By GENE DOMAGALA I would like to thank readers of Beach Metro News for their replies to my recent article regarding historic walks. Apparently there is much interest for me to continue to plan these historic walks through the Beach and other areas in East Toronto. There have been some suggestions about these walks from […]
By GENE DOMAGALA This column is dedicated to my great grandchildren Rowen and Rhys. Because of the COVID-19 pandemic crisis, many events have been postponed. However, in the case of the historic tours of the Beach and East Toronto area, they are still ready to go. However, this will all depend on the general public […]
By GENE DOMAGALA This column is dedicated to my great-granddaughter Nahla, 5. Let me make this clear. Yes, there is Black History Month in February but in my humble opinion it should be called African Canadian Month. Lately there have been articles and statements about the racial inequality in different sectors of society, and they […]
By GENE DOMAGALA During this COVID-19 dilemma we have now seen great interest in how people can spend their leisure time, especially here in the east end and the Beach. One of the most popular events 120 years ago or so and up to the present day is ice skating. I have written about this […]
By GENE DOMAGALA I would like to take this opportunity to personally thank all of those who wished me good luck and best wishes from the bottom of my Beach heart! All of the charitable works that have been done in the east end and the Beach are due to the wonderful kind people in […]
By GENE DOMAGALA Well over two million men and women have served in Canada’s Armed Forces in the past 120 years. They represented the navy, army and air force in the cause of freedom in our great country of Canada. Countless thousands died and were buried in far off graves in other countries as well […]
By GENE DOMAGALA Many times, people have asked me about the Danforth. There have been many articles written about Danforth Avenue, but I think the book The Danforth in Pictures: A Brief History of the Danforth by Barbara Myrvold is the best and most historically comprehensive I have seen. Many other names have been attributed […]
By GENE DOMAGALA The Lions Club of Canada has been around for 100 years. The Lions Club in the Beach is celebrating its 85th birthday this year. There is no service club that has done so much good work and supported so many charity events in Toronto, and especially in the east end and most […]
By GENE DOMAGALA Seventy-five years ago today was VE Day – Victory in Europe. A few months later, the Second World War ended. We hoped that was the end of war forever. Millions of lives were lost in this war. In the Beach, people were exhausted by this long and terrible war that took so […]
By GENE DOMAGALA The tragic calamity that is happening around the world is one of the worst devastations that has happened in our lifetime. I don’t know if it is one of the worst tragedies in the history of civilization. There certainly have been others such as the Spanish Flu which went around the world […]
