Potential buyers of a condo in the Sierra project at Eglinton Ave. E and Cardiff Rd. are being warned that they may not be able to admit their children to local schools. The issue is limited space. The warning to people moving into fast-growing Midtown is a standing policy of the Toronto District School Board.
A new Toronto online beauty e-tailer is delivering shampoo, shower gel, face wash and many other small comforts to fill the void caused by closed beauty and hair salons. And Mother’s Day is May 10. Hali is the creation of an East York woman, Roula Panagiotopoulas “We’re fortunate to carry many salon and indie brands that aren’t widely distributed online,” says Panagiotopoulos. “With limited access to smaller brick and mortar stores as well as salon services currently suspended, we know many Canadians will still need to obtain their daily essentials. Hali is here to help ease the adjustment, by offering those along with a few creature comforts.” Instagram
Canada’s first “virtual parliament” brought MPs together Tuesday over Zoom with technological challenges from muted microphones, translation issues and slow internet. Health Minister Patty Hajdu was the first to speak but, like a tree falling in the forest with no one around, there was no initial sound. The mute button had felled its first victim. Ryan Tumllty, National Post
The Ministry of Health has reported an overnight increase of 347 new cases of COVID-19 infection Wednesday. The number represents a substantial decrease over recent lows of 424 and continues a decline in cases seen in recent days. Ministry website
A news release Wednesday says a team of scientists from St. Michael’s Hospital, Sinai Health and Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre is launching a clinical trial to see if an existing drug used for HIV treatment and prevention may help prevent COVID-19 infection. Sunnybrook HSC release
Carl Hantske of 680 News reports on the closure of the daycare centre at well-known Midtown school.
Loblaws has issued a statement Tuesday that a staff member at the 301 Moore Ave. store recently tested positive on a presumptive test for COVID-19. The employee was in the store on April 27. In response, the company has conducted a “deep-clean and sanitization” of the store and expects to open Wednesday. It has instructed any staff potentially exposed to stay home and self-isolate and is contacting customers who were recently at this store. Here is the full email.
We are writing to inform you that one of our team members from the Loblaws 301 Moore Avenue location in Toronto has recently tested positive on a presumptive test for COVID-19. Please note, this individual has not been in the store since April 27th.
Over and above our daily disinfectant protocols and the social distancing practices we put in place in response to COVID-19, we are taking the following steps:
1. Arranged for a thorough deep-clean and sanitization of the store. It is expected to open as usual tomorrow,
2. Reaching out to the local public health authority to investigate the team member’s recent shifts and direct contacts,
3. Instructed any potentially exposed team members to stay home and self-isolate, and
4. Out of an abundance of caution, we’re notifying customers who recently transacted at this store.We understand that you may have questions and want to assure you that we take your safety, and the safety of our team, very seriously. We will work with the local public health team on any further directions and encourage you to reach out to them if you need more information.
Loblaws
BlogTO, the restaurant and food compendium, has published an apology from the owner of Adamson Barbecue on Wicksteed Ave. for online outbursts against COVID-19 precautions and those who disagreed with him. It appears that those disagreeing with Adam Skelly were called “retards.” BlogTO Also Leslieville FB
The creation of a substitute, voluntary regime is not unknown to humans but some of us are better at it than others. Nonetheless, doctors say it’s an essential element in battling mental decline during these long and potentially damaging days at home. CBC National
After three days of decreasing numbers of reported COVID-19 cases, the Ontario Ministry of Health confirmed 525 new patients on Tuesday and logged a single-day high with 59 deaths. On April 24, the province recorded 640 more cases. A downward trend then began the next day with 476 new cases of the novel coronavirus. One day later, 437 new cases were confirmed and the next day, 424 more. Statisticians have warned of slow progress in the battle to reduce virus transmission to minus one.
A late afternoon post Monday to Leaside Community Facebook offers residents free mulch from a large pile on the driveway at 25 Divadale Drive. Everyone wishing some will have to figure out a plan, but there it is. FB
