A dog sought refuge in the engine compartment of an SUV on Degrassi Street north of Queen St. E. overnight and had to be extricated by fire personnel. The animal was a shelter rescue dog that escaped from its new owner. All in a night’s work at the TFS. The dog was returned to its owner.
And then, if you like your testosterone by the tanker truck, you might enjoy a visit to Revenge in Greektown this Sunday, February 26, at the Royal Canadian Legion at 1083 Pape Ave.
Meridian CU to open next month. The Bulldog broke the news of Meridian’s decision to land on Mt. Pleasant earlier this month. Ambitious Meridian CU to spark business on Mt. Pleasant
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The Minor Midget A Leaside Flames and @GTHLTOAeros could both advance with wins tonight #GTHLPlayoffs pic.twitter.com/RSZggrVtSZ
— GTHL Hockey (@GTHLHockey) February 24, 2017
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Drivers slow down or avoid streets where there are bicycle lanes and especially where there are large numbers of bicycles. This is the entirely predictable discovery from the first couple of months of bike lanes on Bloor Street between Ossington Ave. to Bay St. Drivers as a group get it that cyclists and cars are not particularly compatible. The mayor’s office is saying in the face of this early data that the City “will take steps” to help cars move faster. These steps are not named. In the meantime, 22 percent of the drivers who used to travel on Bloor have fled the street. Cycling has increased as a percentage total traffic (to 18 percent) largely as a result of this change according to CP24. Release issued at 9 a.m. Friday
A fire did serious damage to the townhouse at 33 Crockamhill Drive in Scarborough about 3 p.m. Thursday afternoon. Nobody was injured following a two-alarm fire which began in the garage.. Crockamhill is near near Huntingwood Drive and Midland Avenue in Scarborough.
There is relief and gratitude in the South Bayview home of the Rethnazy family Thursday night after an anonymous person returned an envelope to the residence mailbox. The envelope had been misplaced during errands to Shoppers Drug Mart, Best Way Cleaners and CIBC. It contained Nathalie Rethnazy’s daughter’s report card “as well as tons of personal information.” Irreplaceable. It was feared stolen but a soul so typically decent of this area returned it without waiting for a thank you. Nathalie is begging whoever it is to please send mail so she can make proper thanks. On Leaside Community Facebook page she writes: “THANK YOU…and also thanks to everyone who called/PMd me today-what an amazing neighbourhood we live in….thank you so much.” We say amen.
The plan to modernize the Toronto Police Service was passed by the police board Thursday amid expressions of optimism by the current mayor and angry criticism from former mayor John Sewell. The plan seems to be largely a mystery to people at large. The current intention to merge police divisions has focussed more on 54 and 55 Divisions and less on 53 Division. Why these areas have become issues is also lost on many. There is certainly less crime in east-central Midtown. The thrust to move officers to areas of higher crime is contentious with the rank and file. It has brought ferocious opposition from the police union. Former mayor Sewell was deeply doubtful that the plan would ever be implemented. The hoped for reform has its origins in the cost of policing Toronto.
PRIDE PARADE
Also this week, Chief Saunders has said that the Pride Toronto organisation is behind in its plans for security at the annual parade through downtown in June. It is an enormous event drawing people from across the continent. The police are duty-bound by the Police Services Act of Ontario to make provision for the public safety in such circumstances. At the same time, the current atmosphere at Pride is that the police are not wanted in the parade. Black Lives Matters presumes to speak for Pride. They say the police make them feel threatened It is a nice state of affairs.
Toronto has seen a record February 23 as the temperature reached 15.1 C at Pearson at 11 a.m. It shot up all the way to 18 C as the day progressed. The previous record for February 23 was 14.9 C in 1984 and the average daytime high on that day is only -0.1 C. Winter hangs on however and more seasonal temperatures will arrive Friday with a high of 4 C. Saturday is looking good with a predicted high of 12 C. The re-appearance of Robins, as seen in Mt. Pleasant Cemetery by local residents, is a clear sign of Spring is closer than normal.
Contestants, judges and friends at the Agnes Macphail public speaking contest at East York Civic Centre on Coxwell Ave Wednesday night.
Storm Doris brought 90 mph winds to the UK Thursday morning and snow to Scotland. The storm was a so-called a ‘weather bomb’ -– a term which is becoming increasingly common currency in Britain. So, what exactly IS a weather bomb? The phenomenon is also known as “explosive cyclogenesis” — an American term to describe a rapid fall in the central pressure of a storm system. Anyway, you don’t want to be in it.
