The source for local news about Toronto’s Beach and surrounding areas.
A Breakfast with Santa is planned for the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 11 on Sunday, Dec. 5. The Legion Branch is located at 9 Dawes Rd., and the event goes from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. There will be breakfast foods available, contests and other activities. Cost to attend is $5 in advance or at […]
By AMANDA GIBB East York resident James Gibson has donated numerous works by Canadian poet Pauline Johnson to many institutions, including the Beach’s Great Escape Book Store. Johnson, also known by her Mohawk stage name Tekahionwake, was born on the Six Nations on the Grand River territory near Brantford, Ontario, in 1861. She was a […]
By KAI GAMMAGE Michael Garron Hospital (MGH) recently opened up a new section to its emergency department devoted entirely to younger patients in need. The new Child and Youth Emergency Zone is “designed to treat children and youth under 18 years of age in East Toronto who need urgent or acute medical care when their […]
Toronto police are asking for the public’s locating a missing 70-year-old woman last seen in the area of Kingston Road and Woodbine Avenues on the afternoon of Monday, Nov. 29. Joan Bartlett, 70, is described as five-feet, one-inch tall, weighing 170 pounds with long, straight, brown and grey hair. She was wearing a long faded […]
By BRIAN SPANTON A wonderful reunion took place recently at the historic Balmy Beach Club when two former rugby players who were on a team together in London, England, some 60 years ago met once again. Beach resident John Ackery reunited with Alun Rees of Victoria, British Columbia. The two last crossed paths when they […]
Community Centre 55 is going to need the support of local residents as its 40th annual Share a Christmas campaign heads into a second year of dealing with the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on families in need. Share a Christmas traditionally begins its fundraising and awareness campaign at the annual Beaches Santa Clause Parade […]
The Neil McNeil Catholic High School Senior boys volleyball team recently won its fifth straight Toronto District Catholic (Colleges) Athletic Association (TDCAA) championship. In the championship game played on Nov. 23, Neil McNeil swept Father John Redmond Catholic Secondary School of Etobicoke three games straight to take the title. The victory marked the fitth consecutive […]
The Save Jimmie Simpson group is holding a Funeral for Our Beloved Trees event on the afternoon of Sunday, Nov. 28, to protest plans by Metrolinx for its Ontario Line through East Toronto. “Join us to celebrate the lives of the trees of our beloved rail corridor urban forest. If Metrolinx gets its way, these […]
Residents in The Beach Triangle are invited to light up their neighbourhood and take part in a small community celebration set for the evening of Saturday, Nov. 27. The Lighting of The Triangle encourages residents in the area bounded by Queen Street East to the south, Kingston Road to the north and west and Woodbine […]
Toronto police are investigating after a teenage boy suffered serious stab wounds in an incident that took place near Gerrard Street East and Pickering Street yesterday. Police were called to the area at 5:22 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 25 for the reported stabbing. The boy was stabbed multiple times, police said, and was transported to […]
