A community consultation meeting will be held May 13 on the bid by Medallion Developments to build a nine-storey structure at 1500 Bayview Avenue, the present site of the ValuMart store and Davenport Nurseries seasonal sales centre.
There’s a plaintiff cry for help from a Leaside resident whose lovely blue-grey Range Rover disappeared overnight. Sadly, as the police often say, the vehicle is probably already in a container on its way to heaven-knows-where.
Record four Canadians drafted to the NFL
Bond girl Billie Eilish, 19, on cover of British Vogue
The thing is, Billie is a kid but she is a smart one. She broke in at 14 with green hair but now she sings like an adult and has shown up on the cover of British Vogue looking what you might call womanly. She has written and will perform the theme song of the next James Bond movie, No Time To Die, which debuts in the fall.
Some people looking at the new photo of Princess Charlotte released Saturday to mark her sixth birthday say her smile reminds them of Queen Elizabeth’s sly grin. Charlotte’s mom and dad celebrated their tenth wedding anniversary last week.
Staff at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre have welcomed Armed Forces medical officers and staff to the hospital with gratitude and an amusing signpost that recalls Canada’s heroic role in the Korean War. A tall makeshift signpost similar to those seen on the 1970s television program MASH has been set up outside Sunnybrook’s new temporary hospital where the soldiers will work. Some 58 armed forces medical staff will assist with the onslaught of C-19 patients at Sunnybrook. The unit’s commanding officer, Colonel Stéphane Masson, expresses his pride in the new assignment on the CBC
Canada will begin receiving the Pfizer vaccine from its plant in Michigan. Previously, shipments came from Belgium. And the Johnson and Johnson vaccine is on hold in Canada as the government checks concerns that temporarily closed the Baltimore plant.
The City has closed lower Bayview Ave this weekend in its program of encouraging people to walk or cycle on the roads. Bayview will be closed until 9 p.m. Sunday from Front Street to Rosedale Valley Road as well as River Street between Bayview Avenue and Spruce Street. CP24
Peter Sandiford, an endearing personality and character familiar to South Bayview friends, has died. A touching notice from Sue Byford appears on the Bonnie Byford Real Estate website
Ontario will open up vaccination to all adult citizens as of May 24, Health Minister Elliott said Thursday. Elliott said that five million residents have been vaccinated so far in the province of 14.7 million. News release
The government released a projection of when groups may be vaccinated:
Week of April 26
• Individuals aged 55 and over using the provincial portal
• Individuals aged 45 and over in hot spots
• Highest-risk health conditions
• Licensed child-care workers
Week of May 3
• Individuals aged 50 and over
• Individuals aged 18 and up in hot spots
• High-risk health conditions
• Cannot work from home Group 1
Week of May 10
• Individuals aged 40 and over
• At-risk health conditions
• Cannot work from home Group 2
Week of May 17:
• Individuals aged 30 and over
Week of May 24
• Individuals aged 18 and over
anticipated covid-19 schedule for May in Ont.
What is considered a highest-risk health conditions?
This includes organ transplant recipients, hematopoietic stem cell transplant recipients, neurological diseases, haematological malignancy diagnosis, kidney disease, pregnancy, and essential caregivers of anyone with these conditions.
What is considered high-risk health conditions?
This includes people with a body mass index over 40, those receiving treatments that cause suppression of the immune system and individuals with intellectual or developmental disabilities.
What is a at-risk health condition?
This lengthy list includes people with immune deficiencies, stroke or cerebrovascular disease, dementia, diabetes, liver disease, cancer, respiratory disease, heart disease, hypertension with end organ damage, diagnosis of mental disorder substance use disorder, sickle cell disease, thalassemia, immunocompromising health conditions, and other disabilities.
What about education and child-care workers?
Education workers supporting students with special needs, education workers in hot spots and child-care workers in licensed settings are all now eligible to book a COVID-19 vaccine.
Who is in group 1 of those who cannot work from home?
This includes elementary and secondary school workers, workers who respond to critical events, people in enforcement, inspection and compliance roles such as law enforcement, workers in childcare, foster care agency workers, agriculture and farm workers, and funeral, crematorium and cemetery workers.
Who is in group 2 of those who cannot work from home?
This includes essential and critical retail workers, those in manufacturing industries directly involved in supporting the COVID-19 response and other essential businesses and services with a heightened risk of outbreak, social workers, transportation, warehousing and distribution workers, courts and justice system workers, electricity, communications infrastructure workers, water and wastewater management workers, financial service workers, veterinarian teams, waste management workers, oil and petroleum workers, natural gas and propane gas workers, mine workers and uranium processing workers.
Retail workers include anyone working at grocery stores, food banks, pharmacies, ServiceOntario, ServiceCanada, Passport Canada, wholesalers and general goods, restaurants and LCBOs.
Revelations that Canada’s chief of the armed forces fathered two children by a major under his command has raised many issues.
Unlike last year, the Canada Revenue Agency is making zero allowance for taxpayers to file and pay. The deadline is midnight Friday giving you a bit more than 48 hours to get the job done.
Netflix makes “showbiz” announcement for Toronto
Netflix has announced it will open an office in Toronto but just when, where and possibly even why remains vague. The big streaming firm has been doing business here for years, mostly to shoot successful films like Queen’s Gambit. Mayor John Tory made the announcement at a news conference Tuesday saying he had been informed of the decision earlier in the day. “It’s a very significant indication, another one, that people have confidence in the city as we should, those of us who live here,” Tory said. “It underlines our determination to protect jobs, to get new jobs, get new investment, and to make sure that we can have a strong recovery coming on the back end of this pandemic.”
TV audience flees Oscars
The City will conduct a virtual meeting Tuesday evening for questions and feedback on the plan to remake Yonge St. all the way up to Davisville Ave. It is set to run from 7 to 9 p.m. with access offered by computer, smartphone or tablet. In order to register go here.
