Don’t let the rain dampen your spirits this weekend – there are lots of great events happening throughout the East End and we’ve got a list to get you started below: Matty’s Laxamania Join the Beaches Lacrosse Alumni tonight from 6 p.m. to 11 p.m. in order to support former captain, Matt Mclean, in his […]
It’s certainly not a new topic of discussion — the 501 Queen streetcar has been up for debate many times before. But the topic was recently brought up once again — this time, by Etobicoke councillor Michael Ford. Since May, the city has been temporarily running buses the length of the 501 streetcar route, due […]
Criminal charges have been laid against the editor and publisher of a controversial local publication routinely described as “hate propaganda”. Lisa and Warren Kinsella, political strategists, pundits and activists, brought a criminal complaint against James Sears and Leroy St. Germaine for uttering threats in the pages of Your Ward News, which was recently banned from […]
When it comes to the Scarborough Bluffs, experts are saying heed the warnings or risk being fined. Though the recent flooding has left the beauty of the Bluffs untouched, it has caused significant erosion in the area. That has has led to dangerous conditions for visitors and, according to Toronto Region Conservation Authority (TRCA) estimates, […]
Toronto Police have arrested the man wanted for committing a sexual assault in the Main and Danforth Area. 39-year-old Perry Acti now faces six charges including break, enter, and commit, forcible confinement, sexual assault with a weapon, traffic in schedule 1 substance, possession of proceeds of crime, and failure to comply with probation. It is alleged […]
A rally in support of a man who was the victim of homophobic vandalism last year will take place this afternoon near Stephenson Park — however, this event isn’t in remembrance of last year. Instead, the gathering is because, a year later, Dean Will has once again had his pride flags stolen from outside […]
Skateboarding pioneers have long carved out space for their sport in the East End. A January 26, 1988 front page Beach Metro News story details the entrepreneurial efforts of 19-year-old Perry Gladstone, founder of Toronto Skateworks on Danforth. Located at 2168 Danforth Ave., the facility was the first commercial indoor skate park east of the […]
They’re small, they’re slimy, and they have a voracious appetite for leafy greens. These creatures are cankerworms — an insect also commonly known as an inchworm, and which many would recognize as a common moth later in its lifecycle — and though they may be small, they pose a mighty threat to the foliage in the […]
The Nooks is throwing a monthly flea market in the laneway just north of the Danforth between Woodbine and Woodmount. The pop-up takes place the last Saturday of every month until August – next one June 25 – and runs from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. More information at www.thenooks.ca. Newly opened Rorschach Brewing Co., […]
Beaches-East York city councillor Mary-Margaret McMahon is defending a decision to implement on-street permit parking on all of Ward 32 residential streets, saying it is an issue of fairness. “Some residents have asked why they don’t have permit parking in their area and they’ve been ticketed and they wondered about that,” said McMahon. “I’ve heard […]
