Dr. Bradley Lands

Orthodontist Dr. Bradley Lands will move his practice from 1670 Bayview Ave at Hillsdale Ave. to a joint practice with two other orthodontists in the medical building at 1849 Yonge Street, Suite 908. 1849 Yonge is a well-known medical building  It has convenient parking in the public garage on Merton St. near Yonge. The change will take place over New Year’s with the new practice to be called Freeman, Caro and Lands Orthodontics. Dr. Lands says his assistant Marianne Gruenberg will continue to work with him in the new practice.

Motorists in the South Eglinton area near Northern Secondary School Tuesday morning should watch it. NSS kids, police and others will be there from 8 to 8.45 a.m. as cops partner with Parachute Canada and the TDSB to help students stop cars that are being driven both safely and unsafely. It is the National Teen Driver Safety Week positive ticketing blitz. It includes pedestrians, cyclists and drivers. Approximately 30 students will be giving out tickets to fellow students as they enter the school. The goal of the blitz is to engage students in discussions about staying safe while operating a vehicle, or going to or from their destinations as pedestrians, cyclists or drivers.  You can follow the action on Twitter at #gethomesafe.

Well worth reading for those who care to know. Among the many notable arguments is the position of the lawyer, hastily hired by the Cleveland team at the last minute, that the word Indians is a benign description not a racist attack. Globe and Mail.

The Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan will buy Constellation Brands Canada, the owner of a chain of 163 wine stores formerly operated by Vincor Canada for $1.03 billion. Constellation’s domestic and international wines include brand names including Inniskillin, Jackson-Triggs, Kim Crawford, Robert Mondavi, Ruffino, Sawmill Creek and Wallaroo Trail. But it is the protected freedom to sell wine widely at retail, a right grandfathered with Vincor and its successors since the introduction of free trade in 1988, that makes the company so unique.  Ontario Teachers’ is the largest single-profession pension plan with $171.4 billion in net assets as of Dec. 31, 2015.

Thanks to the entire Leaside community (and visitors) for supporting the 132nd Scout group Apple Day event past weekend!!! Great fun!

— Wilmar Kortleever (@WKortleever) October 17, 2016

Many British subjects, a lot of them Jewish, are applying for German passports. As the report above says, it is a development that would have been unthinkable a few decades ago. This is said to be the consequence of the expected impact of Brexit on the UK economy. In the U.S., and further to yesterday’s story that polls show Donald Trump losing, a new “poll of polls” reveals Clinton sitting at 47 percent with Trump at 39 percent. In Iraq, it seems the government is finally about to reconquer the town of Mosul from ISIS. The military says it has inflicted “heavy losses of life and equipment” on ISIS in a district southeast of Mosul, as Iraqi-led forces close in on the city in the long-awaited battle to recapture it from the terror group.

Rogers has announced what some are calling the abrupt and immediate resignation of president and CEO Guy Laurence. He has been with the firm less than three years. Laurence is credited with improving Rogers competitive position and the stunning 12-year rights deal with the NHL. His replacement will be former Telus chief executive Joe Natale who resigned from Telus last summer because, he said, he didn’t want to move to Vancouver. Hmm. Telus boss Joe Natale gives up job to stay in Toronto Rogers ready to take aim at Telus with Natale’s “magic drug”

Guy Laurence (left) will be succeeded by former Telus boss Joe Natale

Boxscore tells the story as KW Rangers defeat Leaside Wildcats 5-1. Goaltending was shared 2-1 by Katie Mowbray (loss) and Shanna Dolighan. Leaside now sits at 14 in the 20-team PWHL.

With barely three weeks left before the U.S. general election on Tuesday, November 8, polls seem to show that Donald Trump cannot win. Many people would say that this has been apparent for some time but the media has been interested in making the election look close. The NBC/Wall Street Journal poll (top) indicates an eleven point margin between Clinton and Trump with nearly ten percent of the vote leaning to the splinter Libertarian and Green parties. The Washington Post/ABC News poll (lower) shows Clinton four percent ahead of Trump with five percent of potential Republican votes going to the Libertarians.

"I fainted before the start of the race but I said 'I will try'" says Toronto Champion Philemon Rono.

— Canadian Running (@CanadianRunning) October 16, 2016

Kenyan runner Philemon Rono was the champion of the Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon on Sunday, winning with a time of 2:08:27. Olympian Eric Gillis won the Canadian title, coming in fifth overall with a time of 2:13:44. Gillis had been gunning for the Canadian record of 2:10:09, but told reporters after the race that his body wasn’t feeling optimal in the second half. The overall winner of the women’s race was Shure Demise from Ethiopia, winning with a time of 2:25:19. CBC