Advance voting is underway Wednesday across Toronto. These polls are open through to Sunday. There are two voting stations in each ward including the South Bayview area wards of Don Valley West, University Rosedale and St. Paul’s. Advance voting may be done between 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. . The general election day is Monday, October. 22. Other City advance polling stations here.
The old saying about Venus, Mars, men and woman seems borne out again in the US in polling by CNN about the allegations made and denied against Judge Brett Kavanaugh. It shows that women were far more inclined to believe Christine Blasey Ford than were men. For many however, it was not necessary to believe either to worry about the process and the nature of evidence.
A Peel Region woman, Jasminka Crvchevska, has given birth by the side of the Queen Elizabeth Way Monday when her new daughter just decided to arrive a bit early. Fortunately for Jasminka, she was in the back of a Peel Region Paramedics ambulance on her way to hospital. The birth is said to have been uneventful, even for paramedic Jessica Crowell, who had never assisted at a birth. Her partner, Laurie Middlehurst is a pro however and knew enough to tell Crowell to pull over and get ready to go to work. Jasminka was able to immediately get on her iPhone in Facetime to show her husband his new daughter.
It will be warm this week with heavy fog forming Monday night and possibly extending into Tuesday in same areas. Fog has developed in some parts and may become quite dense at times tonight. Visibility of 100 to 200 metres is expected in many localities. The morning commute Tuesday may be affected by fog. It is expected to lift later Tuesday morning as a stubbornly slow warm front finally moves through to the north of the area.
The Canadian Medical Association says it has resigned from the World Medical Association, accusing the international group’s incoming president of plagiarizing his inaugural speech. In a statement released on Saturday, the CMA says it discovered that part of Dr. Leonid Eidelman’s speech was taken from a former CMA president’s speech in 2014. Current CMA president Gigi Osler says she and the Canadian delegation were at the WMA annual general assembly that took place this week in Iceland when they identified similarities in the two speeches. Global News
Here we go with a South Bayview summary that begins (upper left) with a shot of just a few of the worthy souls who cleaned up the Thorncliffe Ravine Saturday. PC Harold Shin (Neighborhood Resource Officer of the Community Response Team at 53 Division) says there were more than 100 volunteers ready to go at 9 a.m. That’s Councillor Burnside on the job in the centre. Well done all. Upper right, the delicate flower named Baby’s Breath (Gypsophila) was appealing at Longo’s. Below that, teachers make cupcakes for all at the Leaside High School Wellness PA Day. Nice. At centre left, Mystery writer Iona Wishaw will be at Sleuth of Baker Street at 3 p.m. October 13 to sign and promote her new Lane Winslow novel. The hero is modelled on Wishaw’s mother, a World War II spy. Fascinating. At centre this monster ghost is living on a lawn on Randolph Rd. with many autumnal colours. At bottom, a shot by Rudy Limeback of E.T. Seton Park from the Charles H. Hiscott Bridge at the east end of Overlea Blvd.
Figures recently compiled by The Thorncliffe Office (TNO) indicate that as many as 240 residents of the Thorncliffe and Flemingdon neighborhoods have obtained jobs at the new Costco store on Overlea Blvd. These include some 120 “sampler” employees engaged by Club Demonstration Services to work offering samples at Costco. A similar number of area residents were hired directly by Costco for warehouse work. The TNO information notes that all these jobs are “permanent temporary” like all Costco employment. Some employees were hired for the summer (students) and employment ended at the end of August. Costco will hire again for the Christmas rush. The onus is on the temporary employees to connect with Costco to provide their availability. These particular jobs will also be seasonal employment. The jobs are described as “good” paying minimum wage plus full benefits for employees. Costco policy is to promote from within so enterprising staffers have a chance. TNO also calls the simple opportunity for “a live/work experience” to be a huge benefit. Employees save on transit, travel time and family/child care is easier to manage.
No winning ticket was sold for Friday night’s $60 million Lotto Max jackpot. There were 40 Maxmillion prizes of $1 million each possible and 14 of them were won. The jackpot for the next Lotto Max draw on October 12 will remain at approximately $60 million, but the number of Maxmillion prizes will increase to 42
A motorcyclist has died in a collision with a car late Friday on Scarlett Rd near Lawrence Ave. W. The photo above taken by Peter Muskat (@peter_muskat) shows the Lexus vehicle involved as well as the wrecked bike. The collision appears to of the head-on type. Sharing of the road will be an issue.
