Police have wounded and placed in custody the man believed to be responsible for the explosion in Manhattan on Saturday night and an earlier bombing in New Jersey. He is Ahmad Khan Rahami, of New Jersey, a naturalized Afghan immigrant to the U.S. The New York Times reports the dramatic episode occurred on a rain-soaked street in Linden, N.J. Two police officers were hit by shots, one in his bullet proof vest and another in the hand. There is remarkable video from ABC News as broadcast on CNN (below). Photos from the scene showed a man believed to be Mr. Rahami laying on the sidewalk, hands cuffed behind his back and his shirt pulled up exposing his stomach and chest, with a police officer standing over him. The Times quotes witnesses who said they saw police shoot at a man who was running away. One person who was too rattled to give his name said the victim appeared to have been shot more than once and was “still twitching.”

Ahmad Khan Rahami, suspect in NY & NJ bombings, seen being loaded into an ambulance https://t.co/xQKQoLv7XQ https://t.co/MvXSlYgc6T

— CNN (@CNN) September 19, 2016

Toronto Star feature writer Jennifer Wells has assayed the past and present of Loblaw — the place most people call Loblaws. After an estimable traipse through the ups and downs of the family business she asks: “Is it just me?”  No, she decides. In the end, Loblaws is not without merit but it is dull. Her review was written as Galen G. Weston took over the chairman’s job at George Weston Ltd. Locally, Loblaws exemplifies many of Wells criticisms. The stores at 301 Moore Ave. and the misplaced giant tucked away at the end of Redway Rd. are dull but reliable. Moore is smallish but many people like the efficiency and location. Longo’s in the exquisite old Canadian Northern Railway Eastern Lines engine repair building is exciting. But a visit to this enormous place is a bit like a day-trip with Thomas the Tank Engine.

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Wind farm opponents in Southwestern Ontario have got a strong feeling that clear public anger — demonstrated at the polls — will spell an end to any further expansion of the ugly, expensive and inefficient alternative energy source. The London Free Press says that after a long losing streak before environmental review tribunals and courts, activists trying to halt industrial wind farms say they sense the political ground is shifting in their favour. They say power rates have become a hot urban issue and the Liberal government is taking notice. “It looks like this will be the last. I don’t know how the government could possibly justify more (such contracts),” said Jane Wilson, president of Wind Concerns Ontario, a coalition of groups opposed to industrial wind farm development in the province. She’s talking about the byelection loss for the Liberals in Scarborough Rouge-River. Accountants blame the government’s headlong plunge into expensive wind energy with driving up the cost of power in Ontario at least 70 percent in less than a decade.

The Blue Jays vs Angels game was delayed nearly 15 minutes Sunday when bees made a sneak attack on the ball diamond during the third period. Edwin Encarnacion swatted at them as they descended on his territory. But he quickly abandoned his post. Plate umpire CB Bucknor called time as everyone moved toward the left side of the field. Several players went back to their dugouts as the swarm remained in the outfield. The outfielders sought refuge in the bullpen behind left field and fans began exiting or seeking shelter in higher seats. As to the game, the curse is well fixed on the Blue Jays as they lost 4-0 to the Angels and fell even further back in the AL East.

 

A Divisional Court has overturned a decision by the Ontario Municipal Board arbitrarily stating the value of parkland required for huge residential buildings. Richmond Hill town council won the action in a precedent, which if upheld, offers hope for many cities which believe they are being developed by bureaucrats at Queen’s Park. CBC

The impressive looking townhouses nearing completion on Thurloe Ave west of Mt. Pleasant are seen in photos below. These are the structures that replaced Glebe Presbyterian Church. The six three-storey homes sit over a common underground garage with the entrance off of Belsize Drive to the south. There is also a clearly detached home (below) which appears to be as good as finished.

The Annual Leaside Rotary Club Corn Roast was well-attended Sunday afternoon. Tickets to the raffle were still three for $12 — a bargain even if you don’t win. The legions of children crowding Trace Manes Park were in good spirits — and why not — with the array of bouncy, slide and wheeled concessions to occupy them. Then, as democracy pretty much requires, politicians from the three levels of government were present mostly with tents to announce themselves. Rob Oliphant, MP for Don Valley West, might include an instructional segment on corn roasts in his seminars this fall about the will of the people. Premier Wynne was present and tweeted that she had run into her friend Rob Oliphant. Remarkable coincidence. In the tweet below, the Premier could well get out-ranked by those good-looking kids. Nice shot. Councillor Jon Burnside’s Ward 26 tent had a lineup. Was that about cotton candy? Well done to the Rotarians who organize this fine event each year and to the many sponsors. Thanks.

Young Leasiders with @Kathleen_Wynne at the Corn Roast in Leaside this Sunday! pic.twitter.com/kQA2yHgaVH

— Leaside Matters (@LeasideMatters) September 21, 2015

Ontario Premier Wynne is participating in the 36th Annual Terry Fox Run in Toronto on Sunday. The event began in Wilket Creek Park in the Leslie Street and Eglinton Avenue East area. It is one of several being held across Ontario today.

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A traveller from Cuba to Toronto on WestJet airlines smuggled four iguanas into the country. He was caught at customs but two of the creatures had already escaped his bags and were loose in the hold of the plane. As a result, the aircraft was delayed from taking off on another flight, this one to Vancouver. Apart from anything else, it seems iguanas are capable of chewing through or damaging wires. The plane was fumigated, the animals found and wires checked before taking off again.

At least 29 people have been injured in an explosion in New York, the fire department says. CNN’s Shimon Prokupecz reports. Authorities say the cause was a so-called improvised explosive device or IED. And at 11.24 p.m. EDT CNN is reporting that the NYPD Special Operations Division says a possible secondary device has been located.

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The 23rd Annual Leaside Rotary Community Corn Roast looks like it will catch a break in the weather with temperatures forecast in the mid-20s and little chance of rain. The cooking, eating and game playing begins at noon at Trace Manes Park, Millwood Road and McRae Drive. There will be fresh corn on the cob, hot dogs, deserts and drinks, live music, kids games, motor scooters, trampolines, an obstacle course, bouncy castles and inflatable slides. See you there.