Subway travellers who step out of Coxwell station for the first time might ask a simple question – where am I? Coxwell station opens onto a quiet street, Strathmore Boulevard, which runs a block north of Danforth Avenue. For anyone who doesn’t know the area, it’s not immediately clear that the narrow, dimly lit walkway […]
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Waterfront marathon runs through the Beach
Runners and wheelchair athletes taking part in the Toronto Waterfront Marathon make their way along Lakeshore, Woodbine, and Queen Street east before turning around at Beech Avenue on a chilly Oct. 19. [flagallery gid=44]
Path to accessibility at Woodbine Beach
If you’ve got wheels or hot feet, there is now an easy way to the water at Woodbine Beach. Parks staff recently installed a plastic path to help people cross the sand between the beach boardwalk and the shoreline south of Donald D. Summerville Pool. Geordy Cook, 7, discovered it last week on a bike […]
Learning from a dog’s illness
“She kept giving us kisses, and that’s how I knew she was the one.” That is how Beach resident Tatiana Santini explains how she and her daughter picked Lexie from a litter of puppies in Arizona almost 11 years ago. Lexie, an American Dingo and Shepherd cross, was soon staying with Santini who “confiscated” her […]