Hedy Korbee, Author at Birch Cliff News

05 Aug 2012

Justyn Warner: PB but misses final

October 19, 2021
By Hedy Korbee

Birchmount Collegiate grad Justyn Warner says he's "taking the positives" after failing to qualify for the 100-metre Olympic final by just 8/100ths of a second. Warner ran another personal best of 10.09 in today's semi-final,...

03 Aug 2012

Bluffs, History, News

100-year old shipwreck off Bluffs

October 19, 2021
By Hedy Korbee
Alexandria, history, Scarborough Bluffs, shipwreck

Almost 100 years ago today the Canadian steamer Alexandria sank at the foot of the Scarborough Bluffs, a little bit east of Birch Cliff. The Alexandria was on its way from Toronto to Port Hope,...

03 Aug 2012

Flood Coverage

Was your basement flooded July 15th?

October 19, 2021
By Hedy Korbee

This is a message to the hundreds of people who live in Birch Cliff and beyond whose basements flooded on July 15, 2012. For many people who live in our neighbourhood, this is the biggest...

03 Aug 2012

News, Photo of the Day, Retail

Photo of the Day August 3 2012

August 15, 2012
By Hedy Korbee
Sun Valley, supermarket

Our Photo of the Day for August 3, 2012 is of our local Sun Valley store -- because it's the last one standing. Sun Valley is one of the few remaining independent grocery stores in...

02 Aug 2012

Sports

Young umpires know the score

October 19, 2021
By Hedy Korbee
Birchmount Baseball, umpires

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02 Aug 2012

Photo of the Day

Photo of the Day August 2 2012

August 15, 2012
By Hedy Korbee
Birchmount Baseball, Photo of the Day, rookie ball

It's playoff time for the Birchmount Baseball League! Our Photo of the Day for August 2, 2012 is from last night's rookie ball game at Birchcliff Heights - Danforth Lumber vs. Hammer's Angels. Good luck to...

01 Aug 2012

History, News, Videos

Scarborough Fire Hall # 1

November 10, 2022
By Hedy Korbee
fire, firefighters, museum, Scarborough

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...

31 Jul 2012

Photo of the Day

Photo of the Day July 31, 2012

The Photo of the Day for July 31, 2012 was taken at the easiest access point to Lake Ontario from Birch Cliff. If you've ever tried climbing down to the Bluffs from the small park...

30 Jul 2012

Flood Coverage

A message from Toronto Water

October 19, 2021
By Hedy Korbee
floods, Toronto Water

While preparing our recent story about local basement flooding titled Q & A with Toronto Water, we received a request from the city of Toronto's water department, asking if they could write a post...