Hedy Korbee, Author at Birch Cliff News

08 Jan 2013

Kick the spending habit

October 19, 2021
By Hedy Korbee
budgeting, Community Centre 55, Joanne Muys, personal finance

By Ian Harvey It’s a fact: holiday hangovers are worse in January. It’s not the eating or the drinking to excess which causes the pain, it’s those credit card bills which keep appearing in the mailbox ...

23 Dec 2012

News

Scarborough turkey captured!

October 19, 2021
By Hedy Korbee
Scarborough Turkey

After a month on the run, the Scarborough turkey is free no more. The bird was captured yesterday by officials from the Toronto Wildlife Centre with help from Toronto Police and Animal Services. You can read...

23 Dec 2012

News, Sports

Olympians return to Birchmount

January 25, 2013
By Hedy Korbee
Birchmount Collegiate, Crispin Duenas, Justyn Warner

21 Dec 2012

News

A wild turkey tale

December 21, 2012
By Hedy Korbee
Greg Dennis, Wild turkey

By Greg Dennis 'Twas the week before Christmas when all through the neighbourhood a story was stirring of a strange visitor to Birch Cliff, a most unusual intruder never seen in these parts before. Some dismissed...

21 Dec 2012

News

The Amazing Christmas Feast

October 19, 2021
By Hedy Korbee
Birchmount Bluffs Neighbourhood Centre, Christmas, St. Nicholas Church, The Amazing Christmas Feast, Wimpy's Diner

They’ve been cooking turkeys night and day for the last ten days at Wimpy’s Diner on Kingston Road in preparation for the Amazing Christmas Feast, a wonderful tradition to help those in need over...

21 Dec 2012

Photo of the Day

Photo of the Day Dec. 21 2012

Our Photo of the Day for Dec. 21, 2012 is a shot of damage caused by a fire at Bluffer's Park Marina. The photo was submitted by Lee Ellis who writes: "There was a...

19 Dec 2012

News, Real Estate

Local home sales buck trend

October 19, 2021
By Hedy Korbee
Cliffside, homes, house, Michael McCann, Toronto Real Estate Board

By Michael McCann Birchcliff / Cliffside bucked the trend this month by showing a surge in housing sales. There were 27 homes sold in the neighbourhood in November, which is a 40% increase over the 19...

17 Dec 2012

Arts

New mural locations?

October 19, 2021
By Hedy Korbee
Ian Harvey, Mural Routes, murals

By Ian Harvey Birch Cliff residents are invited to offer their input into locations and themes for future murals at the upcoming Mural Routes meeting on Jan. 7. The neighbourhood has been sprouting murals since last...

13 Dec 2012

Arts, Bluffs

Stunning Bluffs Photos

October 19, 2021
By Hedy Korbee
Larry Herscovitch, photos, Scarborough Bluffs

A lot of people enjoy taking photographs of the Scarborough Bluffs but few of us have been able to capture their beauty as well as Larry Herscovitch. Herscovitch is an engineer by trade who started...

10 Dec 2012

News

Birchmount CI students walk out

December 23, 2012
By Hedy Korbee
Bill 115, Birchmount CI, extracurricular activities, OSSTF