Month: February 2017

Elevator Alert: Davisville Station, Concourse to Street Level is out of service. #TTC

— TTC Service Alerts (@TTCnotices) February 8, 2017

The CBC has examined the bureaucratic issues around the smuggling of Fentanyl from China into Canada (right above). The government is only beginning to work with the Chinese about getting tough on smugglers. And Canada Post rules forbid inspectors from opening packages weighing less than 30 grams, a favorite form of shipping Fentanyl. The stuff enters Canada in powder form so a pill press is needed to make the drug easy to sell. They’re now talking about controlling the availability of pill presses.

The federal government will extend $372.5 million in loans to Bombardier to support the Global 7000 and CSeries aircraft projects. Bombardier’s railway division is the notoriously slipshod manufacturer of streetcars for Ontario and City of Toronto. CBC

Monica Mueller Millwood Rd.

Monica Mueller Millwood Rd.

Monica Mueller Millwood Rd.

Ice has brought down a tree on Millwood Rd. near Hanna Rd. blocking the street, on this treacherous Tuesday night. There are numerous reports from the Twitter account of TPS Operations of ice falling from buildings downtown. At Church and Bloor Sts. a pedestrian has been hit by ice and Bay Street has been closed between Elm and Gerrard because of ice falling onto vehicles. No one is hurt there. At Kingston Rd and Cornell Ave. a transformer has exploded leaving wires hanging..sparking. Hydro is on the scene. Ice is said to be delaying streetcars on Queen Street. TPS Operations

Collision: Mortimer/ Broadview.. Ped struck. Woman w serious injs takn to hosp. Mortimer now closd frm Broadview to Jackman Av. #239280 ^adc

— Toronto Police Operations (@TPSOperations) February 8, 2017

A special weather statement is saying ice accretion of 4 to 8 mm on wires and tree branches has been reported in some places. Freezing rain will continue before changing to rain this evening. The temperature 1 celsius in most of Toronto.

ALSO SEE LATER POST A news release distributed to Google News from a Polish public relations firm, Sat Press Releases, announces that Organic Garage, a small chain of organic food grocery stores will open in Leaside. The release says Organic Garage Ltd. “has entered into a lease agreement for a new location situated in the Leaside neighbourhood of Toronto.” It does not name the site of the new store or mention when it might open. There is however a description of the premises as being 12,000 square feet. A rendering of what is suggested to be the location shows an elegant brick building much in the style of the 1920s railway engine repair structure in the Leaside Village which now houses Longo’s. The mystery has many people guessing. The South Bayview Bulldog made several attempts by phone Tuesday to find someone at Organic Garage who knew about this opening but was unsuccessful. Email is pending. On its website, Organic Garage is shown to have two locations open in Thornhill and Oakville with a third about to open at 43 Junction Road in the west end. The company says it is offering its customers a wide selection of healthy and natural products at everyday affordable prices. It goes on: “Founded in 2005 by a fourth generation grocer, Organic Garage is headquartered in Toronto and operates a highly efficient supply chain through its centralized distribution centre. The company is focused on continuing to expand its retail footprint within the Greater Toronto Area. For more information please visit the Organic Garage website at www.organicgarage.com” There is an interesting history and family story at this link.

Where is this building? Unknown depiction accompanies news release

At Chez Lucy

See Photo One below

See Photo Two below

By Tanya Wiles-Bell
Special to The South Bayview Bulldog

Youth at Leaside United Church made a difference this past Sunday, raising approximately $800 for local and global projects that the church supports. The group, known as LUCY, (Leaside United Church Youth) sold 37 tickets to congregation and community members to enjoy a meal at Chez Lucy, a fine dining experience held at Leaside United. The group transformed the auditorium into a magical space and spent Sunday afternoon chopping, caramelizing, roasting, grilling and steaming. Guests arriving at 6 p.m. enjoyed a delectable three-course meal and were treated to top-notch service as well as a number of live acts performed by the youth. It was a spectacular evening filled with food, laughter and most importantly, community.

Photo One: (Kitchen group shot) starting from the left and going around the table: Kiana Darrell, Juliana Harsfai, Grace Murphy, Spencer, Heather Coyne, Ainsley Lind, Gavin Cordon, Thomas Muir, Guin Cordon, Maddy O’Brien and Evie Kim.  (one parent requested only first names so I’ve only given Spencer’s first name)
Photo Two (Stove) starting with the white shirt:  Griffin Lind, Dan and Heather Coyne.
Group Photo in front of black backdrop:  Back row starting with black dress: Evie Kim, Guin Cordon, Juliana Harsfai, Heather Coyne, Spencer, Gavin Cordon, Wesley Robertson and Tanya Wiles-Bell  Front row starting on the left: Kiana Darrell, Ainsley Lind, Griffin Lind

This video embedded from the CBC reveals an especially effective bit of community relations by the Durham Regional Police Service thanks to PC Jarrod Singh Sunday night. He and another officer were called to downtown Oshawa to deal with a disturbance but what they found was a company called Video Media producing a street production. The organizers feared they were going to be shooed off the road but instead Singh, a talented dancer in his own right, got into the spirit of the job with cast members. According to DRPS as reported by the CBC, Singh has been an officer for just over a year, but isn’t new to dancing. Before he became a police officer he was part of the dance troupe at Durham College.

The LIT Espresso Bar at 1517 Bayview Ave. is hiring a full-time barista. The ad says it is looking for “a friendly coffee-passionate barista.”  Email nangellotti@icloud.com  Interviews will be held early next week.

ACADEMY OF CULINARY ARTS

Academy of Culinary Arts at 1703 Bayview is looking for a new addition to staff. They seek an energetic, interested in food/cooking person with some retail experience. It is an approximately three-day a week job including Sunday. Send resume and a brief note about yourself to culinaryarts1703@rogers.com

“As you can see in the video, Barack and I both fell many times, but we kept trying again and again and made progress over the days. We were neck and neck until the last run on the last day, when I got up on the foilboard and screamed along for over 50 metres, three feet above the water. I was feeling very pleased with myself, only to look over and see Barack go 100 metres on his kiteboard! I had to doff my cap to him and celebrate his victory.” — Richard Branson

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Here’s a man, Jeffrey Donald Marsh, 53, who has allegedly been on a robbery rampage for the past six weeks or so. One of the spots he knocked off while showing a knife was the 7-11 at Eglinton East and Cowbell Lane. As reported by police Tuesday morning he also hit two banks  There have been four such robberies since December 23.

Organizer Jenna Jackson

LHS Purple Day, Feb. 6, 2017

Wear It Purple

Students at Leaside High School have held a Purple Day event in support of diversity. It was sparked by what are said to be sexist remarks on social media by a classmate. The offending words are not reported. Grade 12 student Jenna Jackson was among those who responded and she told City News that the context of the remarks was the Women’s March and were related to Donald Trump. “We wanted to fight back and stand up for what we thought was right. So, in a way it was a good thing that happened because it really brought everyone together,” she said. Barry H. Samuel of Inside Out Fitness was one of a number of businesses which showed purple on their premises to support the event. The students plan to take a petition to the Toronto school board and City Hall in the hope of creating a non-tolerance policy. Purple Day is also an event held in March which was started in 2008 and is intended to raise awareness of epilepsy.