Month: July 2019

No winning ticket was sold for the $50 million jackpot in Friday night’s Lotto Max draw. The draw’s two Maxmillions prizes of $1 million each also went unclaimed. The jackpot for the next Lotto Max draw on July 23 will grow to approximately $55 million and there will be four Maxmillions prizes up for grabs.

Please continue to monitor alerts and forecasts issued by Environment Canada. To report severe weather, send an email to ONstorm@canada.ca or tweet reports using #ONStorm.

Corner of Millwood Rd. and Randolph

Makow Associates Architects is proposing a five-storey residential building at the site of the former Stanley Cleaners at Millwood Rd. and Randolph Rd. The building would be heavily geared towards one-bedroom units, with 25 proposed; 5 two-bedroom, 4 three-bedroom and 1 bachelor units would fill out the rest of the building. The developer is proposing 32 below-grade parking stalls, slightly less than the 41 spaces required in this part of the City, as well as 36 bicycle parking spots. Urban Toronto

Proposed residential infill looking southeast on Randolph

City Council has voted to require both ride-share drivers and cabbies to take instruction in the performance of their jobs. The City’s decision three years ago to simply drop such training for both cab drivers and Uber drivers shocked many citizens.

Wags may ask “what’s the rush” but it does indeed seem time for the City of Toronto to replace a 143-year-old watermain on Richmond Street West. It will require phased lane reductions on Richmond between York and Bathurst until summer 2020. The work will be delivered in two phases. During phase one, from July 22 to December, Richmond Street West from Spadina Avenue to Bathurst Street will be reduced to one shared lane of vehicle and cycle traffic. Signs will be posted to assist cyclists travelling in the area of the construction work, including detour signage to King Street West. Phase two will begin in December and extend into summer 2020. During this phase, which will involve work from York Street to Spadina Avenue, Richmond Street West will be limited to one lane of vehicle traffic and one cycle lane from York Street to John Street, and one shared lane of vehicle and cycle traffic from John Street to Spadina Avenue.

Mega pod of dolphins may have numbered more than 100 say witnesses

As seen in the video below, a huge pod of dolphins leaped along the California coast south of Lost Angeles Sunday, thrilling onlookers lucky enough to witness the rare sight. Chuck Patterson and his friends were taking their boat out for hydrofoil surfing when the dolphins appeared in the waters off Laguna Beach. The pod began following in their wake and surrounded the vessel. The dolphins swam alongside and leaped out of the water as they raced alongside the boat. “Absolutely amazing witnessing this huge pod of young dolphins marching up the coast off Laguna Beach today,” Patterson wrote on Facebook. “Mother Nature’s amazing wonders never disappoint.”

What is it about an absence of sidewalks in some finer neighbourhoods that appeals to the homeowners there? It’s a phenomenon seen this week as the City pushes to make roads safer in the Kingsway. The discussion has gone back and forth in Lawrence Park where streets such as Mildenhall Rd. remain without sidewalks. Two years ago a concern for the uprooting of old trees was offered as a good reason not to build sidewalks. Lawrence Park resident Phillip Crawley, CEO and publisher and of the Globe and Mail, offered a comment. “The overwhelming view was the destruction of trees was not something the residents wanted to see,” he said. “They’ve gotten used to not having sidewalks.” But the affection for no sidewalks seems to run deeper than that.

Rides off on bicycle

Standing around at Laird Dr. and Parkhurst Blvd.

A post at Leaside Community shows pictures of a man hanging about the Coach House on Laird Drive just north of Parkhurst Blvd. He then entered the courtyard and is subsequently seen riding out on a bicycle. The pictures were apparently taken about 7.20 p.m. earlier this week.

Lennon Turco with mother Michelle Tuckett and sister Charlie, July 16, 2019. Darren Taylor/SooToday

A Sault Ste. Marie boy, Lennon Turco, 12, is well on his way to beating his dangerous, potentially fatal, congenital peanut allergy. Two years ago his parents, Michelle and Steve, applied to have him enter a clinical study in Toronto. Now, thanks to treatment received at the Sussman Clinic, 202 St. Clair West, Lennon can eat foods containing peanuts without fear. He has to be careful with amounts, but his condition is only going to improve. Most importantly, he is no longer subject to the accidental ingestion of peanuts that might take his life. SooToday

Police rescue man from wires at the Prince Edward Viaduct

The Don Valley Parkway was closed for more than an hour on Wednesday as Toronto police worked to rescue a man who had climbed onto wires at the Prince Edward Viaduct. Police had closed the road in both directions around 6:45 p.m.  By 7:30, they said officers had successfully taken the man to safety and that he was not injured.  CBC

Third of Toronto residents say they cannot live without a car

A new Forum Research poll, provided exclusively to the Toronto Sun, reveals that 77% of Toronto residents own cars and one-third of City residents say they can’t live without one. Toronto Sun

Oak falls at Heath and Welland

Oak falls at Heath and Welland

Moore Park was without power Wednesday from 12.30 to shortly before 5 p.m. when a mighty oak tree at Welland Ave and Heath St crashed down during noon-hour. The tree had been pummeled by heavy rain — for the last time in its long life Wednesday morning. But it was sunny when the fall occurred. Hydro repair staff were on the job at about 1.30 p.m. and required three and a half hours to restore power.

Sonny Subra tweeted this graphic shot of submerged cars on the 401 eastbound ramp at Islington

Widespread but localized flooding has occurred Wednesday across Toronto. Eglinton Avenue was flooded at the Allen Road. The video below shows conditions on Highway 400 at an unspecified location. City News says Jane Street at St. Clair Avenue was also flooded with water reaching up to the top of the wheel well on cars travelling in the area. The TTC said subway trains continued operation despite flooding at Jane Station. Shuttle buses were operating in the area from Jane to Runnymede stations. Traffic cameras show the Bayview extension remains opens.

Cars were full of water. We drain those water out. #onstorm #GTA #flooding weather pic.twitter.com/y8QrxkJNZx

— Sonny Subra (@SonnySubra) July 17, 2019