The source for local news about Toronto’s Beach and surrounding areas.
Liz White, Animal Protection Party of Canada candidate for Toronto-Danforth, answers four questions from Beach Metro Community News regarding this month’s federal election. (EDITOR’S NOTE: Candidates were instructed to keep their answers to approximately 150 words, and some of the responses have been edited to keep them as close as possible to the agreed word […]
Maryem Tollar, Green Party candidate for Toronto-Danforth, answers four questions from Beach Metro Community News regarding this month’s federal election. (EDITOR’S NOTE: Candidates were instructed to keep their answers to approximately 150 words, and some of the responses have been edited to keep them as close as possible to the agreed word count. Beach Metro […]
Habiba Desai, independent candidate for Toronto-Danforth, answers four questions from Beach Metro Community News regarding this month’s federal election. (EDITOR’S NOTE: Candidates were instructed to keep their answers to approximately 150 words, and some of the responses have been edited to keep them as close as possible to the agreed word count. Beach Metro News […]
East Toronto community members sent a 400-foot long message to Metrolinx yesterday demanding that the provincial transit agency not cut down more than 200 trees and build a concrete retaining wall in Small’s Creek Ravine. Residents, along with local politicians and candidates from both the Liberal Party and the NDP, joined with the residents at […]
Toronto police are looking for a male suspect in connection with a hate-motived offence investigation in the Eastern and Knox avenues area. Police were called to the area on the afternoon of Saturday, Sept. 11 after hate-motivated graffiti spray painted on three buildings was discovered. According to police, a man spray painted the graffiti just […]
A demonstration at East Lynn Park is slated to begin at 5 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 16, as East Toronto residents gather to voice their displeasure with Metrolinx’s construction plans in the Small’s Creek Ravine. Metrolinx’s plan is to install a fourth rail to expand transit along the Lakeshore East line starting sometime in October. […]
By ALAN SHACKLETON More than 100 community members took part in an online community consultation hosted by the History concert venue on Monday, Sept. 13. The purpose of the virtual town hall was to address concerns that Beach residents have regarding the upcoming opening of the venue which has a capacity for 2,500 people and […]
By AMANDA GIBB Not-for-profit organization Ruck 2 Remember is hosting its eighth annual Road to Recovery ruck march this week. Volunteers taking part are slated to arrive at the Branch 1/42 of The Royal Canadian Legion at 243 Coxwell Ave. on Thursday, Sept. 16 at 4 p.m. The event honours both Canadian soldiers killed in […]
By AMANDA GIBB Michael Garron Hospital (MGH) has launched numerous back-to-school initiatives to support the community and ensure children return to school safely amid the COVID-19 pandemic. These initiatives include the Toronto East School Support (TESS) forum, Infection Prevention and Control (IPAC) Champion program, COVID-19 outreach centres, take-home testing kits, Paediatric Emergency Department COVID-19 Assessment […]
On Thursday, Sept. 16, the Balmy Beach Residents Association, Beach Metro News and Community Centre 55 will host an online candidates’ meeting for the riding of Beaches-East York. The event will start at 8 p.m. Moderator of the meeting will be Alan Carter of Global News. He will be asking questions on a number of […]
