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01 Dec 2015

Birch Cliff Town Hall

October 18, 2021
By Hedy Korbee

By Frank Crisafi Variety Village played host to a Birch Cliff Town Hall on Thursday, November 26th, held by Ward 36 Councillor Gary Crawford. Also in attendance were members of his staff and city staff with...

24 Nov 2015

City Services, News

Birch Cliff community consultation

November 24, 2015
By Hedy Korbee
community consultation, Councillor Gary Crawford, Ward 36

Are you worried about traffic in Birch Cliff? Want to hear the latest on condo development on Kingston Rd.? The status of the TD Canada Trust bank? How about plans for the new double...

05 Nov 2015

City Services

Homeless shelter relocating

November 5, 2015
By Hedy Korbee
Birchmount Residence

The City of Toronto is planning to move the Birchmount Residence homeless shelter from its current location at 1673 Kingston Rd. in Birch Cliff to a newly renovated facility on Kingston Rd. east of Bellamy. The...

28 Oct 2015

City Services, News

Community Assoc. meets Crawford

October 18, 2021
By Hedy Korbee
Birch Cliff Community Association, Councillor Gary Crawford, playground, walkability

By Hedy Korbee The revitalization of Birch Cliff was the topic of discussion at a meeting on Oct. 16 between members of the new Birch Cliff Community Association and Ward 36 Councillor Gary Crawford, as...

18 Oct 2015

City Services, News

New double gym in Birch Cliff

The City of Toronto is building a new double gym at the Birchmount Community Centre that will offer community sports programming for residents of southwest Scarborough, including Birch Cliff. Plans for the gym will be...

23 Apr 2015

City Services, News

Botched sidewalk repair begins

October 18, 2021
By Hedy Korbee
crumbling, Sanscon construction, sidewalks, spalling, Ward 36 Gary Crawford

Orange construction barrels and work crews are back on Kingston Road to repair the botched sidewalks installed in the heart of Birch Cliff in August of 2013. On Wednesday workers with Sanscon Construction tore up...

02 Feb 2015

City Services, News

Scarborough Subway consultation

October 18, 2021
By Hedy Korbee
Glenn De Baeremaeker, Nick Westoll, Scarborough Subway

By Nick Westoll The City of Toronto is officially on track with the public consultation process on the Scarborough Subway Extension. An environmental assessment meeting in Scarborough on Saturday was the first time residents had the...

02 Nov 2014

City Services, News

Ward 36 election results

November 3, 2014
By Hedy Korbee

The closest race in Ward 36 on election night turned out to be the one that the whole city and perhaps the entire country was watching – the race between John Tory and Doug...

26 Oct 2014

City Services, Real Estate

Candidates debate Quarry

October 18, 2021
By Hedy Korbee
2014 election, Gary Crawford, Masihullah Mohebzada, Robert McDermott, Robert Spencer, Ward 36

By Hedy Korbee A lively all-candidates debate took place this week on an issue near and dear to the hearts of many voters in the western part of Ward 36: the future of the Quarry...

29 Apr 2014

City Services

Chine drive reconstruction

October 18, 2021
By Hedy Korbee
Chine Drive, Earl Abalajon, reconstruction, sidewalks

By Earl Abalajon Reconstruction is underway on one of the prettiest streets in Scarborough, Chine Drive, ten years after the City of Toronto first discussed the need for repairs. It's been thirty years since Chine Drive...