News Archives - Page 27 of 30

10 Aug 2012

Pockets of east end flooding

August 10, 2012
By Hedy Korbee

Heavy rainfall has caused some flooding in parts of Toronto including the Woodbine/Kew Beach area in the Beach. You can see a report by CP24's Cam Wooley here. There is also some backyard flooding to the...

09 Aug 2012

Bluffs, News

Dramatic dog rescue on Bluffs

July 26, 2016
By Hedy Korbee
dog, firefighters, rescue, Scarborough Bluffs

There was a dramatic rescue today by Toronto firefighters on the Scarborough Bluffs. A man went over the Bluffs, but he did it deliberately -- to rescue his 14-year old dog. The dog's eyesight is failing...

06 Aug 2012

News

Eating our way through Ribfest

September 10, 2012
By Hedy Korbee
Ribfest, Scarborough, Simcoe Day, Thomson Memorial Park

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05 Aug 2012

News, Sports

Justyn Warner: PB but misses final

October 19, 2021
By Hedy Korbee

Birchmount Collegiate grad Justyn Warner says he's "taking the positives" after failing to qualify for the 100-metre Olympic final by just 8/100ths of a second. Warner ran another personal best of 10.09 in today's semi-final,...

03 Aug 2012

Bluffs, History, News

100-year old shipwreck off Bluffs

October 19, 2021
By Hedy Korbee
Alexandria, history, Scarborough Bluffs, shipwreck

Almost 100 years ago today the Canadian steamer Alexandria sank at the foot of the Scarborough Bluffs, a little bit east of Birch Cliff. The Alexandria was on its way from Toronto to Port Hope,...

03 Aug 2012

News, Photo of the Day, Retail

Photo of the Day August 3 2012

August 15, 2012
By Hedy Korbee
Sun Valley, supermarket

Our Photo of the Day for August 3, 2012 is of our local Sun Valley store -- because it's the last one standing. Sun Valley is one of the few remaining independent grocery stores in...

01 Aug 2012

History, News, Videos

Scarborough Fire Hall # 1

November 10, 2022
By Hedy Korbee
fire, firefighters, museum, Scarborough

How many times have you driven past the old firehall on Birchmount Avenue, between Danforth Ave. and Danforth Rd., and wondered what was inside? One day we decided to take a look and stumbled into...

31 Jul 2012

News

Bluffs Monitor

October 19, 2021
By Hedy Korbee
bluffs monitor, jobs, Lee Graves, newspaper

By Ashlee Ashbee If you live in Birch Cliff, work here or have visited our community, you've probably made some sort of connection with the Bluffs Monitor community newspaper. Bluffs Monitor is delivered to homes and...

28 Jul 2012

News

Attackers bragged of stabbing

October 19, 2021
By Hedy Korbee
birchcliff avenue, crime, police, stabbing

A 23-year old Birch Cliff man was stabbed multiple times with a broken beer bottle last night and is recovering in hospital from what police say are serious but non life-threatening injuries. The attack took...

28 Jul 2012

News

Stabbing on Birchcliff Ave

August 2, 2012
By Hedy Korbee
birchcliff avenue, crime, police, stabbing

A man in his early 20's is in hospital following a stabbing last night on Birchcliff Avenue. Police say the wounds are not serious and they have no information about a possible suspect. The Toronto Star...