The Canadian National Exhibition says losses suffered because of the cancellation this year’s Ex may well mean the end of the venerable old fair. The CNE is projecting a 95% revenue loss this year because of the pandemic, a sum that may exceed $35 million. The exhibition began in 1879 as a purely agricultural fair when most Ontario residents were farmers. Over the years it has adapted to reflect massive changes in society and public activity. Now the CNE says in a press release Thursday that it may not survive beyond 2021 without financial help from the government. Mayor Tory, who previously said the CNE could use some reinvention, said the city needs to have a “hard look” at the fair’s future and whether it’s possible to do “something more consistent with the 21st century.” — Toronto Sun

There’s both praise and criticism of the new bicycle lanes on Danforth Ave at the Leslieville Facebook account Thursday. Is there room on a City street for car traffic, parking, people, bikes, concrete bike lane markers, garbage pickup and snow removal? FB

NYC firefighter rescues woman clinging to window frame/ABC

The mid-week Video Wheel begins in New York City with the thrilling 16th-floor rescue of a woman clinging to a window frame as fire consumed her apartment. Then, CTV commentator Evan Solomon calls the inquiry into workplace conditions at Rideau Hall a “cold war” between the government and the Governor General. Yep. Below that, the Bulletproof Boy Scouts of K-Pop fame have another astonishing hit called Dynamite. And it’s in English. Lastly, little boys of 12 have been known to wander far from home because, well, that’s sort of how they’re made. This lad took dad’s car onto the QEW.

Seen on Millwood Rd this week

Many comments can be seen at Leaside Facebook on the post of someone dressed as Spiderman and discovered this week on Millwood Rd. One person says the crime-fighter has also been seen on Bayview Ave. FB

• She finds Leaside never safer as Spider-Man joins dog walk

Jr. Wildcats coach Kim McCullough

One of 203 Zoom hockey training sessions

Toronto-Leaside U13 coach K-asaurus

Kim McCullough, coach of the Leaside Jr. Wildcats, has posted some summer adventures on Instagram. Above we see Kim in a distancing workout and a shot of a Zoom training session. At right is the coach of the Toronto-Leaside U13s. He worked with Kim and the kids all summer, promising them he would dress up as Coach K-asauras and cycle to the arena in (um) uniform if they met their targets. They delivered and so did the coach. Instagram

Fire leaps between roof tops on Buggey Lane in Ajax

A House fire on Buggy Lane in Ajax set other rooftops on fire from the hot ashes too nearby houses. Great work by @WhitbyFire and @PPFA_L1632 to help with mutual aid.
No injuries and one house is a total loss pic.twitter.com/wuteM22JSX

— Colin Williamson (@ColinWxchaser) August 31, 2020

Novavax laboratory in Gaithersburg, Maryland

Canada has signed a deal with the US vaccine developer Novavax for 76 million doses of a C-19 vaccine. Epidemiologist Isaac Bogoch tweeted “Good news. Fingers tightly crossed for successful Phase 3 clinical trials. Now we have vaccine agreements with Moderna, Pfizer, and Novavax.” Also Monday, Ontario counted 114 new cases of the infection and Toronto found 41 cases.

The weekend has seen everyday perpetrators in Toronto and Montreal use that “peaceful demonstration” excuse to damage things. Find deeper meaning if you can. Then, a woman in Coquitlam was able to escape the near and nasty embrace of a black bear as she jogged. Lastly, sculptor Lea Vivot laments the baffling theft of her work from the front yard of a Forest Hill family.

Bellamy Ravine Creek/Google

A cyclist in his 20s is in critical condition after police say he fell off a cliff in an area east of the Scarborough Bluffs on Sunday afternoon. Police, fire and paramedics responded to a call for reports of a cyclist riding near the edge of cliffs near Bellamy Ravine Creek and West Hill Creek who toppled over the cliff — 680 News

“I’m your friend,” says one of 750,000 genetically modified mosquitoes released in Florida

Genetically modified mosquitoes may cause some people to squirm, but scientists say they are an excellent way to save people from skeeter-carried diseases. Then, the tricky business of keeping kids safe from C-19 during after-school activity. Below that, an Alberta brewer has a new beer made from wastewater. Hmm. Finally, Canada’s year of the gas pedal as drag racers face the wrath of police.