News Archives - Page 19 of 30

15 May 2013

Quarry: Details on the retail

Build Toronto plans to construct either a department store or a home improvement store at the corner of Gerrard St. and Victoria Park Ave. at the former site of the Beach Fairway golf range. At...

12 May 2013

News, The Quarry

Quarry meeting May 13th

October 18, 2021
By Hedy Korbee
big box retail, Build Toronto, CCQLD, Quarry

Members of the public who want to learn more about plans to construct low-rise housing and big box retail in the Quarry are invited to a meeting on Monday, May 13th at Blantyre Public...

07 May 2013

News

Successful Jane’s Walk

October 18, 2021
By Hedy Korbee
Jane's Walk

There was no shortage of community spirit on Sunday as close to 100 residents of Birch Cliff, as well as visitors, took part in our neighbourhood’s first ever Jane’s Walk. The theme of the two-hour...

03 May 2013

Arts, News

Bluffer’s Park photo contest

October 18, 2021
By Hedy Korbee
Bluffer's Park, photography, Scarborough Bluffs

Photography enthusiasts take note - the first annual Bluffer's Park Photography Competition is launching on Sunday, May 5th at 2pm at the Dogfish Restaurant. The competition has been organized by residents of Bluffer's Park Marina...

30 Apr 2013

News

Charges laid in Birch Cliff murder

By Ian Harvey A 23-year-old man will appear at Scarborough Court Wednesday on second degree murder charges after an early morning fight in a run down Kingston Road basement apartment left a 58-year-old man dead from multiple stab wounds. At...

30 Apr 2013

News

Fatal stabbing in Birch Cliff

April 30, 2013
By Hedy Korbee
Royal Young Market, stabbing, Toronto Police

A man in his 60s is dead following an overnight stabbing in Birch Cliff on Kingston Road, just west of Birchmount. Photographs of the scene posted to Twitter by Global TV's Jeremy Cohn and CBC's...

27 Apr 2013

City Services, News

Councillor Crawford backtracks

By Hedy Korbee It started as a routine day for Ward 36 councillor Gary Crawford. He woke up Thursday morning, poured a coffee, started reading the newspaper and then realized that an important political decision he’d...

15 Apr 2013

Arts, News

Mural defaced by graffiti

April 15, 2013
By Hedy Korbee
De Anne Lamirande, graffiti, mural, Warden underpass

It's disappointing to see that the spectacular mural being painted on the Warden underpass has been tagged with graffiti. The mural is a sweeping depiction of the Scarborough Bluffs and includes a portrait of Elizabeth Simcoe,...

12 Apr 2013

City Services, News

Even MORE construction

October 19, 2021
By Hedy Korbee
Blantyre Avenue, construction, Kingston Road, streetcar track, ttc

The TTC has weighed in with its summer construction plans and many Birch Cliff residents are in for a shock. In addition to the road and watermain construction now underway on Kingston Road between Birchmount...

09 Apr 2013

City Services, News

Mayor Ford tours construction

Mayor Rob Ford used Birch Cliff as a backdrop today to announce a $155 million dollar program to repair Toronto roads and bridges in 2013 and another $60 million for projects such as Kingston...