15
Mar
2016
Sixty-five years ago today, on March 15, 1951, students, staff and teachers gathered at Birch Cliff Public School to celebrate a major milestone in the school’s 100 year history.
They attended a ceremony to commemorate...
02
Mar
2016
Life was difficult for many people during the Great Depression in the 1930s and an article from the Toronto Daily Star on March 2, 1935 sheds some light on the level of hardship, hunger and...
29
Feb
2016
By Michael McCann
“Hammer time” has taken on a whole new meaning that has nothing to do with the early '90s hip hop song “U Can’t Touch This”.
There are few streets in Birchcliff that have not...
25
Feb
2016
Our latest installment in the Today in History series comes from the pages of the Toronto Daily Star on Feb. 25, 1927 and provides an interesting glimpse into the history of development in Toronto.
In 1927...
10
Feb
2016
They grind their own beef, smoke their own pork, cure their own bacon and bake their own buns, bread and bagels.
I’m talking about M & J’s Eastside Deli, a new eatery in Birch Cliff...
08
Feb
2016
By Tyler Bloomfield
The decision to remove 41 trees at the Toronto Hunt Club has outraged some members of the community.
22 healthy trees that line the second and third holes of the golf course will...
01
Feb
2016
It takes some imagination to visualize what life was like in Birch Cliff 80 or 90 years ago.
Kingston Road was a two-lane dirt road, oiled and sanded on a regular basis, and primarily used...
15
Jan
2016
By Michael McCann
A new year is upon us and with it comes the annual question: What's in store for Toronto's 2016 housing market?
We all hear the same financial naysayers who yearly forecast a housing...