Thorncliffe Park parents have raised $4,000 to go towards the $25,000 minimum cost for the City to construct an outdoor skating rink in the community. It is a proud thing to know that peoples from so many places where hockey is not played wish to have their children schooled in Canada’s national sport. CBC
Month: September 2014
Effort to re-light City Hall looks like all-day job
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Mid-morning reports on the efforts to get City Hall re-lighted suggest the job is going slower than hoped. Cam Woolley on CP24 guessed that hard-pressed Hydro crews might miss the noon-time resolution mentioned overnight. It will, apparently require five mobile generators which are not yet connected, said Woolley. Four generators are said to be on scene with another coming from Quebec. CP24 At her Twitter account Councillor Kristyn Wong-Tam (Ward 27) described the shock of the frightening explosions and blackout. Proof that partisan gibberish is never too far away on Twitter is a Tweet asking if the Councillor will be blaming this incident on Ford Nation. Oh well. Twitter
Airline beagle a 4-legged lost and found wonder
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Lucky Moose grocer dumps Chow, endorses Tory
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David Chen, owner of the Spadina Chinatown Lucky Moose grocery store has come out publicly for John Tory for mayor. The media has made much of the support given to Chen by then Trinity Spadina MP Olivia Chow when he faced charges of manhandling a shoplifter. But many people gave Chen support. Stephen Harper aced out the NDP by wining and dining the humble grocer in Ottawa and then writing legislation that gave small store owners more leeway to crack down on pilferers. Today, the Lucky Moose man endorsed Tory after a meeting of the Spadina BIA, an organization strongly influenced by downtown Chinese businessmen. They are four square in support of Tory. CP24
TSX: Stocks can go lower — and get cheaper
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Reuters Another punishing day in the markets. Reuters will try to tell you why but their best shot seems to that old bogeyman “negative sentiment”.
Ford (Motor) Square? It’s just not reasonable
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It is entirely reasonable for people to just hate the idea. Why permit a change of name for a place that honours a civic treasure. The Toronto Maple Leafs, just to sell cars. But the public plaza located outside of the Air Canada Centre in downtown Toronto will be renamed after the automobile company anyway, it seems. Unless, somehow, it begins to seem unreasonable to the boys in Detroit.
Blowing more smoke than usual at City Hall
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Blowing smoke took on a new meaning at City Hall this afternoon in rather a frightening incident that ended with no one hurt. It began during a training program, according to fire officials, as civilian wardens were being taught what to do during a real fire. A ladder fell onto a transformer in the municipal electrical room causing a nasty short circuit. City Hall had to be evacuated and there was a report of low level smoke inhalation. It does not appear that anyone was hospitalized. The short caused a total blackout at the 27-storey building and forced the cancellation of all services and events including civil marriages. And the outlook for tomorrow is not clear yet as hydro workers assess the damage and how to fix it. More pictures City’s news release.
Witness video of Brampton shooting linked here
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A man has been shot to death in a confrontation with Peel Region Police in Brampton after he was stopped in a car about 10 p.m. last night. The CBC recorded a very coherent witness named Richard Appleby. He was outside the Crabby Joe’s Restaurant on Kennedy Road during a break when the incident occurred. Mr. Appleby’s interview can be seen here.
THEN THERE’S THIS SUAVE GENT
HSC geneticist Scherer in running for Nobel prize
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Can class warfare win Doug Ford the mayoralty?
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It is certainly among the most unique and nastiest campaign tricks ever seen in Toronto politics. Doug Ford has unveiled an attack on rival John Tory as a man who is unfit to be mayor because he was born with a silver spoon his mouth. Yes, Tory is running for mayor without having served on council, but that will not be the bone that plugs the stomach of Ford Nation. No. Rather it is the view of Tory as a spoiled rich kid who has never had to work for anything in his life. Someone who has been parachuted into job after job in a way that none of them could ever experience. It is a picture that has been colour-adjusted and enlarged to excite envy and resentment. It’s a terribly twisted picture too but there can be no denying Mr. Tory’s privileged background nor the opportunities he has had in life. Today Mr. Ford planted that class warfare seed and then gave voters a thin excuse to believe that Tory doesn’t know how the City works. John Tory seems to be playing it cool but his reaction to this afternoon’s onslaught has been well sprinkled with the word bully.
Hospitals see baby boom 9 months after ice storm
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Best wishes to South Bayview’s Angela Lam
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Congratulations to Bayview’s own Angela Lam of Stainton, Murray & Lam, Barristers & Solicitors on the birth of her second child. The little one took her time, but decided to make her grand entrance yesterday afternoon — she was more than a week late. Congratulations to Angela and family!