By GENE DOMAGALA Baseball has been around for a long time in the East End, especially in the Beach area. There have been professional teams in both the western and eastern parts of Toronto, but that is for another column. We here in the Beach are concerned with the “amateur” baseball teams. Originally, as I […]
By GENE DOMAGALA It is great to have all these different types of plaques about people, places and public events in our community. But where is the plaque for one of the world’s greatest film directors, Norman Jewison? He was born in the Beach and remains a proud Canadian. Growing up, Jewison attended Kew Beach […]
By GENE DOMAGALA I would like to thank readers of Beach Metro News for their replies to my recent article regarding historic walks. 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 from the readers, and I […]
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 […]
