Residents are asked to observe caution in today’s sweltering temperatures. Dr. David McKeown, Medical Officer of Health, has issued a Heat Alert. The alert will be in effect until further notice. During a Heat Alert, the public is encouraged to call or visit family, friends and neighbours, especially isolated adults and seniors who are at greater risk of suffering from heat-related illness, to make sure they are cool and drinking plenty of fluids.
Leaside burger builders at Amsterdam brewery
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Six of Leaside’s burger builders gathered at the Amsterdam Brewery to count the votes and the dollars raised for the Hospital for Sick Children’s Foundation. The foundation will receive a minimum of $2,000 in the memory of Georgia Walsh who was killed by a minvan at McRae and Millwood in July. Patrons of local restaurants participating in the Leaside Burger Battle contributed a dollar of the price of the burgers to the foundation. Left to right are Carlos from McSorleys Saloon, Andrew from South Street Burger, Sue from Leaside Pub, Joanne from Against The Grain, Andy from Grilltime and Simon from McSorleys. Not present: Nada from Originals and Kwan from Shoeless Joe’s. The burger with the highest sales and the most number of votes was The Leaside Pub. A key organizer, Andy Elder, said today’s gathering gave owners a chance to meet, many for the first time. Andy adds: “Amsterdam is a gem in this neighbourhood. I wish more people would support them by shopping for their beer there”. Sounds good.
Joan Rivers, 81, dead after throat surgery
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Liberals to sell off LCBO property on Lakeshore
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It’s the story of cash-strapped Ontario. The government says the money, an unknown amount, will go to fix up and pay for roads, bridges and transit. CBC
News of Penrose closing saddens community
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This undated picture by photographer Greg Patterson is one of the best seen of the annual Good Friday lineup at Penrose Fish and Chips. News that the shop will close after nearly 65 years in business has saddened customers and friends in the area. But the store remains open for another month at 600 Mount Pleasant Rd., so there’s still time to catch a plate or two of fish and chips.
Tough TIFFY if you’re stuck behind barricades
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Well, this is the big day. The 39th annual Toronto International Film Festival is on and seldom have more thrilling dreams been spun of unlocatable and unattainable “galas” or of standing behind barricades to watch for people you don’t know. Would you like them if you did? This is interesting from NOW magazine. It is about something called Wet Bum, Dry Humour. Cute, cheeky title. Also, King Street West will be closed between Peter Street and University Ave. Really, TIFF dillys, knock yourselves out. Twitter
Gasoline prices down, gasoline prices up
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There appears to be a small window of opportunity to fill up at a somewhat better price on gasoline in Toronto. Prices for regular blends stand at about 129.9 c/L Thursday morning (September 4, 2014) but are expected to go up again this evening.
Mr. Greenjeans closes for good in Eaton Centre
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Family restaurant Mr. Greenjeans in the Toronto Eaton Centre has closed down. In shutting the doors after 34 years the owner Maury Kalen sounded a somewhat sour note. He told the Hamilton Spectator: “The Eaton Centre has no Eaton’s, it has no Sears, it has no anchor.” The Spectator
FaceBook loses $22,453 for each minute it’s down
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FaceBook was down this afternoon for an estimated 18 minutes and as we have come to know, it made the lives of the FaceBook generation something slightly worse than death by a thousand cuts. Users began reporting the social network down around 3.30 p.m., bringing interaction on both Facebook’s website and mobile apps to a grinding halt. “Sorry, something went wrong. We’re working on getting this fixed as soon as we can,” read an error message on Facebook’s desktop site. According to reports, the outage appeared to affect users in the U.S. and Canada, as well as other parts of the world. Later, in a statement, Facebook said: “Earlier today we encountered an error while making an infrastructure configuration change that briefly made it difficult for people to access Facebook. We immediately discovered the issue and fixed it, and everyone should now be able to connect.” Facebook had major outages in May, June and August. TechCrunch’s Josh Constine estimates Facebook loses at about $22,453 every minute it’s down around the globe. Mashable put the total downtime at 18 minutes.
Ryan Slack’s Sturgeon Lake Muskie monster
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Ryan Slack, a Leaside lad now grown and married will be remembered by many from Leaside High School. Over the weekend while fishing on the Trent Severn System Ryan, caught this monster Muskie out of Sturgeon Lake. His dad, former CTV editor Ian Slack, mailed the pictures to The Bulldog. The barely believable denizen was about 50 inches long but the mouth was frightening. Truly unreal said Ian. It seems to be at least ten inches across. Ryan and his brother in law Jim got a 36-incher about ten minutes earlier and returned it to the lake. They tried to revive this one but after a half an hour of trying it was no go so it the enormous specimen will be mounted. The Trent Severn System is famous for its muskie, pickerel, pike, walleye, large and small mouth bass and many other fish.
Facebook Back Online After Worldwide Outage
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“Emergency repair” closes Glen Road bridge
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Rosedale’s Glen Road pedestrian bridge has been closed for an apparently unknown period of time for emergency repairs. The City issued a release this morning (Wednesday, August 3, 2013) that the well-used footbridge connecting the southern reaches of Rosedale with Bloor Street was found to require urgent repairs during a routine inspection. The news release says only that the bridge will be opened again once repairs are complete. The bridge extends from the intersection of Glen Road and Dale Avenue, across the Rosedale Valley Road to Bloor Street East just east of Sherbourne Street. The closure means that pedestrians will now have to walk out to Sherbourne St. along Maple Ave. and use the Sherbourne bridge to reach Bloor.
