Re: ‘Destination Danforth work to start soon,’ Beach Metro News, July 14. I was so pleased to read Ali Raza’s article on the beginning of the installation of the Destination Danforth project. I am confident that this will be a win-win for everyone – businesses, residents, pedestrians, people who travel by bicycle, and yes, even […]
On the evening of Thursday June 11, my son and a friend went to down to the beach. They ended up sitting down there for a few hours. Around 30 minutes after leaving he realized that he had left his backpack down on the sand around the tennis courts. It was now after midnight, but […]
On June 6, 1944, 76 years ago this month, the beginning of the end of the global war with Nazi Germany and the struggle of nations to defeat them took place. Operation Overlord was the turning point of the Second World War, leading up to the liberation of Western Europe. By dawn of June 6, […]
Re: ‘Stable, affordable housing sought at Macey Ave. site,’ Beach Metro News, June 9. The Macey Hill: Should it be community building green space, or public housing? The hill has sentimental value for me, as I spent a number of winters sliding down the hill with my daughter when she was very young. And I […]
Re: ‘Schoolyard is not for dogs’, Letters to the editor, April 14. Just like the writer of the above mentioned letter, I was recently reading the No Dogs sign on another schoolyard when a man exited the schoolyard with his young children behind him, followed by their unleashed dog. What kind of a lesson is […]
This week is National Volunteer Week and we would like to take the opportunity to recognize and to thank the many contributions of all of our volunteers at Community Centre 55 and in our community. Community Centre 55’s programs and initiatives, would not be possible without the support and dedication from our volunteers. The success of […]
Members of 32 Spokes encourage the City of Toronto to follow the lead of other cities, such as Calgary, Winnipeg, Bogota, and New York City, that are opening up streets to people during the COVID-19 crisis. We believe this action will greatly benefit us during this crisis while making our streets safer. Our sidewalks are […]
It was time to restock the kitchen so I went to the Loblaws near Victoria Park Avenueand Gerrard Street East early Wednesday morning to lay in enough groceries for another week or longer. I filled my cart, went to the cashier and was almost checked out when a pocket pat revealed that I had left […]
Re: Memories on the history of Queen Street East sought, Beach Memories, March 17. Soon after we married in the late 1960s, we decided to invest in a good suit for my husband as I was not happy with the cheap ill-fitting off-the-rack outfit from Kingston Road that he wore to our wedding. It would […]
When it comes to On-Street Permit Parking why were some Beach streets more equal than others? Especially those upscale venues like the Glens and Crescents like Long and ours at Glen Stewart. In the spring of 2017, then Beaches-East York Councillor Mary-Margaret McMahon asked herself this very same question and persuaded her fellow Toronto and […]
