City Services Archives - Page 4 of 7

28 May 2013

Fire at house of “hoarders”

May 28, 2013
By Hedy Korbee
Dault Road, fire, hoarders

At least 15 firetrucks descended on Dault Road late this afternoon after fire broke out in the garage of a home that Toronto Fire says was occupied by hoarders. District Fire Chief Paul Cormier says...

17 May 2013

City Services, News

Chine likely to get sidewalk

May 17, 2013
By Hedy Korbee
Chine Drive, Councillor Gary Crawford, sidewalks

A major hurdle has been cleared for the installation of a sidewalk on Chine Drive, one of the prettiest streets in the Scarborough Bluffs. The Ontario Ministry of the Environment has rejected a request from...

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...

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...

10 Apr 2013

City Services

Cliffside sidewalk study

October 19, 2021
By Hedy Korbee
Cliffside Drive, Kayleigh Callaghan-Belanger, sidewalks

Scarborough Community Council has adopted a motion asking for a feasibility study into the installation of sidewalks in the area surrounding Cliffside Public School. The motion was put forward by Ward 36 Councillor Gary Crawford...

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...

02 Apr 2013

City Services, News

Let the chaos begin

October 19, 2021
By Hedy Korbee
Kingston Road, reconstruction, traffic, Ward 36

Morning rush hour Well the cones are up and the chaos has started. Get used to it from now until October. Crews were out marking Kingston Road for utility lines on a chilly Tuesday morning as traffic...

01 Apr 2013

City Services, History, Photo of the Day

Photo of the Day April 1 2013

April 10, 2013
By Hedy Korbee
Birchmount, construction 1928, Kingston Road

Given that the big dig starts tomorrow on Kingston Road, it seems appropriate to republish this 1928 photo of Kingston Road and Birchmount under construction. It’s a photo of streetcar tracks being laid when the...

28 Mar 2013

City Services, News

Major Kingston Rd construction

October 19, 2021
By Hedy Korbee
City of Toronto, construction, Councillor Gary Crawford, Kingston Road, revitalization

By Hedy Korbee The long-awaited reconstruction of Kingston Road is scheduled to begin next week and will turn the neighbourhood into a construction zone for the next 18 months. The City of Toronto is tearing up...

08 Feb 2013

City Services, Photo of the Day

1936 Snow photos

February 8, 2013
By Hedy Korbee
1936, snow

Seems like an appropriate day to dip into the archives for some snow photos of years gone by. This first photo was taken on March 18, 1936 and appears to show Birch Cliff residents shovelling...