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Postal workers are off the job in Toronto Tuesday as the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) continues rotating strikes across the country. Small businesses have called for a quick end to the walkouts for fear they will badly hurt business during the Christmas period.

TORONTO SAYS PAY YOUR BILLS

The City of Toronto is reminding citizens to pay their bills regardless of postal stoppages. A release Tuesday says payments normally mailed to the City must still be made by their due date. It goes on to instruct people that “alternative payment methods include online, by telephone, at banks or financial institutions and in person.” The City’s contingency plan and any future updates will be posted on the City’s website. Residents and businesses with questions about the contingency plan may also call 311.

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Closing at 11 p.m. starting November 3

Gerry says hello

Mermaid’s folly

Get your Glowlight Stick

Davisville and Yonge

Manor Road United October 27

November 3

November 3

Valumart at 1500 Bayview Ave. will abandon overnight business starting November 3. The store will now be open from 7 a.m. to 11 p.m. This will leave only Metro Inc at Bayview and Eglinton still open all night. The 24-hour model was tried and dropped at both area Loblaws. Upper right, Gerry the Frenchie says hello outside Starbucks. Such a friendly guy. Below Gerry is the annual reminder from friends at 384 Belsize of how scary it is at Halloween. This year’s morality tale tells of a poor mermaid who ventured into the lair of a sea monster and (gulp) vanished. Below that, a reminder for kids to get their Glowlight Stick at Bonnie Byford Real Estate, 1536 Bayview Ave. Stay safe on darkened streets. At bottom left, royalist Patricia Treble (@PatriciaTreble) offers this evocative photo of the Queen in her open Chrysler turning north onto Yonge off Davisville in 1959. Then we finish with church events.  Manor Road United has its rummage sale Saturday and there are two Christmas fairs coming up November 3.

Patrick Brown has been elected mayor of Brampton. The former Progressive Conservative leader won the position over incumbent Linda Jeffrey who succeeded to the job 2014 when she replaced Susan Fennell, who served as Brampton mayor for 14 years. Brown won 46,454 votes (44 percent of vote).  “I’ve got so much hope in my heart that lies ahead in Brampton. I know we can turn this around. I know Brampton is going to be back,” Brown said in his acceptance speech Monday night.

That’s a wrap from @BradMBradford’s party headquarters. He’ll be making his debut as an elected official, representing Ward 19. Here’s some of what he said during his victory speech: #cityvote #TOpoli pic.twitter.com/qxzbypXGGP

— Caryn Ceolin (@carynceolin) October 23, 2018

Popular vote for Mayor Tory divided by ward shows he had support of 50 percent or greater in 24 of the 25 wards which now form City Council. He fell below that in only Davenport. Support was strong through Midtown and especially in Ward 15 (Don Valley West) which led all wards  Across Moore Ave. however residents in the nearby corner of Ward 11 (University Rosedale) known as Moore Park and Rosedale will no doubt see the irony of Tory’s 50.8 percent support in U-R. These precincts saw forests of Tory signs. But once again they, and other areas like Deer Park and Summerhill, were matched with neighborhoods to the west with distant political sympathies. Feeling just a bit disenfranchised in Moore Park, Rosedale?

Mayor Tory

Jaye Robinson

Josh Matlow

John Tory has been re-elected Mayor of Toronto. He defeated Jennifer Keesmaat by more than 300,000 votes with almost all polls reporting. In South Bayview, a bitter disappointment for Leaside residents as Jon Burnside was defeated by Jaye Robinson. Their respective vote count shortly before 9 p.m. showed Burnside with 12,142 (42 percent) and Robinson with 15,120 (52 percent). In St. Paul’s, Josh Matlow defeated Joe Mihevc with 19,000 votes (52 percent) to about 15,000 (42 percent). Kristyn Wong Tam won Ward 13 very handily and Mike Layton now has Moore Park and Rosedale residents among his constituents in Ward 11, having defeated all rivals easily. The closest was Joyce Rowlands with barely a fifth of Layton’s total.  In Ward 14 (Toronto Danforth) Paula Fletcher defeated Mary Fragedakis by a margin or more than 6,000 votes. CBC

Kristyn Wong-Tam

Paula Fletcher

BRADFORD WINS IN BEACH BY LESS THAN 300 VOTES

Newcomer Brad Bradford has won a close race against Matthew Kellway by barely one percent in the popular vote. Totals two hours after polls closed showed Bradford just 288 votes ahead. Mike Colle has defeated Christin Carmichael Greb by more than 4,000 votes in Ward 8. Anthony Perruzza defeated Georgio Mammoliti by more than 3,000 votes in Ward 7 (Humber-Black Creek). Jim Karygianis has defeated Norm Kelly and Denzil Minnan-Wong defeated David Caplan. Gary Crawford defeated Michelle Holland-Berardinetti in a tight race in Scarborough Southwest.

The adorable 5-year-old Molly Matlow is pretty excited about her father @JoshMatlow’s big win in Ward 12 Toronto-St. Paul’s. #CityVote #ToPoli #FamilyFirst pic.twitter.com/s3BANjawFw

— Adrian Ghobrial (@AdrianGhobrial) October 23, 2018

John Tory seems a certain choice to be re-elected mayor in Toronto Monday. Polls show him leading his main opponent former City planner Jennifer Keesmaat by double digits. Many contests in the new 25-ward system are very tight as incumbents face off against incumbents.  Make sure you are eligible to vote and be sure to participate. Polls open at 10 a.m. and  close at 8 p.m.

Polls open Monday morning at 10 a.m. for the 2018 Toronto General Election. Make sure you are eligible to vote and be sure to participate. Then, thousands ran for charity Sunday in the Scotiabank marathon. Below that, thousands of migrant South Americans, mostly from Honduras, are attempting to march on the US border. Right now, they seem largely stalled at the Mexico-Guatemala border. Lastly, the dozens escaped serious injury when the floor of a clubhouse collapsed under the stress of leaping dancers near Clemson University in South Carolina.

Two winning tickets were sold for the $7 million jackpot in Saturday night’s Lotto 649 draw. One ticket was purchased in Ontario and the other in Quebec, with each being worth $3.5 million. The guaranteed $1 million prize went to a ticket holder in Ontario. The jackpot for the next Lotto 649 draw on Oct. 24 will be approximately $5 million

David Cole

Michael Caine

David’s Bridal may close

You may find the pressure that YouTube celebrities complain of similar to that found in high-pressure occupations everywhere. David Cole is one such video maker. Then, Michael Caine grew up wretchedly poor in London and still appreciates the value of money. He used it to help his relatives. Caine was in more than 125 films including Alfie, in which he played a womanizing young man who is rewarded with loneliness. At right, this beautiful bride is a client of David’s Bridal, the firm that supplies a third of all wedding dresses in the US. It is said to be on the verge of closing.

A poll commissioned by the Toronto Sun and National Post from DART Insight finds that less than a month after Premier Doug Ford’s government slashed Toronto electoral wards from 47 to 25, 54 percent of respondents agree with the change. Some 46 percent don’t like it. As well, 58 percent believe that Toronto City Council with 25 Councillors will be more effective in getting things done than was the case with 47 Councillors.  The poll found  61 percent who say that reducing the size of Council to 25 seats will save millions of dollars.

WEED-FREE WARD REFERENDUM?

And lastly, while in the past some 48 percent of Torontonians say they’ve been in touch with their local Councillor on a matter that needs their help, 63 percent agree that if 25 federal and provincial members of Parliament can serve their Toronto constituents, then 25 Toronto City Councillors will be able to do the same.  Six in 10 Torontonians however don’t believe that Premier Doug Ford and his government have done a good job since taking office in June.  With marijuana now legal, 32 percent indicated they will likely use it, but a larger group (49 percent) believe that each ward in the City should be able to hold a referendum to make their community marijuana free.

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