Month: September 2016

Golf clubs taken from 96 Sutherland were not giveaways

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Was it just a mistake or theft? Sadly when possessions are left in front of a home, even if they are not on the sidewalk, they tend to get taken away.  Now a set of golf clubs on the front lawn of 96 Sutherland Drive on Friday have been taken by a man — but they were not being thrown out. Neighbors saw the person taking the clubs and now the owner is asking for the person who took them to please bring them back. 416-421-2933

Three stories that really happened at the week’s end

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The head of Canada’s statistics agency resigned Friday in a torrent of indignation about the future of his employer. In fact, it remains to be seen if the gloomy view of Wayne Smith is accurate. Mr. Smith feels that decisions made by the Conservatives, and evidently left in place by the Liberals, will make Statscan a mere puppet of something called Shared Services Canada. Ugh. Sounds like the Ministry of Everything. Read it here.

ABOLISHED IN 1990

Lawyers are saying that Alberta Court of Queen’s Bench Justice Denny Thomas relied on a section of the Criminal Code that has been declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court of Canada in writing a critical verdict this week. Even more astonishing, they say that section 230 on which Judge Thomas relied in convicting Travis Vader, remains in the Criminal Code 25 years after the Court’s decision. There is much wringing of hands about why judges don’t know the law better but this would also seem to be a statement about how little MPs (and others) think of the Supremes.

NORDSTROM OPENS

Reporters are offering their guarded opinion that Nordstrom, newly opened in the Eaton Centre, will not make the same mistakes as Target when it came to Canada. Well, Nordstrom it may or may not get it right but on the surface the comparison seems silly. Nordstrom will open many fewer stores much more slowly to an entirely different clientele. This is a battle with Holt Renfrew and there may be enough money to go round.

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Police, fire called to Cleveland and Millwood as person hit

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Reader Edmund Murphy writes that he was at Cleveland St. and Millwood Rd. Friday morning as fire and police services attended to an accident where a crossing guard was said to be hit. We’re making inquiries.

Prime Minister Trudeau announces that poverty is sexist

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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has used a new expression to offer support for a campaign to fight against AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria. He opened an international donor conference in Montreal on Friday in hopes of raising $13 billion to replenish the Global Fund for the fight against the three major infectious diseases. In the clip above he is apparently speaking of the relative earning capacity of men versus women worldwide.

Sarah and Claire’s Food Drive at Grilltime September 24

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Sarah and Clair’s Food Drive will kickoff on Saturday, September 24 starting at noon with a barbecue at Andy Elder’s Grilltime meat store, 62 Laird Drive at Kenrae Road. This annual food drive inspired by two Leaside sisters will once again raise food for the Daily Bread Food Bank.  The drive is so named because of a child’s curiosity about just how children less fortunate than herself were fed. The barbecue will feature state-of-the-art cooking gear demonstrated by Broil King representative Naz and sausages donated by Black Knight Meats and Spices. They’ll be served on COBs buns. How about this. Amsterdam Brewery will be present to provide sampling. Say “hi” to Sarah and Claire, their parents Lynda Debono and Mark Jordan and grab a juicy plate of barbecue.  See you at the kickoff to Sarah and Clair’s Food Drive.

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Veterinarian seen hitting pets in video taken by his staff

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The College of Veterinarians of Ontario has suspended a St. Catharines veterinarian for professional misconduct after he was caught abusing animals. But a group of former employees of Dr. Mahavir Singh Rekhi — upset with penalties they felt were too lenient — have gone public with their complaints and released videos, which were also viewed by the college, showing him hitting and choking animals in his care. “He told me that if you handle them roughly enough, they will learn their lesson — and they did. They remembered him,” said Larissa Engels, a veterinary technician at Skyway Animal Hospital on Welland Avenue. Engels and other surreptitiously recorded the veterinarian in his clinic. Rekhi was suspended on Aug. 20. Rekhi must also pay the college $10,000, be retrained in the proper way to restrain animals, and will be subject to three unannounced inspections each year for two years. The suspension is for 10 months. St. Catharines Standard 

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Class-action lawsuit filed over “Dream rewards miles”

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The CBC reports Friday morning that some customers of Air Miles have found it difficult to redeem rewards and other services associated with Air Miles. In this regard, a law firm in Calgary has filed a class-action lawsuit against LoyaltyOne, the company that owns and operates the Air Miles rewards program in Canada. The case is not certified. But other consumers who have long since lost interest in such so-called travel benefits will smile at this. They prefer to avoid the experience. CBC

Harrowing rescue as minivan jammed under truck

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Mississauga fire and emergency medical services performed a harrowing rescue about dawn Friday morning after a van drove into the side of a transport truck. The driver was airlifted to a Toronto hospital with serious injuries. It took about an hour to get him out of the wreck. This occurred at Derry Road West and West Credit Avenue near Mississauga Road.

Paul Hahn marks 103 years in business with street party

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Paul Hahn and Co. will celebrate 103 in business Saturday with a street party and music. Players will include pianists Windsor Johnson, Rashaan Allwood, Mark Kersey and the Thompson Thompson Egbo Egbo trio. Entertainment begins and 12:30 and goes until 4:30 p.m. There will be cake, coffee and things for kids to do on Gibson Ave.which will be closed between Yonge and Paul Hahn Lane.