Month: September 2016

Saturday will see Meredith Shaw from CHUM FM at the COBS Bread, 1539 Bayview Ave. from 11 a.m. until 2 p.m. for the COBS Cares Weekend.  For every COBS Bread Sandwich Loaf sold from Friday September 16 to Sunday, September 18 at any of COBS 17 locations, one dollar will be donated to the Breakfast Club of Canada.  And every dollar raised equals one healthy breakfast.  Find out more at cobsbread.com.

Maryland bus driver Renita Smith saved 20 students from her school bus after it began to smoke then burst into flames. Smith’s level-headed conduct is clear and so is her sweet motherly dedication to her “babies”.

This is an engrossing description of the story of HMS Terror, the second ship in the ill-fated 1845 expedition of Sir John Franklin to find the northwest passage. Two years ago the other Franklin vessel, HMS Erebus, was discovered. As explained by Peter Mansbridge, the 19th Century rescue efforts to save Franklin and his men drove the exploration of Canada’s north and “Canada became much bigger on the map.” Worth a listen.

Kellie Leitch is the preferred declared candidate in the Conservative leadership race, according to a Mainstreet/Postmedia poll. It says that 15% of Conservative of voters favour Leitch as the federal leader to replace Stephen Harper. The poll also included prospective candidate Peter MacKay, who has since declared he will not run. He captured the support of 19% of respondents. Tony Clement has 11% support in the poll.  Mainstreet surveyed 5,250 Canadians over the phone from September 7-8. The poll has a margin of error of 1.35%, 19 times out of 20.

Doug Ford held a news conference at his mother’s home in Etobicoke Tuesday morning to announce the release of a “no holds barred” book written by he and his late brother Rob and to be called Ford Nation Two Brothers, One Vision – The True Story of the People’s Mayor. It is published by HarperCollins and will be available November 22, 2016. Ford issued a muted threat to the assembled crowd of reporters that “you’re going to be named in here” and adding that no politician in Canada was safe. Mr. Ford alluded to a further “announcement”. He will run for some office but did not say which. The former Councillor and brother of the late Rob Ford, spoke for about half an hour and seemed agitated about political opponents and wasteful government.

The Mt. Pleasant Village BIA Harvest Fair will take place from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, September 24 on Mt. Pleasant Road between Eglinton and Davisville Avenue. This is the seventh Harvest Fair, a pleasant event that features things like the Pumpkin Carving contest, Apple Pie eating contest and kids favourites like the petting zoo and arts and crafts stations. This year there will be least 5 live bands along the street as well as a few local artists displaying their work. BIA site 

The 23rd Annual Leaside Rotary Community Corn Roast will take place Sunday, September 18, 2016 at Trace Manes Park, Millwood Road and McRae Drive. As usual this family-oriented community event will feature fresh corn on the cob, hot dogs, deserts & drinks, live music, kids games, motor scooters, trampolines, an obstacle course, bouncy castles and inflatable slides, some exciting new activities, face painting, craft tables and plenty of fun for the whole family.

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We're doing it again! You know, because we have nothing else on the go 😉 Awesome Furniture-Only Sale Sep 24 10-2 https://t.co/VEMLIe0ZOD

— Leaside United Church (@LeasideUnited) September 13, 2016

Toronto Blue Jays won a thrilling 3-2 win over the Tampa Bay Rays Monday night to give their fans something t believe in. The Jays had fallen into an alarming slump which saw them lose three consecutive series. But good fortune and managerial savvy paid off when pinch-hitter Ezequiel Carrera hit a tiebreaking solo home run in the eighth inning. Carrera slammed a first-pitch fastball from Brad Boxberger over the left-field wall. It was the first pinch-hit homer for any Blue Jay since Carrera did it last July 25 in a game in Seattle. Roberto Osuna sent the Rays down quickly in the top of the ninth to clinch the victory.

 

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau visited a gender-segregated mosque Monday morning whose imam is a member of a group considered a terrorist organization abroad. The Toronto Sun names Samy Metwally, the lead imam at the Ottawa Muslim Association, as “a member of the International Union for Muslim Scholars (IUMS)”, a body on United Arab Emirates list of designated terrorist organizations. Story The CBC has offered three minutes of actuality of Mr. Trudeau’s remarks to those present including “the sisters upstairs.” See what you think.

 

Jennifer Pagliaro of the Toronto Star tells how City staff  — plus the Mayor and Deputy Mayor — seem to have outflanked Ward 27 Councillor Kristyn Wong Tam on an 80-storey tower at Bloor and Yonge. It will rise where Stollery’s stood for so many decades. The surprise sudden demolition of that historic old building is just one of the high-powered moves employed in the scheme to build The One. Behind it all is the presence of the Ontario Municipal Board. The OMB is the ultimate reality that the municipalities in Canada are the creatures of the provinces. Cities — even enormous ones like Toronto –need a Big Daddy it seems to make sure they are not unfair to developers.