Man has died in fall from high level at Yonge and Wellesley

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A man has died in a fall from a construction site at Yonge and Wellesley Sts. Tuesday. Police said the man is believed to have fallen from one of the higher levels of the building. Sculptured tower emerges on Wellesley between Yonge/Bay

Danforth now open after fire at all-day breakfast favorite

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Detroit Eatery at Danforth and Chester
Four alarms
File photo of Detroit Eatery

Toronto Fire Service is cleaning up at Detroit Eatery, 389 Danforth Ave. at Chester Ave. Tuesday after a four-alarm fire hit the small all-day breakfast restaurant. Danforth Ave has been re-opened shortly after 1 p.m. The fire was noticed at after 6.49 a.m. There do not appear to be any injuries. The CBC says that the Children’s Circle of St. Barnabas, a daycare located near the fire, had been closed because of smoke. Parents whose children attend the daycare have been told that the air quality would have to be checked before the daycare was deemed safe for children to return. Becker’s Bridal and another adjacent business also sustained smoke and water damage. Fire authorities said the fire appears accidental.

CGS students learn about construction of the Eglinton LRT

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LRT Construction Worker Hokey Pokey
Underground at Laird Station
southwest corner of Laird and Eglinton

Staff and students at Children’s Garden School on Eglinton had some special visitors last week, Natalie from Metrolinx and Krista from Crosslinx. They were at the school to talk to staff and students about the building of the Eglinton Crosstown LRT. The children loved it. They learned about cut and cover construction and how much more efficient the LRT will be at moving people across the City. They also learned about how the construction of the LRT is being managed, how tunnels are built, what it’s like for construction workers labouring underground and much more. Did you know that the digging of the tunnels goes for 24 hours a day, every day, or that it takes 15 minutes to walk the stairs back to the surface if the workers need to go to the bathroom or make a phone call? Natalie and Krista created a great presentation, totally appropriate for preschool to grade three children. The JKs and SKs even played Construction Worker Hokey Pokey. The children asked great questions and left feeling inspired about how things are made and how important public transit is. Metrolinx is on target to open for September 2021. We all look forward to the completion of the project so people can start moving freely along Eglinton again. There are plans to beautify Eglinton and add bike lanes as well. The videos here show work at Laird Station. This behind-the-scenes look is exciting. Interested in a Metrolinx presentation at your school? Contact Natalie.




Meridian to name Sony Centre, Toronto Centre for the Arts

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The Meridian Credit Union, a rapidly-expanding financial services company based in Niagara Falls, has secured naming rights to the Sony Centre and the Toronto Centre for the Arts in North York. Beginning in September, the Sony Centre on Front St. will be called Meridian Hall and the North york theatre will be called the Meridian Arts Centre. The deal is worth $30.75-million to the City. Civic Theatres Toronto, which consists of three City-owned facilities — the Toronto Centre for the Arts (with four theatres), St. Lawrence Centre (with two theatres) and the Sony Centre theatre — secured the strategic partnership and naming-rights agreement with Meridian Credit Union. Ambitious Meridian CU to spark business on Mt. Pleasant

Dollarama launches national by-the-carton sales website

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Dollarama has launched an online store selling its merchandise by the carton, an apparent bid to sell goods to small retailers. The Dollarama website can be used by other consumers but they must buy in bulk.

Unseated cosmetics boss Truaxe found dead over weekend

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The founder and former owner of Toronto beauty brand Deciem, Brandon Truaxe, has been found dead. He was 40. Stephen Kaplan, now the firm’s CEO, told Canadian Press that Truaxe, who created the company in 2013, died over the weekend. He did not disclose the cause of death. Truaxe’s relationship with Deciem had become strained in recent months after he closed its roughly 30 stores, citing alleged employee involvement in a “major criminal activity.” In two Oct. court proceedings prompted by Deciem investor Estee Lauder Companies Inc., Truaxe was removed as the company’s chief executive officer and ordered to stay away from Deciem stores and employees. Judge grants Estee Lauder bid to dump erratic Deciem CEO

Sauve Truaxe in advertising

 

Scenic, sunny, snappy , squeaky (see below) South Bayview

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Cats Eye Bridge from Moore Park to Bennington Heights
Sunny but many stayed home
Moore Ave. west of Bayview Ave.
Southlea Ave.
Squeaky Snow Science
Not going anywhere

You have got to love your home turf even when the temperature is more like Siberia than South Bayview. Squeaky? Check the City of Toronto poster in this gallery explaining why we hear this cold weather scrunch underfoot.

US billionaires float campaign against pipelines in Canada

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The little-known story of how US billionaires have stopped pipeline construction in Canada is told in this CBC report. Then, what the PM wants the PM gets, as Mr. Trudeau picks the Liberal candidate for Milton. Below that, Theresa May has produced what she calls Plan B for Brexit. Others call it Plan A re-booted. And lastly, the astounding case of a Whitby man, the late Robert Hogg, who lost $700,000 to romance scammers in Indonesia. His son says the bank should have done a better job of stopping his dad from this folly.






Leslievillians snap Super Blood Wolf Moon rising on lake

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Glorious moon over Cherry St. (Source: https://www.facebook.com/groups/2253273170/permalink/10156457049863171/)
Tripod started icing up (Source: https://www.facebook.com/aronharris/posts/10161546367130650)

Residents of Leslieville were well-placed to see the Super Blood Wolf Moon rise over Lake Ontario. Many thought it didn’t fully live up to its grand name but here are two shots that are very nice. They appear on the community Facebook page Monday morning. At the left is the scene at Cherry St. and the photographer confesses that she had to correct her driving. She stopped and got out of the car to shoot this. At right is the best of an apparently long and chilly evening shooting the moon. Note the man in sunglasses. #bloodmoon  Wow, is Sunday’s delectable Super Blood Wolf Moon edible?

Bitter cold Monday with mild break Tuesday, Wednesday

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Monday’s bitter cold will give way to a warmer Tuesday and Wednesday. Then it’s back to very cold days on Thursday and on into the weekend. The high Monday is forecast to be minus 12 Celsius even under sunny skies. Weather Network

2 alarms rung as flames burst through roof on Snowball Cr.

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Fire on Snowball Cres. in Scarborough/CP24 cap
No one hurt/CP24 cap

Toronto Fre Service is cleaning up after a two-alarm on Snowball Cres. near Mammoth Hall Trail in the vicinity of Sheppard Ave and Markham Rd. in Scarborough The fire appears to have started on upper levels of the home, spreading to the attic. No one was hurt.

Snowball Cres., Scarborough/file

Neighbors fear traffic hazard on Woodbine near Lake Shore

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A driver has been taken to hospital with serious injuries after a car crashed into the front stoop of two homes on Woodbine Ave in the Beaches. Toronto police were called to the scene near Lake Shore Boulevard around 7:30 a.m. Sunday. The vehicle had crashed into the steps leading up to one residence and struck a gas line at the neighbouring home.