In a survey of 1,001 Canadian voters Wednesday, Forum Research found that 36.3 percent would support the Conservatives if a vote were held today, while 32.4 percent would vote Liberal. The Greens continue to poll ahead of the NDP with 11.6 percent, compared to 8.6 support for the New Democrats. Toronto Star

Regions will distort popular sentiment nationally

At the same time, the CBC is reporting on the well-known regional voting patterns of a multi-party parliamentary system. CBC

The RBC Run for the Kids Supporting Youth Mental Health at Sunnybrook will take place on Saturday. The race will consist of two distances, 5 km and 10 km, which will begin and end in the area of Mel Lastman Square. The two distances will have various road closures and lane restrictions associated to them. Motorists can expect delays.

The 5-km route:

– Southbound Beecroft Road from Park Home Avenue to North York Boulevard
– Eastbound North York Boulevard from Beecroft Road to Yonge Street
– Southbound Yonge Street from North York Boulevard to Sheppard Avenue West
– Turn around on Yonge Street at Sheppard Avenue West
– Northbound Yonge Street from turnaround to Turnberry Court
– Southbound Yonge Street to North York Boulevard

The 10-km route:

– Southbound Beecroft Road from Park Home Avenue
– Out and Back loop around York Cemetery
– Eastbound North York Blvd to Yonge Street
– Southbound Yonge Street from North York Blvd to Upper Madison Avenue
– Turn around at Upper Madison Avenue
– Northbound on Yonge Street toward Finch Avenue
– Westbound on Finch Avenue toward Talbot Road
– Northbound Talbot Road to Finch Hydro Corridor
– Westbound Finch Hydro Corrido toward Bathurst Street
– Southbound Bathurst Street toward Finch Avenue
– Eastbound Finch Avenue toward Yonge Street
– Southbound Yonge Street toward North York Blvd

A summer’s work has changed the corner of Manor and Cleveland

Jordan Binnington visit mom (and friends) in Leaside/Liz Topp Leaside Life

Seen with Mr. Oliphant are from left Christine Gow, Access AR, Ana Serrano, Digital Media Officer, Canadian Film Centre (CFC), Nataly De Monte, Associate Director, CFC Media Lab and Alannah O’Neill, Origami XR/Rob Oliphant

Popular as City Hall sign on Heath St. E/Bulldog

Leaside Wildcats Midget AA’s bring home silver honours from Stoney Creek Midget Showcase/Wildcatss

St. Cuthbert’s

A bare four months this summer is all that was needed to tear down the little story-and-a-half home on the northeast corner of Manor Rd. and Cleveland St. Now, a very large new home has shot up. It looks big enough for three families. At upper right, Liz Topp snapped this high-spirited scene as Jason Binnginton, star goalie of the St. Louis Blues, brought the Stanley Cup to his mom’s Leaside home. He is surrounded by excited neighborhood kids, some of whom may be related to him. Below that, MP Rob Oliphant is seen with Christine Gow, Ana Serrano, Nataly De Monte and Alannah O’Neill as he announced federal investment in women-led business. Then, large billboard-sized place names are popular. Think City Hall. This one graces a home on Moore Park. Hey Terry. Lower left, the Leaside Wildcats Midgets AA ladies have come home with silver from the Stoney Creek Midget Showcase tournament. Finally, speaking of ladies, it will be the gentlemen serving the women at St. Cuthbert’s Women’s Dinner on October 18. Guys, get your tickets now. And put on your white gloves like a good waiter.

Councillors Colle, Matlow and Robinson will hold a street-corner news conference outside the Aroma Espresso Bar at Yonge St. and Eglinton Ave. Wednesday at 6 p.m. to discuss construction and road safety in Midtown. It follows the death of a woman pedestrian on Tuesday. She was hit by a cement truck at the corner of Yonge and Erskine Ave. Below is the release issued late Wednesday.

Just what happened?

Maybe it should be clear, based on the police release, but the circumstances of the women’s death seem sketchy. She was crossing from north to south on Yonge at Erskine and was hit by a northbound truck turning right. It’s unknown whether both the driver and woman failed to see each other or whether the driver hit the woman after she had passed from his line of sight on the south side. More needs to be known.

Canadians will vote Monday, October 21, after the prime minister asked Governor General Payette to dissolve parliament Wednesday. The Liberal leader and his wife Sophie visited Rideau Hall to perform the constitutional requirement necessary for an election.

The Leaside Property Owners’ Association is holding a debate for federal election candidates in Don Valley West on Monday, September 23 at the Leaside Memorial Gardens with doors opening at 7 p.m.  Candidates are:

• Amanda Kistindey, Green (invited)
• Laurel MacDowell, New Democratic (confirmed)
• Rob Oliphant, Liberal (confirmed)
• Yvonne Robertson, Conservative (confirmed)

The official cause of the fire at 650 Parliament St. some 13 months ago has finally been released. It seems to carry no particular surprises, describing the nature of the power loss and fire as “catastrophic failure” of the building’s electrical system following an explosion in the electrical room. Earlier conclusions said similar things. There is no published mention of the alleged decades of neglect of the electrical system. Repairs continue with more than $20-million of an estimated $25- $30-million having been spent. Lawyers for the residents, who remain out of their homes, have filed a class-action lawsuit against building management, Wellesley-Parliament Square (WPSQ), to get compensation for expenses and other losses.

The Handmaid may not have much clout in Gilead but she sure packs a punch for Bennington Height’s own Margaret Atwood. Check the action at Waterstones in London early Tuesday where the author herself signed copies of a sequel to The Handmaid’s Tale, The Testaments.