Toronto FC puts down the big money for soccer talent Jermain Defoe and Michael Bradley. Will it turn out well? Neil Davidson of the Canadian Press.
220 McRae project meeting re-set for January 27
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John Parker (Ward 26) has sent out an explanation for the cancelled meeting of last week intended to deal with the proposed townhouse development application for 220 McRae Drive. The meeting was called off “as a result of a technical flaw in the formal notice issued by the City.” Mr. Parker extended his apologies to all those who showed up on Wednesday. The meeting has been rescheduled to take place on Monday January 27, 2014. According to Mr, Parker’s note, the venue is expected to be the same – Leaside Gardens William Lea Room. The start time is expected to be 7:00 pm but formal notice will be sent out in accordance with the resolution of North York Community Council requiring the meeting.
South Bayview Bulldog Secret Road Salt Diary #2
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Diary, this continuing shortage of road salt is turning South Bayview folks into sneaks, as well as hoarders. At the Home Depot on Wicksteed there was a bag of salt just as plain as can be sitting on a little pull-trailer from the store. Had the woman got it in the store? “Oh no, we’re completely out,” chirped the store guy helping her to load her SUV. “So where did you buy it?” “Oh golly,” says she. “Um, well, my husband bought it and he didn’t tell me where, or anyway I can’t remember.” Okay lady. Hiding your sources. Let me tell you, Diary, you have to be lucky to get salt. At the Shell station on Bayview and Roehampton, you might — just might — get a single bag of salt if you fill the tank. That exchange went like this:
“When are you going to have salt again?”
“Wad ya say?
“When are you going to have salt again.”
“I can sell you a bag of salt, but just one, because you bought a tank of gas. It’s locked up.”
This was not a bad deal at $5.01 for a 10kg bag, Diary, but the shortage is warping the neighborly spirit of South Bayview. You know the salt ships at the mines underneath Goderich are stuck in the ice, don’t you? That has something to do with the shortage. First Diary entry
Home construction site on Broadway Ave. robbed
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This beehive of residential construction we call home sometimes results in overnight robberies when a site is unattended. An employee at a home construction site on Broadway Avenue reports that between midnight January 8, 2014 and 9 a.m. January 9, 2014, thieves took machinery and tools from the premises.
Pothole army hits our rotten roads Monday
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The City will launch an emergency army of some 50 pothole repair workers this morning (Monday, January 13, 2013) as streets and thoroughfares are fairly crumbling in the erratic weather. Rita Giller (inset) gets some commiseration from CTV’s John Musselman on the Allen Road where her car hit an enormous and deep pothole (top) which blew one of her tires. To say that the weather has been unusual is to glaze the eyes. City crews have already repaired about 4,000 potholes so far this year, compared to about 1,500 at this point last season. After weeks of frigid weather, temperatures have been hovering above zero over the past two days. Today we may expect a high of 5 C with a 60 per cent chance of showers in the afternoon and into the evening. Tuesday the temperature will drop to 0 C, before falling below zero again on Wednesday. The City is encouraging people to call 311 to report potholes in their area. About 188-thousand potholes were repaired last year at a cost of $3.6 million. Screen captures courtesy CTV.
Post office now at the Rexall in Sunnybrook Plaza
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Canada Post has opened a new outlet in the Rexall/Pharma Plus Pharmacy in Sunnybrook Plaza. The new full service outlet has been open about three weeks and will come as welcome news to area residents. We took this news on the fly Sunday morning with a quick call to the pharmacy to confirm the information. It appears the hours are somewhat different from those of the reliable post office which ran for years in the Wrap-it-up shop at Sunnybrook, before that store closed in 2013. Many residents from all over South Bayview will find it much more convenient to visit the Pharma Plus at Sunnybrook especially considering the options. This is true of homeowners who live “across the postal divide” of the Moore Park Ravine. Those between Mt. Pleasant and the ravine have always looked to South Bayview as their preferred shopping area. But for registered mail retrieval Canada Post sends these customers into the paid parking jungle on Alvin Ave. Then its downstairs into the basement of the St. Clair Market and hope for the best. Of course, anyone who doesn’t ride the subway daily gives this location a wide pass. And we do acknowledge he pleasant and hard-working staff at the Post Office in the Shopper’s Drug Mart on Bayview Ave. Here’s the Pharma Plus number for inquiries (416) 485-3043. Hey, you read it in The South Bayview Bulldog.Mich. ER employees fired for posting patient pix
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This is a creepy case where an off-duty ER employee took a rear view picture of a woman patient and posted it on FaceBook with the caption “I like what I Iike.” A number of other employees “liked” the post. Not surprisingly, their employer did not like it. All the ER staff who knew about the post have been fired.
Canada Post returns to the Sunnybrook Plaza
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Idle chatter about the “Leaside Conspiracy”
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Improbable, not to say dopey, things appear on the Internet. This thread by aimless Leaside High School habitues is about the “Leaside Conspiracy” Read on, or maybe no
Oxygen masks on as West Jet in rapid descent
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“Most entertaining airport delay ever” at Pearson
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As passengers endured the downed computer at Pearson Airport Saturday, Megan McMillan, who describes herself as a proud Maritimer and avid sing-along participant” called her airport delay “the most entertaining ever”. That’s because she was thrown together in passenger Hell with Canadian singer-songwriter Bryan Adams. We don’t know if Adams thinks this delay Cuts Like A Knife but he has already had a lot of good fortune in life so maybe he could handle it. Megan arranged to get a picture of herself with the musical star as a nice souvenir (inset). Adams rose to fame in North America with his album Cuts Like a Knife and turned into a global star with his 1984 album Reckless. In 1991, he released his popular Waking Up the Neighbours album which included “(Everything I Do) I Do It for You”, one of the best-selling singles of all time. With Wikipedia..
How are you managing so far, South Bayview?
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How are you doing so far South Bayview? The conditions are sloppy and the atmosphere is opaque but at least you can go outside without turning into a human Popsicle. On Twitter, Ingrid McGaughey says she is hoping the thaw will last long enough for her to chip the ice off her steps. But she fears the kids outdoor rink is gone. Melinda (not Melissa) Maldonado is saying she enjoys the mild temperatures of “le grand thaw” and sends a picture inset. Vraiment, Melinda. Kim Randall thanks drivers for sharing the road with “this puddle jumping runner.” Hey, we can relate, Kim. But no matter how you smush it, we have mild temperatures across the area with a resulting mushy mess. Environment Canada is calling for 15 to 25 mm of rain as temperatures sore to a high of 8 C. Many residents awoke Saturday morning to a thick fog across much of the region, creating limited visibility for motorists.