Hedy Korbee, Author at Birch Cliff News

31 Aug 2012

“The House on White Birch Road”

Imagine a time when a Birch Cliff home cost $5,200, was heated by coal, and the phone number was Oxford 1-9830. Those are just some of the insights into what our neighbourhood was like 70...

30 Aug 2012

Flood Coverage, News, Sports

$200k damage in Variety Village flood

October 19, 2021
By Hedy Korbee
basements, Christmas party, flooding, Paralympics, relief fund, Variety Village

Six weeks after hundreds of homes flooded in Birch Cliff and other parts of Ward 36, Variety Village has stepped forward to say it also flooded July 15th and August 10th and sustained more...

29 Aug 2012

Photo of the Day

Photo of the Day Aug. 29, 2012

August 29, 2012
By Hedy Korbee
buses, radial cars, Scarborough

Here's a fabulous photo depicting the transition from radial cars to buses in Scarborough. It's 1936 and workers are removing the radial car tracks while a bus passes by in the foreground. Electric radial cars started...

28 Aug 2012

City Services, News

Blantyre construction chaos

October 19, 2021
By Hedy Korbee
Blantyre Avenue, construction, curbs, drinking water, gutters, sidewalks

There's construction chaos on Blantyre Avenue as city crews race to get the road in shape in time for the first day of school. City of Toronto workers are repaving the road, rebuilding the sidewalks, curbs...

28 Aug 2012

Photo of the Day

Photo of the Day, Aug. 28, 2012

August 28, 2012
By Hedy Korbee
Birch Cliff Heights, gardening, Highview Park

There was an interesting article in the Globe and Mail on the weekend about a new spirit of collaboration between guerilla gardeners and the Toronto Parks, Forestry and Recreation department. It got me thinking about...

27 Aug 2012

Uncategorized

Summer camp’s over

October 19, 2021
By Hedy Korbee
summer camp, Variety Village

Howls of laughter break out in the courtyard of Variety Village, which is crowded with children participating in a mock trial of their counsellors on the final day of summer camp. As “charges” are read...

27 Aug 2012

Photo of the Day

Photo of the Day, Aug. 27, 2012

Has anyone else wondered what it must be like to live in a house with a backyard that overlooks the Bluffs? I've often thought how much fun it would be to sit on the patio,...

24 Aug 2012

Bluffs, News

Body found at Bluffs

July 26, 2016
By Hedy Korbee
body, marine unit, Scarborough Bluffs, Valhalla Blvd

A dead body was pulled from Lake Ontario this afternoon by police officers from the marine unit. According to the Toronto Star, the body was discovered by a fisherman at 1:45pm this afternoon. It's possible the...

24 Aug 2012

Arts

Who knew? The other Gary Crawford

October 19, 2021
By Hedy Korbee
art, City Councillor, Gary Crawford, painting, profile, Ward 36

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23 Aug 2012

Photo of the Day

Photo of the Day Aug. 23, 2012

August 23, 2012
By Hedy Korbee

Meet 48-year old Brian Pearson who supplements his disability insurance by collecting refundable beer and liquor bottles from the blue bins of Birch Cliff. Brian says he collects bottles three days a week, every other...