How concerned should residents be about the staggering mushroom farm of condominiums known as Toronto? With as many as 100,000 of them under construction, there is rational concern that they are poorly-built and quite likely to become tomorrow’s slums. And think about this. Some say the desperate finances of the City have all but blinded politicians to the issue. They are grabbing the money from fees and taxes just to keep the city afloat day to day. Market Business News.
Jane Pitfield voices concerns about John Tory
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Jane Pitfield has been interviewed by that stormy petrel Sue-Ann Levy. Pitfield, a well-known Leaside politician and former condidate for mayor is concerned Tory is too connected to big business and among other things will not be a sufficiently tough watchdog on the costs of the Pan Am games. It is an interesting initiative for Pitfield. Although she has always been to the right of many of her fellow Progressive Conservatives. And of course Sue-Ann has taken the ball and run with it. The picture is from the 2010 general election campaign when Pitfiend and Tory, both out of office, did some mainstreeting with candidate Jon Burnside. Burnside finished a close second then and of course is in the race again for council in Ward 26. Jane and Sue-Ann, together again.Sad Leaside jitney “smashed, burnt up” in 1925
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Long before there was a TTC, much less an 88 Leaside, there was this thing. The picture tweeted this evening by Heritage Toronto. There isn’t a lot of information although their identification speaks of a driver and the notation at the top says “smashed 1925 burnt up unreadble” Sounds bad. No one aboard the jitney looks too happy. Something to remember when the 11 Bayview is late.
Early voting this week in Wards 22, 25, 26, 27
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South Bayview voters can get the job of voting done in the advance polls between Tuesday and running through to Sunday, October 14 to 19, 2014. You will probably have to go a little further because there’s only one voting location in each ward but in most of the area wards there seems to be good parking. The exception is Ward 27 where advance polling will take place at the Community Centre at 519 Church Street. Ward 26 advance voting will take place the Leaside Arena, 1073 Milwood. Voters in Ward 22 have to hike over to St Clair Ave. W where voting will take place in the Timothy Eaton Church. It’s at 230 St. Clair where there is also a parking lot. In Ward 25, advance polling will take place in the Banbury Community Centre, 120 Banbury Rd. The balloting commences at 10 a.m. and runs until 7 p.m. People can vote for mayor, councillors and school trustee.
You like me, you really like me — don’t you?
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Although no one has seen him for more than a month, the North Korean Pinocchios who write Kim Jong-un’s news releases say their pudgy little excuse for a demi-god is actually just fine. In fact, they say, he’s back at work. According to the state fiction writers in Pyongyang, his portliness has been busy providing “field guidance” (lol) at a new apartment complex. This would mean that, at the very least, Kim was not pursuing familiar public duties like hand-picking members of a women’s swimming team or getting a bunch of weepy hugs from overwrought North Korean soldier ladies (inset). Man, this guy works hard. It remains to be seen of course if he’s really emerged from his indispose or whether the North Korean propaganda stooges are into an especially good jar of media-weed or maybe a bottle or two of Barolo from the supreme lover boy’s wine cellar. Good for the gout.
Lisa Raitt endorses John Tory for mayor
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The federal transportation minister Lisa Raitt has endorsed John Tory for mayor. That’s nice for Mr. Tory and particularly so because the endorsement comes from a woman. He is dealing with the John-Tory-is-out-touch-with-women cadre that couldn’t like Tory short of a sex-change, it seems. Ms Rait is from neaby Halton and has had lots to say about how everyone can like and be unified by John Tory.
How to avoid social media regret — if possible
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Oh gee. Forgive us for smiling behind our hand but this linked story about how to avoid social media regret reminds us of the time fathers used to “have a talk” with their sons. Maybe they still do. The first generation of Internet users had to learn that email was forever. The words lie on a server owned by God knows who and it doesn’t matter if you beg the recipeint to destroy the message — it still lives on and on. Now it is even easier to let loose the unfinished judgement of youth on Twitter and whatever. Before social media, we were taught things like not to tilt our chairs at dinner and of course to stay fully dressed when someone had a camera at a party. Fast Company
Three cases of “Ebola” isolation in Canada
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There are reports of patients with symptoms and a history sufficiently of concern that they are under watch in hospital around Canada today. Such stories comes from Edmonton, Ottawa and Belleville. In most of these cases the authorities seem to think it is unlikely this dsiease had been contracted but the isolation is part of the prevention process. Ebola leads
What? Voting station is outside the subdivision
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Residents of Ward 27’s polling subdivision number one may be wondering what they did to win a polling station that is actually outside the subdivision. Subdivision number one is the northernmost zone of the ward. It lies generally between Moore Ave on the north and St. Clair Ave. east of the Deer Park ravine on the south (map below). For reasons unknown, the polling station has been placed at Deer Park Public library on the corner of Alvin Ave in the uniquely inaccessible realm of Yonge and St. Clair and outside the subdivision. Residents of subdivision three in Moore Park will feel blessed that the mandarins of electoral oddities have sent them to the spacious Our Lady Of Peterpetual Help School on Garfield Ave. What a break. Oddly, in provincial elections, OLPH school is also the polling station for all of Moore Park.
Off limits bouncy castle injures two toddlers
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Two toddlers sneaked behind tapes and got into a bouncy castle that was not open to the public. They trapped inside the playhouse when a gust of win swept the it as much as 30 feet in the air and then sent it crashing to the ground. The two New Hampshire brothers, 2 and 3 years old, were both hospitalized, with the younger boy in critical condition. The toddlers climbed into the bouncy house while it was in a restricted area of Sullivan Farm, in Nashua, that was supposed to be off limits to the attendees of the festival. Witnesses said they saw the bouncy house fly up in the air before it came crashing down in a neighboring orchard. It seems to a warningagain that these popular toys need complete grounding and adult supervision. Previous — Flying bouncy castle hurts kids
Sarah’s Food Drive pals join her on the job
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Blocks of Calgary blacked out for up to 4 days
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An underground fire has plunged blocks of downtown Calgary into darkness and the power authority, Emmax, says it doubts power will be restored in less than four days. Residents and businesses will remain without power in the critical urban hub following damage to wires and cables. Enmax has shut down power to a large swath of downtown, from 4th Avenue to 7th Avenue S.W. and 4th Street to 11th Street S.W., as crews repair the damage. It will take a minimum of four days to repair the damage and get power back online, Enmax reported.
