09
Aug
2012
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...
09
Aug
2012
Here's another lovely vintage photo from the Toronto Archives via the Vintage Toronto facebook page.
The Photo of the Day for August 9, 2012 was taken back in 1927 on Kingston Road looking south down...
08
Aug
2012
So here's a history mystery!
Does anybody know anything about a set of stairs that were once used to get up and down the Scarborough Bluffs?
This fabulous photo of a staircase on the Bluffs is...
07
Aug
2012
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...
07
Aug
2012
Our Photo of the Day for August 7, 2012 is a simply wonderful shot from the Toronto Archives circa 1909.
I would love to know what was going through the minds of these two intrepid...
06
Aug
2012
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05
Aug
2012
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
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,...