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The lunch time lineup outside Randy’s Take Out on Eglinton Ave. West on April 7, 2021. The ongoing LRT work has impacted the area which is important to the Jamaican community, and with little support from the city, some businesses have closed.
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On Thursday, Toronto City Council will consider a motion to protect Little Jamaica, the strip along Eglinton Avenue West that has been the hub for the city’s Black communities for half a century. It needs the help: Black-owned businesses have been punished by a decade of Eglinton Crosstown construction.
Published Wednesday, April 7, 2021 9:22PM EDT The city says Lake Shore Boulevard West will be part of its ActiveTO program this year after all. The Toronto City Council passed a motion Wednesday that gives city staff the flexibility to close Lake Shore Boulevard West on select weekends while a massive construction is taking place nearby. City staff said in March the closure on that busy roadway “likely cannot be accommodated in 2021 and 2022” due to construction at the intersection of King Street, Queen Street, and Roncesvalles Avenue. The work at the intersection, which includes streetcar track replacement, enhancements to streetcar stops, began on April 5 and will continue through to summer 2022.
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Toronto election was free and fair despite council seat slash, Ford government tells top court
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In its filing with the Supreme Court, Ontario Premier Doug Ford s governemt said in the run-up to the 2018 election, voters and candidates had all the necessary information on everyone who was running in each ward.(Nathan Denette/The Canadian Press)
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