Reporting from South Bayview’s Starbucks yesterday, Angela Lam, of Stainton Murray & Lam at 1552 Bayview Avenue thought our readers would be interested to know why it appears that someone has painted the town… um, orange.  Literally.  A can of neon orange spray paint had been dropped on Bayview Avenue and when it got run over, it exploded neon spray paint all over the parked cars in front of Starbucks. A black Ford Explorer SUV got the brunt of it, and was decorated appropriately for Halloween. Angela did not get to see the reaction when they returned to their Jackson Pollack inspired new paint job, but we reckon they were not pleased.

Toronto Fire Fighters have officially kicked off their Care Enough to Wear Pink campaign for the month of October.  Their pink fire truck, named “Louise” garnered much attention at her first public appearances, a big hit with both children and adults. Many photos have been taken so far and they ask that you tweet or post those photos of yourself with Louise on Twitter or Facebook, using the hashtag #TPFFApink.  On October 4th, Louise appeared on Breakfast Television then she then headed north to the Louise Temerty Breast Cancer Centre at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre to visit staff and patients for the day.  In 2011, Toronto Fire Fighters pledged to raise $100,000 for the Louise Temerty Breast Cancer Centre. To date, the TPFFA have raised $77,300 of their $100,000 pledge. Please support them to ensure that they fulfil that pledge by the end of October this year.

To support our campaign and help us reach our $100,000 pledge, you have a few options:

Option #1: Attend an event that we are hosting – please see the ever evolving event listing below, which will be updated on a regular basis. You can receive one of our very popular pink baseball caps with a donation of $20.00 or one of our pink ribbon pins for a $5.00 donation. Of course, we will also accept any donation that you are willing to make to the campaign.

TPFFA’s Care Enough to Wear Pink baseball cap

Option #2: Pink baseball caps and pink ribbon pins can be purchased from two branch locations of our Comtech Fire Credit Union, located at either 1997 Avenue Road or 637 King Street W.

Option #3: Pick your pink baseball cap up from the Toronto Professional Fire Fighters’ Association office, located at 39 Commissioners Street.

Event Schedule

Please note that more events will be added that are yet to be finalized. Some dates and/or times may change but will be communicated as soon as those changes are known.

Thursday October 6th:
· Steamwhistle Brewery from 5:00pm until 9:00pm

Saturday October 8th:
· Loblaws at 17 Leslie Street (Leslie & Lakeshore) from 8:30 am until 4:00pm

Sunday October 9th:
· Loblaws at 17 Leslie Street (Leslie & Lakeshore) from 8:30 am until 4:00pm

Saturday October 15th:
· Loblaws at 2877 Bayview Village (Bayview & Sheppard) from 8:30 am until 4:00pm

Sunday October 16th:
· Loblaws at 2877 Bayview Village (Bayview & Sheppard) from 8:30 am until 4:00pm

Saturday October 22nd:
· Loblaws at 10 Lower Jarvis Street (Queen’s Quay) from 8:30 am until 4:00pm

Sunday October 23rd:
· Loblaws at 10 Lower Jarvis Street (Queen’s Quay) from 8:30 am until 4:00pm

Saturday October 29th:
· Loblaws at 60 Carlton Street (Maple Leaf Gardens) from 8:30 am until 4:00pm

Sunday October 30th:
· Loblaws at 60 Carlton Street (Maple Leaf Gardens) from 8:30 am until 4:00pm

See you all there!

www.torontofirefighters.org

A bomb threat warning at the Branson Ambulatory Care Unit of the North York General Hospital on Tuesday was called off Tuesday morning.just at 10 a.m. There were no injuries and nothing was found in the building.

Toronto Police Services has given all-clear to re-enter the Branson Ambulatory Care Centre. Matter has been resolved.

— North York General (@NYGH_News) September 27, 2016

Security issue at Branson Ambulatory Care Centre (Finch/Bathurst site). Site has been evacuated. Police investigation ongoing.

— North York General (@NYGH_News) September 27, 2016

Toronto Police will progressively change the colour of police cruisers to grey apparently because they are easier to keep clean and have a higher re-sale value. It is truly a sign of these cost-conscious times when the colour of police cars has more to do with resale value of the vehicle than the visibility of the uniformed patrol. Chris Nielsen, of Fleet Management, insists the patrol cars will maintain high visibility, although it seems doubtful they will be as obvious as the present white cars with blue and red trim. In the 70s and 80s, Metropolitan Toronto Police cars were chrome yellow, an expensive but dramatically visible statement. Chrome yellow was a costly and specialized process however and was finally abandoned for white cars. The new grey Ford Interceptors are now being rolled on city streets as vehicles are replaced. Each scout car has a lifespan of about 4.5 years, so it will take about four years to change the look of all cars so that there is no additional cost to the Service. About 80 cars are slated to be replaced this year. Toronto Police Service News Release

At approximately 8:30am on Tuesday, Toronto Police were on scene investigating an incident at the corner of Millwood Road and Sutherland Drive.  Millwood Road was closed in both directions from Randolph Road to Airdrie Road. The road was re-opened before 10am.

PI collision Sutherland Dr & Millwood Rd, pedestrian struck. The intersection is closed ^ma

— Toronto Police Operations (@TPSOperations) September 20, 2016

Millwood Rd is now open ^ma

— Toronto Police Operations (@TPSOperations) September 20, 2016

Some residents on Bessborough Drive in South Leaside have received notice that there will be a Best Buy commercial being shot on Thursday, September 22nd, 2016, between the hours of 7am – 11pm.  Surprisingly, none of the dozen production vehicles will be parked on Bessborough Drive, instead they will be seen on the south side of Rolland Road (between Bessborough and Hanna), on the North side of St. Cuthbert’s Road (between Bayview and Bessborough) and on the west side of Berney Crescent (150 meters from the corner).  Circle Productions has noted that a donation of $1000 is being made to the Trace Manes Playground Rejuvenation Project as a thank you for having their production in our neighbourhood.  Very nice indeed.

GAS LEAK: Bayview Avenue & Belsize Drive, @TPS53Div. Police assisting@Toronto_Fire because office building is being evacuated. #1640479 ^CdK

— Toronto Police Operations (@TPSOperations) September 15, 2016

Leonardo DiCaprio walked the red carpet at today’s TIFF premiere of documentary, Before The Flood.  It was shown this afternoon at The Princess of Wales Theatre.  Toronto loves Leo.

#LeonardoDiCaprio introduces #BeforeTheFlood doc today at #TIFF16 screening. #premiere #Toronto #climatechange pic.twitter.com/n1stjIT9fY

— SBayview (@SBayview) September 9, 2016

What we’ve learned so far about the iPhone 7:

• Colours: High gloss stainless finish called Jet Black, a second black, we call it simply: black. Gold, silver, rose gold as well.
• Home button reengineerd to be non-mechanical, force sensitive solid state, with a Taptic Engine.
• The new enclosure is water and dust resistant.
• New camera system is a huge advancement. Everything is new: optical stabilization, f1.8 aperture lens, new six-element lens.
• New TrueTone flash with four LEDs that has a flicker sensor to make photos in artificial lighting look better.
• Front-facing camera is now 7 megapixels with auto image stabilization.
• 2 x 12-megapixel cameras on the Plus. One is a telephoto. Real zooming.
• 2x optical zoom. Up to 10x with software zoom.
• Bokeh! The dual cameras create a depth map to find the subjects of a photo and blur the background.
• 25 percent brighter, wide color gamut, color management, 3D Touch.
• Stereo speakers!  twice the volume as the 6S, with increased dynamic range.
• Earpods. Now connecting over Lightning. Yep, no headphone jack.

Images: TheVerge.com