News Archives - Page 27 of 29

01 Aug 2012

Scarborough Fire Hall # 1

How many times have you driven past the old firehall on Birchmount Avenue, between Danforth Ave. and Danforth Rd., and wondered what was inside? One day we decided to take a look and stumbled into...

31 Jul 2012

News

Bluffs Monitor

October 19, 2021
By Hedy Korbee
bluffs monitor, jobs, Lee Graves, newspaper

By Ashlee Ashbee If you live in Birch Cliff, work here or have visited our community, you've probably made some sort of connection with the Bluffs Monitor community newspaper. Bluffs Monitor is delivered to homes and...

28 Jul 2012

News

Attackers bragged of stabbing

October 19, 2021
By Hedy Korbee
birchcliff avenue, crime, police, stabbing

A 23-year old Birch Cliff man was stabbed multiple times with a broken beer bottle last night and is recovering in hospital from what police say are serious but non life-threatening injuries. The attack took...

28 Jul 2012

News

Stabbing on Birchcliff Ave

August 2, 2012
By Hedy Korbee
birchcliff avenue, crime, police, stabbing

A man in his early 20's is in hospital following a stabbing last night on Birchcliff Avenue. Police say the wounds are not serious and they have no information about a possible suspect. The Toronto Star...

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...

26 Jul 2012

News, Sports

The Olympic Connection

October 19, 2021
By Hedy Korbee
Birchmount CI, Crispin Duenas, Crystal Emmanuel, Ian Warner, Justyne Warner, Olympics

The London 2012 Olympic Games are upon us and for the next two weeks Canadians will be glued to their televisions and computers watching our country's finest compete against the best in the world. Among...

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...

24 Jul 2012

Condos, News, Sports, The Quarry

Hope fades for driving range

October 6, 2017
By Hedy Korbee
Beach Fairway, Build Toronto, driving range, Gary Crawford, golf, Mayor Ford

It looks like golfers in east Toronto will have to find another place to practice their swings. The owners of the Beach Fairway Golf Range made a last-ditch effort to avoid closure by meeting last...

23 Jul 2012

Flood Coverage, News

Upset homeowners at flood meeting

October 19, 2021
By Hedy Korbee
basement, floods, meeting, Ward 36 Gary Crawford

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20 Jul 2012

News

Basement Flooding Meetings

July 21, 2012
By Hedy Korbee

It appears that two community meetings are being organized for east end residents whose basements were flooded with storm water and sewage. We're still working on getting all of the details, but wanted to post...