There was a lot of excitement, as reported on Facebook by several authors when police stopped and handcuffed two men on Overlea Blvd opposite Costco Saturday. But apparently, everyone was released and permitted to leave after a search of the vehicle. FB
There is much curiosity at Leaside Village, home of the big Longo’s, about just what will be housed in the new building at the corner of Laird Drive and Industrial St. Employees at the popular shopping spot say they’re mystified. One told The Bulldog even employees of the owner, First Capital, weren’t sure. It appears the tenants will be fast food places. Leaside wants to know.
At RioCan’s Leaside Centre on the southeast corner of Eglinton Ave E and Laird, Kitchen Stuff Plus has popped into the empty PetSmart space for a two-year run. That’s the length of the lease, say employees, and it signals just where RioCan stands with the planned redevelopment of the corner. KSP is known as a store that dotted Yonge St for decades but things change. Inside the cavernous place are tons of dishes, cookware, appliances and various oddments such as Nespresso and Popcorn machines.
The much-diminished Lake Leaside is seen above and many people know of plans by SmartCentres to see it become a big box heaven including Canadian Tire. CTC will move from the RioCan centre but as seen above, it has at least two years to ponder where it will go.
And then there’s the out-of-nowhere 939 Eglinton development at the corner Eglinton and Brentcliffe Rd. Isn’t it nice they didn’t try for 98 storeys.
OPP are reporting the arrest of someone’s daughter, just 22, as she weaved along Highway 401 in Mississauga Friday evening. In the car they found crystal meth, fentanyl, cocaine and Percocet pills. OPP HSD release
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As reported by Reuters and published at CP24, BC Justice Shelley Fitzpatrick has found that Edward Rogers has successfully created a new board of directors of the national firm RCI. Rogers Communications immediately filed a motion to appeal the BC court decision. Lawyers for the company asked the judge to put a stay on her ruling coming into force, in order to give them time to appeal. But the CBC account contains a view that an appeal makes little sense. Professor Richard Powers with the Rotman School of Management in Toronto said: “It’ll be a moot point because Edward will make the changes that he wanted to do. The senior management team will be gone. His directors will be in place and things move forward.”
A Canadian court on Friday backed a petition by former Rogers Communications Inc chairman Edward Rogers to validate a new board constituted by him, in a ruling that could result in a major management shakeup in the country’s biggest wireless carrier.
British Columbia Supreme Court Justice Shelley Fitzpatrick announced the decision but did not immediately give her reasons.
A rare public fight in the Canadian corporate world was sparked over the question of who should lead the company and has weighed on the stock.
Some analysts have raised doubts about the fate of Rogers’ C$20 billion ($16.05 billion) bid for rival Shaw Communications. ($1 = 1.2464 Canadian dollars) (Reporting by David Ljunggren in Ottawa and Ismail Shakil in Bengaluru Editing by Chris Reese)
Sweetie=pie bakers, the makers of dessert products including cookies and cakes will open a shop in the small storefront on Fleming Crescent just off Bayview Ave.
CGS, 670 Eglinton East, has recently broken its previous fundraising record for the Terry Fox Foundation. The private school has a deep commitment to TFF and the new record of $16,000 is a credit to kindergarten teacher Sara Adamson, a Leaside resident, who has led the CGS fundraising effort for 23 years. Now the school is hoping you’ll join the parents and friends of CGS with a donation as well. You can do so by linking to the foundation here. “Terry Fox really does live at CGS. Terry’s message of Hope continues to be a guiding light for all of us and our Terry Fox Walk is one of the most important days on our school calendar. We all ‘try like Terry’ each and every day and are always so proud of our fundraising efforts for such a wonderful cause,” says Marie Bates, CGS School founder and Principal
Premier Ford has announced that Ontario will raise the minimum wage from $14.35 to $15 by next year. CP/National Post
The link contained in the above post will connect you to a news conference Tuesday morning at which Premier Ford is expected to announce the implementation of the $15 an hour minimum wage in Ontario.
The Rogers vs Rogers drama played out in BC Supreme Court Monday before Madame Justice Shelley Fitzpatrick. She told those present as the hearing was concluded that she will deliver her decision Friday, November 5 at 2 p.m. BC time, which is 5 p.m. Toronto time. Paul Bagnell tweeted from court, after it resumed about 5 p.m. Eastern Monday.
The City says a new version of the 311 Toronto information service has been launched Monday. It says the new 311 makes getting information easier and more convenient. Release
It isn’t new and it won’t surprise anyone but readers are understandably upset Monday over delinquent kids at Halloween. FB
