Watermain breaks in July and September have been followed with an apparent collapse of Eglinton Ave. east of Mt. Pleasant on Tuesday. Clearly, the flooding is related to old infrastructure and the hammering it is taking from LRT construction. Previous watermain breaks have been blamed on the mere vibration caused by drilling and other such work.
Police have identified David Weaver, 37, of Nelson, BC, as the man who stripped and swam in the shark tank at Ripley’s Aquarium on Bremner Blvd. Friday morning. He titillated the crowds, taunted staff who tried to get him out of the place and then strolled among visitors and chatted with women. Cops are calling it mischief and indecent exposure. Weaver is described as 35-40 years old, 5’10” and 220 lbs. He has a shaved head, a dark goatee and a tattoo on his lower leg. He was wearing a dark hoodie, dark jeans, a green t-shirt, and gray and white shoes. Videos on YouTube.
Sober, a thoughtfully named dog who deserves to be at home, has been reunited with its family by Toronto Animal Services. Sober was hit by a car Sunday and fled to a hiding place under an Eglinton Ave. bus near Warden Ave. His photograph as he squeezed up against the axle and tire of the bus was seen nationally. “It’s a happy ending, Toronto!” Toronto Animal Services wrote in a tweet accompanied by a picture of the dog and its owner Monday afternoon. “This dog was injured and found under a TTC bus on Saturday. We located the owner from a lost report, and are happy to announce that the dog was picked up from our East Shelter this morning.” TAS said they looked through reports of lost dogs to match up details with Sober.
A growing thread at Leaside Community reveals the frustration felt by Internet and cable television customers over the thieves market that governs the rates for such service. It is a well-known embarrassment (disgrace) as recorded locally that the best way to pay reasonable prices for such service is to spend hours on the phone playing off one provider against another with threats to go elsewhere.
This updated post is from a previous clinic. Please try to attend and give blood on this occasion. The semi-annual Leaside Blood Donor Clinic will be held Tuesday at Northlea Elementary and Middle School on Rumsey Rd. Those present to organize the clinic and many of those donating will be remembering the courageous Northlea student whose battle against leukemia inspired this clinic. She was Emmy Duff (left) a cheerful young woman whose 16 year battle has left a legacy of generosity and public awareness of the need for blood. Emmy died in 2012. This Fall, the tireless people who run the clinic will be hoping to see their friends as well as strangers who are able to give. Teens are especially encouraged to give an hour to this outstanding public service. Healthy kids 17 and over may participate. The clinic runs from 2 to 7 p.m. See poster at Bulletin Board.
An Air India 737-800 taking off from Tamil Nadu Airport in the country’s southern tip smashed through a brick wall at the end of the runway and knocked down a landing tower. Incredibly, the plane continued its take off and the captain casually told ground control that everything was fine. He intended to fly on to his destination, Dubai. In due course however the airline ordered him to turn around and land at Mumbai where pictures revealed the damage. Happy landings, as they say in that part of the world.
Carl Hantske of 680 News slogs around in the mud to report on an extended closure of Bayview south of Gerrard.
New Westminster Police in BC have identified the man who terrorized a Tim Hortons location when he determined that he had been served the wrong drink. The drink, called an Iced Cappe, is made of cream, coffee and ice. The perpetrator pours the unsatisfactory drink all over the counter and then storms around the store before pushing the cash till off the counter and into the staff area. More than a month after the incident police say the man is Alan Sam Deguillaume, 28, a Burnaby resident. He is described as a Caucasian male with a medium build. He is about 168 centimetres (five-feet, six-inches) tall with short brown hair.
Here are three simple women all of whom will knock your socks off. The first is Gia Tran, a joyously alive collector of empty cans and bottles. Her donations to the BC Cancer Foundation now total some $15,000. God bless you Gia. At centre, you may well fall off your chair with laughter when you hear Janis Clark read the story of the Winky Wonky Donkey to her grandson. Her hearty laughter has sent the children’s book into extra printings. Then, Madam Osra Naomi Lindo, an upbeat 79-year-old graduate of York University. You go Osra
Canadian Press reports Sunday that former Liberal politician and cabinet minister Donald Stovel Macdonald has died at the age of 86. CP says his daughter Sonja confirmed that Mr. Macdonald passed away in his sleep at his Toronto home. Macdonald was a member of the Pierre Trudeau government. He was elected in 1972 and sat for the riding of Rosedale. He was known to the press as Donald S. Macdonald to avoid confuson with others. In the early 1980s, Mr. Macdonald was appointed the chairman of the Royal Commission on the Economic Union and Development Prospects for Canada where he endorsed free trade with the U.S. Macdonald had four children and seven step-children.
The South Bayview Bulldog Bulletin Board has been updated for the forthcoming week and beyond. Check it here.
A dog that was hit by a car near Warden and Eglinton Aves. early Sunday fled in fear under the wheels of a TTC bus and it took a lot of coaxing to get it out. The transit authority is asking anyone who might recognize the Husky-mix canine to call and claim the animal. The midnight-hour drama saw the bus driver, citizens and the driver of the car that hit the dog all trying to entice the creature from its perilous hiding spot. Brad Ross of the TTC said the bus driver called in the situation. “A supervisor showed up and police and animal control and we were all able to coax the dog out from under the bus and get (it) to a vet.” Ross said that an injury to its rear leg will heal.
