Wrong-way turns onto Roehampton/Broadway on purpose?

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Comments at a long Facebook thread are voicing a lot of distress with the new one-way traffic rules on Roehampton and Broadway Aves. One reader says it appears that drivers are rolling the dice on turning west onto eastbound Roehampton in the chancy effort to get to their apartment driveway before encountering oncoming traffic. Really? Another observer thinks the City has got the directions wrong. Broadway should be eastbound, Roehampton westbound. We like that idea. FB

Two-alarm fire on Queensway balcony Sunday afternoon

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1050 The Queensway on Sunday afternoon/Celena Twitter

This balcony fire (a barbeque gone wrong?) damaged adjoining units. The 2-alarm fire was at 1050 The Queensway Sunday. No injuries were reported.



Towers 33, 36 and 38 floors for Midtown building war-zone

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The wisdom of planning by both the City and the province may trouble some people but the mad growth of the Yonge-Eglinton area presses on. It’s known to many as a war zone of construction. Here’s the story on a three-tower wonderment at Broadway and Redpath Aves. Towers will house people at heights of 33, 36 and 38 storeys.

You vote Sept 20 as polls hint chance of change either way

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Hey lady, what the heck are you up to in Leaside, Davisville

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Who is she?

A post to Leaside Community says this woman is usually accompanied by a man and that their purpose is to porch pirate Leaside and Davisville Village.

Macdonald statue comes down at Indigenous “unity” event

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Demonstrators of various sorts who were at an Indigenous “unity” rally in Hamilton Saturday pulled down a statue of Canada’s first prime minister, John A. Macdonald. It is a fairly emotional incident.

Saturday Lotto 649 split $20 million between Ontario, West

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Saturday’s $20 million Lotto 649 jackpot will be split between two ticket holders, the Ontario Lottery Corporation has announced. One winning ticket was sold in Ontario and the other in the Prairies. Each is worth $10 million.

MGH patient “filled with regrets” for shunning vaccination

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An East York citizen who was persuaded not to get C-19 vaccinated has been struck by the infection and admitte3d to the ICU at Micheal Garron Hospital on Coxwell Ave. According to Dr. Micheal Warner, director of critical care at MGH, the patient is “filled with regrets and wanted this message shared to help influence other people to make a better decision for themselves and everyone else.”

CPC ad turns Trudeau into a 1970s spoiled-brat character

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Trudeau as Willy Wonka character Veruca Salt

Members of the Conservative Party of Canada are criticizing the party for producing an election-eve ad that portrays Justin Trudeau as Veruca Salt, a character from the 1971 film “Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory,” in which she throws a fit for not getting what she wants. Toronto Sun

Real fear of 1990s terrorism as Afghans sink into darkness

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The US is out of Afghanistan and its allies, like Canada, are also on the run. Radical Taliban “students” pursue a policy of hatred to the West and they seem about to conquer this forbidding place. Listen to these informed words from the report above: “Large scale physical terrorist safe-havens result in complex international attacks.” If that doesn’t scare you, we can’t imagine what might.

Cycle Toronto safe cycling webinars good for young and old

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Safe cycling webinars this month
Cycle Toronto

Cycle Toronto is offering a series of free webinars this month that should be of interest to cyclists and parents with back-to-school just around the corner. Cycle Toronto is a reputable body seeking to educate bike riders and keep them safe.

Driver dead in early Friday rear-end crash on 401 at Keele

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Driver killed at 401 and Keele/Sonny SubraTwitter

A driver is dead after a car slammed into the rear of a stopped tractor-trailer on eastbound Highway 401 near Kewele St. early Friday.