The Checkers Pavilion was built atop Beacon Hill in 1936, partly as a project for relief workers during the Great Depression. It now sits, as it has for years, boarded up and all but forgotten.

Major remediation would be needed to bring the old Checkers Pavilion atop Beacon Hill back into service, according to a recent assessment report. Bill Cleverley Dec 1, 2015 6:00 AM.

An armed robbery took place at the SP Pavilion Checkers in Oakdene this evening, August 31, at about 7:40pm. Twelve armed suspects came into the store demanding money. The cashiers’ money was ...

The Checkers Pavilion, where checkers used to be played, was completed in 1936 but has not been in use since the 1970s. In 1995, it was boarded up, considered unsafe to enter.

The incidents are alleged to have happened at the Checkers Pavilion supermarket and at Cambridge Food’s KwaZulu-Natal Distribution Centre in Westmead, last week.

VICTORIA -- The top of Beacon Hill should be given back to First Nations and a traditional longhouse built there to replace the decaying Checkers Pavilion, says Victoria Coun. Marianne Alto ...