Former Premier Bill Davis honoured at Ontario Place

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Premier acknowledges predecessor at Ontario Place

Premier Wynne has announced the new waterfront trail along the East Island of Ontario Place will be named after former Premier Davis. Mr. Davis, a Brampton lawyer who vaulted to head of government in a hard-fought leadership campaign, was present for the ceremony.  The William G. Davis Trail will connect a new urban park with Ontario Place’s history as a public space for all Ontarians. Under the final design for the park and trail unveiled today, the builders will turn a parking lot on the East Island into a 7.5-acre naturalized green space celebrating Ontario landscapes. The park, slated to open in the fall of 2016, will provide access to this section of the Toronto waterfront for the first time in more than 40 years. Mr. Davis was Premier in 1971 when Ontario Place open. He will  be 86 on July 30.

 

Two dead in Islington Ave. coffee shop in Vaughan

mocaHelicopter view of the Moka Cafe in Vaughan where a multiple shooting occurred about 8 a.m. Wednesday. Four people were down and two have now been confirmed dead. The cafe is located on Islington Ave. near Highway 7. The other two victims had unknown injuries and are in hospital. No one is in custody. Islington has been closed in both directions. Cam Woolley on CP24 said a witness next door heard six shots in rapid succession but didn’t realize what he heard was in fact a shooting. Reporters asked police at a briefing if this incident was related to organized crime to which the answer was they did not know. There is a more formal briefing set for Wednesday afternoon.  .

LEASIDE: CGS’s fun-filled summer camp adventure

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Buccaneers believed to be from the area of Hanna Rd and Eglinton Ave. E.

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Masked and wanted (by their parents) and a gathering of water rascals

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Nothing but laughs with good pals

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Super Hero Day (for sure) and Canada’s sport on hardwood

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Friends at work and happy card makers

CGS at Eglinton Ave.E and Hanna Rd is just half way through its summer camp. Everyone is having fun and is very busy.

UNDO SEND: Google devises recall for wrongly sent Gmail

Beginning immediately, Google has installed a recall mechanism in Gmail which permits clumsy users to bring back embarrassing messages sent in error. It seems historic somehow. Installation is easy. It has already been installed this very evening at the The South Bayview Bulldog. Hooray! To install Undo Send follow these instructions. :

  • On the Gmail website, click the gear icon in the top-right corner and select Settings.
  • On the General Tab, you should now see Undo Send listed as the tenth option.
  • To enable it, check the box next to Enable Undo Send.
  • Now choose the length of time you’d like to have the ability to recall your sent emails from the drop-down menu. Options include 5, 10, 20 and 30 seconds.

The feature is simple. Users will see the Undo link in the same message that says the mail has been sent as seen below. Click it in time, and the mail is unsent.

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Girl, 8, told to cover up at civic wading pool in Guelph

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Parents of 8-year-old Marlee McLean say she was upset when she was told to put her shirt on at a Guelph wading pool. She and her brothers stripped to the waist to play in a civic pool. Parents Cory McLean and Anika Warmington complained and told of the child’s embarrassment. “She was so embarrassed and really nervous and scared because it appeared she was in trouble,” McLean said. Marlee broke a “sexist and antiquated” rule, said her dad, who called for it to be changed. But City officials, though sorry for the incident,  said the policy is meant to balance the safety and comfort of everyone using public facilities such as pools. This happened Saturday on a visit to Guelph from their home in nearby Fergus. This week City officials have said they are sorry to have made an issue of the matter but city rules state only girls under four may go topless.

23 injured when a Megabus and truck collide on 401

 

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As many as 23 people have been injured with four taken to hospital in a collision of a tractor trailer and a double-decker Megabus on Highway 401 near the small community of Lancaster, Ontario east of Cornwall.  A 15- year-old boy was taken by helicopter to Ottawa Civic Hospital . There were 45 people aboard the bus headed from Montreal to Toronto with a stop scheduled at Kingston. In a statement, Megabus confirmed that one of its buses was involved in the collision at approximately 2:30 p.m. Uninjured passengers were taken to Williamstown arena to await a new bus. CBC

Skinny jeans can cut off blood supply, knock you over

Doctors say that skinny jeans can cut off blood supply at a critical point in a woman’s legs causing her to lose feeling and tumble over. That’s what happened to an 35 year old Australian woman who spent for long periods crouching as she helped a friend pack for moving. The specific damage occurs when the tight jeans cut off the blood supply to muscles and compress a nerve behind the knee which brings a debilitating loss of feeling in the legs, feet and toes, expert say.

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How will NY Council (and Leaside) decide on 30 km/h

Councillor John Burnside (Ward 26) commented on the unanimous vote by the Toronto and East York Council to lower the speed limit on residential streets to 30 km/h. Ward 26 (including Leaside) is in the next-door North York Community Planning Area. Bayview Ave. divides them. Mr. Burnside said that he will raise the subject at North York Council and if the community wishes to proceed with a similar reduction he would feel obliged to support such an initiative. “My biggest concern is that (the lower speed limit) would be taken as a kind of panacea to all traffic problems,” said the Councillor. “I feel that driver behaviour overall may be more important.” He noted that most complaints he receives are related to stop sign violations and inattention by drivers  “I’m just not sure how much it’s going to help,” he told The South Bayview Bulldog. It is estimated that it will cost a million dollars to convert signage in Toronto and East York to conform with council’s will. That money is not in the municipal budget at present and the question remains as to how it will be approved. Mr. Burnside said he did not know how approval might proceed but added: “I know that when you want a traffic study and there’s no money in the budget, the traffic study doesn’t get done.” There are eleven Wards in the North York area including Ward 26. Map  

Watch frolicking killer whales in Vancouver

It’s play time for this pod of orcas in the Burrard Inlet.

Extended video here.