Loblaws will run a pilot program in Richmond Hill which permits shoppers to buy groceries online and then pick them up at a drive through at the store. It is known as click-and-collect. The above diagram shows how the British supermarket chain Tesco explains it to customers. It appears that you have to undertake to pick up your groceries within a certain two-hour period. According to the Toronto Star, the Loblaws at 301 High Tech Rd. has been set up with a bright orange click-and-collect area that includes assigned parking. Customers will be able to have the groceries they chose and pay for online, loaded into their vehicles. Loblaws announced the idea in brief earlier this year. “The service is not yet available to the public, but we’re excited by the prospect of offering busy customers another option to complete their shopping, saving considerable time in the process,” said Loblaw spokesperson Kevin Groh. Pick and pay is said to be a popular option for grocery shopping in Europe.
There was a time when many mothers considered their most important coming-of-age lesson for any daughter to be: Never let anyone — anyone — take a picture of you unless you’re fully dressed. Yes, we know, those days are gone forever but it might surprise readers of the Internet how many women both young and — um — less young tend to live by this effective rule. On the other hand, millions of others have embraced the view that being naked is protected by an array of UN sponsored human rights. It seems one of these rights ensures that a celebrity can be naked on the web without anyone finding out. Variations of this include the right to be unbothered by hackers who somehow unlock naked pictures from the cloud. What the Bulldog trips over, apart from his big silly tongue, is an utter lack of faith in his own gender. How on earth could any woman — the UN notwithstanding — trust men to behave. As a sex they are scoundrels. In the case of Emma Watson the revelation of certain pictures is blamed on someone who was upset with her recent defense of feminism.
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| Her Honour Elizabeth Dowdeswell |
The fans of Penrose Fish and Chips are legion after so many years in business. This past weekend they mobbed the little shop at 600 Mount Pleasant and when they were gone so was almost all the food. The genial owner, Dave Johnston, who with wife Rosemary, will close the business early in October, has had to shut down for a day to re-supply for the rest of the week. If shipments are on time, Penrose Fish and Chips will re-open tomorrow, Wednesday, September 24, 2014. 
The Branksome Hall Athletics and Wellness Centre is nearing completion at Mount Pleasant Road and Elm Ave. This splendid complex of specialized facilities for students and alumnae is generating much excitement and anticipation on the Rosedale campus and in the community. Julia Drake, executive director of communications and marketing for the school says the official opening will probably slip into January of 2015. This will permit what Branksome is calling “a year of firsts” which will coincide with the beginning of the second semester. Over the months, the students and school families will celebrate milestones such as the first spin around the dance studio, the first basketball game in the gym and the first pizza that comes out of the new pizza oven. The impressive centre contains a gymnasium, two saltwater pools, yoga and dance studios, a high-performance fitness centre, meeting spaces, an erg room for rowers and a dining hall that seats 300. The building takes advantage of the especially beautiful setting of the building where rooftop terraces and a green roof will overlook the Rosedale Valley ravine. In updating the status of the centre Ms Drake recalled the distinction it received in December 2013 when the design was recognized with the Canadian Architect Award of Excellence. “We appreciate the amazing creativity and attention to detail of our architects, MacLennan, Jaunkalns Miller Architects,” she said. “We are also grateful to our construction firm, Gillam Group, which worked hard to try to keep us on schedule during one of the harshest Toronto winters I can remember.” Artists renderings from top: Finished view from Mount Pleasant and Elm Ave., the Dining Court Hearth, the Fitness and Competition Pools and the Stairway to the Rooftop Terrace. 
