Thousands of people yesterday watched as three cooling towers and a giant chimney which dominated the east Kent (UK) skyline for 50 years were blown up. It was a breathtaking show. The demolition at Richborough Power Station, near Sandwich, was carried out by explosives experts and took less than one minute.The 300ft (100m) towers were part of a complex which opened in 1962 to burn fuel from the Kent coalfields. The owners of the plant want to build a green energy park on the site. Almost every accessible vantage point on roads in the surrounding area was taken as people parked where they could to watch the demolition.
Temp hits record-breaking 15.7 C on Bayview
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All over South Bayviewland this Sunday, people were basking in record breaking 15.7 C weather. The lovely sunshine broke a 35-year record set on March 11, 1977 of 15.3 C. The occasion was not wasted by the crowds who thronged in front of the shop and restaurants. This is the patio of The Mad Italian.
Robocall culprit Peirre Poutine to be unmasked
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The news that Elections Canada investigators are aware of the IP address that “Pierre Poutine” used to set up the Guelph, robocall account has convinced a suspect to step forward and accept responsibility for the deceptive calls, sources say. Whoever set up the account that sent out the election day message that deceived opposition supporters in Guelph was careful to cover his electronic tracks .National Post.
Riders in Scarboro say they prefer buses to LRT
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Desmond Cole on the Torontist blog has written about the public meeting held last night in Scarborough and featuring fierce opponents of the proposed LRT expansion. TTc chair Karen Stintz (ward 16) was present and it appears she deserves a badge of courage for attending. We’re indebted to Mr Cole for a fairly balanced account. His interviews with a few attendees who use the TTC revealed an important aspect of City transit needs. It appears that riders oppose the LRT concept and are happy to ride buses until there’s a subway. Revealing. The meeting was organized by the Toronto Taxpayers Coalition.
Today’s Menu will open at 850 Millwood Road
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What appears to be a well-established business known as Today’s Menu has taken the small shop at 850 Millwood Rd. at the corner of Rumsey Rd. Today’s Menu (todaysmenu.ca) specializes in prepared meals which it then delivers. The business started small in early 2002, according to the website, as a personal in-home chef operation. In due course, it became apparent that time would be better used by making meals and delivering them. In 2004, it began to offer a delivery service because the logistics of going from house-to-house every day was getting too complicated. The site says the change turned out to work better for clients and their familie From the website again, the store now operating at 1933 Gerrard St. E,. will close more or less concurrent with the opening of the new store at 850 Millwood on Tuesday, April 10, 2012.
Drug store opposite Davisville Station robbed
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Toronto Police Service: A 29 year old female employee of Welcome Guardian Drug Store, 1881 Yonge Street (between Davisville ave and Balliol St) reports that on March 7, 2012 at approximately 2010 hours, a male suspect entered the premises and approached the pharmacy counter. The suspect produced a note demanding a quantity of prescription drugs and indicating he was armed, although no weapon was seen. The victim complied. The suspect then fled the scene in an unknown direction. Police are requesting the assistance of the public in identifying the following described person in connection with this offence. Description of Suspect: Male, white, 42 to 45 years, 5’7” to 5’9”, medium build, green/hazel eyes.63 Bessborough comes down root and branch
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Following up on 63 Bessborough Dr., they were busy Thursday removing the huge roots of the Silver Maple which was cut down last September (right). Very soon the house itself will be removed. There is a large hole in the roof and this home is clearly destined to become part of Leaside’s ever busy renewal.
Air Canada will lock out pilots Monday
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Air Canada served notice Thursday it will lock its pilots out as of 12:01 a.m. Monday morning after their union failed to accept a final offer from management in their ongoing labour talks.The move could potentially disrupt the travel plans of Canadians over the busy March Break period
Thorncliffe beer store to Leaside Village
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As is known, the Brewers Retail Store at Thorncliffe and Overlea will move to the new Leaside Village development on Laird Drive when it opens this summer. This story is explored in the Town Crier.
Bid to put 7-storey condo on Postal Stn R site
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There has been an application filed to build a seven storey condominium on the site of the old Postal Station R at the address known as 2 Laird Drive. Members of the community are messaging as many people as they can to organize resistance to this development, one which they say is not at all in keeping with the neighborhood. An approval would change the zoning from Commercial to Residential, Multiple Dwellings. The permitted height would go from 12.2 metres (40 feet) to 26.4 metres (86.6 feet). The sense of emails zooming around Leaside tonight is that anyone who wishes to stop this development should contact the Councillor, Mr Parker, as soon as possible. The now vacant building which for nearly 50 years housed Postal Station R at 2 Laird Drive was sold for $3,050,000, according to land registry records. The new registered was KCAP Laird Inc It is a statement on our history that the property in question was purchased by the government in 1959 for $115,000. All posts on this subject.
Fashion train rolls into facsimile station
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Fashion has outgrown the catwalk show. Now that the industry is a worldwide entertainment business, with celebrity-packed audiences and global-reach livestreamed collections, beautiful women wearing beautiful clothes is simply no longer enough to satisfy the audience. Louis Vuitton once again raised the bar on the 21st-century phenomenon of the fashion spectacular. Guests arriving at the marquee erected in one of the larger courtyards of the Louvre found themselves in a lifesize facsimile of a train station, complete with ornately arching ironwork and a giant station clock. As the clock struck 10, steam began to emerge from behind the black gates at the far end of the catwalk, a false floor was pulled back to reveal train tracks, and the Louis Vuitton express – a handsome one-carriage train liveried in navy and gold, built especially for the show – pulled into the “station”. An elegant, all-female cast of travellers, who could be seen through the train windows, descended on to the station one by one, each accompanied by a uniformed, white-gloved porter carrying her handbag and luggage. The Guardian
Tim vs Starbucks: Battle of Main Street ahead?
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Tim Hortons and Starbucks are a tale of two coffee shop concepts. Tim’s is almost always in a service station or easy-park suburban lot. Starbucks is a street corner phenomenon The question now that Tim’s has announced a large expansion program is where will those new shops go. Pretty nearly every service station worth going into already has a Tim’s. Around South Bayviewland the Tim Hortons are out numbered 10 or 15 to one by Starbucks. Why? Because Starbucks plunks its shops down on every street it can find. Forget the parking. The question was not asked at the news conference yesterday but it’s the one that overhangs the entire Tim’s expansion. Are they about to launch the battle of main street against Starbucks?