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16 Jul 2019

Apartment fire Warden/Danforth

July 16, 2019
By Hedy Korbee

Two people were treated for smoke inhalation Tuesday morning following a two-alarm fire in an apartment unit at the northwest corner of Warden and Danforth Avenues. Six fire trucks and several ambulances, including an ambulance...

14 Jun 2019

News

Indigenous Healing Lodge meeting

October 15, 2021
By Hedy Korbee
Indigenous, Patti Pettigrew, Thunder Woman Healing Lodge

By Hedy Korbee Supporters, critics and people simply seeking information turned out in large numbers at an emotionally charged community meeting on Wednesday to discuss a proposed Indigenous women’s healing lodge at 2217 Kingston Rd....

07 Jun 2019

News, Retail

The Birchcliff is expanding

Everybody’s favourite indie coffee shop, The Birchcliff Coffee Bar, is expanding and moving a few doors to the east in order to accommodate more customers. 24-year old Olivia Peters’ vision of a cosy, local, birch-themed...

02 Jun 2019

Birch Cliff Public School, News

Fantastic Fun Fair

The Birch Cliff Public School playground was crowded with hundreds of people on Saturday, enjoying the annual Fun Fair designed to bring the community together and raise money for classroom resources that enhance learning. Children...

02 Jun 2019

News

Immaculate Heart school fair

June 2, 2019
By Hedy Korbee
Immaculate Heart of Mary, kites, school fair, Stephanie Burke

By Stephanie Burke The clear skies and a light breeze were perfect kite-flying weather and a blessing to the school community of Immaculate Heart of Mary who had their annual school fair this past Thursday,...

21 May 2019

Birch Cliff Public School, History, News

Remembering John Belcher

October 15, 2021
By Hedy Korbee
Birch Cliff Public School, history, John Belcher, teacher

By Hedy Korbee John Belcher, a beloved former Birch Cliff Public School teacher who influenced a generation of students, died on May 17 at the end of a courageous journey with cancer. He was 69. Belcher began...

10 Mar 2019

Condos, News, Real Estate

Community input on new condo design

October 15, 2021
By Hedy Korbee
condo, Core Development Group, The Manderley

By Hedy Korbee A public consultation meeting attended by approximately 50 Birch Cliff residents was held on Tuesday to discuss a revised proposal from Core Development Group for the mid-rise condominium planned for the northwest...

03 Feb 2019

Birch Cliff Public School, News, Traffic

Safety concerns raised at traffic meeting

October 15, 2021
By Hedy Korbee
Birch Cliff Public School, Councillor Gary Crawford, Kingston Rd. Warden, safety, traffic, Vision Zero

By Hedy Korbee Two Toronto police officers dedicated to traffic enforcement will be assigned to Scarborough’s 41 division sometime around April, according to Constable Thomas Cook, one of Birch Cliff’s neighbourhood police officers who said...

03 Feb 2019

News

Head-on crash at Kingston & Hunt Club

February 3, 2019
By Hedy Korbee
alcohol, head-on collision, hunt club, Kingston Road

Alcohol may have been a factor in a head-on collision that injured four people, one of them critically, on Kingston Rd west of Hunt Club just after 3 A.M. on Sunday morning. The crash, involving...

15 Dec 2018

News

The spirit of sharing at BBNC

December 15, 2018
By Hedy Korbee
Birchmount Bluffs Neighbourhood Centre, Doly Begum, poverty reduction campaign, Share365

There was no shortage of holiday spirit at Birchmount Community Centre on Wednesday as dozens of people gathered to pack boxes of personal hygiene and household cleaning products to help people in our community...