December 2009
53 posts
Big boosts in transit seen in 2009 -... →
Big boosts in transit seen in 2009 insideTORONTO.com In April, the provincial government announced full funding for the construction of the Eglinton Crosstown, …
Dec 31st
More charges result from fatal crash - Collingwood... →
More charges result from fatal crash Collingwood Enterprise Bulletin As a result, A 28-year-old Etobicoke man and a 43-year-old Wasaga Beach woman have been…
Dec 31st
Order of Canada inducts new members - Toronto Star →
Order of Canada inducts new members Toronto Star Jean Augustine: former MP for Etobicoke-Lakeshore, federal cabinet minister, educator and national president of…
Dec 31st
Highrise scaffolding concerns halted work for... →
Highrise scaffolding concerns halted work for months Toronto Star Concerned about the safety of scaffolds at an Etobicoke highrise, the province ordered Metron…
Dec 31st
It's Happening in Etobicoke - insideTORONTO.com →
It’s Happening in Etobicoke insideTORONTO.com There will be a class reunion at RYCI (now Etobicoke School of the Arts) in the afternoon of Saturday, May 15….
Dec 30th
Criminal probe urged in fatal plunge - Toronto... →
Criminal probe urged in fatal plunge Toronto Star … for a criminal probe into a construction accident that killed four men when they plunged from a broken…
Dec 30th
Aaron Poole: A role worth an eyetooth - Toronto... →
Aaron Poole: A role worth an eyetooth Toronto Star The graduate of the Etobicoke School of the Arts and George Brown College’s theatre program could hardly be…
Dec 29th
Vaughan woman dies after crashing into creek -... →
Vaughan woman dies after crashing into creek CTV.ca Paramedics managed to revive her as the ambulance sped to Etobicoke General Hospital. However, she succumbed…
Dec 28th
Women critical after van goes into creek - Globe... →
Women critical after van goes into creek Globe and Mail 28, 2009 2:57AM EST Two women are in critical condition at Etobicoke General Hospital after their minivan…
Dec 28th
Boss 'saddened' by worker deaths - Toronto Sun →
Boss ‘saddened’ by worker deaths Toronto Sun The owner of the company repairing the balconies of the Etobicoke highrise where four men fell 13 stories to …
Dec 28th
Two Women In Hospital After Minivan Plunges Into... →
Two Women In Hospital After Minivan Plunges Into Creek CityNews The driver had no vital signs when emergency crews arrived, but they managed to revive her and…
Dec 28th
Canadians have long-standing love affair with... →
Canadians have long-standing love affair with skating Toronto Star … Poldon will be out in the cold again – this time clad in insulated boots and down coat as…
Dec 26th
'You never have 4 dead in one go' - Toronto Star →
‘You never have 4 dead in one go’ Toronto Star Residents of an Etobicoke apartment building spent an unnerving Christmas Friday after public safety officials…
Dec 26th
Dead workers were migrants - National Post →
National Post Dead workers were migrants National Post Just before dusk on Christmas Eve, Joseph McDonald leaned out the window of his Etobicoke…
Dec 26th
Toronto building owners express sadness over... →
Global BC Toronto building owners express sadness over workers’ deaths Canada.com A five-man crew — all migrant workers — was suspended on scaffolding as…
Dec 26th
Toronto building owners express sadness over... →
Global BC Toronto building owners express sadness over workers’ deaths Canada.com A five-man crew — all migrant workers — was suspended on scaffolding as…
Dec 25th
Men killed in Toronto fall were migrant workers:... →
Global Toronto Men killed in Toronto fall were migrant workers: police Global Toronto A five-man crew was suspended on scaffolding as they worked on the…
Dec 25th
Survivor of Toronto scaffolding collapse undergoes... →
Global Survivor of Toronto scaffolding collapse undergoes surgery Canada.com The man was rushed to hospital after the scaffolding that he and four other…
Dec 25th
4 construction workers fall to their deaths in... →
4 construction workers fall to their deaths in North Toronto Vancouver Sun … afternoon when scaffolding they were working on gave way on the 13th storey of an…
Dec 25th
Four construction workers fall to their deaths in... →
Four construction workers fall to their deaths in North Toronto Vancouver Sun … afternoon when scaffolding they were working on gave way on the 13th storey of…
Dec 25th
Sick passengers arrive at Pearson - Toronto Star →
Sick passengers arrive at Pearson Toronto Star … including three members of one family, were examined by paramedics at the airport then taken to the Trillium…
Dec 24th
Housing, food support empower women - National... →
Housing, food support empower women National Post In the continuation of our 12 Days series, Chantaie Allick speaks with Rhonda Roffey of Women’s Habitat, an …
Dec 24th
12 Days: Women's Habitat - National Post (blog) →
12 Days: Women’s Habitat National Post (blog) In the continuation of our 12 Days series, Chantaie Allick speaks with Rhonda Roffey of Women’s Habitat, an …
Dec 24th
Bantam girls win tournament title - Liberal →
Bantam girls win tournament title Liberal After losing to Etobicoke 43-31 and Huntsville 24-21, MUMBA rallied to beat Orangeville 29-24 behind an 11-point effort…
Dec 23rd
Holiday hockey tournaments hit Etobicoke -... →
Holiday hockey tournaments hit Etobicoke insideTORONTO.com Christmas and hockey have traditionally gone hand in hand in Etobicoke over the holiday season, and…
Dec 23rd
Online campaign to jail suspect - Toronto Sun →
Online campaign to jail suspect Toronto Sun Etobicoke residents have started a Facebook petition demanding that a man accused of trying to lure a schoolgirl into…
Dec 23rd
Cut prices, not marketing - Globe and Mail →
Cut prices, not marketing Globe and Mail We invested millions into three stores, redid showrooms in Edmonton, Boucherville and Etobicoke …We believe, because it…
Dec 23rd
Etobicoke home to city's newest film studio -... →
Etobicoke home to city’s newest film studio insideTORONTO.com Windows will now more readily be smashed for cinematic effect than manufactured at the old Consumers…
Dec 22nd
Catholic board invites all to budget consultation... →
Catholic board invites all to budget consultation insideTORONTO.com 12 from 6:30 to 9 pm at Don Bosco Catholic Secondary School, 2 St. Andrew’s Blvd., Etobicoke -…
Dec 22nd
Maestro acquires its 23rd residence in Ontario -... →
Maestro acquires its 23rd residence in Ontario Canada NewsWire (press release) 22 /CNW Telbec/ - A month after acquiring Scarlett Heights seniors’ residence in …
Dec 22nd
Police help bring Field of Dreams one step closer... →
Police help bring Field of Dreams one step closer to reality insideTORONTO.com 16 with funds to help support the building of the north Etobicoke “Field of Dreams”…
Dec 22nd
First Day Of Winter A Cool One - CityNews →
First Day Of Winter A Cool One CityNews Ski hills in the city had mounds of the artificial white stuff blowing around, including Centennial Hill in Etobicoke….
Dec 21st
Diabetic youth says he was repeatedly denied... →
Diabetic youth says he was repeatedly denied insulin in jail Toronto Star His mother said she had called the Youth Justice office in Etobicoke to lodge complaints…
Dec 21st
Angels with miracle in tow - Toronto Sun →
Angels with miracle in tow Toronto Sun So he fell behind on his mortgage payments and last month, his Etobicoke house was repossessed. He was forced to scatter…
Dec 20th
Hazel McCallion, Olympic Torchbearer - CityNews →
CTV.ca Hazel McCallion, Olympic Torchbearer CityNews Leafs head coach Brian Burke stepped out from behind the bench today, carrying the flame through …
Dec 20th
Olympic torch leaves Toronto - 680 News →
Olympic torch leaves Toronto 680 News It headed south on Centennial Park Blvd and east of Rathburn to the Etobicoke Olympium. It’s route back to Mississauga took…
Dec 19th
Tracking the Olympic flame west of the city -... →
Tracking the Olympic flame west of the city CP24, Canada It will briefly cross back into Toronto, visiting Etobicoke at 10:30 am The torch run will return to…
Dec 19th
Olympic torch back in Toronto - 680 News →
Olympic torch back in Toronto 680 News It will be heading south on Centennial Park blvd and east of Rathburn to the Etobicoke Olympium. It’s route back to…
Dec 19th
Amazing kindness: the gift of a son - Toronto Star →
Amazing kindness: the gift of a son Toronto Star They met in May 1997 while making a recording for their local Etobicoke church. Liz, a singer, was 25 and just…
Dec 19th
Amazing kindness: the gift of a son -... →
Amazing kindness: the gift of a son healthzone.ca They met in May 1997 while making a recording for their local Etobicoke church. Liz, a singer, was 25 and just…
Dec 19th
Amalgamation works - Toronto Star →
Amalgamation works Toronto Star The union of Etobicoke, York, East York, North York, Scarborough and Toronto into one big city, on Jan. 1, 1998, led to major…
Dec 19th
Olympic torch leaves Toronto, heads north to... →
CBC.ca Olympic torch leaves Toronto, heads north to Aurora 680 News On Saturday, the relay will begin at the Etobicoke Olympium and then travel west to…
Dec 18th
Etobicoke girl, 12, tells of struggle against... →
National Post (blog) Etobicoke girl, 12, tells of struggle against abductor: ‘I was like, ‘No, no” National Post (blog) A 12-year-old girl who was the…
Dec 18th
Girl, 12, fights back during abduction attempt -... →
National Post (blog) Girl, 12, fights back during abduction attempt National Post A 12-year-old girl who was the target of a brazen abduction attempt on…
Dec 18th
Girl, 12, rescued by hero bystanders - Toronto Sun →
CBC.ca Girl, 12, rescued by hero bystanders Toronto Sun An Etobicoke schoolgirl thought she it was a bad dream when a balding, middle-aged man tried to…
Dec 18th
Etobicoke plant to become film studio - Globe and... →
Etobicoke plant to become film studio Globe and Mail … 12-hectare property as a “win-win scenario” for both the industry and Etobicoke, noting the spillover…
Dec 18th
Fixing for a feast! - Toronto Star →
Fixing for a feast! Toronto Star Dimpflmeier’s bakery and café sells 60 varieties of bread made next door in its Etobicoke factory. It also has a variety of…
Dec 18th
No truck and no luck - Toronto Sun →
No truck and no luck Toronto Sun So the 63-year-old unemployed truck driver left his old Chevy truck on an Etobicoke street around the block from the home that…
Dec 18th
Croation senior suffers gash during customs search... →
Croation senior suffers gash during customs search Toronto Sun … Canada Border Services Agency to determine how the senior suffered a deep gash to a finger that…
Dec 18th
Strictly Savings: Deals, good food and more deals... →
Strictly Savings: Deals, good food and more deals Toronto Sun Looking for something close by, we found Crystal’s in North Etobicoke. What a great place! Apart…
Dec 18th