The art hanging on the walls of the Balmy Beach Club is not only a geographic tour of stunning Canadian vistas, it’s also a mini-course in Canadian art history. Painter Pamela Mayhew has been a member at the Balmy Beach Club for three years, and a Balmy Beach Club artist for a little over four […]
With multiple storms ravaging our lakefront over the past few days and more inclement weather on its way, the fate of Leuty Lifesaving Station and the volleyball courts is still up in the air. Toronto Regional Conservation Authority crews were on site May 3, attempting to clean up the beach volleyball area but with 50 […]
Toronto Beaches Lacrosse Club (TBLC) celebrates their 50th anniversary this year, marking a moment in history for a club and sport that has touched generations of Beach families. While 50 years is an impressive milestone, it is a relatively short time in comparison to the hundreds of years lacrosse has been played. According to the […]
To those familiar with how things work around here, it should come as no surprise that the Beaches Spring Sprint began with Gene Domagala and a megaphone. A fixture at the now annual race, which turns 30 this year, the unofficial Mayor of the Beach helped launch the fundraiser in June 1987, by trying to […]
Hundreds of runners and supporters came out for a colourful 29th annual Beaches Spring Sprint on April 2 at the Balmy Beach Club. Sixty volunteers were on hand to assist the event, which saw 450 people run or walk the 5 km or 2 km boardwalk route – that’s down from the 550-plus the race […]
Beachers should be thankful for Kew Gardens project The city is spending more than $1 million on Kew Gardens, and people are still complaining!? The Beach has a reputation, I’m sure you know what I mean. This stuff is actually hard to do. It’s a big city with lots of needs. To get dollars allocated […]
Recently I wrote about saving historic houses and buildings and making sure there was a reason to use these facilities. One of the other things to save is our natural history – our animals, wildlife, birds, vegetation, trees, etc. Not being a naturalist or an expert on wildlife, I bow to those who wish to […]
Parks staff unveiled the plans during an Oct. 21 open house at the Kew Williams Cottage. The design includes a wider, paved and more level trail in front of the club entrance, and new wheelchair ramps on the east side. James Dann, the city’s manager of waterfront parks, said the design aims to be both […]
This has been a golden summer of sports in Toronto. In celebration of the Pan Am and Parapan Am Games the Toronto Reference Library (Yonge and Bloor) is hosting a wonderfully nostalgic exhibit looking back at sport and recreation in a simpler time. Toronto’s Sporting Past includes early photos of the Balmy Beach Club and […]
Like most of the previous honourees, this year’s Citizen of the Year says he can’t quite understand why he deserves the title. As far as Paul M. Babich is concerned, he’s just doing what he does, organizing when things need to be organized, pitching in where he can, and helping out whenever he’s asked. So is […]
