A long-time local food and convenience store, Leaside Mart at 223 McRae Drive, has been hit by a nasty robbery and vandalism incident. Reports say the perpetrators pulled up in front of the store about 3.30 a.m. Windows were smashed and goods disturbed and possibly stolen. FB
Denied the US Open championship trophy, Leylah Fernandez decided to make off with the spotlight instead. Visibly exhausted, her face both beaming and wet with tears, the 19-year-old Montreal native — bested in Saturday’s women’s final in straight sets, 6-4, 6-3, by an even younger British tennis darling — refused to say goodbye to Flushing Meadows. Rather: until next time.
Reaction to the fake signage claiming that an 88 storey building had been proposed for the centre of Oriole Park seems to range from anger to a sympathetic nod. Of course, no one wants a tower like this in the park.
CTV commentator Evan Solomon assesses Thursday’s English-language leaders’ debate.
This load of car batteries was destroyed in a fire on the QEW at Fairview St. in Burlington early Thursday. The cleanup is tricky because of the chemical content of the batteries. There’s no indication offered on just how this fire started.
One lane open on #QEW Toronto bound at Fairview pic.twitter.com/o9X6bqre7e
— OPP Highway Safety Division (@OPP_HSD) September 9, 2021
Truck fire: Load of batteries in trailer burned #QEW Toronto bound closed at Fairview. #BurlingtonOPP investigating https://t.co/8HQaCHJQ38
— OPP Highway Safety Division (@OPP_HSD) September 9, 2021
As befits the age, tonight’s English-language debate ahead of the September 20 vote will be seen on YouTube and various apps as well as TV. You can listen to our political leaders slug it out with earplugs as you pub crawl if you like. See the CBC story on access and check out a translation of the French language debate last night.
Fake it to make it or simple fraud?
She is Elizabeth Holmes — smart, beautiful, and say federal prosecutors, one of the most notorious frauds in US business history.
The fall of the Novotel Hotel — superb service to shameful slum
Downtown residents are raging over the conversion of the Novotel Hotel into a homeless shelter. Sounds like a familiar complaint.
SERRA, the South Eglinton Ratepayers and Residents Association has announced a candidates’ meeting for the riding of Don Valley West on Monday, September 13 from 7 to 9 p.m. The event has been organized by the Federation of North Toronto Residents Association (FoNTRA) with eight local residents associations joining together to provide sponsorship. Many Leasiders tend to think of DVW as a local preserve but the large constituency stretches all the way to Mt. Pleasant, Yonge and the 401. News release PDF.
One person is reported dead and others are injured following an explosion at a factory at the corner of Wicksteed Ave and Beth Nealson Drive in Leaside. Toronto Police suggested that firefighters are facing a dangerous challenge in extinguishing a chemical spill. They said they arrived on scene at 225 Wicksteed Avenue, the address of Siltech Corporation, and found at least one injured person. Siltech makes a wide variety of silicone products ranging from personal care to the auto industry. The call was received shortly before 10 a.m. Wednesday. Two men treated after blast at Siltech plant on Wicksteed –-2016
Scattered power outages, blinking stoplights and downed trees greeted residents in and near Leaside Wednesday after a night of thunderous rain and lightning. The Toronto Hydro Outage Map is showing a widespread blackout Leaside Wednesday morning. Map Leaside Community
Montreal’s Leylah Fernandez has defeated Ukraine’s Elina Svitolina in the quarterfinal of the 2021 US Open. She is just 19. Go Leylah. Highlights
Pat Davies helped sink the Bismark
Ever so slowly the heroism and skill of so many World War II women is finally emerging. Here, 98-year-old former WREN Pat Davies recalls that the punishment for telling anyone what she did for the allies was the firing squad.
Same old Taliban bad actors are back
The new Taliban government in Afghanistan is chock-full of well-known terrorist names, some of whom are high on FBI wanted lists. Sadly, we will not be able to ignore these guys. History has shown us in technicolor that they and their agents will probably be coming after us.
Hydro crew across southwestern Ontario are labouring in the rain Tuesday night to restore power to more than 20,000 customers after heavy weather rolled into the province off Lake Huron. The widespread blackouts are caused by downed trees, lightning and flooding. Environment Canada issued a severe thunderstorm warning for most of southern Ontario ahead of an intense band of weather that had the potential to bring 100 km/h winds, large hail and lightning.
Hydro map showed outage in Moore Park
Toronto is getting plenty of rain but seems to have escaped large scale outages. One blackout is shown in Moore Park north of St. Clair Ave E.
The wreckage of the five adjoined garages at Sutherland Rd end of the laneway north of Eglinton has been fenced off as the owners decide how to clear up the mess. Flames tore through the garages Monday afternoon. A sixth garage to the east was also gutted.
