The premises of DEW at 1553 Bayview Ave. are vacant tonight and there is no information posted about the shop’s future. Photographs here show the familiar women’s wear store at about 8.30 p.m. on Friday, January 2, 2015. DEW — which stands for Day Evening Weekend — recently celebrated seven years on Bayview.
Public meetings will be held next week to discuss the possible size of populations and boundaries of City electoral wards, such as Ward 26 (Leaside) and Ward 22 (Davisville). The meeting closest to South Bayview in general will be at S. Walter Stewart Library, 170 Memorial Park Ave on Wednesday, January 7, 2015 beginning at 6 p.m. A news release today (Friday, January 2, 2015) suggests that populations of wards may be as much as 30 to 50 percent above the targeted average of 60,958. City boundaries are of course numbered but they are also fitted inside the boundaries of federal constituencies, two to a constituency. The federal boundaries have names and thus Ward 26 has inherited the name Don Valley West. The federal lines have just been re-drawn and will form the basis on which voters elect the new Parliament in a general election expected this year. Other municipal boundary meetings will be held Thursday, January 8 and Saturday, January 10 at Parkdale Library, 1303 Queen St. W., and Trinity St. Paul’s Church, 427 Bloor St. W. respectively. These three meetings are part of a two-stage public consultation process. Additional information, including meeting times, locations and the full calendar of the review’s public consultation meetings, is available at http://www.drawthelines.ca. |
| Front door bricked in |
The Local Public Eatery restaurant in the old bank building at 180 Laird Drive has hung a sign saying the business will open early in 2015. Looks like there’s a couple of months work left there at least. There appears to be a permanent or convertible roof going in on the extension at the rear of the building. The original front door to the bank featuring the crest of the Imperial Bank of Canada has been bricked in, but the crest has been saved. The new entrance to the restaurant will be on the northeast corner of the building on Laird at the corner of McRae Drive. As we reported in September, the Local Eatery franchise is a western Canadian chain with five trendy dining and drinking establishments in B.C., Alberta and Toronto’s Liberty Village. The Toronto Local says on its website that its “kind of like your living room, with better food and people to serve you beer, fanatical about craft beer and rotating new selections, passionate about great food and the best ingredients.” It is owned by Vancouver businessman Jeffery Fuller who also owns the Joey chain.
Overnight tweets from the Toronto Police Operations Centre have ranged across fires, accidents and quite a few impaired drivers this New Year’s morning. OPS TPS, as it is known, let’s the public know via Twitter about breaking news, and serves as communication for the cops too, Fortunately, the fire reported at River St and Shuter Street turned out to be a pot left on the stove that was easily handled by the fire service. As recently as sun-up the dispatches reporting “impaired driver” or “suspected impaired driver” were frequent. Drunk driving it seems is a daylight thing on New Year’s Day morning. The public was asked to watch for a silver Toyta. Then there was the suspected drunk driver in a Ford SUV headed southbound on the DVP at the Bloor ramp. A house fire near the Don Valley Parkway and York Mills road caused concern for drifting smoke., Someone rear-ended a police car at Finch Ave. and Neilsen Rd. There was a probably a breathalyzer administered there. And many reports of “one in custody for impaired.”
Firefighters fought a 4-alarm blaze New Year’s Eve in bitterly cold weather on Edith Drive near Montgomery St. Edith Drive is the north-south street that sits east of Eglinton Park north of Eglinton Ave E. The fire got started just before seven in the semi-detached home. The heavy damage has left two families homeless. No one appears to have been injured. The fire started in the chimney and spread to the attic. Firefighters tried to contain the fire, but had to get off the building’s roof as the flames started to break through. As many as 22 units and 90 firefighters were on scene, trying to keep the fire from spreading to neighbouring homes. An aerial unit was called in to fight the fire from above. Officials cut power to the area, and had to close down several nearby streets Damage is estimated to be at least $ 1 million.
