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Warriors’ Day Parade 2019 – Poster

Sunnybrook Veterans’ Centre buses parked in downtown Toronto. “Lest We Forget.” (Photo by Susan Byford)

The Warriors’ Day Parade taking place tomorrow morning at Exhibition Place has shared an update on Facebook confirming the participation of 50 Veterans from the Sunnybrook Veterans’ Centre and the Tony Stacey Centre.  Even if you can’t make it down to the parade, keep an eye out for their buses and give them a nod of thanks.

We are honoured to welcome 50 Veterans from Sunnybrook Hospital and the Tony Stacey Centre who will be attending the 98th Warriors’ Day Parade on August 17th 2019 at the CNE, Toronto. The 5 buses which will be bringing our very special guests to the Parade will be escorted through the city by the Toronto Police Service. The Veterans will be seated beside the Saluting Dais.

Thank you to the 30 volunteers and staff who will be accompanying the Veterans.

Kathleen Nimigon who is a Recreation Therapist at Sunnybrook said. “For many of our Veterans going to the Warriors Day Parade has been a long held family tradition. Being a part of the team that is able to get them back to this wonderful event each year, now that their average age at Sunnybrook is 94-95, to carry on that tradition is truly an honour. I always see that the parade affects our Veterans differently, but I do notice that across the board it is a proud moment for them, to see the forces recognized so positively by the crowds that gather. It is a very meaningful event for the Veterans, and has become meaningful to me and our Sunnybrook staff because of that.”

Established in 1921, The Warriors’ Day Parade takes place in August of each year during the opening weekend of The Canadian National Exhibition (CNE) in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The longest-running, annual parade of its’ type, The Warriors’ Day Parade is an important Canadian tradition and a very significant event for our Veterans, our brave men and women who currently serve in Canada’s military, their families and the general public.

CNE open

Danforth Music Hall is 100

Scribble my Nissan

Work on Brown Group development at Bayview and Hillsdale

Wheels on the Danforth

Many will wish it wasn’t so, but the CNE opened Friday. It runs until September 2 and as always it signals that summer is coming to an end. Upper right is the venerable Danforth Music Hall celebrating 100 years this month. It was built as Allen’s Danforth Theatre, opening on August 18, 1919, with a selection of the very finest silent flickers. Centre-right is a hilarious old doodle-covered Nissan Micra spotted at the Overlea Shopping Centre. Below that a reminder of the Wheels On Danforth classic car show on Saturday down by Byng Ave. At lower left is a peek at the furious work going on at Hillsdale Ave. and Bayview Ave. for the new Brown Group residential and commercial development.

Suspect #1

Suspect #2

Stalking hotel dining rooms

Toronto Police are alerting the public to the work of two handbag thieves who struck in the dining rooms of Toronto hotels late last month. On July 19 they stole an unminded purse at the Don Valley Hotel near Wynford Dr. and Eglinton Ave. Two days later, they did a similar crime at the Novotel Hotel on north Yonge St. In this case, police note that one man distracted a woman patron while the other guy grabbed her purse. They are wanted for theft over $5,000.

Man #1 (left)is described as 5’8″, medium build, light brown skin. He was wearing a brown dress shirt, blue jeans, brown shoes, dark jacket, and dark baseball cap.

Man #2 (right) is described as 5’8″ to 5’10”, medium build. He was wearing a white dress shirt, blue jeans, dark shoes, dark jacket and a dark baseball cap, with a white logo on the cap.

Truck rollover in collision with car/DR@Media371

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Driver flees scene/DR@Media371

Traffic on the QEW was snarled overnight after a collision in the eastbound lanes near Highway 427. The driver of the demolished car was sufficiently unhurt to run from the scene and is still being sought. The trucker was treated for minor injuries. DR@Media371

Evening at the theatre/Stratford Festival

Training as service dogs/Stratford Festival

Dressed for the occasion/Twitter @darth

A photo that appears to show the Stratford Festival going to the dogs is winning hearts online. The picture shows a group of pooches ranging from poodles to golden retrievers sitting patiently in their cushy seats, taking in a production of Billy Elliot at the Stratford Festival last week. But while the photo may be fun, it turns out the dogs’ mission is serious: they’re training to be service dogs, and they’re practicing what it’s like to help their handlers navigate through a theatre. “It’s important to prepare the dogs for any activity the handler may like to attend,” says Laura Mackenzie, owner and head trainer with K-9 Country Inn Working Service Dogs, who led the Stratford Festival outing — CBC

Authorities are now saying that seven homes were destroyed when a car smashed into a gas pipeline late Wednesday in London, Ontario. Remarkably, no one appears to have been injured.

62 Herdwick St. Brampton

Police say a Brampton man blew the back off his home when an alcohol still exploded as he apparently cooked up moonshine in his Herdwick St. residence. A release from the Peel Region service Thursday confirmed that an infant received second-degree burns and two men and a woman sustained minor burns and smoke inhalation. They say the explosion is now confirmed to have been caused by an operating still located in the basement of the home.  A man, 57, faces the unusual offense of arson by negligence. The accused was released on a promise to appear at the Ontario Court of Justice in Brampton at a later date.

Nasty but nice

Bay Rat

Wheels on Danforth

Wheels on the Danforth will return to Danforth Ave. and Danforth Rd. east of Byng Ave. on Saturday. Also this weekend, Taste of Manila both Saturday and Sunday on Bathurst St. between Wilson Avenue and York Downs Drive.

Delivering flyers?

A Facebook post Thursday morning says personal mail has been stolen in Leaside to apply for and produce MasterCards from Canadian Tire and the National Bank.  The author of the post says these firms require only “a valid name and address for doing a credit check with TransUnion and Equifax.” The post says the mail was stolen by persons apparently delivering flyers. She posts several videos of such deliveries. Visits were made daily “trying to intercept the letters with the credit cards. I was lucky that the letters got into my hands before theirs.” Leaside Community

Raw fear stalked North American markets Wednesday following reports of shrinking European economies. It led to equity bloodshed in Toronto and New York. The TSX was down 304 points and the Down Jones more than 600. Globe and Mail.