Beach Metro Community News

A Toronto police vehicle is seen in this Beach Metro Community News file photo. A 69-year-old man suffered serious but not life-threatening injuries after being struck by the driver of a vehicle in East York last night. The incident occurred just before 8 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 8, in the Coxwell and Mortimer avenues area. The driver remained on the scene, said police. In a statement sent to Beach Metro Community News on the morning of Friday, Oct.

Miku Martineau, who grew up the Beach, is starring the Netflix Young Adult drama series Crew Girl. By BERNIE FLETCHER The Beacher Café is a landmark eatery on Queen Street East serving our community for more than 40 years. You may know the Martineau family who have owned and operated the popular restaurant since 1999. The youngest Martineau, Miku, is making a name for herself playing the lead in the hit YA (Young Adult) eight-episode sports drama Crew Girl now streaming on Netflix.

A Toronto fire truck painted pink as part of the Firefighters Fight Cancer campaign this month in support of breast cancer research will be at the Beach Fire Station on Queen Street East this Saturday, Oct. 10, morning for a pink pancake fundraiser. Photo: Toronto Professional Firefighters Association Local 3888.

Chris Dunlop of Royal LePage Estate Realty stands in Kew Gardens park where this year’s Royal LePage Shelter Foundation Night Light Walk will begin on the evening of Thursday, Oct. 22. Photo by Alan Shackleton. For the third year in a row the Beach will play host to the Royal LePage Shelter Foundation’s Night Light Walk Toronto this month. The third annual walk through the Beach neighbourhood and along the Boardwalk is slated for the night of Thursday, Oct. 22.

Fresh carrot soup, with ginger, is among the tasty October recipes on the menu for this month. With Thanksgiving coming up this weekend, there’s also a recipe for a pumpkin ginger cake with citrus glaze (for those who don’t like pumpkin pie if such a thing can be believed). By JAN MAIN “Always choose a colourful plate of food, that way you have an assortment of minerals and vitamins.” It’s a simple way of ensuring a nutritious meal.

From left-to-right, Beaches-East York councillor candidates Nathaniel Erskine-Smith, Mohammad Shabani, James Dann, Devin Wilkins, Adam Smith, Kevin Morrison, Karsten Riedel, Jeff Wahl, Jennie Worden and Natalie Johnson at the meet-and-greet event on Monday, Oct. 5, at Beach United Church. Unable to attend on Monday night were candidates Syeda Janna Ali, Fatima Ibrahimi, and Austi Vieira. Photo by Jessica Shackleton.

Toronto police are looking to identify this man in connection with an alleged sex assault at the Main Subway Station on Wednesday, Sept. 30. Toronto police are asking for the public’s help identifying a man wanted in connection with an alleged sex assault at Main Subway Station last week. According to police, officers were called to the station on Main Street just north of Danforth Avenue for a reported sexual assault on Wednesday, Sept.

A Toronto police vehicle from 55 Division is seen in this Beach Metro Community News file photo. A high-ranking officer from the Toronto police’s 55 Division on Coxwell Avenue has been charged in connection with an alleged impaired operation incident early this week. CP24 News first reported the story on Monday. According to a police statement, officers were sent to the area of Eglinton Avenue and Laird Drive in Leaside at approximately 6 a.m. on Sunday, Oct. 4.

The Scarborough Players’ production of Frankenstein opens this Friday at the Scarborough Village Theatre. Photo by Brian Whitmore. There have been many adaptations of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, from Mel Brooks to Guillermo del Toro, and audiences each hold their own versions of the relationship between the scientist, Victor Frankenstein and the Creature he creates.

Kevin Rupasinghe is running for the Scarborough Southwest councillor position in this month’s municipal election. (EDITOR’S NOTE: Local voters will cast their ballots on Monday, Oct. 26, in Toronto’s municipal election. Along with voting for mayor and school trustee, local voters will also be electing a new councillor for Ward 20 Scarborough Southwest. There are eight candidates running for the council seat in Scarborough Southwest.