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The province’s police watchdog continues to investigate after officers fatally shot a 50-yearold man near Eglinton Avenue and Kennedy Road. The Special Investigations Unit said police were called to the TD Bank at 2428 Eglinton Ave. E. to deal with a suspicious male at 12:45 p.m. on Friday.
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MIKE ADLER madler@insidetoronto.com Neighbourhoods either historical or created, and in some cases natural landscapes around them, are the subjects
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of Jane’s Walks in Scarborough this weekend. Free pedestrian events led by volunteers in cities around the world, the walks are named for Torontonian and urban visionary Jane Jacobs.
The first this year for Scarborough departs from in front of an apartment tower, 40 Teesdale Pl., this Saturday, May 4, at 10 a.m. It’s a tour of Taylor Massey, one of 13 “priority” neighbour-
hoods drawn up by the City of Toronto and United Way because they lacked access to social services. Taylor Massey was originally called Crescent Town after a highrise complex but residents
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