Month: November 2021

Can I help you?

Happy Hanukkah

Jessica Angelevski

Acknowledging support

Maybe wear pants anyway

The chilly weather has inspired some extra warmth at Loblaws these days. Have you noticed how you just have to have a quizzical look to be asked by staff “can I help you?” Nice addition to the orange floors. Then, upper right, Don Valley West MP Rob Oliphant is joined by a representative of Chabad at 2437 Bayview Ave to offer Hannukkah good wishes. Below that is Jessica Angelevski. She’s the 2021 valedictorian at the Davisville Campus of the Toronto Film School. Nice going, Jessica. Lower left is an acknowledgment of Geoff Kettel’s support of Arlena Hebert‘s bid for the Liberal nomination in Eglinton-Lawrence. Lastly, goofy fun is on offer Thursday night in an important cause.

Testing the Eglinton LRT

Metrolinx has again told local media that the Eglinton LRT may not be open in 2022. In a statement to Daily Hive, Metrolinx said it was “working diligently with our contractor to get it substantially completed by the end of 2022″, leaving open the possibility of a 2023 kickoff for ridership. Prior to this, plans for the Eglinton Crosstown had called for it to be operational at some point in 2022 — a date that had already been pushed from the originally scheduled 2020.

METROLINX TIMELAPSE VIDEO

Laird Station back to the Eglinton Maintenance and Storage Facility (EMSF)

More:
https://blog.metrolinx.com/2021/11/30/see-time-lapse-video-of-crosstown-light-rail-vehicles-moving-along-toronto-route/

Ontario MOH Kieran Moore speaks about cases of Omicron discovered in two people arriving at Montreal airport from Nigeria and then moving to their homes in Ottawa.

South African doctor says Omicron “mild” so far

Meanwhile, Dr. Angelique Coetzee, chair of the South African Medical Association and a member of South Africa’s vaccine advisory committee tells the CBC that so far, the symptoms of Omicron appear mild.

Lawton at Yonge

Contains unknown drug

Two men have died Sunday at a house party near Yonge St and Lawton Blvd in Deer Park after taking an apparently unknown drug. This occurred Sunday and Toronto police have issued a general warning as well as a photo of the packaged substance. The victims were 53 and 33 years of age.

As the world waits and wonders about the seriousness of the new Omicron variant to C-19, at least one scientist for the UK gov’t advisory board on such matters says an investigation is needed but the world is not facing a disaster. Professor Calum Semple is quoted in the Daily Mail newspaper: ‘You might get a snuffle or a headache or a filthy cold but your chance of coming into hospital or intensive care or sadly dying are greatly diminished by the vaccine and still will be going into the future.’ ‘If you can slow the virus coming into your country it gives you more time for your booster campaign to get ahead of it,’ he went on. ‘It also gives the scientists longer to understand more about the virus in case there is anything we really should be worrying about.’

And Professor Sir Andrew Pollard, the director of the Oxford Vaccine Group, said ‘it is extremely unlikely that a reboot of a pandemic in a vaccinated population like we saw last year is going to happen’. Speaking to Radio 4’s Today program, he also insisted that vaccines could be effective at preventing serious disease from the Omicron variant.

Highwat 404 at 19th Avenue in York Region

A woman, 27, has been hospitalized with serious injuries Sunday after she lost control of her car. It slid into a tow truck waiting to service an earlier accident on Highway 404 at 19th Street in York Region. OPP say the road was wet with poor visibility because of the snow.

Singers on Bayview Ave

Free shopping bags

The Bayview-Leaside BIA’s shopping weekend continues Sunday with events all up and down the business district.

Early morning greeting/Ted Rogovein

It’s funny how we predict the inevitable, but Twitter bugs were in a good mood about Sunday morning’s snow. This is Ted Rogocein’s backyard but there are many other pictures off of balconies and in the street. There is more snow predicted for Sunday but it will be quite mild at midweek.

The lights are on at City Hall. Mayor Tory counted down the moment of illumination for the annual Cavalcade of Lights festival. It runs from November 27 to January 2 at Nathan Phillips Square.

Pop up Tuesday

Enter on St Cuthbert’s Rd

St. Cuthbert’s Anglican Church is having an outdoor sale of baby blankets, baby hats, adult hats and various preserves on Tuesday, November 30 from 2 pm to 5 pm. It’s a great chance to pick up a treat for giving or yourself. Come to the St. Cuthbert’s Road entrance.

Ryan Spitzer

The 2021 Thorncliffe Park PS running shoe collection conducted in recent years by a young man from Leaside has once again produced a bumper collection of shoes. Ryan Spitzer has posted a picture of some 171 pairs of shoes donated by area residents. They will be donated to kids in need of footwear for athletic and recreational activities. Well done Ryan. The running shoe collection was begun in 2014 by then-student Mackenzie Bier of Leaside.

Canada has stopped all travel from South Africa, Mozambique, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Lesotho, Namibia and Eswatini (formerly known as Swaziland) because of the discovery of the new C-19 variant named Omicron. Many headlines Saturday use words like  “alarming” and “concerning.” But as was seen with other variants, the early stages of their appearance is not nearly enough to know how much more dangerous, if any, they might be over previous variations. All headlines