It’s been close to a month since Zabia Afzal, a 30-year-old York University PhD student and activist, has been missing. She was last seen on May 10th when she took an Uber from her workplace at Vaughan to Woodbine Avenue and Lake Shore Boulevard East in the Beach neighbourhood. While the police searched the waters […]
While going to watch the Ashbridges Bay fireworks at Woodbine Beach can be fun, as many in the area know, it can also be a logistical nightmare due to the sheer amount of people who visit the area for the annual celebration. For those who don’t feel like braving the crowds and inevitable traffic jam, […]
As yet another June rainfall pelts against my windows, I am thinking about the still flooded Woodbine Beach, and photos and film footage I have seen of the Toronto Islands underwater. I know I am not the only one worrying about this year’s disturbing spring weather and how it affects homeowners, nature lovers, motorists, wildlife […]
Residents have been voicing their concerns over the past weeks about the rising water levels along the shorelines of Ashbridges Bay and Woodbine Beach but it’s the historic Leuty Lifeguard Station that is currently raising alarm bells with the City of Toronto. “This may have an impact on the beach and the volleyball courts in […]
Those who were privy to last year’s Winter Stations displays at the beach may recall one particular structure heating up Woodbine Beach. The Steam Canoe project — created by OCAD University — was made to resemble an upside down canoe and incorporated solar tubes on one side, which were designed to turn snow into steam. […]
“The smell of the Sunset Grill, the sound of the streetcar.” Pete Conroy and Steve Watson, better known to many in the Beach as two of the four men behind the Beaches Lions Christmas Tree Lot at Kew Gardens, are getting nostalgic touching upon the seasons of memories they’ve amassed over the last 25 years. […]
Planning for the future, and sticking to the plan Re: Deja Views, October 06: First, thanks to Beach Metro News, David Van Dyke, and I must mention Gene Domagala for keeping such close track of our Beach history. I was particularly interested in this photo because David mentioned that it is hard to believe that […]
Police are looking for a group of five young people, three men and two women, who were involved in a Labour Day stabbing at Ashbridges Bay Park. Police say the group, all in their twenties, got into a heated argument with another group on Woodbine beach between 5:30 and 6 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 7. […]
These days I think you’d be in front of a judge if you dared to park your car on the beach by D.D. Summerville Olympic Pool. But not so in the late 50s! This amazing photo was captured by Norton Woo’s mother Mary Woo. If you look closely at the licence plate of the first […]
Some of the Beach’s best lifeguards are packing their trunks for the south of France. Starting Saturday they will land at a seaside resort near Montpellier, but not to put up their feet – the lucky lifeguards are competing in Rescue 2014, the world championship of lifeguarding. Speaking among the oars and paddle boards stored […]
