The Toronto Hydro cranes put on quite a show this week at Bayview and Merton/McRae. Everything seems to be back to normal now.
Three Lexus cars were stolen off the same Bennington Heights street overnight, residents report. The thefts all occurred on Heathbridge Park, a short cul de sac just off Moore Ave. One family says there was no broken glass so it appears that once again the key fob signal was used to unlock and start the cars. Car thieves start Lexus with signal from fob inside the house
The reason most people would prefer not to wear a mask is that it fogs their glasses and makes it hard to breathe. In the US, the CDC has now declared that fully vaccinated people may now go mask-free.
Jays can’t come home but they can still win
The Toronto Blue Jay are having a winning season in the US even though they’re lost to fans at home. Thursday they tromped the Atlanta Braves at Truist Park 8-4 in front of more than 21,000. The Jays can’t come home because of cross-border restrictions.
Post reports on plastic surgeon Dr 6ix
The National Post is reporting on the six-month suspension of Toronto plastic surgeon Martin Jugenburg. He is a social media medical promoter like maybe no other and apparently, his photo posts can be a bit naughty. Here he is in a YouTube video discussing the difficult problem many patients have trying to decide the critical issue of breast size.
The language of the C-19 pandemic as written by City Hall continues to surprise. It appears that CafeTO additions will now make the great thoroughfare a Temporary Complete Street. Some residents are wondering if a much narrowed Yonge will send traffic onto sidestreets looking for a new route north.
Charges of criminal negligence and causing bodily harm against a 64-year-old Eastern Ontario bartender, Ann Senack, have been stayed Thursday at her trial in Pembroke. A statement from Mrs Senack’s counsel, Edelson Law of Ottawa, was released as follows: “This has been a difficult trial not just for Ann, but for the community as well. We hope that the finality brought today will bring some measure of closure. It is important to note there was no finding of criminal guilt or even civil wrongdoing against Ann. While we strongly believe that, had this matter gone to a verdict, Ann would have been acquitted, the stay of all charges today allows her and everyone involved to move on that much sooner. We are happy the Crown finally made this decision.” Renfrew Today
Greyhound Canada is permanently cutting all bus routes across the country, shutting down the intercity bus carrier’s operations in Canada after nearly a century of service. The motorcoach company said its remaining routes in Ontario and Quebec will cease permanently on Thursday. Its American affiliate, Greyhound Lines, Inc., will continue to operate cross-border routes to Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver once the border reopens.
Empty fareboxes
The decision comes a year after Greyhound Canada temporarily suspended all service due to a sharp decline in passengers and mounting travel restrictions amid the first wave of COVID-19. The bus carrier has struggled for years with declining ridership, increasing competition and deregulation. But the complete loss of so-called farebox revenue during the pandemic has forced the company to permanently cease operations, said Greyhound Canada senior vice-president Stuart Kendrick.
The end of an era. Fortunately, there are other motorcoach companies who have anticipated this, and have been preparing to take on the routes in southern Ontario and Quebec that were left after the end of Greyhound service in western Canada. https://t.co/2JogT53q1y
— Transport Action Canada (@TransportAction) May 13, 2021
It's really hard to convey just how many low-income people will be affected by this, especially since Greyhound was given a monopoly over many rural routes. 😣 https://t.co/y0C6kXs6gr
— Ceasefire Now!! (@LitAnscombe) May 13, 2021
Wow. This will have a huge impact in rural and northern communities. https://t.co/dFEJfdOiDU
— Nicole Ireland (@nicireland_news) May 13, 2021
Premier Ford has announced that the stay-at-home order shutting down much business and restricting gatherings will be extended to June 2. “The situation is slowly trending in a better direction. Make no mistake. We’re not out of the woods yet. Our hospitals are still under immense pressure, the spread of variants remains a major concern. So we must stay vigilant,” Ford said. Release
Canada has come face-to-face with just what we would have to suffer if all that nasty petroleum thing was suddenly taken away. Gee. No airplanes, no heating oil, economic chaos. The Enbridge pipeline crosses just five miles of US territory.
A building permit for 710 Mt. Pleasant Rd in the Briton House building indicates the vacant space is being renovated to house a Shoppers Drug Mart. The space is a former Sobeys store. Sobeys owners, Empire Inc., closed it when their other subsidiary Farm Boy opened a new store in the Art Shoppe Lofts at Soudan Ave and Yonge St. The arrival of Shoppers is an eyebrow-raiser because it already has a modern outlet just up the street at 759 Mt. Pleasant.
Drug-store wars
It may be that Shoppers plans a Wellwise location, its store for seniors. And yet, a Shoppers in the retirement home would be a welcome asset both for prescription business and for the sale of food. Shoppers carries ever more grocery items since it was purchased by Loblaws. The drug-store wars on Mt. Pleasant have seen Shoppers move to its location at 759 from the location at 732. That spot was grabbed by Rexall for a time but then transferred to Dollarama.
