floods Archives - Birch Cliff News

30 Nov 2012

Greener driveways and flooding

October 19, 2021
By Hedy Korbee
floods, green driveways, L'Estrange, Mississauga

There's a new environmentally friendly driveway that’s drawing attention on Eastwood Avenue. Homeowners Nancy and John L’Estrange left a green strip down the middle of their new driveway to increase the amount of water that...

22 Nov 2012

City Services, Flood Coverage, News

Flood victims denied City compensation

October 19, 2021
By Hedy Korbee
Chine Drive, City of Toronto, compensation, floods, liability

Residents of Ward 36 whose basements flooded with sewage and stormwater this summer are angry and frustrated after receiving letters from the City of Toronto's insurance adjuster stating that their damage claims against the...

11 Nov 2012

Arts, Flood Coverage, News

Clamshell Quintet raises $10,000

October 19, 2021
By Hedy Korbee
Clamshell Quartet, floods, fundraiser, Gary Crawford, Maria Augimeri, Mike Layton, Paula Fletcher, Variety Village

Toronto City Councillors in the newly formed band Clamshell Quintet set aside their political differences last night and raised more than $10,000 for Variety Village in their musical debut. The general consensus was that the...

05 Nov 2012

Arts, Flood Coverage

Rock ‘n’ Roll fundraiser

November 5, 2012
By Hedy Korbee
Clamshell Quintet, floods, Gently Bent, Variety Village, Ward 36 Gary Crawford

Toronto City Councillors will be ditching the rhetoric and picking up instruments at a benefit next weekend to help Variety Village recover from this summer’s devastating floods in Birch Cliff. Clamshell Quintet debut The flood fundraiser...

04 Oct 2012

Flood Coverage, News, Uncategorized

Ward 36 made flooding priority

October 19, 2021
By Hedy Korbee
Basement Flooding Protection program, Councillor Gary Crawford, floods, infrastructure, sewers, Toronto City Council, Ward 36

Toronto City Council has voted unanimously in favour of adding Ward 36 to the basement flooding priority list. This means that Birch Cliff and other parts of the ward are now eligible for a $743...

20 Sep 2012

City Services, Flood Coverage

Mixed reviews for flood meeting

January 31, 2013
By Hedy Korbee
basements, floods, Gary Crawford, sewers, Shelley Carroll, Ward 36

Last night’s flooding meeting hosted by Ward 36 Councillor Gary Crawford is getting mixed reviews from residents whose basements flooded with sewage and stormwater this summer. About 150 people attended the meeting, which took place...

20 Sep 2012

City Services, Flood Coverage

Six possible flooding fixes

October 19, 2021
By Hedy Korbee
Environmental Assessment, floods, sewers, solutions, Toronto Water, Ward 36

By Hedy Korbee Toronto Water unveiled details at the Ward 36 flooding meeting last night about the six infrastructure improvements that could alleviate future basement flooding in Birch Cliff. These improvements were originally identified in an...

14 Sep 2012

Flood Coverage, News

Anger in southwest Scarborough

The Scarborough Mirror has done a good story on the anger directed at the City of Toronto by flooding victims in southwest Scarborough. It features Melanie Slater, who used to live in Birch Cliff and...

07 Sep 2012

City Services, Flood Coverage, Photo of the Day

Photo of the Day, Sept. 7 2012

September 7, 2012
By Hedy Korbee
basements, Crescentwood Road, floods, sewers, storm

The Photo of the Day for September 7, 2012 is actually a sewer video, which can be viewed if you scroll down (not on the right). I went to the Ward 35 flooding meeting last...

05 Sep 2012

City Services, Flood Coverage, News

Toronto Water knew sewers needed fixing

October 19, 2021
By Hedy Korbee
floods, Gary Crawford, infrastructure, repairs, sewers, Toronto Water, Ward 36

Toronto Water was not surprised to be inundated with phone calls after the July 15th rainstorm that flooded hundreds of Scarborough homes with raw sewage because officials knew that half a dozen “fixes” needed...