Sharon Rein met her sister Sharon Dennis at Fredericton airport Sunday when Rein, the older at 58, flew in from South Africa where both women were born. Dennis. who is 56, was put up for adoption by her parents in 1960 because they felt they could not care for a third child. Dennis moved to Canada in 1994. It was only a death-bed confession by their mother that a child had been put up for adoption that led to the reunion. It was Rein who heard the secret from her mother and then went on to use social media to locate her sister. It worked, and the two spoke for the first time by phone earlier this year.  CBC

UD: Rescue (Elevator) – Leaside Park Dr @ Overlea Boulevard, East York (3 Trucks)

— Toronto Fire South (@tofireS) June 20, 2016

It is one thing to reduce the speed limit, quite another to make drivers behave safely.

The Ontario Municipal Board will hear an appeal of the City’s decision to refuse a front yard parking pad on Roxborough St. W. on Friday, July 8, 2016 at 10 a.m. The matter has the potential to set a precedent for similar parking especially across residential midtown Toronto where many streets have no such pads and the front lawn is a highly-prized asset among homeowners. Roxborough at present has no such pads although it is thought that another homeowner is awaiting the OMB decision to apply for a variation to permit such a parking pad.

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The case to be heard in July is brought by the owner of 67 Roxborough, Jennifer Ivey Bannock, a member of the well-known Ivey family. The ABC Residents Association (ABCRA), was successful in its opposition to the pad at the City’s Committee of Adjustment last December. Councillor Kristyn Wong-Tam and the City Planning Department also opposed this application. The committee refused the variance and denied the pad. It was found not in conformity with the City of Toronto zoning bylaw or Official Plan.

655 BAY STREET

The OMB hearing will take place at its offices on the 16th Floor of 655 Bay Street Toronto M5G 1E5. On a motion by Councillor Wong-Tam seconded by Ward 22’s Josh Matlow the City Legal Department and Planning Department will attend to defend the decision of the committee. The residents association, ABCRA, has also retained a lawyer to appear on its behalf. This week ABCRA was soliciting the presence of homeowners on Roxborough at the meeting as a show of the interest taken by the community. With files and photos supplied by Yonge and Roxborough News. 

A tractor-trailer said to be carrying cinnamon buns caught fire on the Highway 401 near Woodstock Road at around 10 a.m. Sunday. The driver escaped but the truck and cargo are now a sloppy mess. Police say there was a short circuit in the truck wiring.

Truck fire snarls traffic on Highway 401 near Woodstock, Ont. https://t.co/qGejgk0E9b pic.twitter.com/oU53K9lQxH

— CBC Toronto (@CBCToronto) June 19, 2016

Toronto Police say a 25-year-old man was slugged ten times by an angry woman when he complained about having been hit by her backpack. This happened May 18, 2016 on a TTC bus travelling Sheppard Avenue West heading to Downsview station. It apparently began when she sat down next to the man knocking him in the face with her backpack  An argument ensued.  The woman then stood up and punched the man in the head approximately 10 times  She fled the scene prior to police arrival.  She is described as 6’3″, 250 lbs., with shoulder-length brown hair. She was wearing glasses, a purple shirt, blue leggings, a Maple Leafs ball cap and was carrying a pink backpack.

Reuters is reporting that Iran has reached a deal to buy 100 jetliners from the Boeing Company of Seattle and the two sides are awaiting approval by the U.S. Treasury Department.  Reuters quotes the head of Iran’s Civil Aviation Organisation speaking Sunday.  It is the first time since the 1979 Islamic Revolution that Iran has purchased aircraft from the U.S.

The Toronto Jazz Festival, set to unfold Friday, June 24 at Nathan Phillips Square, is taking heat for a lineup of musicians who may or may not actually play jazz, depending on how you look at it. As reported by Joshua Errett of the CBC this year’s lineup of artists like Sarah McLachlan, Grace Potter, Sharon Jones, KC and the Sunshine Band is causing some people to complain. The Toronto Jazz Festival is different from the Beaches Jazz Festival, which typically see players who represent fairly authentic jazz genres.  “Our mandate is to book jazz, jazz-influencing and jazz-influenced music,” says Josh Grossman, artistic director, as quoted by Errett. “Most of the artists fit under that umbrella, but every year one or two artists do slip outside of that.” CBC 

 

Toronto has issued a heat warning for Sunday. It comes as Environment Canada is predicts a high of 33 C today and a humidity reading that will feel closer to 38. “During a Heat Warning, the public is encouraged to call or visit family, friends and neighbours, especially isolated adults and seniors who are at greater risk of suffering from heat-related illness, to make sure they are cool and drinking plenty of fluids,” a statement from David McKeown, the city’s medical officer of health, reads.  “Other groups at risk include people with chronic illnesses, individuals with limited mobility or certain mental health illnesses, infants and young children, people on certain medications, and those who are homeless.”

Officially it was the first annual Leaside softball tournament with St. Anselm inviting area teams. Good fun.

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