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“Squirrel car”sells Royal Nuts in South Bayview

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Here we are in the parking lot of the Loblaws store at Moore and Bayview Aves. with a sight that is just about beyond belief. A Fiat 500 (so cute) dressed up with a squirrel tail and a crown on top to tell nut eaters about the excellence of Royal Nuts. We used to call these small vehicles “peanut cars”. Little did we know. Now this flavourful Cinquecento takes the prize, We are especially fond of the artistocratic squirrel on the hood, bringing together the difficult to marry cultures of rodent and regal nut love.  

Toronto buyers bring TSX index off lows of day

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The TSX composite index is down more than 1,000 points since early September and it was down again today (Wednesday, October 15, 2014)  There’s lots of talk among some poeople about finding bargains to buy. Thing is, the preferred stocks like the banks have yet to fall all that much. No one wants to buy energy. And yet today was a wild ride of bulls and bears in Toronto and New York. Toronto was down 166 points but that brought it back from the low of the day when it was down 300. The Dow Jones industrial was down 173.58 points after being off more than 400 points earlier in the day. 

How will we keep our nurses safe from Ebola?

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The question hangs heavy on authorities and hospital administrators across North America as some type of failure in protection has resulted in not one but two nurses falling ill with Ebola. They both work at Texas Presbyterian Hospital in Dallas. They are Nina Pham, 26, (left) and Amber Vinson, 29 (right). In Canada, the Canadian Fcderation of Nurses Unions has written to the federal health minister citing five cases where hospitals were not ready to deal with a number of Ebola false alarms. The details seem sketchy and presumably have come forward from union members. At one unnamed hospital, there was no plan in place, the CFNU said. Dr. Eric Hoskins, Ontario’s Health minister, insists the province is ready to deal with any outbreak. This BBC video describes the process of suiting up to stay safe from the virus. Also CTV.

Liberals and the law of Other Peoples Money

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The linked story tells of how the Ontairo government was so keen in 2011 to lend money to MaRS that it re-wrote the requirements for the loan to make MaRS qualify. The seemingly immutable rule of Other Peoples Money (OPM) is that no bureaucracy was ever created that can handle OPM like it was its own. This seems an especially smelly example of that. Globe and Mail

Leaside Library Halloween Fun Fair Oct. 25

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Halloween events and activities are beginning to fill the calendar. The Leaside Public Library on McRae Drive will hold its Halloween Fair Sat October 25, 2014  between 2 and 4 p.m. It’s fun for kids from three to eight years in the form of a spooky story time, goodie bag decorating, and face painting. You can drop in and no registration is required.

Nightmarish ordeal of 4-year-old reported by CTV

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A father and mother from North York are now charged with failing to provide the necessities of life for a 4-year-old boy. CTV Toronto has said the lad was apparently made to endure a punishment ordeal in which he had to stand against a wall for hours. The case came to light in the early hours of Monday, October 13, 2014 following a call to 9-1-1 to a townhome on Finch Ave. E east of Leslie Street. The 4-year-old was found dead  According to CTV and other media, neighbours say an ambulance arrived at the townhouse around 2:30 a.m. on Monday and two people were led out of the home in handcuffs. Neighbours say the family moved into the townhouse a few months ago, but they never saw the child playing outside. Joel Roberto, 27, and Ravyn Colley, 24 appeared in a downtown Toronto court Tuesday morning. They have been remanded into custody and will make another court appearance on Thursday  CTV 

Weakened Rob Ford gets out to vote for brother

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Rob Ford on Tuesday
Mayor Rob Ford appeared diminished and thoroughly fatigued as he appeared in public to vote for his brother today in Etobicoke. Mr. Ford has undergone chemotherapy treatment for the serious tumour condition revealed in September and was unable to walk up stairs from he church basement after he voted. He told reporters that he’s “not feeling well” There was a touching moment when his long-time friend from Etobicoke Doug Holiday, now a PC MPP, met Mr. Ford at the church and wished him well. TalkRadio640 reports that the mayor was beset by wheezing and had difficulty speaking for extended periods of time. He will be back in Mount Sinai Hospital on October 29 to discuss more treatment options to treat the tumorous condition known as liposarcoma.

Advance polling at Leaside heavy say workers

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Leaside arena Tuesday

The William Lea Room was busy Tuesday morning with people lined up to vote in the advance poll. The arena building at 1073 Millwood Rd is the only advance poll in Ward 26. That’s the rule in all wards. In Ward 27, the Commmunity Centre at 519 Church Street was also busy. And on this first of six advance polling days comes word of a rather feeble effort to sell beer because there is an election. It’s enough to justify all the terrible things the formerly tea-total electoral system used to say about boozing. This time it’s called (groan) Happy Voting Hour. Apparently you don’t have to vote to buy beer and to drink. Yeah. No one seems to have figured out that the Happy Voting Hour might actually deter people from voting. The places doing this shall be nameless. Where to vote locally