Repairs to an underground cable vault that caught fire recently is causing the power to be shut off to 40 buildings in the Yonge Street and Eglinton Avenue area. The power outage was originally expected to last until 1 p.m, but it is expected to last longer. The buildings affected by the outage are bordered by Duplex Avenue to the west, Bayview Avenue to the east, Broadway Avenue to the north and Soudan Avenue to the south.
What smells? We smell? Toronto smells?
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An outbreak of Memories of Manure seems to have hit Twitter with a goodly number of complaints about barnyard odours in the air over our town. Citizens noticed it on both Laird Drive (not too far from the commercial waste yard, mind you) and also on Bayview. Then CP24 weather guy Chris Potter told the 5.45 audience that, yeah, it smelled a little bit like manure out on Queen St West. He said it might be because of a weather inversion over Toronto. We checked the air on the edge of South Bayview (Mt Pleasant and St.Clair). Pretty fresh Write to The Bulldog if bad smells strike! news@bayview-news.com
Postal Station K is sold: Josh Matlow Tweet
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Councillor Josh Matlow is tweeting this afternoon that Postal Station K at the southwest corner of Yonge and Montgomery Ave. (Broadway to the east) has been sold. He was asking followers to join a 4 p.m. rally organized by MPP Mike Colle to once again demand that the building be left as it is. There is indignation that the federal government has sold the post office. Residents around the area are of course concerned about shabby glass high rises. We can only sympathize with those who don’t want to see such things. On the other hand, this is Yonge Street and it is perhaps reasonable for the government to expect to be able to recoup something from a building that is utterly redundant in the day of the twitter and text and Skype. Good people-oriented redevelopment is what is needed.
Rona chief resigns as some see Lowes still lurking
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The man who put together the Canada-wide Rona empire, Robert Dutton, is resigning in the wake of Q3 profits that fell by 90 percent on competition and one-time costs. It ends a two decade run in which Dutton performed an amazing do-it-yourself achievement. Taking over on an interim basis will be Dominique Boies, executive vice president and CFO. Many see this move as offering another chance for the U.S. DYI home fixer Lowes to make a bid for Rona..6 p.m. swarming at Thorncliffe and Overlea
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Toronto Police Service report: A 15 year old youth reports that on November 7, 2012 at approximately 1800 hours, he was walking in the area of Thorncliffe Park Drive and Overlea Boulevard, when he was approached by 4 male suspects. One of the suspects removed an iPhone from the victim. The suspects fled the scene in an unknown direction. No injuries were sustained by the victim.
Stuck car stalls Bayview traffic for over an hour
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Traffic was brought to a total standstill on South Bayview in both directions this morning when it was necessary to bring in a flat bed truck to remove a disabled car. The vehicle was stuck in the southbound lane outside the Bagel House south of Belsize Drive for more than an hour, stretching the patience of drivers. We love our two-lane Bayview Ave. but from time to time it has its downside. We have no word on unnecessary horn honking and in fact local motorists are very civilized about delays when people must parallel park. The honking thing is a special file at the South Bayview Bulldog which would have signs placed to warn against horn rage.. Pictures Sue Byford
Popular posts: Parking rules re-published
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The following post appeared in March 2011 and has had much positive response: The pestilence of parking tickets seems to be with us for good, but there are rules. The Toronto Police Service has established a few directives for parking officers. In regular legal hours (i.e not rush hour) officers are supposed to permit a ten minute grace period. If anyone gets a ticket within less than ten minutes after the expiry time, call the TPS. We’re told the ticket will be annulled. The number is (416) 808-2222. On July 11, 2011 during its last meeting of the summer, City Council voted to implement the ten minute grace for all time-restricted parking offences, excluding major arterial routes during rush hour periods (rush hour periods are defined from Monday to Friday from 6 a.m. to 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. Previously, the grace period had been five minutes. It continues to be true that unless the parking officer has actually slapped the ticket on your windshield, or handed it to you, no proper service has occurred. In other words, if you can drive away before the ticket is served, you will not be responsible for it. Shockingly, certain anti-due process types at City Hall under the old regime wanted to eliminate this right in law and declare you guilty regardless. Thank Heavens that hasn’t happened yet.
New $20 “Vimy” bill at Sunnybrook Hospital
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There have been three attempts to counterfeit the new Canadian polymer bills, the Bank of Canada has revealed. The information came at an event yesterday at Sunnybrook Hospital veterans wing where the bank was introducing the new $20 bill with the WW I Vimy Memorial on the back. The forgeries are crude, it is said, and easy to detect. A public information campaign is underway to explain new security features on the notes, including see-through holographic images on the front. The polymer current was invented in Australia and introduced there in 1988. It is now produced by 30 countries.
Here are the Liberal leadership contenders so far
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The field for the Ontario Liberal leadership stands at an official four. There are still some types hiding in the grass, but these four can be called the contenders. Left to right: Former Immigration Minister Charles Sousa, former Colleges and Universities Minister Glen Murray, former Municipal Affairs Minister Kathleen Wynne and one-time cabinet minister and now an outsider Sandra Pupatello. Many prospective candidates have dropped out but Gerard Kennedy is still undeclared either way. Kennedy is no stranger to leadership races, losing out to Premier Dalton McGuinty in the leadership election of 1996. He is also now out of office. And it appears than an announcement is imminent from MPP Eric Hoskins, who represents the Toronto riding of St. Paul’s. Dr Hoskins is a family physician who was until a few days ago the Minister of Children and Youth Services.
Florence Carter receives a Diamond Jubilee Medal
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Florence Carter of Leaside has been given a high honour in the form of a Diamond Jubilee Medal. Ms. Carter, 85, received the honour for her long years of work on behalf of the Canadian National Institute for the Blind (CNIB) where she was an educator. She lost her sight at the age of 16. This signal tribute occurred recently at the 2012 Braille Conference and is the subject of a story in Inside.Toronto.
How the Scenic has grown on Eglinton
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The Scenic on Eglinton is scheduled to be completed next year and the units have been for sale for a long time. Montage on the left is from May, 2011 while tie right frame shows the same spot on Aerodrome Crescent today.
Suzuki Canada will continue to sell cars
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Suzuki Canada says that it will carry on selling cars and trucks in Canada even though its U.S., counterpart has declared bankruptcy. There was widespread belief that the Canadian company would follow U.S. Suzuki in the face of regulations and stiff competition. But a statement released this week by Suzuki Canada said it has no plans to discontinue new automobile sales in Canada, nor of entering any sort of court-supervised bankruptcy restructuring, as American Suzuki has done.