City stunned by out-of-nowhere plastic bag ban
City bans plastic bags outright — no exceptions
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Get ready for a black market in plastic bags. Got a bag? It’s okay. Joe sent me. It seems to be coming as City Council enacts an outright ban on plastic bags in Toronto. In particular, Council has voted 24-20 to ban any retailer from giving you a plastic bag for any reason whatsoever. Lobalws, Cobs, Chai on Bayview, Homefront, Right Impressions, Mac’s, Subway Sandwich. The list goes on and on. And it seems highly likely, if this ban sticks, that someone is going to get charged under the law. Will it be you? Seen on the street with a plastic bag? .Where did you get that plastic bag ma’am? Don’t you know that it’s illegal to give someone a plastic bag. Do you have any more at home?
Breathtaking video of Venus across the Sun
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This amazing video of Venus across the Sun was captured by NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO), the most advanced spacecraft ever designed to study the sun. Some quibblers complain that the high definition is blunted by the upload to YouTube and yet the scenes revealed are frankly breathtaking.
Meeting Monday about Wicksteed site
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There will be a meeting Monday, June 7, 2012 at 7 p.m. in the William Lea Room at the Leaside Arena, 1073 Millwood Road. The subject will be the huge, 147,000 square foot retail development proposed for the lands to the north of Wicksteed Avenue. This is an extension of the SmartCentres development of recent years to the south of Wicksteed. It’s odd shape has won it the name of the Salamander. It features a sinister box-type building of some 83,000 square feet — more or less perfect for a new style Walmart. There’s no confirmation of this tenant but as organizers say, the developer is being cagey about who he is talking to. The meeting is being held by Unite Leaside and the Leaside Property Owners Association (LPOA). Several informed speakers will explore the nature of the planned development, describe the process for City approvals and highlight concerns about traffic, density and other local issues. Go to the website for information.
Modella Ladies to open at 1579 Bayview
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Modella Ladies Wear, a small chain of women’s wear stores, will open at 1579 Bayview Ave. shortly. Modella is known outside Toronto for its stores in places like Dundas, Hamilton (Westdale) and Oaville.
Greeting card sale at Homefront
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Right now, there’s a greeting card sale at Homefreont. Buy four cards and get 20% off all four. Homefront, 371 Eglnton Ave E.
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Cyclist hit by bus at Bayview-Roehampton
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A man on a bicycle was struck by a TTC bus in at Roehampton and Bayview yesterday. The accident occurred around 2 p.m. The CBC reported that the cyclist was taken to Sunnybrook Hospital with serious, but non-life threatening injuries. It’s not clear what happened although he area around Bayview and Eglinton Ave E. is extremely busy with cars, trucks and buses.
Walters sorry for conflict of interest
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Barbara Walters has apologized for a conflict of interest in trying to further the career of an aide to Syrian president Bashar al-Assad. Britain’s Daily Telegraph reports that Ms. Walters tried to help Sheherazad Jaafari, 22, the daughter of Syria’s UN ambassador and a top press aide to Assad. The paper says she attempted to secure Ms. Jaafari a place at New York’s Columbia School of Journalism as well as an internship with Piers Morgan’s CNN program. Ms. Walters and Ms. Jaafari first came into contact when the broadcaster was trying to get an interview with Mr. Assad, said The Telegraph. Ms. Jaafari helped prepare Mr. Assad for the interview.MoreCourt artist renders likeness of accused
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Work of alert court artist Kagan McLeod offers first look at a likeness of Christopher Husbands in the National Post.
Story on the 13-year-old boy shot Saturday
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Ontario drivers license computers down
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Computers which process drivers licenses in Ontario are out of service today (Monday). Those phoning ServiceOntario headquarters in Kingston or attending a ServiceOntario office in Toronto were turned away without being able to do any business. Clerks said they do not know when service is likely to be resumed.
Space shuttle passes under Liberty’s eye
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A picture for the history books as the shuttle Enterprise is towed past the Statue of Liberty and New York skyline on its way to the Intrepid Air and Space Museum.