East TO people, pies and the fall of a mighty Beach oak

Our hard-working news finders have produced this curation of east end and Upper Beach news starting with that scrumptious-looking Tortiere pie seen at Patisserie La Cigogne at 1219 Danforth Ave. (and 1626 Bayview Ave.). Inside Toronto reports that Bernnitta Hawkins, the long-time executive director of the Red Door Family Shelter will retire from the Leslieville haven after 14 years at the helm on November 30, 2017. Thank you Bernnitta. And there was a surprising fall of a mighty Beach oak on a calm Canada Day morning on Scarborough Road in the Upper Beach. No one was hurt but it took a while to round up service personnel to deal with the huge tree and put power lines back together.