Beach Metro Community News

6 days ago | beachmetro.com | Al Shackleton

The building of housing on the Quarry Lands area in southwest Scarborough is on hold as the developer of the project known as Birchley Park announced this week that it would be reassessing its future plans for the area. “Due to ongoing challenges in the Canadian real estate market, we’ve made the difficult decision to release condominium unit purchases at Birchley Park as we reassess future plans for the site,” said developers Diamond Kilmer in a statement on the Birchley Park website.

1 week ago | beachmetro.com | Al Shackleton

East Toronto residents are invited to the St. Clair O’Connor Community’s (SCOC) indoor garage sale this Saturday. The sale takes place on April 26 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., and will be raising funds to support programs and activities at the SCOC. Located at 2701 St. Clair Ave., at the southwest corner of O’Connor Drive and St. Clair Avenue East, the SCOC supports seniors in the East Toronto community through a variety of programs and has been doing so for decades.

1 week ago | beachmetro.com | Al Shackleton

Toronto police have identified the two young men fatally shot in the area of Withrow Park on the night of Tuesday, April 15. In a news release sent by Toronto police on the afternoon of Thursday, April 17, the victims of the shooting were identified as Quentin Caza, 18, and Jeremy McNeil, 20, both of Toronto. They are the city’s ninth and 10th homicide victims of 2025, police said. In Thursday’s news release, police released a photo of Caza.

1 week ago | beachmetro.com | Al Shackleton

Two young men have died after being shot last night in the Withrow Park area of East Toronto. Police were called to the area of Logan and Bain avenues at approximately 11 p.m. on Tuesday, April 15, for reports of a shooting. When officers arrived they found two male victims, believed to in their late teens or early 20s, suffering from gunshot wounds. One of the victims was pronounced dead at the scene and the other died in hospital early this morning.

2 weeks ago | beachmetro.com | Al Shackleton

(EDITOR’S NOTE: Beach Metro Community News sent these questions to the federal candidates in Toronto-Danforth. Not all candidates responded by our deadline. Candidates were asked to keep their responses to approximately 300 words. Please visit our website at www.beachmetro.com for more information on the candidates.)QUESTION 1: Please tell our readers a little bit about yourself and why you are running in this election? My name is Clare Hacksel (she/her).