Hedy Korbee, Author at Birch Cliff News

22 Feb 2013

Diamond Jubilee Medal winner

October 19, 2021
By Hedy Korbee
Dan Harris, Diamond Jubilee Medal, Karin Eaton, Mural Routes

Birch Cliff resident Karin Eaton has been awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal for “dedicated service to the Scarborough arts community”. Widely known as “the mural lady”, Eaton is the founder of Mural Routes, the...

22 Feb 2013

News

Brian Ashton: Save the CNE

October 19, 2021
By Hedy Korbee
Brian Ashton, casino, CNE, Exhibition Place

By Brian Ashton What a great year for the CNE – big crowds, great entertainment, tons of fun, and photo albums full of memories. This year the CNE was once again wild, colourful, and had something...

21 Feb 2013

Real Estate

January real estate numbers

By Michael McCann Statistics are out for the first month of 2013 so let’s see how they compare to last year’s real estate numbers. Thirteen homes were sold in Birchcliff/Cliffside in January with an average price...

19 Feb 2013

News

Can you help fire victims?

October 19, 2021
By Hedy Korbee
1457 Kingston Road, bank account, donations, Elaine Gordon, fire, Gary Crawford

A bank account has been set up to help Birch Cliff residents struggling to get back on their feet after last month's apartment fire at 1457 Kingston Road. The fire broke out in a ground...

15 Feb 2013

News

Local paper has NDP backers

October 19, 2021
By Hedy Korbee
Bluffs Advocate, NDP, newspaper, Robert Spencer, Ward 36

By Ian Harvey A new publication is hitting mailboxes in Birch Cliff with a decidedly left wing stance and NDP backers. The Bluffs Advocate is the brainchild of a group led by former Ward 36 candidate...

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...

02 Feb 2013

News

Car in lake at Bluffers Park

February 2, 2013
By Hedy Korbee
Bluffer's Park, Toronto Fire, Toronto Police

It was a chilly night for Toronto Fire and Toronto Police crews who pulled a submerged car out of Lake Ontario at Bluffer’s Park. There was nobody inside the Nissan Infiniti, which police say was...

01 Feb 2013

News

Family homeless after fire

October 19, 2021
By Hedy Korbee
1457 Kington Road, fire, Gordon

By Hedy Korbee A Birch Cliff family is temporarily homeless after a fire in their apartment building at Kingston Rd. and Manderly Dr. last week that sent five people to hospital suffering from smoke inhalation. Elaine...

25 Jan 2013

News

“Thank God we got out with our lives”

By Hedy Korbee Elaine Gordon woke up at 5:20 this morning to a funny smell in her second-storey apartment and knew immediately that something was wrong. Moments later she saw smoke, heard the fire alarm start...

25 Jan 2013

Condos, News, Real Estate, The Quarry

Quarry rezoning in works

October 19, 2021
By Hedy Korbee
Build Toronto, Conservatory Group, Gerrard Clonmore Developments, Quarry

By Hedy Korbee Build Toronto has filed a rezoning application with the City of Toronto to pave the way for construction of a low-rise housing and retail development on the western portion of the Quarry...