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ICE CREAM UP: Victoria Khalili, right, serves up another cone during Krinos Taste of the Danforth events on Saturday. The 21st annual event drew some 1.6 million people to Danforth Avenue over Friday, Saturday and Sunday. For more photos, see page 3.
After more than 25 years of service, most of which were at 55 Division, Const. Rob McDonald has turned in his badge and hung up his hat. A fixture in the city’s east end, “Officer Rob”, as he’s affectionately known, has been a steady presence in the community since 1989 turning up at countless events and meetings always willing to do what he can to improve the lives of those who live here. It’s not a far stretch to say McDonald knows the city’s east end like the back of his hand. It’s one of the things, he says, he’ll miss most about working at 55 Division. “I’ve met a lot of great people along the way. There’s always something on the go,” he said, during a recent interview. “I truly feel like I’m blessed >>>OFFICER, page 8
Streetcars to be back on Broadview at end of month It will be another two weeks before streetcar service returns to Broadview Avenue. Since the middle of July, both the 504 King and 505 Dundas streetcars have been replaced by buses while watermain
and road work continues on Broadview, between Danforth Avenue and Queen Street. The replacement buses serving both the 504 and 505 routes travel south along Broadview before heading west on Queen then
north along Parliament Street, east on Dundas Street and south on River, before finally returning to Queen and then heading north back to Broadview Station. While the construction has
continued, King streetcars have bypassed Broadview by diverting back along King Street, Parliament and Dundas. The service then returns to Broadview before heading west along Queen to rejoining King
for the trip west. Dundas streetcars have also bypassed parts of Broadview during the construction. Regular streetcar service is slated to return to Broadview on Saturday, Aug. 31.
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