Two City News videos recount a high-rise balcony fire on Don Mills Rd. Monday about noon. Social media speculation suggests cooking out there. One person went to the hospital but will survive. But the apartment is going to stink for months. In Oshawa, an elderly man is recovering after his car flew through the air and struck the second floor of a brick home.
The South Leaside Monday Group met in a regular gathering September 30 at the Trace Manes Park field house to socialize and as usual, hear speakers of interest to members. This time three well-known business people addressed members on the two-way relationship between local businesses and the community. Fiona Boylan of COBs Bread, Leonard Linton of Leaside’s Interior Care and Andy Elder of Grilltime meat shop on Laird Dr. are all well-known for giving back to the Midtown community that supports them. As many will know, Fiona Boylan’s three COBs stores donate to school and community fundraising. Her Bayview Ave. shop shared receipts to help raise money for the Maurice Cody artificial playground.
Family business
Graham Linton is a Leaside resident who remembers his dad, Leonard Linton, establishing their home and rug cleaning business in 1979 on Wicksteed Ave. The family business is now run by he and his brothers, Randall and Fraser. Now Graham is a keen supporter of the New Circles clothing charity. Andy Elder of Grilltime is among Leaside’s best-known business persons and much of this results from his tireless and generous approach to giving back. His specialty retail meat and catering business at 62 Laird (at Kenrae) is in its eleventh year. Grilltime will host lunch at the Holland Bloorview Kids Hospital Leaside Block Party on Saturday, October 5 at Trace Manes Park.
SLMG founded in 1972
The South Leaside Monday Group is now 47 years old. It was founded in 1972 to fulfill the social and information needs of mothers with young children. President Andrea Bee says the organization has 110 members
Teen fashion chain Forever 21 will close all 44 of its Canadian stores and up to 178 locations in the United States while restructuring its global business under bankruptcy protection. The Los Angeles-based company announced Sunday that it had filed for protection under US and Canadian laws and confirmed Monday that it plans an “orderly wind-down” of the entire Canadian business. “Forever 21 has made the difficult decision to discontinue further financial and operational support for Forever 21 Canada as we reposition the brand and global business to adapt to the current retail environment,” it said in a statement. Current retail environment sounds like “buy it online.”
Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital (Holland Bloorview) happily received delivery of its specialized magnetic resonance imaging machine (MRI) Saturday. It will be housed in a soon-to-be-built world-class MRI suite at the hospital. The MRI suite will be the first in Canada to be immersive, customizable, child-friendly and fully accessible. It will include assessment and waiting areas designed to put children and families at ease with a customizable immersive environment. It will also feature child-selectable lighting, images, and projections to create a unique experience for each individual undergoing a scan. The MRI suite is scheduled to be completed by the end of 2019.
Two men have been caught riding on the outside of a GO train on the Lake West line on Saturday. They were apprehended at Long Branch station and may be charged. This weak-minded practice is known as train surfing. The Metrolinx statement does not indicate if the men were on the roof like the 2018 thrill seeker seen below or attached somehow to the side or rear of the train. In 2017, a teen was caught lolling on the top of a speeding Yonge subway.
Came across this dangerous, stupid and not to mention illegal stunt. I don’t know what this person was thinking but nothing can justify this. @GOtransit Safety Officers are investigating and take this very seriously. Don’t be like this guy, don’t ever try this. #Toronto #transit pic.twitter.com/4OXQxFhXX2
— Nitish Bissonauth (@NBissonauth) September 10, 2018
The first week of October 2019 is forecast to be warmer than seasonal with lots of rain. Tuesday is predicted to see a surprising 28º Centigrade. Weather Network
Police are seen in a punishing crackdown of Hong Kong democracy demonstrators Sunday. This as the summer-long battle for western-style multi-party government has inspired plans for demonstrations in as many as 60 cities around the world for next Tuesday. That’s the 70th anniversary of the creation of the People’s Republic of China.
Police say that a shooting incident in west-central downtown early Sunday occurred at an Airbnb condo rental. One woman is in critical condition and a man has less serious injuries after slugs starting flying about 1.20 a.m. near Portland and Wellington Sts. Police are trying to sort it out.
No winning ticket was sold for the $14 million jackpot in Saturday night’s Lotto 649 draw. The guaranteed $1 million prize was claimed by a ticket holder in Ontario. The jackpot for the next Lotto 649 draw on Oct. 2 will be approximately $17 million.
Pope Francis has unveiled a statue by Canadian artist Timothy Schmalz depicting migrants of different eras packed on a boat. The ceremony on Sunday morning in St. Peter’s Square marked the 105th World Day of Migrants and Refugees. The work is called Angels Unaware. It depicts 140 migrants and refugees from various historical periods including the Virgin Mary and Joseph, Italian migrants, Jews fleeing Nazi Germany and those from war-torn countries. It was requested by the Vatican’s Office of Migrants and Refugees and funded by the Rudolph P. Bratty Family Foundation of Markham.
Three people are injured, one without vital signs, at Kennedy Rd. and St. Clair Ave. Saturday night. The critically injured person is said to be a man in his 60s. Two cars collided at the intersection.
Man dead in North York shooting
A man, 26, is dead in a shooting in at a home near Sunnycrest and Rockford Roads, west of Bathurst Street, before 5:30 p.m. Saturday. The investigation is underway.
Car into a tree in Mississauga
A man in his 30s has been seriously injured after a collision in Mississauga Friday about 2:30 p.m. at Council Ring Road and Ash Row Road, east of Glen Erin Drive. Peel police said a vehicle crashed into a tree
