The Ontario Progressive Conservatives are saying today (Thursday, May 29, 2012) that the Wynne government secretly approved a $305-million bailout of a downtown Toronto real estate development after the Legislature was dissolved. The Premier denied the charge this afternoon. The PCs say the Liberals gave $71 million to build a second tower at the MaRS innovation research centre and provided a $234-million loan for the project. Documents ar3 alleged to show the registered charity and the real estate developer behind it couldn’t repay the money. The approval of the bailout occurred right before the election call, said former Tory MPP Frank Klees.
LEAF wants to plant “monarch corridor”
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LEAF, the group that created the adopt-a-tree plan at work on Bayview Ave. is working to raise awareness and money for a monarch butterfly corridor through the heart o the city. The monarchs are returning from the Mexican reserve where they winter but their numbers are greatly depleted for reasons not entirely understood. The butterfly population is said to fluctuate. But now LEAF — Local Enhancement and Appreciation of Forests — is hoping to encourage people to plant the milkweed plant, natural food an environment of the monarchs. LEAF will be planting milkweed at their Urban Forest Demonstration Garden at the Spadina TTC Station. They invite people to come out on the morning on June 7, 2014 and learn how to plant their own milkweed throughout the city. The the milkweed program is inspired by the David Suzuki Foundation. PM on world maternal, child care commitment
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Prime Minister Stephen Harper has said that the world should renew commitments to improving maternal and child health around the world. He was opening the Maternal, Newborn and Child Health summit Wednesday afternoon in Toronto. CTV
Cell user snaps Montreal cop with woman
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Montreal police are investigating after a bystander took a picture of a cop with a bare-shouldered woman on his lap. What else was going on is yours to guess. The witness said there two officers having sex with two women in a the cruiser. The Montreal department didn’t believe it but a check of the picture showed it was all to true. Police say they’ll discipline at least one officer, a six year veteran of the force. The photo, which was making the rounds on the Internetthis week, shows a man in uniform sitting in the driver’s seat with a topless blonde woman on his lap. Leila Saad, who took the photo, told Sun News there were, in fact, two officers in the cruiser, each having sex with a woman. Saad said she was with friends when they approached the vehicle and snapped the photo.Apple Tree Market weekly at Davisville Park
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As an option to the supermarket it might be fun to drop in at AppleTree Market in Davisville Village next Tuesday in June Rowlands (Davisville) Park at Mt Pleasant Rd. and Davisville Ave. The market goes every second day of the business week during the summer, rain or shine. This year you can buy, we told, Ontario wine from merchants there. The market runs 3 to 7 p.m.Website: www.appletreemarkets.ca Email: appletreemarkets@gmail.com Phone: 416 899-1990
Wynne won’t exclude a Liberal-NDP government
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The Premier, Kathleen Wynne, would not rule out the possibility of a coalition of sorts with the NDP in order to form a government after the June 12 general election. Ms. Wynne told reporters Wednesday (May 298 2014) that she would “make that determination” after the votes are counted. “I’m not ruling out anything except working as hard as I can over the next 16 days to make sure that we get to Queen’s Park and we can implement our plan,” Ms Wynne told CTV. Polls show the three parties close together with support that would likely produce a minority government of some kind if the election were today.
Scotiabank sells CI, Apple buys Beats Electroncs
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Bank of Nova Scotia will sell its shares in CI Financial in order to invest the money within the bank. An underwriter will take 72 million shares of CI at $31.60 each for proceeds of about $2.275 billion. And Apple has purchased Beats Electronics, maker of headphones and its Beats Music subscription service for $3 billion. Nice payday for Beats co-founders Jimmy Iovine and rapper Dr. Dre.
Sarah Jordan nominated for Me to We Award
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Sarah Jordan, the 11-year-old Leaside girl who inspired the annual local food bank initiative, has been nominated for the Youth In Action Award (12 and under) sponsored by the Me to We organization. Me to We is a social enterprise inspiring young people to good work. It is part of a community of organizations including the Free the Children charity which was created by Canadian brothers Marc and Craig Kielburger. A message sent by Sarah’s father Mark Jordan says she stands to win $3,000 which will be donated to the Daily Bread Food Bank. You may vote here Me to We. The award asks voters to honour a young person who is making Canada a better place to live and is uplifting the lives of other Canadians
Reader sees “one lucky deer” cross Eglinton
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Reader Bob Arsenault has advanced the Glebe Manor deer story with a picture he took of what is almost certainly the same animal crouching in the greenery at the rear of 1750 Bayview Ave. Bob quickly snapped the picture (inset) before the deer took off and ran across Eglinton Ave. E. (and Bayview) and went behind Sunnybrook Plaza. “As you can imagine, the motorists were quite shocked to see the deer running across this busy intersection. How he/she came to the rear of our condominium building is anyone’s guess. This is one lucky deer”.Previous post
CAA stink list of roads names Bayview Avenue
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Bayview Ave. is once again on the Canadian Automobile Association’s stink list in the annual survey of the ten worst roads in Ontario. Rotten and rocky as Bayview has been this Spring, however, any Grade Nine math student could tell you there are lots worse. The reason Bayview gets included is because it’s used by so many people. No people, no problem. Either that or the Bulldog didn’t pass Grade Nine. And in fairness, the wretched potholes down near Moore Ave. and the bumpy pavement in the business district have now been re-surfaced. So take it for what it’s worth. The whole stink list: That old non-favorite, Dufferin Street, followed by Stanley Avenue in Niagara Falls, Kipling Avenue in Toronto, Finch Avenue West in Toronto and Burlington Street East in Hamilton, Carling Ave. in Ottawa, Markham Road, Lawrence Avenue East and Wilson Avenue. Footnote: Just a common sense note about the media interpretation of how Toronto has the worst roads than anywhere. It’s the Grade Nine issue again. Toronto has typically bad roads like everywhere else but it has zillions more people than other places with typically bad roads. That’s how we win the prize every year. It’s arithmetic not roadwork.
Homefront signature lines now at 70% off
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Homefront, the old and well-known home furnishings store, is in the final days of its closing sale. As previously, announced, the remaining and original shop at 371 Eglinton Ave. West will close Saturday, June 28, 2014. Today Homefront has placed the remaining stock of several signature lines at 70% off the regular price. These include pieces from Julia Knight, Simon Pearce, Emma Bridgewater, Mary Jurak and Lampe Berger. Homefront is open Monday to Friday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and on Sunday from noon to 5 p.m.
Deer seen on Glebe Manor Bowling Club green
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Maggie McGovern reports seeing this fine creature on the green of the Glebe Manor Lawn Bowling Club Tuesday morning (May 27, 2014). That’s at 196 Manor Road just east of Mount Pleasant. It was there for a moment and then disappeared behind the club house. A few people have expressed concern for the deer. There does not appear to be a lot of uninhabited space for it to leave the area. Tom Podelec of CTV has tweeted that police were alerted to a deer on Eglinton E. near Laird Drive. It might have been same animal heading home to the valley. 