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January 9, 2024
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New Year’s Levee in Beaches-East York
Meeting on rental demolitions for Glen Everest Road slated By Amarachi Amadike, Journalism Initiative Reporter
PHOTO: ALAN SHACKLETON
Beaches-East York MP Nathaniel Erskine-Smith, left, and Beaches-East York Councillor Brad Bradford, centre, are joined by residents including Sheikh Hossain, right, at the New Year’s Levee hosted by the local politicians on Sunday, Jan. 7, at the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 11.
Ted Reeve Hockey’s Stephen King honoured with Ontario Award of Merit By Alan Shackleton
STEPHEN KING was recently honoured for his more than 50 years of service to the Ted Reeve Hockey Association with the Ontario Hockey Federation’s 2023 Award of Merit. King, 74, was nominated for the prestigious provincial award by the Greater Toronto Hockey League (GTHL) and was presented with the honour late last year. An East Toronto resident who grew up in the area of Ted Reeve Arena (at Main Street and Gerrard Street East), King first started his association with Ted Reeve Hockey at the age of eight as a young player in the association. “I played hockey here for four years…, and then came back as a house league coach. And I’ve been here ever since,” he said. King began as a volunteer coach
in Ted Reeve’s house league program in the early 1970s, coaching a team with his cousin. He said the rink was a hub of the community, and he just progressed from coaching to taking on more and more responsibilities over the years with the Ted Reeve Hockey Association. “The rink (and Ted Reeve Hockey) was the centre of the community. Everybody knew everybody’s family, and the whole family would be here and they just came back year after year. I also kept coming back year after year and then I became a convenor, then a director and then the president,” said King. He took over as president of Ted Reeve Minor Hockey in 2005 from John McKay. King remained the association’s president until 2022. He is still chair of the Ted Reeve Hockey Association, which includes the house league, Tornados select, and the GTHL Ted Reeve
Thunder programs. The association’s house league president is Ann MacDonald, and the GTHL Thunder president is Adrianna Johnstone. King said helping provide hockey for young residents in the community was what kept, and still keeps, him involved with the Ted Reeve Hockey Association. “I like doing it for the kids, and that was what you did as part of the community. You came here to the rink and you helped out. You’d come in Saturday morning and have a coffee in the snack bar and would be talking to everybody in the place. Everyone knew each other,” he said. “You’d be here from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m., and it was a great day.” King remembered that in the early days, he would come to the rink with his four-year-old daughContinued on Page 5
room units; 59 one-bedroom units with dens; 97 two-bedroom units; 103 two-bedroom units with dens; and 35 three-bedroom units. The remaining 68 units in the new building will be rental replacements for the current residents of 54-62 Glen Everest Rd. who are gearing up to lose their apartments to the proposed demolition. These replacement units will comprise of two studio apartments; 25 one-bedroom units; 40 two-bedroom units; and one three-bedroom unit. The developer is proposing tenant relocation and assistance in order to mitigate hardships current tenants will likely face once the demolition of their homes has been approved. During Altree’s demolition approval process last year for a property on Kingston Road in Birch Cliff, the developer promised to compensate outgoing Lenmore Court tenants with the equivalent of three months rent and provide them with moving expenses. Tenants were also guaranteed their right to return to the new building upon its completion and issued upfront rental gap payments. City of Toronto Planner Andrew Cohrs told Beach Metro Community News that Altree will be handling the 54-62 Glen Everest develContinued on Page 18
New Year’s Levee at East York Civic Centre set for this Sunday EAST TORONTO Councillors Paula Fletcher (Toronto-Danforth) and Brad Bradford (Beaches-East York) will be the special guests at the East York New Year’s Levee slated for this coming Sunday. The levee takes place from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. on Jan. 14 at the East York Civic Centre. East Yorkers are invited to bring the family, enjoy some light
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A PUBLIC meeting to discuss the demolition and conversion of 68 rental units in low-rise residential buildings at 54-62 Glen Everest Rd. is set to take place at 9:30 a.m. on Friday, Jan 19. The buildings back on to the south side of Kingston Road, east of Glen Everest Road and opposite the Scarborough War Memorial at the Danforth Avenue and Kingston Road split. A proposal by Altree Developments to redevelop the site will see a new 12-storey residential building with 414 units at the location. The public meeting will be held at the Scarborough Civic Centre (150 Borough Dr.) where Scarborough Community Council will receive community input about the demolition and rental relocation proposal before making recommendations for Toronto Council. According to the architectural plans submitted by Kohn Partnership Architects Inc, the new 12-storey building will have a Gross Floor Area of 32,901 square metres, providing 292 vehicle parking spaces as well as 282 long-term bicycle parking spots for tenants. The new building will consist of 25 studio apartments; 27 one-bed-
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refreshments and chat with their neighbours and local councillors at the event. The East York New Year’s Levee is presented by the East York Foundation, the East York Hall of Fame and the East York 100 committee, celebrating the community’s centennial this year. The East York Civic Centre is located at 850 Coxwell Ave.