The South Bayview Bulldog

A summer’s work has changed the corner of Manor and Cleveland

Jordan Binnington visit mom (and friends) in Leaside/Liz Topp Leaside Life

Seen with Mr. Oliphant are from left Christine Gow, Access AR, Ana Serrano, Digital Media Officer, Canadian Film Centre (CFC), Nataly De Monte, Associate Director, CFC Media Lab and Alannah O’Neill, Origami XR/Rob Oliphant

Popular as City Hall sign on Heath St. E/Bulldog

Leaside Wildcats Midget AA’s bring home silver honours from Stoney Creek Midget Showcase/Wildcatss

St. Cuthbert’s

A bare four months this summer is all that was needed to tear down the little story-and-a-half home on the northeast corner of Manor Rd. and Cleveland St. Now, a very large new home has shot up. It looks big enough for three families. At upper right, Liz Topp snapped this high-spirited scene as Jason Binnginton, star goalie of the St. Louis Blues, brought the Stanley Cup to his mom’s Leaside home. He is surrounded by excited neighborhood kids, some of whom may be related to him. Below that, MP Rob Oliphant is seen with Christine Gow, Ana Serrano, Nataly De Monte and Alannah O’Neill as he announced federal investment in women-led business. Then, large billboard-sized place names are popular. Think City Hall. This one graces a home on Moore Park. Hey Terry. Lower left, the Leaside Wildcats Midgets AA ladies have come home with silver from the Stoney Creek Midget Showcase tournament. Finally, speaking of ladies, it will be the gentlemen serving the women at St. Cuthbert’s Women’s Dinner on October 18. Guys, get your tickets now. And put on your white gloves like a good waiter.

Councillors Colle, Matlow and Robinson will hold a street-corner news conference outside the Aroma Espresso Bar at Yonge St. and Eglinton Ave. Wednesday at 6 p.m. to discuss construction and road safety in Midtown. It follows the death of a woman pedestrian on Tuesday. She was hit by a cement truck at the corner of Yonge and Erskine Ave. Below is the release issued late Wednesday.

Just what happened?

Maybe it should be clear, based on the police release, but the circumstances of the women’s death seem sketchy. She was crossing from north to south on Yonge at Erskine and was hit by a northbound truck turning right. It’s unknown whether both the driver and woman failed to see each other or whether the driver hit the woman after she had passed from his line of sight on the south side. More needs to be known.

Canadians will vote Monday, October 21, after the prime minister asked Governor General Payette to dissolve parliament Wednesday. The Liberal leader and his wife Sophie visited Rideau Hall to perform the constitutional requirement necessary for an election.

The Leaside Property Owners’ Association is holding a debate for federal election candidates in Don Valley West on Monday, September 23 at the Leaside Memorial Gardens with doors opening at 7 p.m.  Candidates are:

• Amanda Kistindey, Green (invited)
• Laurel MacDowell, New Democratic (confirmed)
• Rob Oliphant, Liberal (confirmed)
• Yvonne Robertson, Conservative (confirmed)

The official cause of the fire at 650 Parliament St. some 13 months ago has finally been released. It seems to carry no particular surprises, describing the nature of the power loss and fire as “catastrophic failure” of the building’s electrical system following an explosion in the electrical room. Earlier conclusions said similar things. There is no published mention of the alleged decades of neglect of the electrical system. Repairs continue with more than $20-million of an estimated $25- $30-million having been spent. Lawyers for the residents, who remain out of their homes, have filed a class-action lawsuit against building management, Wellesley-Parliament Square (WPSQ), to get compensation for expenses and other losses.

The Handmaid may not have much clout in Gilead but she sure packs a punch for Bennington Height’s own Margaret Atwood. Check the action at Waterstones in London early Tuesday where the author herself signed copies of a sequel to The Handmaid’s Tale, The Testaments.

Here is a 680News summary of overnight shootings by Carl Hantske.

A poll by Mainstreet Research has shown the Liberals with a large lead over the Conservatives in Ontario, a factor helping the government party to a smaller lead nationally. Some 1,876 Canadians participated. Nationally, they gave the Liberals 37.5 percent support compared to 34 percent for Andrew Scheer’s Conservative party. The Green party was in third with the support of 10.8 percent of decided or leaning voters while the NDP was in fourth (8.4 percent) and the People’s Party was in fifth (4.6 percent). The Bloc Quebecois, meanwhile, had the support of 15.5 percent of voters in Quebec. In Ontario, the Liberals had the support of 45.3 percent of decided or leaning voters compared to 30.4 percent for the Conservatives, 10.1 percent for the Greens and 7.5 percent for the NDP.

Garage with no number set next to 953 Greenwood Ave.

An old garage on Greenwood Ave. and the lot it sits on is being offered for sale at $599,000. The lot is 20 by 100 feet and sits next door to 953 Greenwood south of Sammon Ave. Listing

Lot of 20 by 100 holds old garage

Greenwood south of Sammon