This handsome home on Inglewood Drive in Moore Park recently sold for $2,100,000, about $50,000 over asking.
Rioting. gasoline bombs, in a London street
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There’s been serious public unrest in London. The riots were apparently inspired among mostly young people by the shooting by the police of a man in the Tottenham area a couple of night ago. Gasoline bombs were thrown at buses. Videos from the BBC and Sky News
Where’s Sophie? Oh, that is Sophie
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Many readers of the South Bayview Bulldog will recognize Sophie, happy in the service of Second Cup. Except of course that Sophie has a new look which threw the customers today. Her fantastic blond coif is contrasted with the Sophie of a few weeks ago.
Meet the maple glazed doughnut cheeseburger
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Sure, it’s a publicity stunt but they’re actually going to feed these things to people. You are looking at a bacon cheeseburger between two maple-glazed doughnuts. It will be waiting for visitors to the Canadian National Exhibition. It’s from those crazy folks at Krispy Kreme. And some loopy kids will eat one (or more). There’s 1500 calories in it incidentally and a cholesterol count that is off the meter.
Developer solicits tenants on Laird where geese play in mud
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Canada Geese at “Leaside Village” before construction/Bulldog
While Canada Geese live it up in the mud and water behind the hoarding at Leaside Village, 85 Laird Drive, the developer is busy with signs that are intended to find tenants for the new shops. The slick representation of how the finished development will appear shows every building with the generic “Signage” over the door. There’s only the slightest hint of the old railway building, seen at the edge of a picture with its arched window.
Valu Mart local mural “painted over”
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Staff at the Tremblelt’s Valu-Mart say the familiar mural depicting local scenes, including the old coal silos (inset) has been painted over and is gone for good. The mural hung on the north wall of the supermarket in the dairy department. Among the sites shown in the mural was the Dominion and Coal and Wood retail silos (picture inset) which once stood at Mount Pleasant and Merton Street.
Beth Tikvah synagogue defaced
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The Beth Tikvah synagogue on Bayview Ave north of Sheppard Ave. was defaced with black paint scrawls saying things like “Island will Rule”. Toronto Sun
Fewer services, or much higher taxes?
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Here’s a column that gets closer to the true issue before City Council. Do you want fewer service or some nice higher taxes. The writer suggests that Mayor Ford send a notice to each home showing what it will cost to keep all the things we have and asking taxpayers to agree to pay the estimated tax increases associated with each. The column.
Cadillac, Toyota RAV to be built in Ontario
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Both General Motors and Toyota have announced plans to assemble new vehicles in Ontario. GM will assign the Oshawa plant to make the anticipated new Caddy intended to compete with the largest models produced by BMW and Mercedes. Production will begin next year. Toyota said it will assemble its RAV4 crossover utility vehicle at its plant in Woodstock. The RAv4 has an electric car component. Toyota has obtained a $71 loan (repayable) from the federal government and grant of the same amount from Ontario. Together they cover about 25 percent of the cost of tooling up the Woodstock plant to assemble the RAV4.
Kraft separates snacks from groceries
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Kraft Food Inc has decided to create two companies with its many food products. You might not have noticed the difference, but Kraft says things like Oreo goodies are part of a natural grouping it calls snack foods. On the other hand, Jell-O is a grocery item. Who knew? Reuters
Waste to Energy should be our future
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This is a CBC Television story about the promising technology known as Waste to Energy Incineration, or WtoE for short. There continues to be a forceful advocacy program against incineration in Toronto and in fact many schools teach opposition to incineration. But science is saying this approach is not sensible. WtoE is clean. When you factor in the exhaust of trucks used to move garbage to landfills, it is very clean. WtoE is used in many parts of Europe, Japan and in parts of the United States. In places like Toronto, which continue to foul farmland with garbage, this apparently clean and efficient method is being considered by forward thinking municipal officials. Click the headline on this post and scroll to read the archives from The South Bayview Bulldog on this topic.
Evening mugging near Lawrence Park
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Toronto Police Service report: A 14 year old male reports that on August 2, 2011 at approximately 2130 hours, he was in the area of Lawrence Avenue West and Chatsworth Drive, when he was approached by two male suspects. The suspects pushed and punched the victim. The suspects also removed a laptop computer, wallet, cellular phone and a quantity of clothing from the victim’s possession. The suspects then fled the scene in an unknown direction. No injuries were sustained by the victim. Police are requesting the assistance of the public in identifying the following described persons in connection with this offence. Description of Suspect #1: Male, 5”11”, medium build. Suspect #2: Male, 5’8” to 5’9”, medium build.