Leaside



Alleged gay village serial killer hid victims’ bodies in garden planters: police

Elements of the Toronto police task force codenamed Project Prism have unearthed the remains of at least three different victims in the garden of a home in a quiet Leaside neighborhood.
Early Monday, police revealed the presence of an excavation team in the Bayview Avenue and Moore Avenue area, as they also detailed the results of what exactly the backyard has yielded to date.






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Lower speed limit signs coming to East York … but not right away

New signs for reduced speed limits will not be posted on residential streets in East York until early next year, according to Toronto and East York Transportation Services. The vote to reduce speed limits was approved unanimously by the Toronto and East York community council in early September. The speed limit on some residential roads in East York officially went from 40 kilometres per hour to 30, a week ago. Toronto and East York Transportation Services supervisor Sandra Burk said the delay in posting the signs is because the process is complex.


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New East York speed-limit signage still months away

New signs for reduced speed limits will not be posted on residential streets in East York until early next year, according to Toronto and East York Transportation Services. The vote to reduce speed limits was approved unanimously by the…


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Galloping through the blooms

Joanna Blanchard and her team of four volunteers from the Leaside Garden Society were awarded first place for their piece in the Open Design category at Canada Blooms this year. The theme, ‘Horsepower,’ was inspired by the equestrian events at the Toronto PanAm/Parapan Am Games taking place this summer.