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.”
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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 |
Looking forward to today's Toronto & East York Community Council- with over 130 items on the agenda. https://t.co/UNHxd2mSaE
— Josh Matlow (@JoshMatlow) June 13, 2017
Packed Toronto & East York community council agenda underway. @MargaretAtwood is signed up to speak to a development proposal on Davenport
— Jennifer Pagliaro (@jpags) June 13, 2017
Imagine parking your horse at Yonge and Davisville today?
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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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HAZARD
Bayview Extension CLOSED south of River st due to flooding #922516— Toronto Police Operations (@TPSOperations) May 25, 2017
Flooding on the southern portion of Bayview Extension #TOflood pic.twitter.com/57teThy1a0
— CityNews Toronto (@CityNewsTO) May 25, 2017
Swath of Lake Shore Boulevard and Bayview Extension closed after flooding https://t.co/WWOe6NUoUW pic.twitter.com/HpaAjG9Clm
— CBC Toronto (@CBCToronto) May 25, 2017
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.”
Yonge/Eglinton outage update: crews are on site making repairs. ETOR is approximately 9pm. We apologize for the inconvenience.
— Toronto Hydro (@TorontoHydro) May 25, 2017
We are west of Mt. Pleasant on Balliol power off over an hour and a half any idea of time on fix here?
— Karen Siddiqi (@KarenSiddiqi1) May 25, 2017
Power is out — west side of Bayview (nr Millwood) + Moore Park. Is it out for you too? Let us know #poweroutTO @JoshMatlow @TorontoHydro
— SBayview (@SBayview) May 25, 2017
Correction: Eglinton/St.Clair/Yonge/Bayview outage is affecting approximately 1,100 customers, not 11,000. Crews are responding.
— Toronto Hydro (@TorontoHydro) May 25, 2017
uhmmm @TorontoHydro no power? StClair/MtPleasant any details?
— mpleaf (@mpleaf67) May 25, 2017
Fire (Hydro Vault) – Yonge St @ Eglinton Avenue East, Toronto (7 Trucks)
— Toronto Fire (@tofire) May 25, 2017
FIRE:
Yonge St + Eglinton Av
-Transformer blew earlier
-Steam from Hydro vault
-Power out in area
-Outage may last a few hours
#922299
^dh— Toronto Police Operations (@TPSOperations) May 25, 2017
Millwood Shoe Repair open again with fresh new look
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After undergoing a speedy facelift, Millwood Shoe Repair at 706 Millwood Road is up and running under new management. Ramin and his wife Rose have added some services not previously offered. You can now visit the freshly painted shop for clothing alterations, watch battery replacement, key cutting services, skate sharpening and of course, you can get your shoes dyed or repaired. Pop in and say hello!
2017 Maurice Cody Spring Fair celebrates Canada 150
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Fireworks readied for lighting Monday evening at LHS
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Preparing the fireworks at LHS! Amazing display scheduled to begin at 8:45 tonight — always a good show. Video and event recap here.
Millwood Shoe Repair gets face lift from new owner Ramin
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Since announcing that “Mac” would retire from Millwood Shoe Repair and Skate Exchange, Ramin and his wife have taken over as the new owner operators. If you poke your head in the front door you will see Ramin wielding a hammer or drill embarking on the demo and removal of the old fixtures and antique shoe repair machines. He hopes to have the shiny new equipment and decor ready soon so that he can make your shoes look shiny and new! We are very happy as another family business joins the South Bayview shopping strip and The Bulldog wishes them the best in their endeavors!
TONIGHT: McSorley’s Customer Appreciation Party
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A message from the McSorley’s BigWigs, “We are pleased to announce our customer appreciation party will be taking place Friday May 5th between 3-5pm. Join us for live music from Shawn Brady, some drinks, some apps & all around great time. During the evening our favorite magician Chris Westfall will be making an encore appearance from his usual Wednesday night magic show to wow all of you between 6:30-8:30pm. If you can please join us. We really want to thank all of you for making this one of the best bars in Toronto for over 25 years!”
Severe thunderstorm watch issued for Toronto and GTA
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Severe Thunderstorm Watch – Issued at 10:47 Monday 01 May 2017
Conditions are favourable for the development of severe thunderstorms that may be capable of producing strong wind gusts up to 90 km/h and heavy rain this afternoon and early evening.
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Strong wind gusts can toss loose objects, damage weak buildings, break branches off trees and overturn large vehicles. Heavy downpours can cause flash floods and water pooling on roads.
Severe thunderstorm watches are issued when atmospheric conditions are favourable for the development of thunderstorms that could produce one or more of the following: large hail, damaging winds, torrential rainfall.
Please continue to monitor alerts and forecasts issued by Environment Canada. To report severe weather, send an email to ec.cpio-tempetes-ospc-storms.ec@canada.ca or tweet reports using #ONStorm.
For more information:
http://www.emergencymanagementontario.ca/english/beprepared/beprepared.html.
Cumbrae’s chipping away at 1589-1591 Bayview
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As Cumbrae’s continue their transformation of 1589-1591 Bayview Avenue into a big new butcher shop, workers can be seen chipping away at the façade of what was once a TD Bank branch (back in the 1990’s). Cumbrae’s is a veteran of the street with its busy store located at 1636 Bayview. The dynamic high-end meat and specialty food retailer will convert the new larger space to the complex environment needed for a sophisticated butcher shop. We are looking forward to when the new store is finally revealed. Previous


