Month: April 2017

Darn! Missed the Grilled Cheese Sandwich Party at TNO

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Rail ghosts haunt octopus, mushroom medley at Longo’s

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chicken, mushroom medley
seafood
octopus
Starbucks
Can you hear the whistle?
Windows that vented steam
Merely six years ago
Great Western Railway Eastern Division Engine Shop

Saturday at Longo’s is a food shopping delight with mushroom medley and grilled chicken to take home and octopus to ponder. Amid it all, the architecture of the former Canadian Northern Railway Eastern Lines Locomotive Shop summons up ghosts of the steam era.

Evening screening of films at Leaside United in May

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https://twitter.com/LeasideUnited/status/858345695752925184

Starbucks moves wait for coffee from one line to another

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If you think about it, the concept of pre-ordering coffee to avoid the lineup had to end this way. There’s a huge lineup of people waiting for the coffee they pre-ordered to avoid the lineup. Of course, it gave them something to do with their phones. That’s important. Business News Network has the skinny on Starbucks outlook and how cheapie coffee competition (especially Tim’s in Canada) is maybe troubling the green mermaid. But the coffee is good if you don’t lose the coffee habit waiting for it.  BNN

At the scene following 6 a.m. collision on DVP Saturday

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Muriel Draaisma of the CBC was right on the spot in the aftermath of this mess on the Don Valley Parkway Saturday morning. We’re looking at the DVP southbound at Don Mills Road as snapped by Draaisma. The photo at right shows someone walking away from the wreck. The 6 a.m. collision was luckily without injury.

Junior Wildcats hold skills session for little sisters May 13

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Toronto Leaside Junior Wildcats will bring together aspiring younger girls with seasoned players of the competitive squad for a morning of hockey fun and learning on Saturday, May 13. Parents with daughters who love hockey are invited to get in on this useful hockey-rink classroom and fundraiser at Leaside Arena. The Junior Wildcats are the highest-level team in the organization. They compete in the demanding Provincial Women’s Hockey League. The morning will consist of 60-minute on-ice skill clinics for girls to help them learn what it takes to get to the next level. Coaches and players from the Juniors will be the instructors for these sessions and will work with players on all individual skills from skating, stick-handling, shooting and passing. The Junior players will also be available for autographs and pictures with our younger players after each ice session. Sign up here

Sunnybrook receives walk-in shooting victim late Friday

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“How I called Trump and saved NAFTA” by Justin Trudeau

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Anyone would be forgiven for finding the imminent withdrawal of the US from NAFTA — the North American Free Trade Agreement — a bit stagy. Donald Trump swears he was ready to cancel the deal as recently as last week. Then he got calls from the golden-tongued president of Mexico and prime minister of Canada and changed his mind. Who’s kidding who?

Young public speakers excel at CGS School in Leaside

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Meeting the public speaking challenge
Captivation of Audience
Judges see everything
April Assembly
Speakers group photo

Grade 2 and 3 students at CGS participated in their Public Speaking Contest this week. Topics ranged from the history of the NHL to animal shelters to Internet and video game addiction. The children presented their speeches to a panel of four judges (who specialize in public speaking) and an audience of their peers and parents. Children are marked out of five on Memory, Voice, Content, Posture, Eye Contact and Captivation of Audience. Contestants this year showed remarkable resilience. Little gaps in memory, last-minute nerves and unexpected distractions can all affect a speaker’s performance. CGS students met these challenges with courage and grace, finding their place, gathering focus and continuing on with the same passion and confidence they displayed before the set back. Well done everyone. For children so young, this was an exceptional accomplishment. Congratulations to Grade 2 student Gavin for winning the contest and the opportunity to present his speech to the entire school community at the April Assembly. Want to know more about how CGS supports children to thrive as public speakers? Contact Director of Admission, Kelly Scott, to find out more at kscott@cgsschool.com   Also cgsschool.com  and the CGS Blog

ASIMIL8 just too offensive for aboriginals says Manitoba

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Nick Troller and Borg plate
Borg will assimilate you
Very offensive

A Winnipeg man, Nick Troller has had his Manitoba license plate ASIMIL8 yanked because the government decided it was offensive to aboriginal peoples. There were two complaints. Troller has had the plate for two years and insists that it’s about a species of aliens from the Star Wars series. They are called the Borg and have the capacity to make other species “assimilate” into Borg using nanoprobes and surgically implanted cybernetic parts. The Borg are driven by a need for “perfection” and assimilate other races to further that goal. Canadians who still secretly think (but dare not say) that assimilation is a reasonable process just be quiet.

Principal troubled by Netflix tale romanticizing suicide

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The doubtful nature of popular entertainment seems never more serious than 13 Reasons Why, a Netflix series about the suicide of a teenager. Edmonton principal Azza Ghai has sent email sent to parents this week warning them kids at St. Vincent Elementary School are talking about the series a lot. Ghali asks parents to tell their children not to talk about the show with their classmates. What kids watch at home is up to the parents, Ghali says in the email. But she wanted to let them know “many students are watching and discussing this” at school. “The discussion that is unfolding at school is troubling,” the email says. “Please let your child know that discussion of 13 Reasons Why is not permitted at school due to the disturbing subject matter.”  New Netflix Series Raises Concerns Over Teen Suicide

Manor Road Blue Radish Cafe, St. Cuthbert’s Fair Saturday

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The annual musical variety night (affectionately known as the Blue Radish Café) returns to Manor Road United Church at 240 Manor East on Saturday, April 29. This year the theme is “Multiculturalism.” Dinner and a fun-filled evening for all ages by local community talent. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. and the show begins at 7. Cash bar. Tickets are available in the church office or call 416-483-0695 to reserve.

ST CUTHBERT’S SPRING FAIR

St. Cuthbert’s Anglican Church at 1399 Bayview will hold its Spring Fair in Lamb Hall Saturday beginning at 11 a.m. There’s always many things to see and much fun. Baked goods too.