Many members are responding to a concern by a Leaside resident on the weekend about raccoon filth and the need to control it. As is known, municipal legislation seems to view the raccoon nuisance as stray6 cats. Is it time for a municipal cull of raccoons?
No winning ticket was sold for the $21 million jackpot in Friday night’s Lotto Max draw. That means the jackpot for the next draw on Aug. 6 will be approximately $26 million.
Faces of survival, the burden of command and youthful public service. Colin Dowler (left) was well on the way to being eaten alive by a grizzly bear in BC when he remembered the little knife he had in his pocket. A single stab to the neck of the beast caused it to stop tearing away at his leg and permitted Dowler to escape. At centre is Nishan Duraiappah, new chief of the Halton Regional Police effective October 1. Deputy Chief Duraiappah said he and his Halton team “look forward to serving this remarkable and diverse community for many years to come.” At right is Sam Springsteen, 20, youngest son of Bruce and the newest member of the Colt’s Neck New Jersey fire Department.
A new Service Ontario storefront will open in the Flemingdon Park Shopping Centre, 747 Don Mills Rd., on Tuesday, August 6. A release from the Ministry of Government and Consumer Services says the centre has many accessible features including an automatic door opener, barrier-free access and accessible parking. Hours of operation at what will be called the the Leaside ServiceOntario Centre will be: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m, Thursday: 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. and Saturday: 9 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Enter at Gateway Blvd.
Less than a month from when it was supposed to kick off, Woodstock 50 is officially cancelled once and for all. Michael Lang, a co-founder of the original three-day concert in 1969, pulled the plug after attempting to move the event to Maryland. In recent months, he and his fellow organizers had attempted to stage the concert in Watkins Glen, New York and Vernon, New York. Lang said in a statement that he is now supporting the efforts of the 50th-anniversary tribute to Woodstock that’s set to take place in Bethel, New York, near the original 1969 festival’s site. Rolling Stone
Charles P. “Chuck” Thornton, a long-time Leaside resident before his retirement to Muskoka, has died at age 83 at the Granite Ridge Retirement Home in Gravenhurst. Mr. Thornton was the third generation of his family to operate G.M. Thornton and Son Ltd., the Leaside printing firm. Obituary and arrangements
The most-recently submitted plans for the scaled-down Sherwood Park Modern Towns project would limit it to 36 units. The development has been strongly opposed by residents over the years. They called the project “Density Creep.” It is planned for 200-214 Keewatin Ave. Urban Toronto
Can such disgusting gobbling be happening on the streets of Toronto? Burp.
Part of the furious summer road and sidewalk repairs across the City include patching up the old walls of the MacLennan Ave. roadcut down to Carstowe Rd. in Moore Park. Records indicate the road dates from the construction of the original Whitney Junior Public School in 1926. It appears to have hardly been touched since. Steps to the sidewalk leading to Ridge Drive are closed as well for replacement.
A judge has ordered a BC woman, 37, to stand aside and permit her parents to sell a home that was purchased with a $110,000 loan they made to her. The woman claimed money for the Vancouver Island home was a gift. But her brother received a similar loan to buy a home which he paid back. Now the parents say they need the money to pay off their mortgage and taxes. BC Supreme Court Justice Robert Punnett heard that the relationship between the parents and their daughter was normal until the dispute arose in 2016. The money had been advanced to provide the daughter a home while she pursued postgraduate studies at Royal Roads University.
Damaged beyond repair
The judge noted that while the land title documents, property tax bills and the defendants’ role in dealing with tenants in the home and the day-to-day care of the property were consistent with her assertion of ownership, such evidence was also consistent with the couple’s evidence and their stated reasons for the purchase. The parents had been very supportive of their children, particularly the daughter, given her lengthy education and her need for financial support, added the judge. The mom said Tuesday that she hopes other parents get a legal agreement that stipulates exactly what the parties intend in such a situation. “We were fair,” she said. “We were never vindictive to (our daughter), but we’ve lost our daughter now. I just don’t know how it can be repaired because it’s done so much damage.”
Thorncliffe Park’s Overlea Plaza at the corner of Overlea Blvd and Beth Nealson Drive is a local meeting place of mixed commercial and cultural phenomena. It may be the only plaza in Canada housing both a Starbucks and Cash Money store. Tell us if we’re wrong. Tuesday, workmen were moving the Starbucks sign from down below up to the top of the plaza’s directory. The sign of the green coffee lady is loved and hated on either of the gentrification agonies. But seldom does it cater to a clientele using payday shops. Elsewhere, customers in sunhats fresh out of Costco down the street mingle with stylish young men in kaftans and thobe trousers. Enjoy.
