Hedy Korbee, Author at Birch Cliff News

30 Nov 2012

Greener driveways and flooding

October 19, 2021
By Hedy Korbee
floods, green driveways, L'Estrange, Mississauga

There's a new environmentally friendly driveway that’s drawing attention on Eastwood Avenue. Homeowners Nancy and John L’Estrange left a green strip down the middle of their new driveway to increase the amount of water that...

29 Nov 2012

Birch Cliff Public School

Christmas Bazaar

December 9, 2012
By Hedy Korbee
Birch Cliff Public School, Christmas Bazaar

Birch Cliff Public School is having its annual Christmas Bazaar today. The doors opened at 11:30am and will remain open until 7pm tonight. What's on sale, you ask? Pretty much everything! There are vendors and crafters,...

28 Nov 2012

Condos, News, Real Estate

Condos to overlook Hunt Club

October 19, 2021
By Hedy Korbee
Andrew Kinnaird, condos, Gear Development Group, Queensbury Terrace

By Ian Harvey Condominiums overlooking Lake Ontario and the Hunt Club go on sale this weekend with the opening of the sales office at the old site of Nick’s Auto at Queensbury Ave and Kingston Road. Squeezed into the small site, the six-storey,...

22 Nov 2012

City Services, Flood Coverage, News

Flood victims denied City compensation

October 19, 2021
By Hedy Korbee
Chine Drive, City of Toronto, compensation, floods, liability

Residents of Ward 36 whose basements flooded with sewage and stormwater this summer are angry and frustrated after receiving letters from the City of Toronto's insurance adjuster stating that their damage claims against the...

22 Nov 2012

Sports

Grey Cup ref from Birch Cliff

October 19, 2021
By Hedy Korbee
CFL, Grey Cup, Jeff Harbin, Referee

By Leon Korbee This Sunday, more than 50,000 people will flock to Toronto’s Rogers Centre and an estimated five million more will tune in on TV to watch the 100th Grey Cup. Most fans will be cheering...

22 Nov 2012

Birch Cliff Public School, News

Birch Cliff playground spared

December 21, 2012
By Hedy Korbee
playground, TDSB

Birch Cliff Public School has dodged a bullet after school board trustees rejected a capital plan last night to raise money by selling off sections of school playgrounds to developers. A confidential short list was...

20 Nov 2012

News, Real Estate

Home sales remain soft

By Michael McCann It seems that home buyers in the Birchcliff/Cliffside community are continuing to take a 'wait and see' approach. This trend can be seen by comparing October 2011 sales (28 homes sold in our...

15 Nov 2012

Arts, News

Warden underpass mural

December 21, 2012
By Hedy Korbee
Councillor Michelle Berardinetti, Danforth Avenue, De Anne Lamirande, grafitti, mural, Warden Avenue

There’s a new mural being painted on the railway underpass at Warden Ave. south of Danforth Ave. that’s so spectacular it’s literally stopping traffic. It’s a sweeping mural of the Scarborough Bluffs and includes a...

14 Nov 2012

Uncategorized

I learned to love needles

November 15, 2012
By Hedy Korbee
acupuncture, Dr. Gangadhar Rao, fibroids, hysterecomy, Scarborough

By Regina McKenzie The options were rather stark. Live with a belly that makes me look like I am five months pregnant (which I'm not) - or undergo a hysterectomy. At 49 years old - I had...

14 Nov 2012

Photo of the Day

Photo of the day Nov. 14 2012

November 14, 2012
By Hedy Korbee
Danforth Avenue, Kingston Road

Our Photo of the Day for November 14, 2012 is actually a drawing as opposed to a photo. It's an artistic rendering of the interchange at Kingston Road and Danforth Avenue, which was built in...