A man and woman, both 28, were shot and wounded as they were eating at Michael’s steak house in Simcoe Street. The original police report said the attack was done by a man, but now it seems there may have been two.
Matlow gives Burnside (ahem) at Environment Day
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Nice to have another good reason to give my friend @jon_burnside crap at his community environment day 🙂 pic.twitter.com/lfvKqAQlyv
— Josh Matlow (@JoshMatlow) September 19, 2015
CGS kids and parents on Hanna Road on their way to school
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This charming picture shows pupils at Children’s Garden School on their way to a new learning adventure. CGS is at the corner of Eglinton Ave. E and Hanna Road in Leaside.
Star profiles Beck Taxi’s Uber nemesis Kristine Hubbard
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Ms. Hubbard is a notable area personality who has to be admired for her determined and eloquent efforts to bring Uber into line. She works at Beck’s Thorncliffe Park office. Today Uber still pretends to be just a humble technology company which is eager to “work with” City Hall. So learn some humility. At City Hall too many people want to talk about the new technology and how it is unstoppable. No doubt. But the issue is not technology, it’s taxis. Unlike electronic book readers, also unstoppable, digital taxis are ripe for abuse unknown to your average Kobo. Toronto Star
City creates Yonge and Eglinton development review portal
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The City of Toronto has created a web portal that brings together information on development in the Eglinton and Yonge area. This collection of information reaches all the way to Bayview Ave. where it includes the Brown Group development for Bayview and Hillsdale Ave. Development Review
Winners announced at Trace Manes in Rotary Raffle
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Here are the ticket drawings for the six prizes in the Leaside Rotary Charitable Foundation Raffle drawn Sunday, September 20, 2015 at the close of the corn roast. The information is a bit sketchy but the winners who gave only a phone number can still catch up with their prizes. Video
Youths demand “right to transportation” on closed street
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53 Division police have posted this video on their site as an example of what the police must manage.
St. Cuthbert’s Anglican Church takes 2015 “family picture”
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Members of the congregation of St. Cuthbert’s Anglican Church had an added duty today (Sunday, September 20, 2015). They filed out of the morning service to stand on the front steps and have their picture taken. It’s always a popular moment. The Rev. Beth Benson and Assistant Curate, The Rev. Jonathan Turtle, led the worshippers. This is the 125th Anniversary of St. Cuthbert’s and the gathering stood in front of newly refurbished doors, an anniversary capital project. Parishioners of all ages were there, some families with grandkids, parents and grandparents joyfully together. In all, there were about 100 church members posing for Anglican Journal Photographer Michael Hudson. His exploits on Bayview Ave. are seen below as he (left) tries to stop cars (centre) “drivers just don’t get it” and (right) Michael finally gets off several shots. Do you have an event in South Bayview? Write to The Bulldog
Toronto 12th costliest city in the world says Swiss bank
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Toronto is the 12th costliest city in the world, according to the Swiss bank UBS. Much media has been tempted to juice this statistic a bit. But whether Toronto is “one of the most expensive cities in the world” or just the 12th such community the driver of the cost metric is housing. It is not clear if UBS understands that in Shanghai there are only two places to send your precious children. They are Toronto and Vancouver and quite often we buy them a house. But what a value it is to buy and operate a car in Toronto. It is surely better than any other great city – great city mind you. Try buying a Lexus in London. Ugh.
Rotary Corn Roast sees large turnout at Trace Manes
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See later post
Terry Fox Run remembers courageous young Canadian
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Terry Fox
Runners were tweeting from Wilket Creek Park that Premier Wynne, Mayor Tory, John Carmichael and Four Seasons founder Isadore Sharp are present with many others for the 35th Terry Fox Run today (September 20, 2015) Communities across the country are taking part in the run. In 1980, Terry Fox started his Marathon of Hope run across Canada in support of Cancer research. Fox ran 26 miles a day, gaining more and more public support and media attention along the way. A decision by CTV News to broadcast a national telethon in support of Fox as he approached Toronto led to huge public interest. The Cancer amputee was forced to stop his run in Northern Ontario when his cancer returned. Fox ran for 143 days, 3,339 miles.
Burnside: No reason for condo traffic to use arena access
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The little parking lot with the broken pavement at 3 Southvale doesn’t see traffic anymore. But the entry to the six or eight parking spaces there is off the grand new driveway into Leaside Arena. Shane Baghai, developer of a proposed eight storey condominium at 3-5 Southvale, thinks this modest approach should be the main access to the building and presumably to underground parking. Members of the arena board, which include Councillor Jon Burnside, are fighting to stop the additional traffic this would mean for cars entering and leaving the arena. The volume of vehicles created by the 98-unit residence has a potential to swamp the driveway, especially during the long red lights that bottle up cars trying to leave. Mr. Burnside has been quoted as saying that there is no upside for the arena to provide an access point to an adjacent condominium. Mr. Baghai says the arena driveway is a public road which has always had an entrance onto the property he now owns. The condominium height is contentious too. The precedent (so described) of 2 Laird Dr. has returned to haunt Leasiders. At seven storeys 2 Laird was fiercely opposed. But residents lost the height battle because the OMB concluded that access to Laird Drive justified the size of the development. Southvale is a much less busy residential street. Shane Baghai proposes eight storeys at Southvale-Millwood