Don Valley.

21/04/2023

With this warmer-than-average spring, city staff are opening public washrooms earlier than usual. A quarter of Toronto’s seasonal washrooms were opened by mid-April, though most were originally scheduled for May.
If you’re planning an outing, you can look up the status of washrooms and drinking fountains in the parks on a new interactive map from the city (in story).
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The city has good news for those who want to get out and picnic. Parks staff are banking on warmer

19/04/2023

The number of automated speed enforcement cameras in Don Valley East neighbourhoods is to be doubled from three to six, after city council’s recent approval of the installations.
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Council has unanimously approved doubling the number of ASE devices in Toronto from 75 to 150, increasing from three in each ward to six.

19/04/2023

New regulations under Toronto’s Animals Bylaw came into effect April 1. They prohibit feeding wildlife on private and public properties across the city.
Toronto Animal Services Toronto and Region Conservation Authority Streeter

People who leave food out for wildlife aren’t doing themselves, their neighbourhoods or even wildlife any good and the city wants it to stop.

23/01/2022

From Beaches-Leslieville Streeter
A city committee is urging the existing 18 holes at the par-3 Dentonia Park Golf Course be maintained.
The recommendation came Jan. 11 after city staff reported golfers and local residents would be better served by a nine-hole course at the site near Victoria Park and Danforth Avenues.

A city committee is urging the existing 18 holes at the Dentonia Park Golf Course be maintained, despite calls to reduce it to nine holes.

05/01/2022

Victoria Village library branch on Sloane Avenue is among the public libraries to shut down as of Monday. The Toronto Public Library has announced nearly half of its branches are closing temporarily due to staffing shortages during the COVID pandemic. https://bit.ly/3pTNWUc

Nearly half of all Toronto's public libraries are closing as of Monday — but not due to COVID-19 precautions.

28/12/2021

From Riverdale-East York Streeter

Drivers, cyclists and pedestrians had better get used to the bike lanes installed last year as temporary parts of the city’s ActiveTO initiative in response to the pandemic. City council voted Dec. 15 to make seven such “temporary” bike routes permanent.

Cycle Toronto

Drivers, cyclists and pedestrians had better get used to the bike lanes installed last year as temporary parts of the ActiveTO initiative.

24/12/2021

A developer has applied to build three highrise residential towers to replace four long-standing, low-rise, rental buildings on Rochefort Drive in Flemingdon Park, across from the Ontario Science Centre parking lot.

And some residents aren't happy with the consultation process being set up. https://bit.ly/3yY7c5V

A developer has applied to build three towers to replace four low-rise rental buildings in Flemingdon Park but some residents are not happy.

21/12/2021

Police are looking for a man who was sitting behind a group of boys on a bus and suddenly got up and assaulted one of them, before getting off at Sloane Avenue and Eglinton Avenue East. It happened a week ago on the Route 91 northbound bus. A photo of the suspect has been released.

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21/12/2021

Fire destroyed the upper floor of a townhouse on Grenoble Drive yesterday afternoon. A neighbour caught the scene on video made available to us. bit.ly/3FhrSYJ

The Ontario Fire Marshal is investigating after a townhouse fire destroyed a top floor on Grenoble Drive on Sunday afternoon.

21/12/2021

Fire destroyed the upper floor of a townhouse on Grenoble Drive on Sunday afternoon. A neighbour caught the scene on video made available to Streeter. https://bit.ly/3FhrSYJ