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Last weekend for Todmorden Mills Then & Now Exhibit

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More info in East York Historical Society Facebook Group: www.facebook.com/groups/144715709718/posts/10160325580389719/

Todmorden Mills Heritage Site opened to the public in 1967 as part of East York’s contribution to the celebration of Canada’s centennial. In 1821, the Helliwell family settled in the area and established a brewery and distillery. They re-named the area Todmorden after their home town in Lancashire, England as the landscape of the Don Valley was reminiscent of it. The Todmorden paper mill, now the Papermill Theatre and Gallery, was the first of its kind in Upper Canada to produce machine-made paper. It provided newsprint for some of the colony’s first publications including William Lyon Mackenzie’s newspaper The Colonial Advocate. (Toronto.ca)

Jan 15th – New Year’s Levée and awards presentation

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Join MP Rob OIiphant and MPP Stephanie Bowman on January 15th, from 1-3pm for their New Year’s Levée and Queen Elizabeth II Platinum Jubilee Awards Presentation.

Levees date back to the reign of the France’s Sun King Louis XIV (1643–1715). The first levee in Canada was held on January 1, 1656, by the then Governor of New France, Charles Huault de Montmagny.

Although levees are common across the world, the New Year’s Levee is a uniquely Canadian tradition with events held annually across the country. The tradition continues here in Leaside as MP Rob OIiphant and MPP Stephanie Bowman co-host their annual New Year’s Levee on Jan. 15, 2023 from 1-3 p.m. The in-person event will be held at the Toronto Botanical Gardens, located at 777 Lawrence Ave. East.

If you have never attended a levee, it is a wonderful way to kick off the new year, meet your local government representatives and neighbours.
The Curious Idler, Leaside Life Magazine

Sherwood Park Residents’ inaugural meeting recap

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A quick update was circulated with a summary of the Sherwood Park Residents’ association inaugural meeting. It was held (via Zoom) on January 15th and was ably co-hosted by Jane Auster from the South Eglinton Davisville Residents’ Association (SEDRA) and Geoff Kettel from the Leaside Residents’ Association (LRA). There were about 40 residents in attendance to participate in the discussion of the many planning issues facing the area and a consensus that a local residents’ association was necessary to organize opposition.

Next Steps:

A small group of local residents volunteered to meet as a steering committee to organize the next general meeting. The next meeting is set for early February. Both SEDRA and LRA are available to provide administrative support to the steering committee.

Click here to add your name to their mailing list. Subscribers to the new mailing list will receive newsletters and invitations to coming events and meetings.

Pizza Nova moves into former Cheeseworth Cleaners’ corner

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The Pizza Nova restaurant located at 758 Mount Pleasant Road has moved two blocks south. Guests are invited to taste their popular pizza and Italian food at the new location 645B Mount Pleasant Road.

Area residents will know this corner as the former location of Cheeseworth Cleaners.

Agnes Macphail Award nomination time extended

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Agnes Macphail House — In 1948, Agnes Macphail purchased the property with the street addresses of
2 Donegall Drive and 720 Millwood Road in Leaside. The duplex was constructed in 1937.

The Agnes Macphail Award Selection Committee for the 2023 Agnes Macphail Award has extended the time for receiving nominations to noon (12 pm) on Monday, January 23, 2023 (formerly midnight on January 5th).

Do you know an East Yorker you feel would be a good candidate for this award? The nomination form is available at: Agnes Macphail Award – City of Toronto.

Previous post: www.bayview-news.com/2022/11/seeking-nominations-for-the-2023-agnes-macphail-award.html

Development application resubmitted for 80 Overlea Blvd

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architectsAlliance has resubmitted plans for the new Ismaili Community Centre And Jamatkhana at 80 Overlea Boulevard.

“This application for Site Plan Control proposes a four storey multipurpose facility, consisting of a community centre and place of worship having offices, meetings rooms, and two levels of underground parking.”

UrbanToronto Discussion

80 Overlea Boulevard (Google Maps, September 2021)

FoNTRA: Call To Action for all Sherwood Park Residents

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Special inaugural meeting for Sherwood Park Residents

Dear Sherwood Park Resident:

This is to invite you to a meeting (to be held virtually) on Thursday January 12 at 5-6pm to discuss development in the Sherwood Park area. There are several large development projects coming to the Sherwood Park area bounded by Mount Pleasant, Bayview, Eglinton and Sherwood Park (see map below). Active projects include the following:

586 Eglinton Ave East, 1840 Bayview (ESSO), 2-20 Glazebrook. These are large hi-rise projects which will have a total of over 1,000 units. This is in addition to active projects on the other side of Eglinton and Bayview like 537-543, 589 Eglinton (South Eglinton Davisville Residents Association area) and 1837-45 Bayview and 1779-1787 Bayview – Leaside LRT station overbuild plus quads (Leaside Residents Association area).

It is important that residents be involved in the application review process and this is best accomplished through a Residents Association (RA). Unfortunately there is currently no active RA in your area.

We hope you are interested and are able to be involved. The meeting on Thursday, January 12 is being arranged to discuss the issues and help you to get organized. If you cannot attend this meeting but would like to be involved, please let us know with the email link HERE.

Registration is required to attend the meeting.
REGISTER FOR ZOOM MEETING

Federation of North Toronto Residents’ Associations Incorporated (FoNTRA)

Happy Caturday! Alberta’s Gary the cat skis and paddles

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Albert native, Gary the Cat skis and kayaks. Really. Have a look.

Large scale power outages across Toronto Friday evening

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Toronto Hydro outage map as of 6:30pm on January 6, 2023

Toronto Hydro says it is experiencing multiple outages due to a loss of supply from Hydro One. Toronto Hydro and Hydro One are working together to investigate the cause and will provide further updates as soon as they become available. Global News. TorontoHydro outage map.

UPDATE – All power has been restored

Downed light pole struck pedestrian at Yonge and Hillsdale

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Toronto Police have reported that at 3:17pm Friday afternoon, a vehicle struck a light pole and caused it to fall at the intersection of Yonge St and Hillsdale Ave W. The pole hit a pedestrian who was taken to hospital with life threatening injuries. Global

Update – January 17, 2023

O&B’s Babel Restaurant shuttered on December 31st

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Oliver & Bonacini’s Babel restaurant at Bayview and York Mills closed their doors for good on New Years Eve. Despite their Michelin Guide recommendation in 2022, their farewell message insinuates that the pandemic restrictions caused too many disruptions for their high end restaurant to survive.

Join Johnny Strides on a walk from Yonge Street to Bayview

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Have you been avoiding Eglinton Avenue because of the Metrolinx construction? There is a genre of Youtube account that takes you for walks, hikes, bicycle rides or drives in major cities and exotic places all over the world. The “Johnny Strides” Youtube account focuses on walking, cycling, transit videos and livestreams in the City of Toronto.

The Bulldog enjoyed his walk on January 2nd, 2023 aptly named “Eglinton Crosstown Nightmare & Bayview”. He started outside of the Cineplex Cinema at Yonge and Eglinton, strided eastward along Eglinton Avenue East, pausing briefly to preview the new Mount Pleasant Station, then he made his way over to our favourite street, Bayview Avenue continuing south until he hopped on the Bayview 11 bus at Millwood Road. We thought you might like it too. Grab a coffee and enjoy the journey.