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08 Sep 2012

Canada wins gold!

October 19, 2021
By Hedy Korbee
gold medal, Paralympics, Variety Village, wheelchair basketball

Canada's wheelchair basketball team has defeated Australia 64-58 to win gold at the London Paralympics. The team includes four athletes from Variety Village: Adam Lancia, Tyler Miller, Abdi Dini Fatah and Brandon Wagner. You can read about...

08 Sep 2012

News, Sports

Variety Village athletes go for gold

October 19, 2021
By Hedy Korbee
London Paralympics, Variety Village, wheelchair baseketball

It's a big day for Variety Village at the 2012 London Paralympic Games. Canada's men's wheelchair basketball team is competing against Australia in the gold medal game at 4:15pm Toronto time. The team includes four athletes...

30 Aug 2012

Flood Coverage, News, Sports

$200k damage in Variety Village flood

October 19, 2021
By Hedy Korbee
basements, Christmas party, flooding, Paralympics, relief fund, Variety Village

Six weeks after hundreds of homes flooded in Birch Cliff and other parts of Ward 36, Variety Village has stepped forward to say it also flooded July 15th and August 10th and sustained more...

09 Aug 2012

Sports

Aaron Brown does Birchmount proud

October 19, 2021
By Hedy Korbee
200 metres, Aaron Brown, Birchmount Collegiate, Olympics

What a peformance by Aaron Brown! He's a Birchmount Collegiate graduate, only 20 years old, and today he raced in the 200-metre semi-finals against Jamaica's Usain Bolt. Personal best time Aaron ran a personal best of 20.42...

07 Aug 2012

Sports

Brown, Emmanuel through to semis

October 19, 2021
By Hedy Korbee

Great news for a couple of 20-year olds at the London Olympics! Birchmount Collegiate grad Aaron Brown has made it through to the semi-finals of the men's 200-metres. Brown finished third in his heat with a...

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,...

02 Aug 2012

Sports

Young umpires know the score

October 19, 2021
By Hedy Korbee
Birchmount Baseball, umpires

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30 Jul 2012

Sports

Duenas misses the mark

The Olympic dream has ended for Scarborough's Crispin Duenas, a graduate of Birchmount Collegiate, who competed in today's elimination round in archery. Duenas was eighth going into the competition after a strong qualifying round on...

26 Jul 2012

News, Sports

The Olympic Connection

October 19, 2021
By Hedy Korbee
Birchmount CI, Crispin Duenas, Crystal Emmanuel, Ian Warner, Justyne Warner, Olympics

The London 2012 Olympic Games are upon us and for the next two weeks Canadians will be glued to their televisions and computers watching our country's finest compete against the best in the world. Among...

24 Jul 2012

Condos, News, Sports, The Quarry

Hope fades for driving range

October 6, 2017
By Hedy Korbee
Beach Fairway, Build Toronto, driving range, Gary Crawford, golf, Mayor Ford

It looks like golfers in east Toronto will have to find another place to practice their swings. The owners of the Beach Fairway Golf Range made a last-ditch effort to avoid closure by meeting last...