Families have been told by email that Friday, April 15, 2016 will be a professional activity day. That brings the total such time off for teachers to work on their teaching skills to seven each school year. The information came from Toronto District and School Board’s (TDSB) director of education and chair. Students will be off school and parents will have to change the routine from normal Fridays. The extra PA Day was won by teachers in the last labour negotiations, the mail said. Teachers may be able to demonstrate the value to pupils of such time off but the practice remains a source of skepticism among parents and some educators.
Homemade wild salmon sushi produces worm infection
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A cautionary stale for those who might like to make their own sushi from raw salmon. This case is documented in Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology and occurred in Alberta. KelownaNow
Mayor Tory’s compromise plan for Scarborough transit
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“Sam” on the loose all day, found safe in east Leaside
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Sandra and Dave Mauro are happy tonight to have recovered their roaming Doberman mix dog named Sam (aka Samson). Sam dashed out of the house this morning (January 21, 2016) at around 8:30 without his collar.He was found safe and well late this afternoon.Sandra and Dave send their thanks to the community
Canada snubbed by allies says prof and “we deserved it”
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Randall Hansen, director of the Centre for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies at the Munk School of Global Affairs, tears a strip off the government. “ISIS needs to be defeated,” he said. Canada can’t hide behind pieties and be taken seriously. University of Toronto News
Historic Postal Station K as it looks on January 21, 2016
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The 1936 heritage Postal Station K at Yonge and Montgomery Ave. is gutted and bears protective covering for art deco relief over the front door. The rear addition is gone and work begins on the 26 floor residential tower which will stand behind. Photo below, taken January 21, 2016, shows the depiction of the finished heritage bullding and the square in front. It is quite appealng. Note the “wall washer” lights cast upward from the base of the building. We’ll be watching for them. Trust they’re not a flight of artistic fantasy. The place will be finished in 2017. Previous
Road trips await Leaside Wildcats through February
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The Leaside Wildcats will be strangers at home for a while as they embark on two road trips which will take them pretty much to the end of February. This weekend, starting Friday, Leaside will begin an away series with a visit to the Cambridge Rivulettes. Saturday it’s the Bluewater Hawks on their home ice in Strathroy and then a Sunday tilt with Southwest Wildcats in Windsor. These games are followed on Wednesday, January 27 by a meet up with the Toronto Aeros at York University Next month brings another five-game road trip. Anybody going to class here?
Wild and crazy Eglinton and Bayview traffic change
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Work in the south side lanes of Eglinton Ave. (eastbound) has reached a point where one of the eastbound lanes has been opened. But one eastbound lane has been closed making causing motorists turning left into Eglinton to pause to make sure they are in an open lane and not a construction dead-end. Reader Gary Slippoy says he watched from his window yesterday after they opened the new lane. At least 12 cars stopped suddenly due to the change of lanes.(Thursday, January 21, 2016).
Mom, daughter escape a frozen death on desolate road
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City dwellers seldom appreciate the unforgiving conditions people endure living on the sparely populated Canadian prairie. This story is from Manitoba where Kristen Hiebert and her little girl were alone and freezing all night after their car left the road near Dunrea about 240 kilometres from Winnipeg. The story of how Hiebert, with her arms broken, struggled to save herself and little Avery is told here by the CBC’s Nellie Gonzales.
IT’S 1986: Gladstone Hotel recreates Ferris Bueller’s room
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The Gladstone Hotel on Queen Street West has recreated the bedroom of Ferris Bueller, the legendary super cool and very lucky kid played by Matthew Broderick in the classic 1986 film. The room is part of an attraction called Come Up To My Room which runs runs from Thursday. January. 21 until January. 24.at the hotel. CBC
Councillor assailed over parking at 1912 Avenue Rd meeting
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Ward 16 Councillor Christin Carmichael Greb was assailed Wednesday night by ratepayers when she waded into a discussion about what many feel is inadequate parking for a proposed commercial development on the northwest corner of Avenue Road and Brooke Ave. The proposed commercial and retail building at 1912 Avenue Rd. has been downscaled to four floors from five but the developer proposes to pay the city cash in lieu for parking. About 75 ratepayers crowded into a fairly small room at the Armour Heights Community Centre were cynical about cash in lieu. Right or wrong, most believe such money heads into a nameless slush fund and the neighbourhood never sees a dime. The clip below gives a sense of how it went. The development has been opposed by the South Armour Heights Residents Association (SAHRA).
Bessborough will be a film scene Thursday, January 21, 2016
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Bessborough Drive will return once again to that way of life called commercial-making which residents there must feel is the road’s destiny. Partners Film will be making a commercial for Rogers (probably communications) beginning at 7 a.m. at 119 Bessborough. About a dozen trucks wull be parked, avoiding driveways, along Bessborough between Rolland Rd. and McRae Dr. Lance Creighton signs the notice as manager and gives a telephone number if needed. (416) 338 3456 Bessborough plays hosts to WPXZ News from Delaware