Loblaws at 301 Moore Ave will shorten late evening hours and will now close at 11 p.m.. seven nights a week. Previously the store was open to midnight. The store will open at 7 a.m. This pullback from midnight is part of three-year flirtation with later hours by the Moore Ave. store. In the summer of 2011 it shocked local shoppers by announcing that it would stay open all night. That lasted three months and the closing time of midnight was established. Clearly, the day-shift customers of Leaside and Moore Park are hardly interested in the opportunity to grocery shop under the moon.
Month: May 2015
“I was forced to jump from moving Uber cab in Toronto”
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Rob Ford released from hospital after tumour removal
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Former Toronto mayor Rob Ford has been released from hospital two weeks after having surgery to remove a cancerous tumour from his abdomen. Mr. Ford stopped at his office and spoke to reporters after being discharged. He said he planned to take his recovery “one day at a time.” Ford said the pain he experienced after the surgery was something he’d never felt before, but he said his team of doctors did “a great job”. Ford’s surgery two weeks ago followed several rounds of chemotherapy and radiation which he said had reduced his tumour to an operable size. “I’m feeling good enough to come to work for a few minutes and I’ll just gradually work my way in,” Ford told reporters outside his office at city hall on Tuesday. “I’m just going to take one day at a time and we’ll see.”
Loathsome: Twisted pick-up artist sings of stabbing girls
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Alleged Toronto musician’s threatening work is beyond contempt and unworthy of YouTube. Police are looking at it. Metro
Sherwood Park residents meet on Yonge tomorrow night
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Davisville Farmers’ Market opens for the season
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A charming picture tweeted by Councillor Josh Matlow catches the leafy feeling of June Rowland’s (Davisville) Park on the first Tuesday of business this season at the Farmers’ Market. It is a pleasant experience every time. See if you can get it on your calendar. The Apple Tree Davisville Farmers’ Market every Tuesday from 3 p.m. to 7 pm.
We know a good thing! Leaside Smokedown is sold out
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Tickets are now sold out for coolest food and music event takes place in Leaside. It is the Leaside Smokedown gathering at Amsterdam Brewers on Esandar Drive and its only two days away. Amsterdam is just beyond Leaside Village off Laird Drive. Most importantly, ticket and auction proceeds will go to Lake Scugog Camps, the well-known character-building experience for boys and girls. Items to be sold to bidders have the potential to really make your summer. Duncan Coutts of Our Lady Peace (who will be playing) has donated a signed guitar and VIP backstage concert experience. Outstanding. Andy Elder, congenial owner at Grilltime, is donating a backyard BBQ for twenty people. Andy and his friends will be at the controls of the huge smoker barbecue owned by Jon Burnside producing much of the evening’s food. Amsterdam Brewers will treat an auction winner to an outstanding adventure and windfall: Brewmaster for a Day, Beer for a Year. Many people are donating and working to make the Smokedown the most fun. Among them are Cathy Hawkins of Amsterdam, Tim Magwood, Bennington Heights businessman and musician. He is a director of Lake Scugog Camps and Duncan Coutts of Our Lady Peace, Elise LeGrow and Kevin McGroarty. The lead sponsor is Patrick Rocca with contributing sponsors COBs, Lexus on the Park, Interior Care, Ivy Glen Homes and Leishman Landscaping. A groundswell of sales in recent hours has sold every place available for the event, which will be held Thursday, May 28, 2015.
Strike illegal: OLRB orders teachers back to work
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Bouncy castle caught in water spout dumps 3 kids on sand
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This alarming event took place on Fort Lauderdale Beach over the weekend
Making Miss World bid, she says China threatened family
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Charter buys Time Warner cable for $55 bln, but not CNN
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Charter Communications announced a $55 billion deal for Time Warner Cable Tuesday, giving mogul John Malone the prize he has been chasing for two years. The acquisition by Charter, which is backed by Malone’s Liberty Broadband, would vault the cable operator into the ranks of the biggest U.S. broadband and pay-television companies. The firms have agreed to terms for a cash-and-stock deal that would value Time Warner Cable at $195 a share, according to people familiar with the matter. The stories do not make it clear but for non-insiders, it appears that the Turner Broadcast Division of Time Warner, which owns CNN, is untouched by this deal.
Court to decide if Hamilton can stop CanPost mailboxes
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The opposition by several cities to the end of door-to-door delivery has arrived in court on the question of Canada Post’s alternative to delivery — community mailboxes. Hamilton says it has the right to decide where such monster lovelies will be built. Today (Tuesday, May 26, 2015) Ontario Superior Court will hear the matter. Globe and Mail