Month: February 2017

Leaside United Church was inviting any who may care to attend to a meeting of the group known as Spirit Alive today (Saturday, February 18) at the church at 10:30 a.m. (until 12:30). David Phillips “will lead a mindful tour of the magnificent stained glass windows situated in the chancel” of the church at McRae Dr. and Millwood Rd. All are welcome.

The Windows of #Leaside! Join us tomorrow 1030am Dave Phillips leads tour of magnificent #stainglass #EastYork #TO https://t.co/keUsYpuZkO pic.twitter.com/VWFBesLP3R

— Leaside United Church (@LeasideUnited) February 17, 2017

Marbled

On his Faebook page, Andy Elder of the meat shop Grill Time on Laird Drive, posts from Arizona (where he is vacationing) that his USDA ribeyes prepared Friday were perfectly marbled. Maybe, said friends, but were they sufficiently marbled? Facebook

Coyotes at Sunnybrook Dog Park

Gina Storm Grant has posted pictures of coyotes at Sunnybrook Dog Park, a frequent sight. She writes that the coyotes are seen “ironically behind the fence that says beware of dog. When (in) actuality dog should beware of them.” Her friend “Stormy” decided he was going to bark at the coyotes which got their attention. This caused Gina to retreat but in so doing she lost dog Iser (again). She adds “This is on the trail that runs from the parking lot behind Sunnybrook to bend in college. We were just by the little beach there.”

The Canadian International Auto Show opened Friday at the Toronto Metro Convention Centre. The show runs until a week Sunday. There are more than 1,000 cars on display ranging from new to old. There are stock, electric and classic cars. Proof that everything old is new are the front-opening “suicide doors” familiar on cars of the 1930s seen here on this Nissan Vmotion 2.0 concept. It is part of the company’s plans for zero-emission and autonomous driving models. But the doors, which tend to spill unsuspecting passengers out onto the pavement, probably won’t make it through the road test. CBC  Auto Show

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A young man, probably in his teens, has been shot in Flemingdon Park near Don Mills Road and Gateway Boulevard Friday around supper time. There waa a search for the victim but he was located and taken to hospital. More

Mayor Tory has told a CBC radio morning show host that Premier Wynne is resisting any Toronto tax concept ranging from a sales tax to a gasoline tax.  The mayor is quoted as saying “there hasn’t been a willingness” from the province to have that conversation. “I went forward and asked her about that early on, before I even got to road tolls, and it wasn’t on. They have to give us permission,” Tory told Metro Morning. Unlucky mayor is fighting Ghost of Gas Plants Past. 

The family of Robert Brian Stewart will receive friends and admirers of the late filmmaker Friday, February 17, 2017, at the Humphrey Funeral Home A.W. Miles-Newbigging Chapel, 1403 Bayview Ave. at St. Cuthbert’s Rd. from 5  to 7 p.m. The Toronto-born photographer, filmmaker and environmental activist was 37 when he died in a diving accident on Tuesday, January 31, 2017 in the waters off the Florida Keys while filming his new movie, Sharkwater: Extinction. A service for Rob Stewart will be held at Bloor Street United Church, 300 Bloor Street West on Saturday, February 18th at 1 p.m.  A memorial will also be held in Los Angeles at a later date.  Obituary

Cooking fire

A serious cooking oversight caused devastating damage to a bungalow on Wigan Cres. northeast of Wilson Ave and the Allen Expressway. A man was cooking when he burned himself. He left the home to get treatment at hospital but the stove was still on. It produced a raging fire which resulted in a two-alarm fire at the home.

Left, viewers may experience a wide range of emotions at the tale of two men — misfits it many ways — and the crises that made their paths cross in an operating room. Right, a fascinating interview with Infosys co-founder Nandan Nilekani by Kristie Lu Stout about India’s cash revolution, where all you need is a thumbprint and ID to become a walking ATM

There is much media delight at the honesty of employees at a recycling plant for returning $100,000 found stashed in the back of an old television set. It is a nice thing to have happened. But as a reason for faith in mankind it hardly moves the meter at the crushing knowledge people can treat their money in such a lame-brained way.  May God help this hapless man. Globe and Mail

A male teacher at Erin Mills Middle School has been suspended and school board officials are expressing dismay after he gave some students printed instructions on how to make and inject crystal meth. The man is a Grade 8 teacher of drama. One distraught mother said when she saw the paper her son brought home she “popped a blood vessel.” (No doubt). The paper also included a long list of ingredients for the task. The mother, identified by the CBC as Delight Greenridge, said her son told her the teacher handed it out to students in his drama class at Erin Mills in Mississauga last week “to dramatize as part of an assignment”. “I can’t speak to his rationale for doing that,” said Carla Pereira, communications manager at the school board. “We share the parents’ concerns around that particular assignment.” Pereira said it’s the board’s understanding the teacher got the instructions from the internet.