Hedy Korbee, Author at Birch Cliff News

07 Sep 2012

Raptor watch at Rosetta

October 19, 2021
By Hedy Korbee
Ann Brokelman, birding, birds of prey, Frank Butson, Raptor Watch, Rosetta McClain Gardens

By Penny Harbin Soaring high overhead, the American Kestrel is picked out of the sky by sharp eyes on the ground. A call goes out, an arm points, so the group can all share the experience...

07 Sep 2012

City Services, Flood Coverage, Photo of the Day

Photo of the Day, Sept. 7 2012

September 7, 2012
By Hedy Korbee
basements, Crescentwood Road, floods, sewers, storm

The Photo of the Day for September 7, 2012 is actually a sewer video, which can be viewed if you scroll down (not on the right). I went to the Ward 35 flooding meeting last...

06 Sep 2012

Uncategorized

Seniors In Need

October 19, 2021
By Hedy Korbee
donate, poverty, Seniors In Need

By Jim McKenzie Ernie is 67. He lives alone in a sparse subsidized apartment. The rent for his small one bedroom flat eats up more than 80% of his pension cheque. Add to that his monthly bills...

05 Sep 2012

News

Human remains at Bluffer’s Park

September 6, 2012
By Hedy Korbee
Bluffer's Park, human remains, Toronto Police

Toronto Police report a grisly discovery in the waters near Bluffer's Park. Police say a suitcase containing human remains was pulled out of Lake Ontario. It was discovered by boaters who opened the suitcase and called...

05 Sep 2012

City Services, Flood Coverage, News

Toronto Water knew sewers needed fixing

October 19, 2021
By Hedy Korbee
floods, Gary Crawford, infrastructure, repairs, sewers, Toronto Water, Ward 36

Toronto Water was not surprised to be inundated with phone calls after the July 15th rainstorm that flooded hundreds of Scarborough homes with raw sewage because officials knew that half a dozen “fixes” needed...

02 Sep 2012

Flood Coverage, News

Ward 35 flooding meeting

September 2, 2012
By Hedy Korbee
flooding, meetings, sewers, Ward 35, Ward 36

Just a heads up that Ward 35 - next door to Birch Cliff - is holding its flooding meeting this coming Thursday at 6pm at Warden Hilltop Community Centre at Mendelssohn Street. The meeting...

31 Aug 2012

History

“The House on White Birch Road”

Imagine a time when a Birch Cliff home cost $5,200, was heated by coal, and the phone number was Oxford 1-9830. Those are just some of the insights into what our neighbourhood was like 70...

30 Aug 2012

Flood Coverage, News, Sports

$200k damage in Variety Village flood

October 19, 2021
By Hedy Korbee
basements, Christmas party, flooding, Paralympics, relief fund, Variety Village

Six weeks after hundreds of homes flooded in Birch Cliff and other parts of Ward 36, Variety Village has stepped forward to say it also flooded July 15th and August 10th and sustained more...

29 Aug 2012

Photo of the Day

Photo of the Day Aug. 29, 2012

August 29, 2012
By Hedy Korbee
buses, radial cars, Scarborough

Here's a fabulous photo depicting the transition from radial cars to buses in Scarborough. It's 1936 and workers are removing the radial car tracks while a bus passes by in the foreground. Electric radial cars started...

28 Aug 2012

City Services, News

Blantyre construction chaos

October 19, 2021
By Hedy Korbee
Blantyre Avenue, construction, curbs, drinking water, gutters, sidewalks

There's construction chaos on Blantyre Avenue as city crews race to get the road in shape in time for the first day of school. City of Toronto workers are repaving the road, rebuilding the sidewalks, curbs...