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22 Aug 2012

City Services, History, Photo of the Day

Photo of the Day Aug. 22, 2012

August 22, 2012
By Hedy Korbee
Birchmount Loop, Kingston Road, streetcar, ttc

Turning back the clock 84 years, our photo of the day is a great shot of Kingston Road looking west from Birchmount in 1928. It's a shot of streetcar tracks being laid when the...

17 Aug 2012

City Services, Flood Coverage, News

Gary Crawford flooding update

October 19, 2021
By Hedy Korbee
basements, Chine Drive, flooding, sewers, Ward 36

Ward 36 councillor Gary Crawford is promising to ask some tough questions at a meeting scheduled for August 30th with senior staff members of Toronto Water including the Director of Water Infrastructure Management, Michael D'Andrea. “...my...

17 Aug 2012

City Services, Flood Coverage

Basement Flooding Map

September 10, 2012
By Hedy Korbee
Birchcliff Heights, Chine Drive, floods, infrastrucure, sewers

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16 Aug 2012

City Services, Photo of the Day

Photo of the Day Aug. 16 2012

August 16, 2012
By Hedy Korbee

The Photo of the Day for August 16, 2012 is a simple asphalt patch at the south end of Haig Avenue. What's important is what's not in the shot -- orange pylons. City work crews finally...

15 Aug 2012

City Services, Flood Coverage

Straight talk from The Drain Man

October 19, 2021
By Hedy Korbee
Bill Barber, flooding, plumber, sewers, The Drain Man

I had an interesting chat this week with "The Drain Man" -- 66-year old master plumber Bill Barber. Barber has become a familiar face in Birch Cliff since the basement flooding one month ago today....

13 Aug 2012

City Services, Flood Coverage

Basements flood a second time

September 10, 2012
By Hedy Korbee
floods, sewers, storm

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27 Jul 2012

City Services, Flood Coverage, News

Q & A with Toronto Water

October 19, 2021
By Hedy Korbee
basements, floods, Q & A, sewers, Toronto Water, Ward 36

It's been almost two weeks since raw sewage and stormwater started spurting out through toilets, sinks, shower heads and floor drains in Birch Cliff and many other pockets of Ward 36. Many of the affected...

27 Jul 2012

City Services, Flood Coverage, Photo of the Day

Photo of the Day July 27, 2012

October 19, 2021
By Hedy Korbee
Crescentwood Road, Kildonan Drive, sinkholes

Our Photo(s) of the Day for July 27, 2012 may please residents of Crescentwood and Kildonan, but will probably leave the folks on Haig Avenue fuming. The two sinkholes on Crescentwood and Kildonan, which were...

25 Jul 2012

City Services, Flood Coverage

“Week from hell”

There’s been a second incident at the home of 88-year old Elsie Ritchie who was visited last week by Toronto Mayor Rob Ford during a tour of homes damaged by stormwater and raw sewage...

25 Jul 2012

City Services, News

A safer Victoria Park station?

August 2, 2012
By Hedy Korbee
renovations, subway, Victoria Park station

I don't know about anybody else but I've pretty much avoided Victoria Park subway station ever since I first moved to Birch Cliff in the early 1990's. The reason is that I was afraid to...