The TTC has done away with away with the so-called two-hour transfer, the practice of letting riders hop on and off cars until the transfer expired. The reason for this is that motormen on the new Bombardier cars are enclosed in a compartment and unable to make contact with the pubic. A petition has been started to try to somehow get the transfers continued.
Posts to Leaside Community Facebook page tell of rowdy kids in numbers estimated at 200 roaming streets in South Leaside Sunday night. There was much disturbance and possibly damage done variously on Southvale, Bessborough, Sutherland, Leacrest and Rolph, to name five. Police had to be called to break up the carousing. One witness says it was “quite a mob scene at Southvale/Rolph and on Leacrest.” The post goes on: “I’ll bet the apologetic neighbour will be apologizing to his parents, bigly! It was a good learning experience for my tween to see what happens when this stuff gets out on social media. Michael Nourse said that 200 was not an exaggeration. Kate Craig wrote that on Friday “there was a car with about 30 kids sitting on top of it driving down Bessborough. Beer bottles in hands. Crazy.” Patrick Rocca said “idiots ran up the front hood of my convertible, literally, over the roof and down back..thank gawd no damage, just footprints…gonna check out my security camera film tonight..I know where the party was.” Vanessa Campbell agreed: “Yes crazy mob last night, I couldn’t believe how many kids were going into that house. I was curious if the party throwers themselves called the cops as it was getting too out of hand, and they needed help clearing all the people out!”
Toronto Hydro is now saying about 1,800 customers are without power at Scarlett and Richview Rds (near Jane St. and Eglinton Ave. W)
— Toronto Star Radio Room (@starradiobox) September 4, 2017
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Donald Trump has tweeted a threat to cancel “all trade” with any country doing business with North Korea as the US throws everything short of war at nuclear adventurer Kim Jung un. Such a move would hit China’s economy like a hammer. It would not be easy in the US either, but the impact in Beijing would be near catastrophic. It seems both a sign of the Trump administration’s determination and desperation that it is discussing such an embargo. When asked about a preemptive attack yesterday Trump said only “We’ll see.”
CREATED BY SOVIET UNION, PROTECTED BY CHINA
Some say there is no living with North Korea because of the nature of its government. It is universally despised. In order to sustain the Kim family tyranny it must threaten the world and act illegally in a variety of ways. North Korea was created in 1945 by Stalin as his armies went about converting much of the world to Communism. During the Korean War, when the north invaded the south, Chinese dictator Mao Tse Tung saved the north as United Nations forces (including Canada) seemed set for total victory. Kim Jung un, grandson of Stalin’s puppet leader, owes his existence as a dictator to Stalin and to China, which has continued to protect the north.
Summerhill Market at 446 Summerhill Ave. and 1054 Mt. Pleasant Rd. are open Labour Day from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Most other grocery stores are closed. The shopping mall picture is divided. CF Eaton Centre is open, Yorkdale is closed. CBC story here is comprehensive.
Prince William and his wife Kate, the Duchess of Cambridge, are expecting their third child, Kensington Palace said Monday. It was the difficult morning sickness known to afflict the duchess in previous pregnancies that forced the couple to make the announcement. Kate was not feeling well enough to attend an appointment Monday. She is being cared for at her Kensington Palace home in London. “The queen and members of both families are delighted with the news,” the palace said in a statement. William and Kate, both 35, already have two children: Prince George, 4, and Princess Charlotte, 2.
York Regional Police have issued a brief release to say to that Randa Elyassir, 32, has been found safe and reunited with her family. Police must ask if Randa taken from community centre lot
A large west-end home seems destined for demolition tonight after one side of the structure collapsed Sunday during renovations. It is not clear just what work was being done. The tricky business of deepening the basement sometimes causes such failures. The High Park home is on Indian Road between Bloor St and Boustead Ave. Toronto Fire was called around 1 p.m.
Toronto Hydro says it has restored power to all 7,000 customers who went off grid about 6 a.m. Sunday. This appears to have occurred in stages beginning later in the afternoon. It also tweets that a final 470 customers in the “Edmund/Macpherson/PoplarPlains/Avenue area” were the last to be re-joined. Is this where the tree was? Just asking.
Thank you for restoring my power. I live in mid town and was affected. Can you clarify, please, the initial cause of the outage?
— dana margolis (@danamargolis) September 3, 2017
Buskerfest in aid of Epilepsy Toronto is on until 7.30 p.m. Monday at Woodbine Park on Queen Street. The fastest route from South Bayview is right down Coxwell. There was ample parking ($20) Sunday. It is a lot of fun with performers from all over the world. Most are delighted for a toonie or two in the hat. Be generous. The food is no doubt edible but all of it may not be known to certain eaters. Conventional fare is plentiful including free samples of Starbucks Teavana steep.
The extended and scattered nature of the outages in Toronto on Sunday have challenged the imagination about what is going on. Hydro late today began to say on Twitter that a fallen tree has caused this all-day blackout. They don’t say where. What’s the secret? Josh Matlow (Ward 22) seems to be taking heat just for being visible on Twitter. Many other Councillors are not yet heard from.Twitter Updated story here
