Joe Natale is gone from Rogers Communications and Tony Staffieri is the new CEO as Edward Rogers wields power at the large public firm. The report above is from Rogers owned City News, certainly as good a source as any.

Phone and television sets will wail with the sound of the national Ready Alert warning system Wednesday. In Ontario, the fearful noise that sounds like magnified fingernails on a blackboard will occur about 12.55. It’s no doubt important but be careful not to spin off the highway in fear if you’re driving.

Concept depiction of Basin Media Hub

Toronto has announced that Hackman Capital Partners (HCP) and its affiliate, the MBS Group (MBS) will develop and operate the Basin Media Hub, a $250 million state-of-the-art film, television and media hub to be built on an 8.9-acre waterfront development parcel in Toronto’s Port Lands. The lots are located at 29, 35, 41 Basin St. The Port Lands lie more or less at the bottom of the Don Valley Parkway. For most people, it’s a dreary and remote place. Four images depicting this glamorous new Hollywood North community are seen on the City’s news release. It calls the development the most significant contribution to Toronto’s film and television production ecosystem in more than two decades.

Basin St as seen in 2020 by Google

Changing face of Eglinton Ave E/Celadon Cat@Celadon_kate

This dramatic shot from Twitter photographer Celadon Kate shows new LRT train during testing as well as the transformed view looking west up Eglinton from Leslie Street.

Tree down on Mt Pleasant/Bulldog

A tree on Mt. Pleasant Rd. split in half during Monday supper hour creating blockage on the road. The tree is a few feet north of Belsize Drive. Police had northbound traffic narrowed as they waited for City Works to remove the obstruction.

Traffic northbound diverted/Bulldog

Marcasite and sterling vintage ring, $40

Leaside United Church has its venerable Awesome Sale online again this year. Lots of interesting items but of course not as much fun as lining up around the corner and then staring down other buyers for your favorite find.

Memories of in-person Awesome Sale — this is 2015

Toronto’s weather remains relatively warm for mid-November although freezing temps and snow cannot be far off.

Busy, busy /Photo: Skyler Ewing

Happy Helpers

This great shot is posted Sunday morning to remind area residents that the Leaside Little Helpers are selling brownies at the corner of Divadale and Don Avon Drives until noon. Love it.

Queensway near the Humber River/CTV

A woman is dead and a man was seriously injured after their car smashed into a utility pole on the Queensway near the Humber River Saturday night. The car was said by police to have “split in half” on impact with the pole.

Child critically hurt in crash into tree

Renforth north of Rathburn/Andrew Collins@ACollinsPhoto

A child is in critical condition and a woman has serious injuries after a car they were in drove into a tree on Renforth Drive north of Rathburn Rd Saturday night.

Cornwall Farm Boy

The history of Canada’s most recent grocery store success is told Saturday in the Cornwall Standard-Freeholder, a Postmedia newspaper. As South Bayview shoppers will know, the most recent Farm Boy opened this year in the Art Shoppe Lofts on Yonge St at Soudan Ave. The firm was purchased by Empire Inc (Sobeys) in 2018.

A lottery player somewhere in Quebec won Friday’s whopping $50 million Lotto Max jackpot. There were also two Maxmillion prizes of $1 million each up for grabs, but neither was claimed. The jackpot for the next Lotto Max draw on Nov. 16 will be an estimated $12 million.

Scottish garden

Heinke Thiessen

Members and friends of the Leaside Garden Society will learn about unique and ancient-looking Scottish gardens at the group’s January 13 meeting. The speaker will be Sheridan College horticulture teacher Heinke Thiessen. Her address will take those present to four gardens in Edinburgh before heading north to an adventure in seven amazing gardens found in the Caithness and Sutherland region of the Scottish Highlands. Sounds like fun. Arrange to join the Zoom meeting by visiting either www.leasidegardensociety.org  or email leaside@gardenontario.org