Road closures for the Beaches Santa Claus Parade have been published. It takes place Sunday beginning at 1 p.m. on the following route:
– Northbound, Victoria Park Avenue from north of Bracken Avenue, partial closure
– Westbound, Kingston Road from Victoria Park, partial closure
– Northbound, Walter Street, full closure
– Westbound, Lyall Avenue, full closure
– Northbound, Kimberly Avenue, full closure
– Westbound, Swanwick Avenue to Main Street, full closure
The new A&W is open in the East York Town Centre. We call this arrival, like that of the new Starbucks just up the street on Overlea Blvd., part of the Costco effect. The new shopping club cannot be bad for business. At lower left, parents and kids will want to meet Tory Woolcott, the Toronto kids science writer, as she launches her new book The Brain at Mabel’s Fables on Saturday at 2 p.m. Mabel’s is at Mt. Pleasant Rd. and Hillsdale Ave. Sounds like fun. Also at the bottom, reminders about the St. Cuthbert’s canned food pickup Saturday and the Leaside Guys Night Out Toy Drive coming up early in December. Please help out. All local events are at the South Bayview Bulldog Bulletin Board.
Pressure flowing from the exposure of violent so-called hazing incidents among students has brought about the resignation of both principal Greg reeves and president and president Father Jefferson Thompson. The school cited their “shared desire to move the school forward without distractions and allow it to focus on healing.” At statement from the school said: “Reeves and Thompson have always put the welfare, education and formation of our students first – and they do so once again today,” the news release said. “Having fulfilled their moral and ethical obligations to manage the immediate crisis and engage our school community, this courageous decision allows us to move forward with our goals: understanding how these events could have occurred, regaining the trust of our community and bringing cultural change to our school.” The distressing violence of a recent incident, and reports of others dating back decades, plus a concern that the worst instance of abuse was not reported to police promptly, have factored into discontent among parents.
The owners of Ashok Jewellers in Mississauga fought off hammer-wielding thieves who were smashing their way into the shop on Airport Rd. this week. Two videos tell the story as Peel Police ask for the public’s help in identifying these four violent bandits. Then, US Thanksgiving has seen the timeless Manhattan Parade that thrills millions all over the world. Finally, have a bit of sympathy for Larry the Cat as he tries to get back into the UK Prime Minister’s residence on Downing St.
Peel Regional Police will hold a special recruiting event Saturday, November 24 from 8 a.m.to 4 p.m. at the Emil Kolb Centre for Police Excellence. That’s at 180 Derry Rd E. in Mississauga. Potential applicants will see life for women in police tactical, canine, forensics, incident response and fitness units.
Millwood Road southbound at Laird is open after a 4 day closure to repair a water main break. Woohoo!
A woman has been struck and badly injured in a hit and run accident Wednesday at Kennedy Rd and Danforth Rd. The woman, 24, was struck by a minivan (or other) she crossed Danforth. The vehicle was turning left onto Danforth westbound. It was nearly 8 p.m and well after dark but these circumstances mean the vehicle approached the victim from in front of her. She was hit and dragged a sort distance. Police are appealing for witnesses and/or video of this occurrence. Police tweet.
A resident writes at Leaside Community that he witnessed the theft of a Lexus model SUV taken from Airdrie Rd. and Rolph Rd. in recent hours. He says there were two other such thefts from the same driveway at Bessborough Ave. and Sutherland Drive., The good part is that the writer saw a license plate and has given information to the police. These thefts of expensive vehicles seems to rely on the electronic lifting of keyless entry technology, something that is done by thieves who are near enough to you while you open your car in their presence. Such a wonderful age we live in. The FB thread is very long and informative. There is no substitute for a locked garage.
An extreme cold weather alert has been issued with advice to watch out for those who may need extra protection in overnight temperatures of possibly minus 19. For those properly dressed, it will be a pleasant sunny day.
Hugh Grant of the Bennington Heights Residents’ Association has written to Councillor Robinson (Ward 15) about the depression in the eastbound lane of Moore Ave at Mud Creek, and about the general instability that has marked this location for many years. His letter notes a brief history:
In 2009, a two-year rebuilding program for Moore Avenue was initiated. The plan was to install a new water main in year one, and the road structure and streetscape was slated for complete renewal in year two.
The City Of Toronto engineer assigned to drive the process, Tom Millis was concerned that roadway sinkage/collapse at Mud Creek had been an issue for many years, and upon investigation the plan for renewal of Moore Avenue was delayed pending engineering diagnostics at this location followed by rebuilding of the foundation.
It is understood that Mud Creek as the name implies was a ravine with running water (at right angles to the road today). City archives show that the ravine used to be host to the Belt Line rail track. Early last century there was no east-west road connecting Leaside to Moore Park. Eventually, a wooden bridge was built, facilitating a road link.
Many years later the bridge was replaced by infilling the ravine and building a black top road along what is now Moore Avenue
We have lived here since 1995, and from 1995 to 2009 had witnessed several attempts by City engineers to overcome the continuous sinking of the road by putting fresh fill down each time to build the surface up
Tom Millis’ investigation found that the road today has a culvert running underneath, carrying the original ground water. The linkages of the components of the culvert were not in good shape and water was “finding its way” back into the creek. Progressively this had eroded the “foundations” of the road causing the perennial sinking.
In 2009 Tom had Toronto Water work on this with the aim of completely rectifying this structural problem before the two-year Moore Avenue rebuild commenced (completed September 2010)
I have spoken to Tom Millis who now works for the Regional Municipality of York. Tom recalls the original project and the problems encountered. If it is useful to speak with Tom his number is 1 877 464 9675 ext 75598
Tom suggested we speak with Kimmo Hamalainen Manager of Local Roads at the Engineering department of Toronto. We spoke on the phone today. Kimmo checked and discovered by using Google Earth that there does appear to have been a recurrence of sinking of the eastbound lane at Mud Creek since 2014
Millwood Rd. has been repaved Wednesday morning but the southbound lane under the railway tracks at Redway Rd. remained closed late Wednesday evening. It appears that the road needs cleaning from the heavy mud created by the repair of a watermain Tuesday. Earlier story.
Police have updated the injuries sustained at the Pusha-T concert at the Danforth Music Hall on Tuesday night. Five were hurt and one has “very serious injuries.” The violence is widely believed to have been caused by the feud between Drake and Pusha-T, who was performing. Danforth was closed from Playter Blvd. to Broadview Ave. for a period of time..Pusha T and Drake have had a running feud since earlier this year. The shots reached a nasty low when Pusha T released The Story of Adidon. The tune is a 3-minute diss track, which touches on everything from Drake’s childhood to an alleged secret baby.
The information with this video, which was shot by someone named Main Man Music, says: “Pusha T was half way through his set when several (Drake) fans threw beer on stage then proceed to try to get on stage to 1V1 Pusha T. After the fight was over and the stage was cleaned, Push finished his show early with Infrared Mercy and Dont Like. Police were called to the Danforth Music hall where the show was.” A comment on YouTube said the whole thing “figures” if you are Pusher T in Drake’s hometown.
