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Maple Leafs down Blue Jackets 4-2 to win 4th game in row

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Freshii headed for Wicksteed, office pops up on Industrial

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Freshii to open at 45 Wicksteed
Leaside Works on Industrial St.
LHS students do U of T Physics
Zarah Manavi plays in Wildcats organization
Mayrik profiled in Star
2019 calendars are in

Upper left in this South Bayview summary for Tuesday, look for a new Freshii outlet at 45 Wicksteed in the SmartCentre. Celine McMahon of the casual salad and healthy food restaurant chain, tips The Bulldog to this opening expected in the New Year. Welcome Freshii. Upper right, don’t look away for a second or someone will build another commercial centre in the Leaside industrial lands. This one, called Leaside Works, popped up overnight. It’s at the corner of Industrial St and Esandar Drive. They call the units commercial condos. Still on the right, two shots of a visit Monday by 45 Leaside High School students to the U of T Physics Department. The kids toured the place and checked the telescopes. Centre left is the shining face of Zarah Manavi, a Grade Eight student of Northlea Elementary and Middle School. As told by Susan Scandiffio, Zarah learned to love hockey by watching the Leafs on television. Hey Zarah, a lot of us can say that too. Below that, the Toronto Star has profiled Mayrik at 1580 Bayview. It is a lovely story of a family of Armenian extraction living the Canadians dream. At bottom right, the 2019 calendars are at Bonnie Byford Real Estate, 1536 Bayview. Better get in there.

Millwood closure sees monumental drive home Monday

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Nov 19th – Headlights of bumper to bumper traffic on Moore heading to Millwood. The shot looks west at Southlea

The closure of the southbound lanes of Millwood Rd. at the railway underpass at Redway Rd. resulted in bumper-to-bumper traffic along Moore Ave. and Southvale Dr. from Bayview Ave to Millwood Rd. during the Monday drive home. The Millwood access to Thorncliffe Park and East York is closed at the railway underpass perhaps until Tuesday night because of a watermain break early Monday. Traffic on all side steets in south Leaside was heavy as drivers tried to find alternatives. Many it seems did not know of the closure. Northbound Millwood into Leaside remains open. Earlier post.

Access to Thorncliffe Park, East York on Millwood is closed

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Access from Leaside to Thorncliffe Park and East York on Millwood Rd. has been cut off by a watermain break at the railway underpass south of Laird Drive. Story here.

1974 women hockey pioneers honoured at Leaside Arena

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Two-team house league had the Lancerettes (top) and Blazerettes (bottom)

Those present Friday night at the Leaside Sports Hall of Fame at Leaside Arena are basking in the glow of a happy and sentimental evening. Two women’s hockey teams from the Leaside Girls’ Hockey League, established in 1974, were honoured. It was, as described by historians, an offshoot of the Leaside Hockey League, essentially a boys’ organization. The founders correctly observed that there was an increasing demand by girls to play the game. As a result, a fledgling two-team house league was created, featuring the Lancerettes and the Blazerettes as seen above. It was the efforts of these teams which led ultimately to the creation of the Wildcats league. It is now part of a huge network of girl’s and women’s hockey including the professional junior hockey performances of the Provincial Women’s Hockey League.  Also inducted were the late Matthew Sayliss, former NHLer Mike McEwen and competitive curler Jan Carwardine. Leaside Sports Hall of Fame for 2018. 

Former teammates gather Friday night/Jeff Yarlett Facebook

The honour roll of women who formed the Lancerettes and Blazerettes is fairly complete. But time has lost track of one or two.

Lancerttes: Barb Edwards, Nancy Mallabon, Ann Brown, Laurie Morton, Betty Ann Armstrong, Shirley Shepherd, Wendy Tunnicliffe, Megan Paul, Lynn Daly, Lisa Ritchie, Ann McGrath and Lynn Ann Gilchrist. Coach: Dave Yarlett. Blazerettes: Debbie Cummings, Susan Clark, Janet Seelig, Lana Dubois, Daniele Spethman, Janet Fehr, Gwen Crampton, Wendy Hall, Cathy Stockman, Sandra Morrow, Julie Gerrard, Pat Lysyk.

Watermain break floods Millwood Rd. at railway underpass

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Nov 19th – Southbound Millwood closed at underpass/Bulldog
Nov 19th – 12-inch watermain burst overnight/Bulldog

The main access to Thorncliffe Park, East York and businesses such as the Esso car wash and Loblaws on Redway Rd. is closed Monday because of a morning watermain break on Millwood Rd. at the railway underpass. Millwood into Leaside remains open. City water officials say the main may be repaired by the end of the day but they cannot be sure.  A 12-inch main, one of two under Millwood at the railway, burst overnight. The heavy traffic normally seen on Millwood southbound must now take one of three  routes into Thorncliffe or East  York. There is access by way of Wicksteed Rd. and Beth Nealson Drive into Thorncliffe. Drivers headed to East York may wish to take Pottery  Rd. across the Don Valley. The longest and most congested route will be along Eglinton and south on Don Mills. Traffic on Wicksteed and Beth Nealson was heavy at midday. Bayview Avenue to Pottery Road is a nice route into East York. Watch the Bulldog for notice as to when the road is re-opened.

Santa Claus Parade rings in Christmas season in Toronto

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Toronto Santa Claus Parade/Instagram
Ginger bread?
Mayor watches with friends
Salvation Army Timbrels
Everyone’s here
CTV

The 114th Toronto Santa Claus Parade has rung in the Christmas season. More photos and videos here.

Man dies on pavement at Jarvis/Shuter Sunday morning

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Police report a man has died on the pavement at Jarvis and Shuter Sts. Sunday morning. He was apparently found sometime after 9 a.m. in what was called “obvious distress.” The Toronto Police Operations Twitter account confirmed just before 11 a.m. that the death is not suspicious.

Medical case possible as car hits Subway in Scarborough

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Woodside Square/Tom He
Woodside Square/Tom He

Police say the driver of a car that smashed into the front of a Subway store on Saturday may have suffered a medical incident. His vehicle also hit other cars in the parking lot at Woodside Square mall at Finch Ave. and Sandhurst Circle. The driver was admitted to hospital with serious injuries while a woman with him was assessed at the scene.

CAR INTO CHURCH OF THE REDEEMER

Two people were said to have serious injuries after a car smacked into the Church of the Redeemer at Bloor West and Avenue Rd. about 7.15 Sunday morning. A third person was also treated at the scene.

Thousands head downtown Sunday for Santa Claus Parade

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Street closures are in effect Sunday in preparation for the 114th annual Santa Claus Parade. The parade starts at 12:30 p.m. at Bloor and Christie streets. It then heads down Bloor to Queen’s Park Crescent East, University Avenue, and ends at Front and Jarvis streets between 3 and 4 p.m. Ahead of the parade, runners will spread their merriment in the Holly Jolly Fun Run. The five-kilometre run starts at 11:45 a.m. on Bloor Street between Manning and Euclid avenues, and ends at Maple Leaf Square. This year, everyone who finishes the run will receive a medal.

No winning ticket for Saturday’s $9.3 million 649 jackpot

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No winning ticket was sold for the $9.3 million jackpot in Saturday night’s Lotto 649 draw. However, the guaranteed $1 million prize was claimed by a ticket holder somewhere on the Prairies. The jackpot for the next Lotto 649 draw on Nov. 21 will be approximately $12 million

Mayor Tory seeks answers to Crescent Town bridge failure

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Crumbling bridge/Peter Muscat/@Peter_Muscat
Mayor during visit/John Tory
Crescent Town
NewsTalk1010/@NewsTalk1010

Mayor Tory said Saturday that he will getting answers about the state of the jointly owned pedestrian bridge that crumbled before dawn, leaving a gaping hole in the crossing between a condo and Crescent Town Elementary School in East York. Investigation indicates that the collapse occurred on the side of the bridge owned by Pinedale Properties. Fire officials said it appeared there had been previous additional support given to the bridge. The undamaged half of the bridge is owned by the Toronto District School Board. The Star reports that the fire service was called after 6 a.m. about concrete that had fallen from the underside of the bridge. When they arrived, there was a hole in the bridge, which stands 5 metres off the ground The bridge is used by students to and from get to the school. Mr. Tory visited the school and tweeted later that it was a miracle no one was hurt. “I will be making inquiries of (TDSB and Pinedale) as to how the bridge got into this state including a review of repairs done in the past year,” he said. “I will also be asking questions about inspections done on this bridge (and) others like it.”