VIDEO 2nd alarm home fire. No Injuries. Upper floor spread to deck & next door. (Video by Lino) Balmoral Av #Toronto pic.twitter.com/ZMhBExGt3K
— Tom Podolec Aviation (@TomPodolec) May 21, 2015
A scary but brief fire on Balmoral Ave. just west of Yonge Street about supper hour was quickly extinguished by firefighters from the nearby Balmoral station.
Northlea United Church at 125 Brentcliffe Rd. will have its “Items of Interest” Yard Sale this Saturday, May 23, 2015 between 9.30 and 11.30 a.m.. Sounds like a great way to get the weekend going. There will be home made baked goods, adult and children’s books, small furniture, toys, household items and more. Proceeds will help support Families for Children, a registered charity. Northlea’s Children & Youth have been sponsoring Families for Children since 2007.
Councilor Jon Burnside says he is working toward a “fully-functioning community centre” which he would like to see located in a re-named Leaside Park, just off Overlea Blvd near Millwood Rd. He has reviewed the high percentage of young people in this largely immigrant neighborhood. As much as 26 percent of the population is said to be under the age of 14. Thorncliffe Park needs more attention, the councillor says. The Jenner Jean-Marie Community Centre is housed in the same building as the Thornclffie Public Library at 48 Thorncliffe Park. It is always busy as is the seemingly quite dynamic Valley Park Middle School at 130 Overlea Blvd. Its cricket field is an enormous attraction. No doubt more could be done but it must be said the young people of Thorncliffe Park seem by and large to be a credit to the community. The Councillor correctly says however that it is essential that the City provide sufficient programs and facilities to engage our youth. He asked that those with suggestions for a name for Leaside Park call his office at 416-392-0215. All ideas will be considered.
Premier Wynne says she is prepared to take whatever action that she needs to take to get students back to school as quickly as possible. The declaration came as reporters peppered the Premier with questions about back to work legislation. There are two judgments of a kind to be delivered before the Premier is likely to act. The government has sought official advice from the Education Relations Commission on whether the students’ academic year is at risk, usually the first step in the process of legislating workers back on the job. No word yet from the ERL so far. Then there’s the petition by three school board to the Ontario Labour Relations Board claiming that the secondary school teachers are on an illegal strike in Durham, Peel and Rainbow (Sudbury) District school boards.
The new coach of the Maple Leafs has promised fans a period of hard work, pain and fun as he labours to re-build the team. He said he was thrilled and excited for the journey ahead. There was almost a snicker — not quite but almost — when the first question to Mike Babcock was “Why the Maple Leafs.” Every mind was thinking that $50 million dollars is not chicken feed. But the new coach went on to talk sincerely about an admiration for the management and the franchise, and for Toronto itself. It appears he will enjoy living here, as most people might. He called the City fantastic and suggested that he and his “married partner” of many years would find it a great home. In the end, Babcock referenced his “straightforward and honest approach” to all his dealings and the long-term commitments he has made in the past in Spokane and Detroit. He arrived in Toronto Thursday morning aboard the private jet of his new employer and was sped downtown to Air Canada Centre for the 11 a.m. news conference.
The absence of a roof for its premier court and no lights (remarkable) has caused the French Open to get busy with a makeover for the Roland Garros Centre to compete with the other three tennis majors, U-K, U.S.and Australia.
Filmmaker Anthony Regan has made available clips from an interview done with the late Dave Stickney during the 2013 preparations for the video 100 Years Inside Leaside.
