Lori Vaudry posts to Leaside Community Tuesday night that she has moved back to Leaside. “So happy to be back. Was reassured to see Spider-Man on my dog walk today. Feeling very protected. Also! I joined the Leaside Property Owners Association Board. Happy to represent my new neighbours.” Leaside Community
A new season of Athlete of the Week with Rick Campanelli has begun on City News with a feature on Kate Kulchyski, 12, of the East York Gymnastics Club on Dohme Ave.
Bayview was reduced Tuesday to a single lane of stop and go traffic opposite 1613 Bayview Ave., the former Tru Value Hardware store that is slated to become a restaurant. The cause was substantial work required to bring a restaurant volume gas line from the west side of the street to the east side. Heavy digging was going on beside both curbs and just where else it might go is unknown.
A teenager is believed to be the first in the UK to go deaf and blind due to his junk food diet, a report has warned. The 17-year-old lived off a daily portion of chips, crisps, white bread and processed meat for around a decade. His poor diet, which resulted in a number of vitamin deficiencies, led to the boy developing a condition called nutritional optic neuropathy (NON). More commonly seen in malnourished children in developing countries, purely dietary causes of NON are rare in the western world. It manifests in damage to the optic nerve, which leads to sight loss and if undiagnosed, blindness. The unnamed patient, from Bristol, also developed hearing loss and bone weaknes– London Telegraph
The commercial diving boat the Conception was ravaged by flames under a dark sky before dawn on Monday near the coast of Santa Barbara, California. At least five crew members escaped, four bodies were later recovered and the other 29 passengers were feared dead. After five crew members managed to escape to a nearby pleasure boat, U.S. Coast Guard service members asked whether they could reboard the burning vessel to see if they could unlock the passenger compartment where 33 passengers had been asleep and appeared to be trapped. CBC
Boy purposely crushed behind Audi driver’s seat
A court in London has heard how a man described as “deeply unpleasant” crushed a boy behind the driver’s seat of his Audi because he was annoyed at the lad’s crying. The boy was fatally wounded by the spiteful act. ITV
Fire has gutted the abandoned mansion at 314 Jarvis St. south of Carlton St Sunday night and early Monday. It is among the last of the great Jarvis St. mansions that once lined the street. The cause of the fire is unknown. Tweeted photos show hoarding around the site being taken in July. It was intended to keep transients out. Chief Matthew Pegg said this is the fifth fire at the property since 2015 and the third fire there just this year.
Urban Toronto has published updated information on a residential and commercial project planned for the corner of O’Connor Drive and Curity Ave. just east of St. Clair East. Major revisions to the proposal include a roughly 500 m² reduction in Gross Floor Area, resulting in a decrease in overall units, down to 117, while increasing the number of three-bedroom units from 1 to 13, to meet the City’s 10 percent requirement. Because of the car-dominated nature of the neighbourhood, spaces for below-grade parking have increased from 66 to 101. Urban Toronto
Work along the Eginton LRT has revealed many bits of City history much as engineers and archeologists suspected it would. We walk on top of our collective history every day. Metrolinx showed off a few items to the CBC as shown above. The early-to-mid-20th Century milk bottle may be quite stylish today in some homes. Centre is a butcher’s bone found near Mt. Pleasant. It’s cleanly sawed edge suggested to workers that it was not part of a crime scene. Further examination revealed it was a cow bone. At right is a bit of what appears to be a horse’s clavicle. That paused work near Kennedy Road for a few hours until a matching hoof was also found. No need to call the homicide squad.
The City’s designated summer Dog Swim was held Sunday at ten municipal pools and from all evidence, a barking good time was had. This City News report was done at Monarch Park Pool. Summer Dog Swim at ten selected City pools this Sunday
There’s a tale (or is that tail?) of alley-cat style lusty love on the Leslieville Facebook account late Sunday morning. Growing comments follow such as: “I’d be getting my female fixed” and “Will we be seeing kitten pictures in about eight weeks?
We need our eyes to see these wonderful faces, including (left) that of Olivia Little. The Port Elgin girl’s family is trying to deal with a huge increase in the cost of drops that will sustain Olivia’s eyesight. At centre, Tara Foley with her grandmother Stasia. Tara’s moving act of love towards the dying woman may just make you cry. At the right, Valerie Harper has died at the age of 80 from brain cancer. She is memorable to millions from her 1970s portrayal of the tough, funny and decent New York woman Rhoda Morgenstern.
