The owners of Celestin, the long-standing French restaurant at Mt. Pleasant Rd. and Manor Rd. have decided to close it at the end of April and re-open shortly thereafter as a Latin-themed restaurant and bar. They have announced as well that Celestin will be offering a Tasting Menu for the last two weeks of April offering classics and favourites from Celestin’s menu. Brothers James and Iván Bailey, who have owned Celestin since 2009, will take the old bank building at 623 Mt. Pleasant into a familiar world of South American cuisine. Both were born and raised in Lima, Peru and the change is a heartfelt decision in keeping with their heritage. James was telling the South Bayview Bulldog that the new restaurant will be called Bar Mar which translates roughly into Ocean Bar. Anyone wishing to be on the new restaurant’s mailing list should write to the old email address (which will change shortly) at celestinrestaurant@rogers.com

The Leaside United Church event known as Be Smart Online will take place Sunday, April 3 between  7 and 9 p.m. All welcome join in this informative event about mobile devices, social media and living on line responsibly. Informaton here

A 22-year-old man is dead from several bullet wounds in a service station lot at Richmond Street and Parliament Street at about 2 a.m. There appears to be very few leads and police have called the matter a “big puzzle” so far.

Shell station at Richmond and Parliament

The Weather Network says an abrupt pattern change will result in plunging temperatures and a couple of threats for impactful snowfall across southern Ontario through the weekend and into early next week. A pair of weak low pressure areas brought the first bouts of snow Saturday throughout the day, with the most substantial snowfall expected Sunday afternoon through the overnight before the system dissipates Monday morning.  So, after a relatively warm March the start of April is marked by a return to winter-like weather.

Starbucks has announced that three Toronto locations will start serving wine, beer and sharable small plates beginning at 2 p.m. next Tuesday, April 12, 2016. Starbucks has teased the idea for what seems like years and it does this elsewhere. Now they will commence it at 3079 Bloor St. W., 446 Spadina Rd. and 1740 Avenue Rd. These well off areas although 446 Spadina in  Chinatown is new for Starbucks. The Bloor Street West location is in the affluent Royal York Rd. shopping district at Montgomery Rd and the Avenue Rd. location is at St. German Ave. north of Pusateri’s (when it re-opens).

A 10 year-old girl has been found safe and returned home, police say. She was the subject of an intensive  “level three” search after leaving Rockford Public School in northwest Toronto. Police say the girl was spotted by a TTC controller. They have no reason to suspect any foul play. An intensive search has been underway since the girl left Rockford Public School at about 3 p.m.but did not arrive home. The girl was taken to hospital for a routine check

City Council has voted unanimously to ask the Ontario government to review whether the Special Investigations Unit is acting fairly toward black citizens and in particular “radicalized communities.”  The words of the motion ask “the Premier, the Minister Responsible for Anti-Racism and the new Anti-Racism Directorate, the Minister of Community Safety and Correctional Services, and the Ontario Civilian Police Commission to review the following with an anti-black racism and anti-racism lens”:

There’s something wrong in the paradise of public transit it seems. According to Metrolinx spokesperson Anne Marie Aikins, Go Transit will run a campaign to combat loud conversations, littering, feet and bags on seats and smelly food or smelly perfume. Really, it seems people are just disgusting.  “There isn’t a day that goes by that I don’t get tweeted pictures of people with feet on seats,” said Aikins in an interview with CP24.  “A good stink eye sometimes does help but sometimes it doesn’t. The vast majority of our customers are really polite but we need everyone to be polite.”  There will be posters depicting poor GO Transit etiquette displayed at stations and on vehicles. There will also be a social media component to the campaign that revolves around the hashtag #etiquettefail.