Not for the squeamish. Twitter
City’s 311 ops hunting road kill in South Bayview
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Not for the squeamish. Twitter
Month: September 2014
Brickbats at the Brickworks? Tory, Chow debate
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A debate will be held starting about 1 p.m. Sunday (September 14, 2014) at the Brickyards just down the road on Bayview Ave. if you have a yen for more of that. No really, please take it seriously. You can catch the high spots by checking back to this Twitter search from time to time. There are some preliminary events beginning at noon. Yesterday Tory drew Chow’s indignation by joking about her position on taxes. He referred to a legendary pair of 1940s sex researchers when he said: “You have more positions than Masters and Johnson on this,” It is in fact a very old joke. Tory didn’t cross any boundaries of the 2014 gender no-no-doo-dahs but he may have dated himself. That’s not so good either.
Terry Fox run through streets of Moore Park
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The Mooredale neighborhood organization is running its Terry Fox circuit through Moore Park and Rosedale this morning (Sunday,September 14, 2014). The group hopes to raise $50,000 for cancer research. The Mooredale Terry Fox Run begins at its headquarters at 146 Crescent Rd. and takes runners up and over the venerable “ramp” that crosses the CP tracks. It then loops through Moore Park and comes back along Hudson and Rosedale Heights. Above is an iconic magazine cover created at the time of Terry’s heroic effort to run across the country in aid of the cause. He died subsequently from the cancer which had already resulted in the amputation of his leg. Wikipedia
All are welcome at Leaside Presbyterian Sunday
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A new electric sign graces the well-trimmed lawn of Leaside Presbyterian Church at the corner of Eglinton Ave. E. and Hanna Rd these days. Saturday evening the sequential messages invited all to attend services on Sunday at 10.30 a.m. Electric signs are an interesting technique for churches of Protestant origins. At one time so dour was Scots-inspired Presbyterianism that their brethren in other churches swore they made you sit on field stones during the service. Not true of course but how ever comfortable the church may be these days, Leaside Presbyterian is no doubt having to work for every parishioner, as are other churches. We see the church being built in 1951 at a time when congregations were larger everywhere. In 2012 Glebe Presbyterian Church on Thurloe Rd. closed and merged its dwindling congregation with that at Leaside Presbyterian.
Mike Filey to conduct cemetery tour Oct. 5, 2014
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A popular Tweet tonight to #TOHistory and elsewhere notes that local historical authority Mike Filey will conduct a tour of Mt. Pleasant cemetery on Sunday, October 5, 2014 beginning at 2 p.m, The party will form at the Yonge St entrance.
Changes likely for Second Cup in South Bayview
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Changes are likely in coming months for Second Cup in South Bayview. The current franchisee at 1595 Bayview Ave. seems set to let his option lapse at the end of December of this year. The well-liked and successful businessman Hong Nho acquired the Second Cup as full-time employment five years ago. In the interim, he has added other business interests. His departure will almost certainly prompt the Second Cup operation to renovate the property at this location. It has been a Second Cup under at least three franchisees since it was vacated by Marion and J.D. when they moved the Sleuth of Baker Street across Bayview. Now a new franchisee with the fairly substantial money to buy in will have to be found, And it isn’t just the money. As Second Cup knows, even well-heeled franchisees may be ill-suited to this highly social occupation. The Bayview location seems all the more important to Second Cup headquarters because their presence in South Bayview is facing change elsewhere. The location at Mount Pleasant Rd and Eglinton Ave. E, a former bank building, has been taken by Metrolinx for the construction of the LRT stop at that corner. A similar fate seems to await the Second Cup in the little strip mall on the southwest corner of Laird Drive at Eglinton. That property is to be the site of an LRT station as well. This update on Second Cup has generated some memories at the Bulldog offices. Take a look at the picture published here on May 23, 2011.
The May 2011 gang at Second Cup, 1595 Bayview. Top left to right: Hong Ngo, Ally, Gabe and Sadie. Second row from left, Andy, Steve, Sophie and Matt.
Bid to lure girl, 9, among cases reported by cops
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This week has seen an incident in which an apparent homeless person was run over by a garbage truck while sleeping in an alley and a case of a man trying to lure a nine-year-old girl into a car. The fatal accident occurred on O’Keefe Lane south of Dundas Street on September 10, 2014, at 6:25 a.m. A garbage truck driver was backing into the lane and did not see the man, 27, who was lying on the pavement and suffered fatal injuries, In another incident, a girl says a man tried to summon her to his parked car on Invergorden Ave as she walked to school. She ignored him but he got out of the vehicle, grabbed her arm and tried to pull towards the car. The girl was able to pull free and escape. In a third incident a man has died as a result of injuries in a fight September 11, 2014 at about 8:30 p.m. Police were called to the Dundas Street West and Mabelle Avenue area for fight involving a group of men. Richard Pepper, 60, of Toronto died of injuries in the fight.
“Apple to fix its maps by changing the world”
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Jesters at the Onion satirical magazine say Apple’s blunder-filled map of Canada will be easy to fix. It says the Cupertino, California electronics giant will simply re-arrange the face of the earth to make it conform to its otherwise deranged maps. All this as Apple botches a map of the True North, mainly by placing Ottawa on a harbour 25 miles from Oakville. Toronto sits uncomfortably on the Rideau River. But says the Onion, all of this and much more will be put right. It says there are plans at Apple to move London, England to North America. Hadn’t heard about that one. The last time Apple tried mapping things was to squeeze Google maps out of the iPhone. The catastrophe that followed resulted in the firing of a vice-president.
Mustard Academy kindergarten rocks Thorncliffe
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The Fraser Mustard Early Learning Academy on Thorncliffe Park Drive is going full tilt these days with nearly 700 kids enrolled in all-day kindergarten. It is year two for the ambitious program of education and integration. As reported last year by the South Bayview Bulldog, the Mustard Academy embraces children of dozens of ethnic extractions. The photo captures above are from a worthy video by CBC news which may be seen here
Leaside Village Family Day Sept 20, 2014
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They will be looking for you over at Leaside Village on Laird Drive next Saturday as Longo’s and others put on a generous welcome to their Family Fun Day. There will be a free barbecue between noon and 2 p.m.with many entertaining activities like face painting, balloon sculptors and someone (something?) called Silver Elvis. See you there.
Aga Khan museum opens on Wynford Drive
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Instant poll: Tory 41, Doug Ford 34, Chow 19
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An instant poll done Friday evening has shown that Doug Ford is apparently a contender for mayor. The Forum poll was commissioned by CityNews and the Toronto Star. It shows Doug Ford with 34 percent of public support, a number better than the last level shown by his brother. Rob Ford had 28 per cent in the last Forum poll. John Tory lengthened his lead slightly showing 41 per cent (up from 40). Olivia Chow registered 19 percent.