Month: March 2018

Siriluck Dubiner

Her Easter eggs

Too good

Bishop Robertson visits Sunday

Flowers?

Lake Leaside is back

Siriluck Dubiner has a nice business locally sewing creatively at home. Right now, she is making everything from Easter eggs to charming clothes. She says “I have loved to sew since I was little, thanks to my mom who taught me how to sew amazing things.” Facebook and Instagram  Centre right, Longo’s was shamelessly tempting customers with these things today. Too good. Centre left, a reminder that St. Cuthbert’s Anglican Church Creation Care weekend concludes Sunday with a visit by the area bishop, Rt. Reverend Kevin Robertson. That’s at 10 a.m. To the right, a reminder of International Women’s Day next Thursday. Are flowers in order? Lastly, at the bottom, Lake Leaside has returned to the vast construction site east of Laird Dr. between Wicksteed and Vanderhoof Aves. Residents worry, rightly so, about how long it will take to drain the lake this summer. But the hole is there because big box stores have no idea what to do about expanding in a world where at least some people seem ready to get their radishes (and other groceries) delivered by Instabuggy.

Moments after cars derail

Shot by Logan Cadue

A Kingston man, Logan Cadue, has shot video of the freight derailment at Kingston on Saturday as it happened. The derailment of two cars has snarled VIA Rail service from Toronto to Montreal/Ottawa while crews repair the tracks. Mr. Cadue lives in Kingston and was watching the train pass with a friend. He told CP24 that if cars closer to him had de-coupled he and his friend would have been hit by them. The Twitter video is discontinued.

Fireman to hospital/Jeremy Cohn@JeremyGlobalTV

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Toronto Fire Service says a member is recovering in hospital from broken ribs after a 3 a.m. fall from the roof of a boarded up residential property at Mutual north of Jarvis Sts. Saturday morning. The man had clambered to the roof to make sure there was no one up there or in the upper floors. The place has been the scene of several fires since last fall.

MAN SHOT, DIES IN NORTH YORK

A man of perhaps 40 is dead after a midnight shooting near Jane St and Shoreham Drive.  He was found on pavement by police as they responded to a call of shots fired.

Another explosion in Mississauga in Streetsville this time #mississauga #fire pic.twitter.com/YpBb0D6EH0

— Aerialmotion (@AerialmotionCa) March 3, 2018

The retirement condominium that was burned to the ground in Mississauga Friday night was near completion with all the units sold, according to the website of the builder, Forest Green Homes. Fire personnel were still pouring water on the site of the fire that destroyed the condominium complex in Streetsville. Owners will be provided with a hotline number for information on what to do now, according to the Mississauga News. Some move-in dates were set for as early as June. During the height of the blaze, approximately 1,100 residents in the area had their hydro cut. All power was restored by early Saturday. Huge fire sweeps Streetsville construction site Friday night

Ryan Gullen

Maizie Sly

George Corones

The Sheepdogs played Massey Hall Friday night. This interesting Canadian group is discussed here by Lindsay Dunn in an interview with Ryan Gullen. Then, the sweet face of Maisie Sly, 6, from Swindon in southwest England. She is star of The Silent Child and will participate in Oscar events in Hollywood this weekend. Perhaps most amazing of all is 99-year-old George Corones, an Australian who it seems has set a swimming record. Nice going George. Then finally, Jack Black comes out of the past as part of a crazy television program called Drunk History.

No winning ticket was sold for the $23 million jackpot in Friday night’s Lotto Max draw. The jackpot for the next draw on Mar. 9 will grow to approximately $32 million.

Man surveys Streetsville fire from balcony /Danny Longo@DannyLongo640

A huge fire Friday night destroyed a nearly-completed building designed as a retirement home in Streetsville. The fire was at Tannery St. and Joymar Drive next door to an existing retirement structure which was occupied by residents. There were no injuries and although buses were on standby, no evacuation was required. The fire was preceded by one or more explosions shortly after 7 p.m. The flames formed a frightening spectacle visible from Square One Shopping Centre. At the height of the blaze, fire officials complained of winds whipping the fire to even greater intensity. The picture above tweeted by Danny Longo, reveals a man standing on his apartment balcony to view the fire.

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Lena Feng cuts hair of John Libby

Urban Hens not for South Bayview

Barrel House hiring

Creation Care 2018

Bravo Academy

Mabel’s Fables

Meridian on Mt. Pleasant

Upper left, it is eight years since Lena Feng took over the barber shop business at 909 Millwood Rd at Sutherland. Her friendly manner and careful attention to detail will tell you a lot about her success. Here she is with customer John Libby of Leaside, owner of John A. Libby Fine Art at 463 King St. E. Centre top, Urban Hens TO begins  March 2 (today) but not in South Bayview wards. This project was greatly promoted by award-winning hen hobbyists Andrew and Matthew Patel whose mom and dad live on Southlea Ave. City Council has limited the pilot to four wards. They are Ward 5 Etobicoke-Lakeshore, Ward 13 Parkdale-High Park, Ward 21 St. Paul’s and Ward 32 Beaches East York. Below that, the Amsterdam Barrel House on Laird Drive is hiring. Check it out. At top right, St. Cuthbert’s Creation Care 2018 is underway. Down below, the Bravo Academy activities can be sampled at Leaside Presbyterian Church and Mabel’s Fables at 662 Mt. Pleasant will have a visit from author Sylv Chiang and video game artist Connie Choi, creators of Tournament Troubles, a new book in the Cross Ups series. It features the ups and down of middle grade life among friends who love gaming. Tweens and teens take notice.  Lastly, Woot Woot as the Davisville Meridian branch at 690 Mt. Pleasant Rd. wins the firm’s Q4 2017 Award of Distinction. Shirley Breen‏ @shirleybee123

The baffling case of Eugene Kim, a 38-year-old husband and father from the Bayview Ave. and Royal Orchard Blvd. area of York Region, deepened overnight with word that a car belonging to Mr. Kim has been found in Algonquin Park and that it contained human remains. OPP located the car Thursday about 3:30 p.m. after getting a call about an abandoned vehicle in Laurier Township, about three kilometres northeast of South River. It was found in a wooded area on private property, down a trail leading into the woods. No identification of the remains has been made. The case began on Monday, October 2, 2017, when Kim did not return home as he usually did. Instead, his family received a series of texts from his phone saying he would be there soon. That did not happen. Then a few days later, word that he had been seen in Algonquin Park, a place he was fond of, sometime after that. Reports at the time that Kim was seen with someone when he entered the park are now gone from reports, apparently discounted.

Car found in Algonquin Park

The Hospital for Sick Children is proposing a 22-storey “Patient Support Centre” building on the Elizabeth St. site of the 1983 eight-story Elizabeth McMaster Building. HSC would also follow that with another tower to the complex at a future date. It is all called Project Horizon. Urban Toronto 

To replace Elizabeth McMaster Building

22 storey tower retains bridge to HSC on University Ave.

Cornmaster

Pictures from 2011

Red hots

Jennifer Valliere, the president-elect of the Leaside Rotary Club, is getting good response to her post at Leaside Community Friday morning seeking new ideas for the September Rotary Corn Roast in Trace Manes Park. The event will mark its 25th anniversary in 2018. Two well-received ideas among the many posts are a dog show and photo booth of some type. Photo booths come on wheels these days.