Hedy Korbee, Author at Birch Cliff News

27 Feb 2015

House prices over five years

October 18, 2021
By Hedy Korbee

By Michael McCann Birchcliff's housing market continues its momentum unabated. Before we get into the December housing statistics, however, I thought this would be an excellent opportunity to look back over the last five years of our...

02 Feb 2015

City Services, News

Scarborough Subway consultation

October 18, 2021
By Hedy Korbee
Glenn De Baeremaeker, Nick Westoll, Scarborough Subway

By Nick Westoll The City of Toronto is officially on track with the public consultation process on the Scarborough Subway Extension. An environmental assessment meeting in Scarborough on Saturday was the first time residents had the...

30 Jan 2015

News

Hit-and-run accident

October 18, 2021
By Hedy Korbee
Hit-and-run, Kingston Rd.

Thankfully nobody was injured in a three-vehicle hit-and-run accident Friday afternoon on Kingston Rd. at Kalmar Ave. Details are sketchy but a witness says the car in this photo was in the eastbound curb lane,...

11 Jan 2015

News

Cyclist struck Kingston/Warden

A male cyclist was rushed to hospital with serious injuries after being struck by a car at the intersection of Kingston Road and Warden Ave early Sunday morning. The victim has not been identified but...

31 Dec 2014

News

Police shooting Warden/St. Clair

December 31, 2014
By Hedy Korbee
Nick Westoll, Police shooting, SIU, Warden & St. Clair

The province's Special Investigations Unit is investigating after Toronto police shot and killed a man at an apartment complex near Warden Ave. and St. Clair Ave. E. Wednesday morning. Toronto police were initially called to...

29 Dec 2014

Real Estate

Multiple offers new normal

October 18, 2021
By Hedy Korbee
homes, house prices, Michael McCann, real estate

By Michael McCann The fall Birchcliff housing market continued to favour sellers. With a shortage of listings, buyers looking to secure a home before Christmas were faced with what has become the new normal - a multiple...

10 Nov 2014

History

Great War sacrifice

By Hedy Korbee When the First World War broke out in 1914, Birch Cliff was a tiny village surrounded by farmland. Tucked into the southwest corner of Scarborough Township (total population 5,000), Birch Cliff was sparsely settled...

03 Nov 2014

Real Estate

Seller’s market

October 18, 2021
By Hedy Korbee
house prices, Michael McCann

By Michael McCann September did not deviate from previous months in that Birchcliff remains a strong seller's market. Almost any new listing that came onto the market saw home owners holding back the consideration of offers...

02 Nov 2014

City Services, News

Ward 36 election results

November 3, 2014
By Hedy Korbee

The closest race in Ward 36 on election night turned out to be the one that the whole city and perhaps the entire country was watching – the race between John Tory and Doug...

26 Oct 2014

City Services, Real Estate

Candidates debate Quarry

October 18, 2021
By Hedy Korbee
2014 election, Gary Crawford, Masihullah Mohebzada, Robert McDermott, Robert Spencer, Ward 36

By Hedy Korbee A lively all-candidates debate took place this week on an issue near and dear to the hearts of many voters in the western part of Ward 36: the future of the Quarry...