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Beaches-East York Councillor Brad Bradford will be hosting a Compost Day on Saturday, July 24. The event begins at 9:30 a.m., and will take place in the parking lot of Ted Reeve Community Arena, at 175 Main St. The parking lot is located just northeast of Gerrard Street East and Main Street, and can be […]
The eastbound lanes of Lake Shore Boulevard East between Leslie Street and Woodbine Avenue will be closed to vehicular traffic this weekend, July 24 and 25, for ActiveTO. Also closed this weekend will be the eastbound lanes of Lake Shore Boulevard West between Stadium Road and Windermere Avenue. Toronto’s ActiveTO initiative provides opportunities for residents to get […]
By ANSON WONG The Ontario Junior Lacrosse League (OJLL) season begins on Saturday, July 24, at the Toronto Rock Athletic Centre in Oakville and the Toronto Beaches Junior A team will be taking part in the action. Due to COVID-19, the 11-team league’s schedule will see 44 regular season games played over the next two […]
By ANN BROKELMAN A few years back, I was filling up one of the bird feeders in my front yard when a neighbour, who was out for a walk, told me there was a strange animal up in a tree just down the road. I, obviously, grabbed my camera and took off in the direction […]
Our sweet, beautiful, funny Luke Xavier Ketchum left us suddenly and accidentally in the early morning of July 10th. Luke, 16, was our first baby and made us a family and everything we are today. We are shattered and lost without him. He was very close to his brother and sister, Logan and London Ketchum, […]
The final weekend of the 33rd annual Beaches International Jazz Festival will feature a pair of drive-in concerts set for the evenings of Friday, July 23, and Saturday, July 24. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the festival had to alter the way it took place for the second summer in a row. This year’s festival […]
The Balmy Beach Club held a special event earlier this week to wish its Olympic and Parlympic athletes success in the Tokyo Games which officially open today. The #TogethertoTokyo photo booth and flag signing event took place beside the mural on the club’s wall by the Boardwalk on the evening of Wednesday, July 21. At […]
By SIENNA PARK In the midst of the 2020 COVID-19 lockdown, garden centres were among the only shops open. Gardening is one of the few industries that have thrived amidst the economic turmoil caused by the global pandemic. In 2020, many people (myself included) around the world started gardening. It provided a much-needed mental health […]
East Toronto Health Partners and Michael Garron Hospital are hosting a number of pop-up COVID-19 vaccination clinics over the remaining days of this week. There will be two clinics on Thursday, July 22, in East Toronto, taking place at Gordon A. Brown Middle School, 2800 St. Clair Ave. E., from 12 p.m. to 8 p.m.; […]
By KEN PRICE Two trees stand in the north end of Withrow Park, near the corner of McConnell and Carlaw avenues, as a tribute and as a reminder. I am personally glad that the city planted them; however, they are no substitute for the lives they represent. On July 22, 2021, three years will have […]
