Hedy Korbee, Author at Birch Cliff News

10 Jul 2012

Photo of the Day July 10 2012

October 19, 2021
By Hedy Korbee
Birchcliff Theatre, film, history

Wouldn't it be great if we could still walk down the street and go see a movie on the big screen in the heart of Birch Cliff? The photo of the day for July 10,...

09 Jul 2012

News

Birch Cliff solidly middle class

July 10, 2012
By Hedy Korbee

"Toronto’s middle-class suburbs of the 1970s have turned into “urban deserts” of growing poverty while the city centre has become an enclave for the ultra rich." And so begins an article in today's Toronto Star...

09 Jul 2012

News, Real Estate

June real estate prices

October 19, 2021
By Hedy Korbee
homes, house prices, housing, prices, real estate, Toronto Real Estate Board

By Michael McCann In the month of June this year the average selling price of a Birchcliff/Cliffside home was $515,846, which is a drop of 5.1% compared to last June's average selling price of $543,785....

09 Jul 2012

Photo of the Day

Photo of the Day July 9 2012

October 19, 2021
By Hedy Korbee

Here is the Birch Cliff photo of the day for July 9, 2012. Can anyone guess where it was taken? It may not look familiar, but yes, it was taken in Birch Cliff!

07 Jul 2012

News

What’s wrong with this picture?

October 19, 2021
By Hedy Korbee
Blantyre Pool, Scarborough, swim, swimming pools

After three straight days of an extreme heat alert in Toronto, I saw the tweet below from one of our twitter followers @WeAreBirchCliff. It’s a photo of the line-up at Blantyre Pool in the midst...

05 Jul 2012

Photo of the Day

Photo of the Day July 5, 2012

The photo of the day for July 5, 2012 is of the ruins at Rosetta McClain Gardens. Thank goodness someone had the foresight to preserve one of the original farm houses or cottages that once...

04 Jul 2012

News

Cooling off in Birch Cliff

August 15, 2012
By Hedy Korbee
cooling centres, heat wave, Scarborough, weather

The City of Toronto has extended the Extreme Heat Alert for a second day and is warning residents to take care as temperatures are expected to reach 33 º C. The temperature at Pearson Airport...

03 Jul 2012

History, News, Videos

The Last Vet at Courcelette

October 19, 2021
By Hedy Korbee
Alex Napier, Courcelette, veterans, volunteers, WWII

School's out for summer and as we reflect back on the year it's important to remember the volunteers. 97-year old Alex Napier is no ordinary volunteer. Every Monday, the World War II veteran returns to Courcelette...

01 Jul 2012

Sports

NHL stars shine in Birch Cliff

October 19, 2021
By Hedy Korbee
Anthony Stewart, Chris Stewart, NHL, Scarborough, Scarborough Gardens, Wayne Simmons

It was a ball hockey tournament the kids will never forget. NHL players Wayne Simmonds, Drew Doughty, Chris Stewart and Anthony Stewart spent Canada Day at Scarborough Gardens Arena in Birch Cliff playing ball hockey with local...

01 Jul 2012

Uncategorized

Scarborough’s Canada Day

July 10, 2012
By Hedy Korbee
BBQ, Canada Day, fireworks, parade, Scarborough

Canada is 145 on Sunday, July 1 and Scarborough's Canada Day Parade, started in the country's centennial year, is still with us. The 45th annual parade starts at 4 p.m. at the Scarborough Civic Centre...