The owner of Meli Baklava and chocolate bar at 238 Queen St West has bad luck in spades as mice are seen by passersby and video is posted to Youtube. “We cover everything, those are strictly for display, we would never serve anything that’s not fresh,” owner Julie Kyriakaki told CTV news. Kyriakaki said she has mousetraps all around the store, because the rodents have been an ongoing problem at the building, which is occupied by multiple food vendors. “There’s the racks there that they come under and through, and unfortunately or fortunately, this is a shared space and we can’t block it,” Kyriakaki said.

Josef Newgarden has won his second Honda Indy Sunday. It’s the fifth career win for Newgarden, who also claimed the 85-lap course on the streets surrounding Exhibition Place in 2015. Alexander Rossi finished second, ahead of Canadian James Hinchcliffe. The Oakville man was also third in last year’s event. That marked his first podium finish in Toronto. Autosport says Penske victor Newgarden claimed the win after inheriting a lead via a well-timed yellow in Toronto. He moved into first place due to pitting one lap before a caution period, performing a similar strategy to Alexander Rossi and James Hinchcliffe. All three benefited, says Autosport, when Tony Kanaan locked up his rear black Firestone tyres at Turn 1 when coming out of the pitlane on lap 23 of 85.

Brisk business

Man is your friend

Colourful; shoes for sale

Costume jewellery

Shot by RE agent Zia Choudhary

Premier Wynne with Ahsan Zia

Popcorn!

The young volunteers with red shirts and simple code TPNNO2017 printed in white on the back dashed among residents, children and politicians in R.V. Burgess Park on a sun-filled Saturday at the 12th annual Thorncliffe Park Neighbour’s Night Out. Here are some pictures from the TPNNO Facebook account and from The South Bayview Bulldog. People in their cultural dress both colourful and modest crowded the tents of politicians and government bodies of which there were many. Three bouncy concessions were mobbed by kids and the modern splash pad was shooting spray all afternoon. A number of private concessions sold clothing, costume jewellery and women’s shoes and accessories.

A parent has complained on Leaside Community Facebook that her son was waylaid by three others about 7.30 Saturday night at Bessborough School by three boys. The trio punched the lad, kicked him and stole his black & brown Tracker backpack. The mom who reports this says two of the three were wearing white hoodies and the other a black hoodie. One was wearing Sperry shoes. Among the many responses are people urging the woman to call police if she hasn’t already. Many say they can’t believe it happened in this neighbourhood. Another says a “neighbourhood watch needs to be re established in our hood. Also can everyone agree to do/say something if they see something happening? I can’t believe not one person saw this. I’ll be asking the teens if these kids sound familiar and will dm you if I hear anything.” Yet another notes that the school or surrounding homes might have had cameras, a good reason for calling police.

Cutting ribbon

Todmorden museum founded in 1967

Wartime cake

Helliwell House

Councillor Mary Fragedakis helped cut the ribbon Saturday to re-open Regency Cottage and Helliwell House at Todmorden Mills historic site at 67 Pottery Road. The setting evoked the war years of the early 1940s with such welcome delicacies as “wartime cake.” Cynthia Reason InsideToronto

Melissa Lopez and 10-year-old daughter Elianna

The CBC reports on the case of Melissa Lopez who took her daughter to a dentist in Whitby last year and was told her 10-year-old had nine cavities. Lopez blanched at the prospect of the cost of fixing nine cavities so she checked another dentist. He said there were fewer than that so Lopez had the work done there. In June the CAS called the family home on a complaint filed by the first dentist about possible child neglect. CBC

PERSON WITH A GUN:
Playfair Av + Marianfield Av
-Suspect is:
-Black, 20's, skinny, 6'1, Dreadlocks
-Red Blue Jays 'Bautista' jersey
^dh

— Toronto Police Operations (@TPSOperations) July 15, 2017

Merchants at East York Town Centre have different stories about who will occupy the former Target space which is now heavily under construction. The most common belief among tenants on information gleaned from workers on the site is that a dialysis centre affiliated with one of Toronto’s major hospitals will take as much as half the space. Another story is that the mall owners, Morguard Corporation, had persuaded Walmart to move into the large two-story space but that Metro Inc, owners of Food Basics, the long-standing budget grocery store at the west end of the mall, had strenuously objected because Walmart sells groceries. It is also speculated by merchants that at least some of the space will be turned into smaller retail outlets with their doors facing toward Overlea Blvd on the west side of the EYTC. This would fulfill the retail dictum to make sure your front entrance and sign are “on the street.” The long western wall of the Target space has been changed from solid construction to glass, apparently permitting such retail access. So far as is known, no release or information of any kind has been sent by Morguard. Interest is high in this matter and people are talking.

New glass frontage facing Overlea

East York Town Centre

Large perimeter for work

Walkway to east entrance to mall

Toronto Police say a woman who was found wandering in Scarborough has been reunited with her family late Saturday afternoon.