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Harvest Fair today on Mount Pleasant Road

Looks like you can dress lightly and bring a hat for the sun today when you visit the Mount Pleasant BIA Harvest Fair. The forecast calls for clear skies and temperatures near 26C. This annual offering by merchants runs through the day and features many great family events. Just a few are a petting zoo, pumpkin pie-eating contest and a Dixieland band. See you there. Here the list   News release

“Blue Jay” joins mounted unit at Rogers Centre

Blue Jay
Toronto Police have received their newest recruit to the mounted unit today from the Toronto Blue Jays. The handsome eight-year-old thoroughbred-Clydesdale cross has been in training with the unit for the last year, Blue Jay was presented to Chief Blair outside the Rogers Centre by Paul Beeston, CEO of the Blue Jays. Blue Jay was picked out by Constable Harold Williamson, who is a senior trainer with the mounted unit. Mr. Beeston thanked the chief for his service and said Blue Jay would now be a part of the service and was donated in appreciation of the work the police does. In accepting the horse the chief thanked the Blue Jays not only for their gift but also for their partnership over the years with the Toronto Police Service along with providing great entertainment to the people of Toronto. Chief Blair added that Blue Jay would be a valuable part of the unit and would be important in crowd control near the Rogers Centre. 

Ford’s class attack suckers the Empire Club

If he had written a script for them, Doug Ford could hardly be more pleased with the wounded response of  the Empire Club to his wild appeal to class warfare at the club’s expense. A spokesperson is defending the club as a place of fair-minded discussion of public events. Honestly. Get a grip. If the Empire Club held its debate in a City park with a free barbecue Mr. Ford would still find them snooty fat cats who are out to screw the people. He must be the defender and guardian of the people to weld Ford Nation together. It does seem desperate.

Mr. Ford’s class warfare campaign — Part 2

Doug Ford has pulled out of the Empire Club debate of mayoral candidates scheduled for this noon hour (Friday, September 25, 2014) saying by email that he is a candidate of the people and that the Empire Club is an elitist place where ordinary people are not invited and cannot afford to go. Tables apparently cost $800 each for the debate. The naked appeal to envy and resentment seems breathtaking. Ford’s withdrawal comes less than an hour before the event was to take place. It is clear, however, based on his slashing attack earlier this week on John Tory’s pedigree, rather than his ability,  that Doug Ford believes this desperate tactic can win the election for him. Class warfare Part 1   Ford suckers Empire Club 

Effort to re-light City Hall looks like all-day job

Mid-morning reports on the efforts to get City Hall re-lighted suggest the job is going slower than hoped. Cam Woolley on CP24 guessed that hard-pressed Hydro crews might miss the noon-time resolution mentioned overnight. It will, apparently require five mobile generators which are not yet connected, said Woolley. Four generators are said to be on scene with another coming from Quebec. CP24  At her Twitter account Councillor Kristyn Wong-Tam (Ward 27) described the shock of the frightening explosions and blackout. Proof that partisan gibberish is never too far away on Twitter is a Tweet asking if the Councillor will be blaming this incident on Ford Nation. Oh well. Twitter