The source for local news about Toronto’s Beach and surrounding areas.
By NANDITA SHARMA From an awards standpoint, 2021 has been shaping up as a pretty good year so far for East Toronto musician Julian Taylor. Earlier this year it was announced that he had received his first two Juno Awards nominations in the Contemporary Roots Album of the Year and Indigenous Artist or Group of […]
Metrolinx will be continuing work in the East Toronto area this week in relation to the tracks along the Lakeshore East rail corridor. Last week trees were cleared alongside the tracks’ right-of-way between Wildwood Crescent and Woodbine Avenue for a fiber optic cable and a new manhole. For the week of April 12 work is […]
By DAVID VAN DYKE This postcard above depicts the house designed and built by Herbert Wellard Waters in 1908-1909 at 75 Elmer Ave. The Waters family arrived from Croydon, England to the Beach in 1888. The house was situated half way up the street to Norway Avenue, which was just a footpath at this time. […]
By BERNIE FLETCHER Age should have its perks. We’re not just getting older, we’re getting Pfizer or Moderna or AstraZeneca. Hit me with your best shot, any shot, please! Age is just a number to screen legend Sophia Loren who got her start in film when she was only 15. At 86 she stars in […]
By ALAN SHACKLETON The Danforth Families for Safe Communities (DFSC) sent a letter to the Canadian government this week outlining its “great disappointment” with the proposed changes to federal gun control laws being put forward by the ruling Liberal Party. The April 7 letter was addressed to Scarborough Southwest MPP and Minister of Public Safety […]
By JAN MAIN Our first crop is being harvested – maple syrup. Yum! The middle days of March to the late days of April have the right combination of cool nights with warmer days to get the sap flowing in maple trees. This tree sap, when boiled down, becomes one of life’s unique culinary pleasures- […]
By ALAN SHACKLETON David Lui, the owner of the legendary The Tulip steakhouse on Queen Street East near Coxwell Avenue, says he is a good landlord and wants to clear his name regarding what led to the closure of the business. The issue has been gnawing at Lui, 79, for more than a year as […]
Danforth Avenue between Dawes Road and Victoria Park Avenue is closed this morning (Thursday, April 8) while police investigate a two-vehicle collision. The crash took place in the eastbound lanes of Danforth Avenue just east of Luttrell Avenue at approximately 9 a.m. Injuries in the side-swipe crash between a white van and a white Chrysler […]
By ALI RAZA, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Ontario has declared its third state of emergency in the last 12 months and has implemented a four-week long stay-at-home order for all residents as COVID-19 variants of concern continue to spread at alarming rates. Premier Doug Ford, health minister Christine Elliot, solicitor general Sylvia Jones and Chief […]
Toronto police have identified a man wanted in connection with a store robbery in the Danforth and Greenwood avenues area earlier this year. According to police, a man entered a store in the area on Jan. 21 wearing a balaclava mask and approached the checkout counter. He pointed his covered hand towards the employee at […]
