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Stones bring ageless act to Toronto May 25
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$100,000 fine looks good on call violator
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Gimme a bottle of old South Bayview please
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There will be those who have lived here all their lives who never thought they would see this sign raised on South Bayview. But up it went today as the LCBO’s new jigger-sized outlet gets ready to open in a few days. Even before the store is open however the buzz on the worksite is that this is a “temporary” location. What’s that mean? Well, no one has an opinion on that. But the lightly constructed nature of the sign (plastic sheathing and metal strips) suggests that in a year or two, this place might go away. We can only hope that if it does we will have another outlet nearby, not all the way over in the SmartCentre. Ontario men leaders of Algeria terrorist attacks
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The CBC has revealed shocking information that two young men in their early 20s from London, Ontario were the leaders of the bloody terrorist attacks on an Alergian gas field project in January. The CBC identifies Xristos (Christos) Katsiroubas, 22 (right) and Ali Medlej, 24 (left) as two pals from high school who somehow became more and more alienated from normal life. The CBC report says that in 2007, when Xristos would have been merely 16, one of his relatives called authorities and alerted them to what he considered dangerous behavior. At some point, Xristos converted to Islam, a long leap from his Greek Orthodox origins. The CBC also says the two young men ended their horrifying mission by blowing themselves up as Alergian forces closed in. One had to be identified from DNA. A former schoolmate of Xristos who saw him in recent years said he appeared to be pre-occupied with Islam and was difficult to reach on any other topic. The friend said he and others urged Xristos to get a job and find some other purpose. The story does not appear to say if these men were born in Canada. Late Tuesday it was also revealed that a third young man, who attended school with Medlej and Katasiroubas, also traveled to Africa. But he did not participate in the gas field attack and is said to be alive in Africa. He has been identified at Aaron Yoon. A representative of the London mosque where Katsiroubas attended, Wael Haddara, said people with views that “disavow the idea of loyalty to Canada” aren’t welcome in the congregation and so sometimes go off and form their “own little cliques. CBC The Toronto Sun has run an account of a classmate of Katsiroubas who called him “forgettable.”
Pondering neighbourhood heritage status
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Impala production begins in Oshawa — no fooling
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Room 204 kids at Cody School thank COBS Bread
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There’s been a nice payoff for COBS Bread this week for its public-spirited efforts on behalf of the Maurice Cody School Dirt to Turf program. The Cody kids of Room 204 produced this excellent thank you poster which now adorns the front door of COBS on Bayview Ave. COBS committed to direct 10 percent of the value of proceeds of purchases made by Cody parents this winter as a contribution to the school’s program of converting its playground from grass and mud to safe and dry artificial turf. Tremblett’s Valu Mart on Bayview has picked up the idea for a further month. Parents shopping there should identify themselves as Cody parents to have 10 percent of the value of the purchase contributed to the turf fund. 


