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Below is Chapter Five of former Beach resident Keith Black’s book BOOM: A Child of the Beach in Toronto Remembers the 50s. Every Tuesday over the next few months, Beach Metro News will post up another chapter of the book on our website at https://www.beachmetro.com/ for readers to enjoy. For more information on the book, contact Black […]
Community members are invited to share their input on how they would like the portion of Ivan Forrest Gardens park along Queen Street East in the Beach to look in the future. The City of Toronto is conducting a survey on the streetscape for the park which fronts Queen Street East on the north side […]
The Leslieville Flea hosts its second in-person market on Sunday, Aug. 9. Shoppers can chose from a curated selection of handcrafted, vintage and artisanal items at the market which goes from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. The three-acre Ashbridges Estate grounds are located at 1444 Queen St. E., just east of Greenwood Avenue. To ensure […]
The eastbound lanes of Lake Shore Boulevard East between Leslie Street and Kew Beach Avenue (just south of Woodbine Avenue) will be closed to traffic for the weekend of Aug. 8 and 9 for the City of Toronto’s ActiveTO initiative. ActiveTO, which has been taking place all summer in the city, shuts down portions of […]
A man is facing a charge of second-degree murder in connection with the death of a man yesterday in the Greenwood and Mortimer avenues area. Police were called to a residence in the area just after 10 a.m. on Thursday, Aug. 6, for a report about a deceased man. The victim has been identified as […]
By AMANDA GIBB The Fox Theatre will be reopening its doors to the public on Friday, Aug. 7. The theatre located at 2236 Queen St. E will be allowed to resume operations as part of Toronto’s Stage 3 of reopening businesses and amenities. Daniel Demois, one of the Fox’s owners, said he’s excited to open […]
By AMANDA GIBB The virtual Beaches International Jazz Festival showcased performances from more than 300 artists across North America last month. Executive director Lido Chilelli said that they are still collecting numbers for audience views from the online festival that took place from July 17 to July 26, but he can say that the number […]
By ALI RAZA Danforth Avenue’s active transportation and streetscape improvements are more than halfway done, with only a few days to go before construction is complete. Dubbed “Destination Danforth,” it’s a pilot project from the City of Toronto partially in response to COVID-19 public health recommendations and partially through the city’s existing transportation plans aimed […]
Toronto police are seeking the public’s assistance in identifying a deceased woman who was found near Gerrard Street East and the Don Valley Parkway last month. According to police, the body of the woman was found on Friday, July 17, in the area. Police said the woman’s lifestyle circumstances are unknown at this time and […]
The Gerrard Art Space is open again for members of the public to come and visit in person with The Members’ Show now taking place until Aug. 16. The show will feature works by Liane Odze-Silver, Max MacDonald, Jyne Greenley, Dana Green, Matt G. Wood, Linda Roy, Dianne Jackson, Marilyn Vasilkioti, Beverley C. Howell, Kay […]
