Sheppard West

For reference, we are republishing here the chronology of the 1900 Sheppard Ave W redevelopment project, from 1999 and up to August 29, 2006.

In some themed Thanksgiving news, a shooting results in no victims and native bugs invade.

Toronto Fire crews battled two large fires Saturday morning — one at a North York highrise and the other at two Christie Pits homes.

A work dispute in the hospitality industry is entering a more acute phase at Jane and Finch.

To York U go the PanAm spoils!

In this instalment, a victim goes to hospital on his own and two bank robbers are arrested.

An elderly pedestrian died after being hit by a car.

Among school closures everywhere and declining enrollment, the Catholic School Board will spend a few million dollars to buy / expropriate a few townhomes to build a new school.

Earlier this year, when the school year started, we learned about a school bus driver shortage. Now we’re learning about suboptimal performance of said companies.

A close neighbourhood is being rebranded. What does that mean for us?

A seemingly motley crew from York University's Osgoode Law School is canvassing the Jane and Finch area to increase voter participation.

While out of our area, this stabbing is sufficiently close to concern our association.

The past 24h have not been particularly auspicious for our neighbourhood, our very own 32 Division investigating a fall off a 6th floor and a shooting in a park.

We have recently learned about a teen shot dead outside a housing complex at Shoreham Ct. This is North of Driftwood and South of Steeles. more > Here's a photo of the street from Google Maps: The full text, as published by CP24: Police say that a 17-year-old boy is dead after he was shot in front of his North York home on Saturday morning. The shooting took place in front of a Toronto Community Housing complex on Shoreham Court near Jane Street at around 11:50 a.m. Police say their preliminary invetigation suggests that the shooter or shooters fired on the victim over a fence before fleeing the scene. The victim was taken to hospital by someone other than paramedics but was pronounced dead a short time later. Police initially said that a young child had been shot, however they later corrected themselves and said that the victim is 17. According to police, there are a number of witnesses who are currently being interviewed at a nearby station. Police also plan to review surveill...

A traffic accident and a shooting in our community in the past couple of days leave us wishing there were better news to report.

The North York Mirror published an editorial related to the unfortunate events from last week, Violence in our community: pretending it's not our problem won't make it go away

The province is launching a review of OMB. For many communities, it is too late, but could such a review ever achieve its goals?

Between a fatal stabbing at Jane and Finch and a condo replacing the Shriners building, the news could be better.

In an eerie reminder of the gossip about Mafia presence in our backyard, an abandoned car following an accident had been found to have a few weapons.

Although crime happens in many areas of Toronto (for instance, a string of robberies prompted a police warning in the East end just days ago), here we report on happenings in our area.