There is a lot of activity online for this East York Canada Day 2.0. But there are also East york lawn signs and a chance to spend the afternoon at Stan Wadlow Park.

A large fire ripped through a railway arch in Elephant and Castle, south London, causing an explosion and sending plumes of black smoke into the sky. Remarkably, only two people were injured. Footage of the scene showed a large explosion from an auto repair shop located in one of the railway arches, as well as thick smoke billowing from the area. The London Fire Brigade said 10 fire engines and 70 firefighters were tackling the blaze which raced through three commercial units, causing trains to be diverted — Guardian

Trucker’s cam catches bad move

And how!

A Twitter and YouTube publisher known as “the official 401 trucker page” has published a shuddering video Tuesday showing a disaster in the making on Highway 400 on Sunday.

Toronto continues to see temperatures in the high 20s but it’s nothing compared to all-time records being set in parts of British Columbia. The record for the hottest temperature in Canada has been broken once again, less than 24 hours after reaching a new all-time high in Lytton, BC. Environment Canada said temperatures reached a scorching 47.5 C in Lytton on Monday afternoon, topping the previous record of 46.1 C from Sunday. Prior to that, the highest temperature ever recorded in the country was in Saskatchewan more than 80 years ago.

What’s a Heat Dome?

CBC meteorologist Johanna Wagstaffe said that heat dome is what is expected to break records. “Sinking air will push down on the air near the ground, basically like a pressure cooker,” Wagstaffe said. “That high is not going anywhere anytime soon.” The Village of Lytton is located 108 km (67 miles) north of Hope and 37 km (23 miles) and 260 km north of Vancouver. Lytton sits at a point high on a mesa overlooking the Fraser River and where its largest tributary the Thompson River merge.

18th Century echoes at City Hall

The City has issued a news release Monday which says that City staff has recommended Dundas St and apparently anything else named Dundas have its name changed because Henry Dundas (1742 to 1811) at one time did things that delayed the end of slavery. Slavery was ended in the British Empire in 1833 with much leadership from abolitionist William Wilberforce. Wilberforce St? The staff report says: “The consensus among historians remains that the actions of Henry Dundas, regardless of his intention, resulted in the delay of the abolition of the transatlantic slave trade, causing more than half a million more Black people to be enslaved in the British Empire”.  Release

Colin Mcconnell snaps breakfast, lunch and dinner

Crosslinx post showing stairs into/out off Leaside station

The Daughter

Marnie tries out LUC lawn tables

Sam at bat for Gryphons

East York nature photographer Colin Mcconnell’s latest post has birds and butterflies he’s snapped on walks with his pooch. Top right, you’re looking at the new stairs into the Leaside LRT Station. It may not be a stairway to paradise, but millions will shortly tromp up and down here. At centre right we see the new wine bar and bottle shop opening in 1560 Bayview Ave at Belsize Dr. Welcome, The Daughter. At lower left is Marnie trying out the three new picnic tables at Leaside United Church. Note that there is wheelchair access. Lower right, Leaside Leafs slugger Sam Brown is lending his power bat technique to Guelph Gryphon Baseball this season. Out of the park Sam.

Perhaps use park function? Peel Regional Police

Police say the driver of a Maserati sedan that rolled down the inclined shorline of Lake Ontario at Front St in Peel Region was not injured as his expensive car was swallowed up by the water. It is not clear if he was alone. But he was not in the vehicle. Was it in park? Tweets speculate

Aquatic centre will complement new Davisville Public School/CS&P Architects

Recent depictions of Toronto’s planned Davisville Aquatic Centre have been published by CS&P Architects. They show a swimming and athletic centre with community space that will bring to life the long-dreamed-of goal of a neighbourhood hub. With a tentative completion date of 2024, the centre sits beside the new Davisville Public School on Davisville just east of Yonge St.

Tunnel to Davisville School

There will be a tunnel from the school so that classes of kids can safely move back and forth. One of the pools will be a six-lane, 25-metre pool for distance swimmers with a second in which parents and tots can splash about. The roof will have a walking track and patio with southern exposure. Nice. The project is still seeking community input with construction expected to begin in the Fall of 2022. The new DPS will open in September.

First floor depiction/CS&P Architects

Open air roof top facilities/CS&P Architects

Vivian Xi

Vivian Xi has become the youngest person to graduate from the University of Toronto in the forty years it has kept track of the age of graduates. Vivian is 16 and she credits her grandmother in particular for setting high standards. “She’s very proud of me,” says Vivian. “But she also has this ‘I expected it’ attitude.” U of T News

Carolyn Bennett

As MP for St. Pauls, Carolyn Bennett has many friends in South Bayview. But others may find that the long-time physician and ardent Liberal can frequently be too smart by half. This time she opened the door to a withering demand for her dismissal as a cabinet minister with a one-word insinuation about former Liberal justice minister Jody Wilson-Raybould. Wilson-Raybould is Indigenous and she is playing her indignation to the hilt. Now her supporters have slapped down the race card. Somehow, Bennett missed the tinderbox nature of anything Indigenous in super-sensitive Canada, 2021. That’s especially odd because she’s the Minister of Indigenous and Northern Affairs. Cancel culture on steroids for Minister Bennett? Surely not. Find out what Ms. Bennett insinuated about Wilson-Raybould.

Chris at the Canada Day Parade in 2014/Bulldog

Chris Salmond loved East York/Facebook

Chris Salmond, a life-long resident of East York. has died at the age of 80. Chris was a member of the East York Historical Society, the East York Canada Day Committee and many other neighbourhood groups. His role as a fatherly majordomo in organizing dozens of bewildered participants and their floats in the Canada Day Parade is legendary. Chris was a fixture for years as a school crossing guard in his retirement. He was a graduate of Danforth Collegiate (1956).

710 Mt. Pleasant/Keven Menager

Keven Menager, Community Manager of the Mount Pleasant Village BIA, has noted the official opening of the new Shoppers Drug Mart in the Briton House building at 710 Mt. Pleasant Rd. Mr. Menager indicates in this post that the Shoppers space at 759 Mt. Pleasant is now available for lease at $55 sq. ft.