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Worker rescued from 100ft cell tower at Bayview/Post Rd.

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UPDATE: Worker has been rescued. Toronto Fire Service has tweeted that a worker is stuck at the top of a cell tower (100ft up), equipment is broken, Toronto Fire investigating.

Premier Wynne bids farewell to Frank and Nora Kim

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Premier Wynne visited South Bayview Friday during the lunch hour to offer best wishes to the retiring operators of Rosie’s Kitchen at 1549 Bayview Ave. next to the Scotiabank. Frank and Nora, have operated the breakfast and lunch spot, and raised a son and daughter, since they arrived in Canada from Korea in 2004.  Part of Bayview Ave. since 2004, Frank and Nora to retire

Cody kids dance to mark 40 years of Saturday Night Fever

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In honour of the 40th anniversary of Saturday Night Fever, 500+ Maurice Cody students (and teachers) took part in school-wide line dance at 1:30pm, June 20th at 364 Belsize Dr.

St. Anselm’s students chacha to top trophy at Palais Royal

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Join The Dance Canada’s mad hot ballroom competition ‘Colours of the Rainbow’ Grand Trophy Finals took place at Toronto’s historic Palais Royale Ballroom Tuesday, June 20th. The young dancers from Leaside’s St. Anselm Catholic School captured the stunning gold trophy this year! Congrats! 120 ten-to-twelve year old students representing the 10 Finalist Schools for this year participated in the competition. “Join the Dance (Canada) is a registered Canadian Charity established in February 2006 to deliver Social Development/ Academic Enrichment programs through the medium of dance to children and youth. JTD is the official representative for Pierre Dulaine’s internationally renowned Dancing Classrooms of Mad Hot Ballroom2005) & Take the Lead (2006) fame.”
https://twitter.com/stanselm_cs/status/877339108221177858
https://twitter.com/dnespolo/status/877322552510631937

LIVE: Toronto and EY Community Council – June 13, 2017

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Some items of local interest:

TE25.11 (10:00 AM)  1955-1985 Yonge Street, 3 Belsize Drive, and 18-22 Millwood Road – Site Plan Control Application – Final Report  (Ward 22)
TE25.13 (10:00 AM)  703-713 Soudan Avenue and 1674-1684 Bayview Avenue – Rental Housing Demolition Application Under Municipal Code Chapter 667 – Final Report  (Ward 22 – Statutory: Planning Act, RSO 1990)
TE25.15 (10:00 AM)  124 Belsize Drive – Draft Plan of Common Elements Condominium Application and Part Lot Control Exemption Application – Final Report  (Ward 22)
TE25.19 (10:30 AM)  55 and 65 Broadway Avenue – Zoning Amendment Application – Request for Direction Report  (Ward 22)
TE25.20 (10:30 AM)  492 – 498 Eglinton Avenue East and 3-7 Cardiff Road – Official Plan and Zoning Amendment Applications – Request for Direction  (Ward 22)
TE25.58 39 and 41 Roehampton Avenue and 50 Eglinton Avenue East – Zoning Amendment Application – Preliminary Report  (Ward 22) Amended
TE25.59 1982-1984 Yonge Street – Zoning Amendment Application – Preliminary Report  (Ward 22) Adopted
TE25.108 Bringing Laneway Suites to the Toronto and East York District  (Ward 18, 32) Held By
Ana Bailão

Imagine parking your horse at Yonge and Davisville today?

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The J J Davis Store in 1900, operated by Jack and Charles Davis

Davisville is named after John Davis and his family. John came to Canada from England at age 27 in 1840. The J J Davis Store was built in 1894 by the Davis family. A general store and post office was operated by Jack and Charles Davis, grandsons of John Davis. In later decades it became home to other retail stores and is now Starbucks at the corner of Yonge St and Davisville Ave.

This Davisville Village “Did you know…” brought to you by the SERRA Heritage Working Group.

Flooding closes Bayview Extension south of River St.

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Power outage hits midtown Toronto 

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Toronto Hydro has tweeted: “We’re also experiencing an outage within Eglinton/St.Clair/Yonge/Bayview boundaries. Approx. 1,100 customer affected.”