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Deja Views: Much has changed along Queen Street East since 1989

September 26, 2021

By DAVID VAN DYKE This stretch on “the sunny side” of Queen Street East between Herbert and Elmer avenues has seen some changes over the past decades. Not one of the shops depicted in the 1989 photo above is here today. Do you have a photograph of a storefront or business that isn’t around anymore […]

Community Centre 55 Car Show set for Bob Acton Park on Sunday, Sept. 26

September 25, 2021

The annual Car Show presented by Community Centre 55 is back at Bob Acton Park, and will take place on Sunday, Sept. 26. The show runs from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Bob Acton Park is located at 45 William Hancox Ave., four blocks east of Main Street and Gerrard Street East. There will be […]

Outdoor Movie Night in Kew Gardens park to screen The Princess Bride on Sept. 25

September 25, 2021

Outdoor Movie Nights in Kew Gardens are back in the Beach this fall. Presented by The Beach BIA and sponsored by The Richards Group, the family movies will be screened in Kew Gardens park on the next two Saturday nights. The movie for Saturday, Sept. 25, is The Princess Bride. The films screen at dusk, […]

Gardiner demolition work means portion of Lake Shore Boulevard East to be closed this weekend

September 24, 2021

As work continues on the demolition of the Gardiner Expressway’s east-end ramps, Lake Shore Boulevard East will be closed from Carlaw Avenue to Cherry Street this weekend. The on-and-off ramps to the Gardiner were permanently closed on Aug. 31 from east of the Don Valley Parkway to their beginning and end near Logan Avenue. The […]

East Toronto residents invited to celebration of Women Paint Riverside: Currents of Change murals on local laneways

September 24, 2021

East Toronto residents are invited to the Women Paint Riverside Community Celebration slated for the afternoon of Saturday, Sept. 25. Organized by East End Arts, 20 new murals have “added beauty and colour to the laneways in the Riverside community, all of which celebrate our relationship with water, and all of which were created by […]

Hearing on plans to alter building at 2273-2275 Queen St. E, in the Beach set for early October

September 24, 2021

A Toronto-East York Committee of Adjustment (CoA) virtual hearing on plans to alter a duplex building on Queen Street East in the Beach is slated to take place on Wednesday, Oct. 6. The CoA public meeting will hear arguments for and against the plan for a change and addition to the building at 2273-2275 Queen […]

The Main Menu: Fall is the time to celebrate the abundant harvest

September 23, 2021

By JAN MAIN The abundant harvest is over flowing in supermarkets, farmer’s markets and are own gardens – be it a pot of herbs, a tiny raised bed or a “proper patch.” Certain crops really show off – beans and squashes of all sorts from zucchini to pumpkins. I was reminded of this as I […]

Beach residents get together to create mini Lockdown Lane artwork

September 23, 2021

Beach resident Helen Darwin and her neighbours got together in the summer to create a community artwork they call Lockdown Lane. The row of small painted buildings displayed on a fence in her backyard depicts storefronts and houses along Queen Street East in the Beach. Darwin created the wooden storefronts herself, and once they were […]

Black Lives Here: Beach business owner worried about family in Afghanistan

September 22, 2021

By MIMI LILIEFELDT Over the last month, the world watched in alarm as the Taliban took over Afghanistan. For most of us, the realities of Afghanistan’s history are no more than “news stories” that never quite touch our own microcosm. Lately we talk about all the ways that we are privileged, almost any one of […]

Community Celebration Concert planned for Saturday, Sept. 25, at Kingston Road United Church

September 22, 2021

A free Celebration Concert to mark the reopening weekend for Kingston Road United Church will take place on the afternoon of Saturday, Sept. 25. The free hour-long concert will feature performances by violinist Mark Fewer and mezzo soprano Julia Dawson. The concert is being presented by the church as a way to thank the community […]

Fairmount Park Fall Fete community dinner for Beach Hill residents moved to Sept. 29 due to anticipated heavy rains this week

September 21, 2021

Organizers of the Fall Fete community dinner slated for Fairmount Park this week have moved the date of the event to Sept. 29 due to the forecast for heavy rains tomorrow. The community dinner for Beach Hill residents was originally slated to take place during the Courtyard Farmers’ Market on Wednesday, Sept. 22. However, organizers […]

Federal Election 2021: Julie Dabrusin wins third term for Liberals in Toronto-Danforth

September 21, 2021

By ALEXANDROS VAROUTAS Liberal incumbent MP Julie Dabrusin is ready to roll up her sleeves and get back to work after winning her third term in the Toronto-Danforth riding. With 103 of 119 polls reporting, Dabrusin had 13,750 votes (for 47.5 per cent of the vote). The NDP candidate, Clare Hacksel, received 9,499 votes (for […]