Nancy Penny will close Absolute Beauty on June 30

Alan Redway publishes new book on East York

Cody Winter Fair is coming

East York Barbershoppers at Fort York this Saturday

Righteous selfie by Liz Taylor with Andy Elder and son Max

Happening in South Bayview, Nancy Penny (upper left) has given advance notice of her intention to close her popular beauty and aesthetician business. She has operated Absolute Beauty at its upstairs premises at 1517a Bayview Ave. for more than a quarter of a century. She will shut the door for good on June 30, 2019 and wants to give anyone with a gift certificate time to use it. The popular Ms. Penny entered the field with the assistance of a dear aunt, who helped her with tuition, and encouraged her throughout her career. Lorna Krawchuk tells the story here. Nancy also says that her daughter will be doing facials after Nancy retires. She is looking for a small space of her own, or wants to rent space within a hair or beauty salon. Upper right, former East York Mayor, MP and elder statesman Alan Redway has published a book, East York 1924-1997: Toronto’s Garden of Eden. Mr. Redway was at the East York Historical Society Tuesday night and will be at the Walter Stewart Library on Saturday from 2 until 4 p.m. Below that reminders of the Cody Winter Fair this Saturday and the East York Barbershoppers harmonizing at the Fort York Frost Fair on Saturday at 1 p.m. Bottom right is a righteous selfie from Liz Taylor with her pal Andy Elder and her son Max. Liz and Max dropped in at Grilltime at 62 Laird Dr. to enjoy some of the best burgers in Leaside.

Mississauga birth in park?

Sinatra is home

Deceased Impala

A woman alone in a cold woodland giving birth is among the most forlorn of prospects. But that may be just what has occurred in Mississauga’s Sugar Maple Woods Park. Then, the claims of a Chinese scientist that he has created genetically engineered babies. Many people are scandalized. Below that, the Husky dog known as Sinatra has been found thousands of miles from his home. Lastly, the autoworkers are not buying General Motors story about planning for a new world of electric cars. They say plant closures in Oshawa and the US is all about making cars in Mexico and China. Gone in this spasm of change is the Cadillac Ct6, Cadillac Xts, Buick Lacacrosse, Chevrolet Volt, Chevrolet Impala and Chevrolet Cruze

The Bank of Nova Scotia plans to sell its banking operations in nine Caribbean countries and its insurance operations in two other regional markets – and its chief executive expects more international divestment in the pipeline. Scotiabank said Tuesday it has signed an agreement to sell its banking operations in nine “non-core” markets – including Grenada, St. Maarten and St. Lucia – to Republic Financial Holdings Ltd. for an undisclosed amount. The bank also said its subsidiaries in Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago will sell their insurance operations to and partner with Sagicor Financial Corp. Ltd. to provide products and services in the two countries, for an undisclosed amount — Canadian Press.

• FDA traces contaminated romaine lettuce to Central California fields

Mulligan lost near Bessborough and Sharron

Mully

The search is on for Mulligan, this fine-looking cat who was last seen near Bessborough Dr. and Sharron Dr.  A post and comments at Leaside Community tells of the efforts.

In the wake of car thefts which appear to be facilitated by keyless entry systems, Toronto police have begun publishing advice on how to avoid this loss. It is accompanied by a diagram (above) that shows a step-by-step method by which two thieves can open a car in the middle of the night. As seen in the diagram, the theft relies on the key fob being left in the open near a door, or somewhere close enough that it can tricked into sending the correct signal to open the car. Cops advise careful insulation of the fob in a case or carrier, or storage a long way from the door.

• Keyless technology used to steal three Lexus cars in Leaside
• Are Car Thieves Using ‘Code Grabbers’ to Steal Automobiles?

Imagine being able to buy your iPhone apps directly from designers, bypassing Apple and its fees. That’s the proposition being heard by the US Supreme Court this week. The case is called Apple vs Pepper, a newly- revived action started by disgruntled iPhone owner Robert Pepper. The nine justices began hearing arguments Monday that Apple is monopolizing the market for iPhone apps and causing consumers to pay more than they should.

POSTAL STRIKE OVER

Mail service will resume all across the country at noon Tuesday after the Senate passed legislation ordering an end to five weeks of rotating strikes by postal workers. Royal assent was granted late Monday shortly after senators approved Bill C-89 by a vote of 53-25. Four senators abstained.

• Doug Ford says nothing Ontario can do to change GM’s plan to close Oshawa plant
• GM killing off Chevy Volt, Cruze, Impala and Buick LaCrosse cars
• Alberta declares beer trade fight with Ontario over access to liquor stores

General Motors has poured out its PR heart Monday about the need to re-make the company into a lean, green electric car maker. Maybe. But as it closes the door on its 110-ten year auto-making business in Oshawa the international car maker is also facing intense pressure from the US government’s America First program. Tariffs on metals and the urgency to bring business home are most certainly a factor in the GM move even as it also closes plants in the US. GM names the Lordstown, Ohio, factory that makes the Chevrolet Cruze compact and the Detroit-Hamtramck plant, where the Chevrolet Volt, Buick LaCrosse and Cadillac CT6 are produced. Oshawa now makes the Impala, a model which some suspect is headed for extinction. The company will halt operations at transmission plants in the Baltimore area and in Warren, Michigan. Some of the affected plants could resume production, depending on the outcome of contract negotiations with the United Auto Workers union next year

In 1942 the Oshawa plant produced reconnaissance cars and army trucks

1934 McLaughlin Buick

Since 1918

Last year of the McLaughlin badge as car production stopped because of WWII

Stamp honoured Colonel Sam McLaughlin

“This industry is changing very rapidly, when you look at all of the transformative technologies, be it propulsion, autonomous driving… These are things we’re doing to strengthen the core business,” GM chief executive and chairwoman Mary Barra told reporters Monday. “We think it’s appropriate to do it at a time, and get in front of it, while the company is strong and while the economy is strong.” GM also said it will reduce salaried and salaried contract staff by 15 per cent, which includes 25 per cent fewer executives. The Oshawa Assembly Plant employs 2,522 workers with Unifor Local 222, according to GM’s website. Production began on Nov. 7, 1953, and in the 1980s the plant employed roughly 23,000 people.

Bantams take Pittsburgh

862 Millwood for sale

Cody Winter Fair

Lou-Lou’s Flower Truck

Briton House Fair

Alan Redway evening Tuesday

A South Bayview summary for Monday starts with the Leaside Bantam BB ladies looking like champs after an undefeated weekend at the Pittsburgh Elite Thanksgiving Girls U14 Tier 2 Tournament. Love it. Big sisters, the Junior Wildcats, nipped Aurora Panthers 2-1 Sunday in Aurora as Leaside battles through a serious rebuilding season. Upper right is the Core Pilates building at 862 Millwood Rd. It is listed for $2,200,000 with many refinements from a recent renovation. Below that, a reminder of the Cody Winter Fair set to go Saturday at the school. Always fun. At lower left the couple who sell their flowers at the curbside from a 1966 Chevrolet long-bed. They are seen in a Y&R blog photo outside the Starbucks at Yonge and Roxborough. Catch up with Lou-Lou’s Flowers here. Lastly, a reminder of the Briton House Fair on Saturday and the appearance of former East York Mayor Alan Redway on Tuesday evening at Walter Stewart Library on Memorial Ave. in East York.

CTV News says it has been told by many sources that General Motors is planning to close all operations in Oshawa eliminating thousands of high-paying jobs. There are some 2,500 union positions and about 300 salaried employees in the Oshawa area. GM employs many more in Ingersoll, Markham and St. Catharines. It’s unclear if those positions are affected. GM once employed 40,000 workers at Oshawa in a history going back a century to the time of the Canadian-made McLaughlin motor car. GM bought out McLaughlin owners in 1918. The end of the auto industry in Oshawa may be seen as an ultimate consequence of globalization. Canada and its consumers were once an important market for US automakers. It paid them to build cars here. But the industrialization of more populous countries combined with the decline of US manufacturing has apparently driven GM to leave Oshawa. .

The Beaches Santa Claus Parade wound from Victoria Park Ave. over to its destination at Main St. and Swanwick Ave. Sunday afternoon. The Toronto Sun video summary above is a lot of fun. One toddler avows she has been bad because she wouldn’t sleep. She’s forgiven. Mayor Tory joined in, limping along in an air cast boot for an unspecified injury to his right foot or ankle. There is a 24 minute video posted below by Act Naturally.

Santa greets east enders

Bands

Kids dressed like presents

Mayor in air cast boot

Dancers

The release of the 2018 map showing homicides in the City is no cause of celebration, to be sure. There have been 91 such violent deaths with just a month left to the end of the year.  The City News story breaks it out, including irregular occurrences like the Yonge St. and Danforth Ave. episodes. But when the map is enlarged to focus on South Bayview, there is not a single such death to be seen in Davisville, Leaside, Lawrence Park, Rosedale, Moore Park or Deer Park. Homicide Map of Toronto