Hedy Korbee, Author at Birch Cliff News

11 May 2016

Accident at Kingston/Warden

A toddler and a baby involved in a car accident on Kingston Rd. east of Warden Ave. Wednesday afternoon are going to be just fine because they were properly restrained, according to Toronto police. “The restraints...

06 May 2016

History

Today in History: 1796

May 6, 2016
By Hedy Korbee
Capt. William Mayne, grant, John White, land patent, Scarborough

On May 6, 1796, Captain William Mayne, a member of the Queen’s Rangers, became the first official landowner in Scarborough. Mayne was granted 500 acres of Crown land in Birch Cliff, on the east side...

05 May 2016

News

Bluffs Monitor on brink?

October 18, 2021
By Hedy Korbee
bluffs monitor

By Ian Harvey In a front page story Bluff Monitor’s Lee Graves says she’s up against a deadline to find new offices or she will have to sell or close the community newspaper. “We must move by...

14 Apr 2016

News, Real Estate

Hammer Time part two

April 18, 2016
By Hedy Korbee
house prices, Michael McCann, real estate

By Michael McCann Last month's article certainly resonated with many Birch Cliff News readers. Considering the volume of emails I received, it seems we all have a very keen interest on what is being developed...

10 Apr 2016

Birch Cliff Public School, History

Today in History: 1941

June 14, 2022
By Hedy Korbee
ambulance, Birch Cliff Public School, fundraising, Mrs. Ellen Reece, World War II

April 9, 1941 was an extraordinary day at Birch Cliff Public School as the students helped present an ambulance to the Canadian Armed Forces fighting World War II in Europe. It was the culmination of...

03 Apr 2016

City Services, History

Today in History: 1993

April 11, 2016
By Hedy Korbee
Birchmount Community Centre, Birchmount pool, Today in History

April 3, 1993 was a momentous day in Birch Cliff as a ground breaking ceremony was held to mark the beginning of construction on the Birchmount Community Centre, a 5,791 sq. metre facility that...

15 Mar 2016

Birch Cliff Public School, History

Today in History: 1951

October 18, 2021
By Hedy Korbee
100th anniversary, 1951 addition, Birch Cliff Public School, construction

Sixty-five years ago today, on March 15, 1951, students, staff and teachers gathered at Birch Cliff Public School to celebrate a major milestone in the school’s 100 year history. They attended a ceremony to commemorate...

02 Mar 2016

Birch Cliff Public School, History

Today in History: 1935

April 10, 2016
By Hedy Korbee
Depression, free lunch program, Toronto Star

Life was difficult for many people during the Great Depression in the 1930s and an article from the Toronto Daily Star on March 2, 1935 sheds some light on the level of hardship, hunger and...

29 Feb 2016

Real Estate

It’s Hammer Time

October 18, 2021
By Hedy Korbee
Cliffside, home sales, Michael McCann, real estate

By Michael McCann “Hammer time” has taken on a whole new meaning that has nothing to do with the early '90s hip hop song “U Can’t Touch This”. There are few streets in Birchcliff that have not...

25 Feb 2016

History

Today in History: 1927

October 18, 2021
By Hedy Korbee
1927, Today in History

Our latest installment in the Today in History series comes from the pages of the Toronto Daily Star on Feb. 25, 1927 and provides an interesting glimpse into the history of development in Toronto. In 1927...