Preparation for use of the new hammerhead crane at Leaside Station has seen crewmen working to sort out cables high above the site. Traffic is required to swing far to the left as it approaches Eglinton from the south, then swing over to the right to continue past Sunnybrook Plaza. Cars can enter the plaza from Bayview now.
Police are alerting west-end parents to the discovery of used syringe needles in a parkette near Dundas West and Roncesvalles Ave Wednesday. The needles were picked by children from a nearby elementary school and at least one was apparently poked. All the children were treated at hospital as a precaution. Parents are reminded to have a conversation with children about the potential health and safety hazards of discarded syringes. Children should be advised to not touch syringes and to notify an adult immediately. Adults should then exercise caution if they decide to remove the syringe and call 311 to request a pick-up.
It’s a headline written in Hollywood. “Diverting the King streetcar for TIFF is the price Toronto must pay for fame,” it huffs. In a town that regularly launches police operations against drivers who stop in front of Starbucks, Toronto Star writer Sean Micallef avows that somehow or other municipal greatness hangs on this notorious week-long annual transit disruption.
The Spectator is reporting Wednesday night on the heartbreaking accident that has gravely injured a young husband as he was on the way to get the key to the first home he would share with his wife. The injured man is Jacob Hodge, 23. His wife Cayla and her mother are said to have passed the head-on collision on Highway 6 just minutes after it occurred but did not recognize the car and “were spared seeing Jacob in that situation.” Spectator
Toronto Fire South responded to what is being called a grass/rubbish fire at Bayview and Hillsdale Ave. Wednesday shortly after 6 p.m. It was quickly dealt with by pumper 125.
He appeared at a store at Bloor St. and Ossington Ave. with a gift certificate that police say was “fraudulently obtained” Some would call it stealing. The certificate was exchanged for a card that was used to buy something unstated in the police release. No matter, they want to find him. This occurred on August 12, 2019 between the hours of 4 p.m. and 5 p.m. He is described as approximately 20 to 25 years old with a thin build, wearing a black Kangol bucket hat, thin gold necklace, a black T-shirt, navy blue shorts, a black backpack with a white handle, black Air Jordans with white soles, and a black bracelet on his right hand.
A student pilot in Australia is heard to complain that he doesn’t want to pay for the lesson after his instructor collapsed in the cockpit. Grim but funny. Then to Queen’s New York for a woman who angrily refuses to deal with a decade of garbage piled in her house. Below that, some 14 New Democratic candidates in New Brunswick have defected to the Green Party. The affinity seems clear. Finally, good samaritans from the Global Medic Rapid Response Team in Etobicoke will go to the Bahamas to assist in hurricane recovery.
The first day of the year at Toronto public schools brought the board’s new dress code to practical reality. Some have called it the “nipples, buttocks and groin” code. Only time will tell although the code states students cannot come to school dressed in underwear as outwear. Some of the requirements are below and much information is available here.
- Must wear a top and bottom layer of clothing of opaque material.
- May wear tops that expose arms, shoulders, stomachs, midriff, neck lines, cleavage and straps but must cover the nipples.
- May wear bottoms that expose legs, thighs and hips and expose straps and waistbands, but must cover the groin and buttocks.
- May wear any headwear that does not obscure the face.
- May wear dress requirements to support a creed practices and similar human rights accommodations.
- May not wear tops that expose nipples.
- May not wear bottoms that expose the groin and buttocks.
- May not wear any headwear that obscures the face.
- May not wear undergarments as outerwear.
- May not wear anything that promotes or symbolizes drugs, alcohol, illegal activity, hate or discrimination, profanity, pornography; or that incites violence or harassment; or threatens health and safety.
Lori Vaudry posts to Leaside Community Tuesday night that she has moved back to Leaside. “So happy to be back. Was reassured to see Spider-Man on my dog walk today. Feeling very protected. Also! I joined the Leaside Property Owners Association Board. Happy to represent my new neighbours.” Leaside Community
A new season of Athlete of the Week with Rick Campanelli has begun on City News with a feature on Kate Kulchyski, 12, of the East York Gymnastics Club on Dohme Ave.
Bayview was reduced Tuesday to a single lane of stop and go traffic opposite 1613 Bayview Ave., the former Tru Value Hardware store that is slated to become a restaurant. The cause was substantial work required to bring a restaurant volume gas line from the west side of the street to the east side. Heavy digging was going on beside both curbs and just where else it might go is unknown.
