The South Bayview Bulldog

Summerhill Market has quietly opened its new store at 1014 Bathurst St. in the Annex and co-owner Brad McMullen says business has been brisk. The quality food and specialty store, long a favorite destination of Rosedale, Midtown and South Bayview shoppers is expanding locally with the new Annex store and another planned at  484 Eglinton Ave. West which will open in 2020.

May strike Tuesday

Canadian National Railways conductors, train persons and yard persons have given strike notice ahead of a Tuesday deadline. The Teamsters, which represents 3,200 workers, provided the 72-hour notice today as contract negotiations continue over the weekend.

Leaside Hall of Fame inductees Kim McCullough, Bob Weir, Paul Gardner and Philip Parsons/LSHOF

The Leaside Sports Hall of Fame has inducted four distinguished local athletes into its corridors with a gala evening Friday at the William Lea room. They are Kim McCullough, Bob Weir, Paul Gardner and Philip Parsons. McCullough tweeted thanks to “these two amazing humans for inspiring me since day one.”

Kim McCullough with “amazing people” who inspired her

The Supreme Court of Canada will decide whether the rights of Toronto residents and Councillors were violated by the Ford government’s decision to unilaterally reduce the size of Council from 47 down to 25 in the middle of the 2018 election. The Ontario Court of Appeal slammed the door on that notion back in September 2018. It will be fascinating to see if SCOC justices will reopen that portal to a potential flood of municipal challenges to the rule of provincial cabinets. Appeal Court issues stay, Oct. 22 Toronto election on track

There was no winning ticket for the $25 million jackpot in Friday night’s Lotto Max draw. That means the jackpot for the next draw on Nov. 19 will grow to approximately $30 million.

One person has been found dead on an 8th-floor balcony as crews dig through the wreckage at 235 Gosford Blvd. in North York. No identity is yet known. The Friday night five-alarm drama unfolded starting about 5.30 p.m.
at the 15-storey apartment. Six people were transferred to paramedics as the flames engulfed several units. One person was transported to a hospital in serious but stable condition.

Lunch at Holly Berry Fair, Rosedale United Church

Thick or thin?

The Holly Berry Fair at Rosedale United Church is Saturday beginning at 10 a.m. It is a signal Midtown event and should not be missed, especially for the home-cooked hot ham sandwiches in the cafeteria. Sunday brings the Santa Claus Parade, this year starting at Bloor and Sherbourne.

"I just want to reiterate again, just how truly sorry I am for my actions, my behaviour."

Auston Matthews issued an apology after his misdemeanour charge was dismissed. pic.twitter.com/Wl8jYXglKW

— Yahoo Sports Canada (@YahooCASports) November 15, 2019

Auston Matthews has apologized again as news arrived that the disorderly conduct charge against him in Scottsdale, Arizona has been dropped. This after a reported deal between the Leafs forward and the woman security guard who was affronted by Matthews and two of his friends in an apparent drunken folly. Toronto Sun

This promotional video for City News at Six tells of a new ventilation shaft being built in the middle of Yonge St. at Eglinton. It is required for underground work at this particularly complex intersection where the Eglinton LRT will go under the Line 1 subway. Stations piled on stations.

Mom and dad lived through the LRT construction

The reporter here, Erica Natividad, catches a bit of the agony associated with this five or six-year once-in-a-lifetime dislocation of life created by our transit requirements. In years to come, parents may tell their children they lived through the construction of the Eglinton LRT.

The Weather Channel sees fairly uneventful conditions over the weekend and into next week. A few flurries are predicted for Saturday and warming temperatures promise a chance to clear streets and sidewalks before the next storm.