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SOLE Alternative student Olivia Stewart awarded Schulich Leader Scholarship

June 2, 2020

East Toronto student Olivia Stewart has been selected to receive an $80,000 Schulich Leader Scholarship to study STEM in the college of arts and science at the University of Saskatchewan. A graduate of SOLE (School of Life Experience) Alternative School which is based out of Monarch Park Collegiate, Stewart will be entering the Interactive Systems Design […]

Crescent Town students say thanks to frontline Superheroes

June 1, 2020

Students at Crescent Town Elementary School are saying thank you to frontline workers through art works and letters being posted online The project, which took place during the month of May, created a Student Gallery to showcase the works of the students. The culmination of the event would normally have been a Sprit Day celebration […]

Loblaws employee at Victoria Park and Gerrard store tests positive for presumptive case of COVID-19

June 1, 2020

An employee at the Loblaws store at 50 Musgrave St. in East Toronto has tested positive for what is a presumptive case of COVID-19. The store is located just northwest of the Victoria Park Avenue and Gerrard Street East intersection. Loblaw Public Relations issued a statement to Beach Metro News regarding the incident on the […]

Online lecture series on Joni Mitchell helps support community programs at Beach United Church

June 1, 2020

Beach United Church and local musicologist Dr. Mike Daley are teaming up to present their latest online musical lecture series, The Joni Mitchell Story, this June. Daley is a musicologist and and lecturer on music history. He is also a longtime professional musician who has worked with Jeff Healey and the Travellers. This latest online […]

Deja Views: The Beach IGA in the 1980s remembered

May 31, 2020

By DAVID VAN DYKE Local photographer Chris Nicholls forwarded me this image of the IGA at Queen Street East and Lee Avenue with no specific date other than the early 1980s. I’m going out on a limb here and will say this photograph was shot in the month of October. Really, you’d think this grocery […]

Memorial plaques in the Beach (Part 2) pay tribute to the stories of many lives

May 30, 2020

By ERWIN BUCK In my first article in January about the memorial plaques along the Beach waterfront I mentioned Dorothy Adams, whose plaque was the impetus for this project. A reader, Ali Matthews, who was in the late stages of pregnancy, was considering Dorothy as a name for her soon to-be-born daughter, but she was […]

ActiveTO closure of Lake Shore Boulevard East lanes between Coxwell and Kew Beach avenues to continue on May 30 weekend

May 29, 2020

By ALI RAZA A part of Lake Shore Boulevard East will be closed this weekend as part of ActiveTO to help residents get out and enjoy the weather while safely physically distancing. Eastbound lanes on Lake Shore Boulevard East from Coxwell Avenue to Woodbine Avenue/Kew Beach Avenue will be closed on Saturday, May 30 from […]

Danforth Avenue bike plan approved as part of city’s COVID-19 relief plans

May 29, 2020

By ALI RAZA Toronto Council has adopted a plan to accelerate bike lanes on Danforth Avenue, and they are expected to be installed by mid-July. At their meeting Thursday, May 28, councillors passed a series of motions aimed at spending approximately $4 million on Danforth Avenue to create more public space and patios, streetscape enhancements, […]

Danforth Families for Safe Communities calls for national ban on private ownership of handguns

May 29, 2020

A group formed in the wake of the deadly Danforth Shooting in July of 2018 is calling on the federal government to institute a nation-wide ban on the private ownership of handguns. In a press release issued on May 29, Danforth Families for Safe Communities (DFSC) said the federal government’s recent ban on the private […]

The Main Menu: Recipes to get you into a summer mood

May 29, 2020

By JAN MAIN At last – with warming temperatures, we can look forward to dining outdoors and greater freedom! Perhaps we could have a few friends join us? Safely of course, with social distancing. Almost like the “olden days” when a backyard barbecue was a regular activity. Nothing is taken for granted anymore. The thought […]

Housing Now plan aims to build affordable housing units on Queen Street East and Danforth Avenue properties

May 28, 2020

By ALI RAZA Lands owned by the City of Toronto on Danforth Avenue and Queen Street East are expected to have new affordable housing units built on them under the city’s second phase of its Housing Now initiative. The sites proposed are 1627 and 1675 Danforth Ave. (the TTC Danforth Garage and Toronto Public Library […]

Final East Ender-tainment Music Series online concert will now take place on June 4

May 28, 2020

The East Ender-tainment Music Series has changed the date of its final online concert to the evening of Thursday, June 4. Hosted by Beaches-East York Councillor Brad Bradford, the concert had originally been scheduled for tonight (May 28) but had to be re-scheduled due to a conflict with the online Toronto Council meeting taking place […]