The CBC reports Friday morning that some customers of Air Miles have found it difficult to redeem rewards and other services associated with Air Miles. In this regard, a law firm in Calgary has filed a class-action lawsuit against LoyaltyOne, the company that owns and operates the Air Miles rewards program in Canada. The case is not certified. But other consumers who have long since lost interest in such so-called travel benefits will smile at this. They prefer to avoid the experience. CBC

Mississauga fire and emergency medical services performed a harrowing rescue about dawn Friday morning after a van drove into the side of a transport truck. The driver was airlifted to a Toronto hospital with serious injuries. It took about an hour to get him out of the wreck. This occurred at Derry Road West and West Credit Avenue near Mississauga Road.

. @Peel_Paramedics crawled inside to work on driver while @MississaugaFES used jaws and air bags. Derry Rd. pic.twitter.com/VYFCvfn8Wl

— Tony Smyth (@LateNightCam) September 16, 2016

Paul Hahn and Co. will celebrate 103 in business Saturday with a street party and music. Players will include pianists Windsor Johnson, Rashaan Allwood, Mark Kersey and the Thompson Thompson Egbo Egbo trio. Entertainment begins and 12:30 and goes until 4:30 p.m. There will be cake, coffee and things for kids to do on Gibson Ave.which will be closed between Yonge and Paul Hahn Lane.

It felt as if anything that could go wrong did go wrong on Bayview Ave during repair work down the extension Thursday. Traffic was reduced to one lane each way. Then, for reasons unknown the lights at Bayview and Moore defaulted to flashing red during rush hour. Honey, I’ll be late.

The long leave from the office of fire chief James Sales has been a mystery. Chief Sales began his leave — which is not the same as a medical leave — on May 27. The leave is set to end September 27 and given its length many people are watching to see if Mr. Sales returns to work. He has been drawing his salary of more than $222,000 a year during this period. Sales was hired in 2012 from the City of Barrie. Deputy Chief Matt Pegg is interim chief

 

A community consultation meeting will be held Wednesday, September 28 to hear details of the application to build six town homes on land known as 28-32 Evergreen Gardens in Bennington Heights. This parcel of land is at the most easterly point of Evergreen where it meets Bayview Ave. The meeting will be at 7 p.m. at the Mount Pleasant Funeral Centre, 375 Mount Pleasant Road  Previous: Bid to replace two homes with six town houses in Bennington. 

This balloon-like ball was a notable feature of Typhoon Meranti as it landed in mainland China after battering Taiwan with the strongest storm in 21 years. It made landfall near China’s south-eastern city of Xiamen on Thursday morning, having lost some power. Not quite as sinister as Mr. Stay-Puft but just a unexpected.

Some road closures this weekend worth noting. Be aware especially of the nearby Open Streets return on Sunday shutting off Yonge and Bloor Street to cars.

Roncesvalles Polish Festival
Roncesvalles Avenue from Grafton Avenue to Dundas Street will be closed from Saturday, September 17 at 5 a.m. to Sunday, September 18 at 11 p.m. for this festival. Howard Park Avenue will be open to traffic during this event.

Bloor West Village Toronto Ukrainian Festival
Bloor Street West from Jane Street to Runnymede Road will be closed from Friday, September 16 at 9:30 a.m. to Sunday, September 18 at 11:59 p.m. to accommodate this event.

Sunnybrook Foundation – RBC Run for the Kids 5K, 15K and 25K
A series of road closures and lane restrictions will take place for this event on Saturday, September 17 from 3 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the area bounded by Sheppard Avenue in the south, Yonge Street in the east, Dufferin Street in the west and Steeles Avenue in the north.

Open Streets TO
Bloor Street/Danforth Avenue from Dufferin Street to Hampton Avenue and Yonge Street from Bloor Street to Queen Street will be closed from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Sunday, September 18.

During the Open Streets TO event, vehicles will be able to cross Bloor Street/Danforth Avenue at Dufferin Street, Ossington Avenue, Grace Street/Christie Street, Bathurst Street, Spadina Avenue, Avenue Road, Bay Street, Church Street, Ted Rogers Way, Sherbourne Street, Broadview Avenue and Hampton Avenue. Vehicles will be able to cross Yonge Street at Wellesley Street, College Street, Gerrard Street, Dundas Street, Shuter Street and Queen Street.

Proceeds from the forthcoming Leaside Smokedown will aid the homegrown charity New Circles. This evening of delicious food, local beer and music will be held Thursday, October 20, 2016 from 7 to 11 p.m. at Amsterdam Brewery in Leaside.

The mural finished earlier this year to identify the community of Leslieville will be dedicated Thursday at 3 p.m.at Queen Street East and Jones Avenue. The mural is the work of graffiti artist Jabari “Elicser” Elliott. It shows a man sitting at rest under a tree. It contains the name Leslieville in a similar way to that seen on the original mural, shown in the photo two down in this post. The maple tree in the scene is intended to recall poet Alexander Muir, author of The Maple Leaf Forever, who was featured in the original mural.

Toronto-based developer Oxford Properties is the lead developer for a huge commercial and residential development in west Manhattan to be called Hudson Yards. In its public space Hudson Yards features a mind-boggling structure known as Vessel. The New York Times Wednesday has called Vessel a $150 million stairway to nowhere. It also suggests  Vessel  will become the City’s next Rorschach test.  Can this be good? Never mind. Hudson Yards is the creation of billionaire Stephen M. Ross and British designer (he of Vessel) Thomas Heatherwick, 46. The Times says that Vessel is a big, bold and basket-shaped creation made up of 154 interconnecting flights of steps. Oxford Properties is an omnipresent firm in Toronto property which is owned entirely by the Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System (OMERS). New York Times