Photos posted to Facebook Friday show considerable progress in the laying of tracks for the LRT on Eglinton Ave. at Leslie St. Hundreds attend Crosslinx town hall on closing of Leslie St.
Police say the Bloor viaduct is now open after an operation to secure a person in crisis. This has been safely done, they say. He is being taken to a medical facility to receive treatment.
City Hall phone spoofed
The City is alerting Mandarin speakers to robocalls from an ad firm that are announced with a spoof of the City of Toronto’s phone number.
Canadian Tire Corporation will purchase the 65-store Canadian chain known as Party City for $174.4 million cash. It is said to be a move to strengthen its connection with young buyers. CTC operates many retail banners including Canadian Tire, SportChek, Mark’s and Helly Hansen. It called the party goods business a “high-margin retail category”. Canadian Tire estimates that it will be able to double Party City’s annual sales in Canada to $280 million by 2021.
The sentencing hearing for Christopher Husbands, the Eaton Centre killer, has seen the defense complain that the accused was kept in solitary for his own protection. Yup. Then, a Brampton man says his Samsung blew up in flames and he has the burns to prove it. Below that, the Democratic Socialists in the US are out to “defeat capitalism”. They call each other Comrade in their meetings. Different for sure. Finally, it is 50 years since the Beatles whimsically strolled across Abbey Road during a break in a recording session. Note that Paul left his shoes behind.
Complaints on Twitter that it was taking too long to lay down a new sidewalk at Sutherland Drive and Hanna Rd. seem to have been heard somewhere. The concrete went down Wednesday. Sidewalks take time, Inglewood original and gimme Service
All children aboard this smoking school bus on the Gardiner Expressway were safely removed in noon hour traffic Wednesday. Video shared with CityNews shows the bus traveling slowly in the right lane leaving a trail of thick white smoke in its path. Two fire trucks, sirens blaring, are following it. More later.
York Regional Police have released a video of their interrogation of a woman driver on August 2 that recalls the folly of trying to reason with a drunk. The woman drove into a fast-food drive-through, stopped and refused to move the car when employees asked her to clear the lane. The ensuing conversation between the woman and police is both sad and funny. Here’s part of it.
“I wasn’t driving, I was just ordering some food,” says the sloshed woman.
“How did the vehicle get here,” the officer asks.
“I don’t know, I was just ordering some food,” is the reply.
“So there’s no one else here,” the officer says.
“No, but I was just getting some food,” the woman replies.
Never argue with a drunk is good advice.
McDonald’s is responding to the substitute-meat burger vogue by making a “suite of burger improvements” to its all-beef burgers. They include a shorter top bun by three millimetres, an additional 10 millilitres of Big Mac Sauce to Big Macs and a reduction in its grill capacity by two patties. It says the adjustments have been in development for several years. McDonald’s Canada, along with McDonald’s Australia, is taking the lead on the rollout. Interestingly, McDonald’s is concerned it has been squeezing the juice out of its burgers. Now it won’t squeeze so much.
The Danforth Business Improvement Area will host the 2019 Taste of the Danforth street festival beginning Friday through Sunday with road closures starting at 10 a.m. Friday and ending at 3 a.m. Monday. Danforth Avenue between Broadview Avenue and Jones Avenue will be closed to all traffic
Leaside resident Wilmar Kortleever has been observing police activity at the Bayview Ave corners north of Eglinton where drivers continue to make illegal turns during rush hour. Mr. Kortleever notes that some (a few, many?) of the drivers eager to slip in and out of the neighborhood illegally are residents of Leaside. No doubt they are among those who voted against the outrageous idea of permanent concrete blockades (or jersey barriers) at these intersections. Leaside jersey barriers archives
The province plans to offload funding for commercial blue box pick up to businesses, or so it seems based on this City News report. As it stands, homeowners pay taxes to Toronto for regular pickup of recyclables. A right, a child is bitten by a bear at the Vancouver Zoo when she got too close to the cage. At least, that’s how zoo officials explain it. Below that, two reports on Canadian tennis stars playing in Montreal and Toronto.
It’s a special construction method seen all over Toronto. At left, is the rubble left at Hanna Rd. and Sutherland Drive. This mess has been there a month. It’s because one crew wrecks the old sidewalk and an entirely different one lays the new walkway. Top right, a fine old Inglewood Drive original is getting an addition near the corner of MacLennan Ave. Center-right, the sign of Service Ontario reminds us that a new storefront has opened in the Flemingdon Park Shopping Plaza at 747 Don Mills Rd. Enter off Gateway Blvd and you will see it between the Vietnamese restaurant and the Vape store. Centre-left, a tweeted photo of how Toronto’s modern refuse bins just don’t seem to get emptied before the trash is all over the sidewalk. This one is at Davisville Ave. and Yonge St. Lower left, they say Nerpy’s hot sauce will thrill you or kill you. The Toronto-made condiment is now at Andy Elder’s Grilltime on Laird Drive. Finally, it’s never too early to make note of the Northlea corn roast coming up in September.
