Friendly tabby Perry still on loose near Laird and Donlea
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Perry
Around here
Posts at Leaside Chit Chat say that as of Wednesday morning Perry, a friendly, female tabby is still loose from her home at Laird Drive and Donlea Dr. Check around and if you see Perry message here. She has no collar and is said to love everybody, including dogs.
Corona beer giant sinks C$5 billion into pot grower Canopy
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Constellation Brands is upping its bet on the cannabis industry, announcing an additional $5 billion stake in Canopy Growth on Wednesday. The US maker of Corona and Modelo beers took a 9.9 percent stake in the Canadian cannabis company in October. The deal included the option for future investments, giving Constellation a first toehold in an industry the brewer said it expects to soon be legalized across the United States. Shares of Canopy Growth surged as much as 50 percent in Wednesday’s premarket from Tuesday’s close of $24.62 per share. Constellation’s stock was down more than 3.5 percent.
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Summer in the City as drivers fight, tour bus hits cop car
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Testosterone and heat
Mom says “Hey, hey, hey!”
This incident was recorded by Christian Patrick and published on YouTube by the Toronto Sun. It occurred Friday on College St. between Dufferin and Ossington. The woman who broke it up is just a perfect mom. Below at the right there was a head-on collision between a police SUV and a sightseeing bus Tuesday on Queen’s Quay. The bus driver is said to have lost control of his large vehicle. Summer in the City.
Ont. won’t let illegal pot shops to go straight says Mulroney
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The Attorney General says illegal pot shops like the ones that have dotted Toronto streets for more than two years will not be allowed to rehabilitate themselves after marijuana becomes legal this fall. Caroline Mulroney has given more definition to the Ford government plan to permit some legal pot shops next year. But they won’t be the ones that have been flouting the law up til now it seems. Mulroney says that the government has no plans to permit such dispensaries to participate in the legal market. Mulroney spoke in an appearance on CP24 at noon. Plans include online sales through the provincially-run Ontario Cannabis Store as of Oct. 17 and then sales in private retail stores, beginning in April.
No place to go? Open-air urinals scandalize even Parisians
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Open-air urinals have started appearing on Paris streets where men have been relieving themselves on the grass. Take a look. Or avert your eyes. Whatever. Then, a sharp reversal in the Florida stand-your-ground case we told you about in July. Below that, 680 News reporter Carl Hanske at the scene of a hit and run in New Toronto. Then finally, all you Aussies speak really funny. Sorry, the truth is your accent is very hard to imitate.
De Baeremaeker drops out, calls re-election “a long shot”
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Ward 38 member Glenn De Baeremaeker will not run for re-election because his chances of winning are “a long shot” in a 25-ward election campaign. In a news release Monday, he said that the provincially imposed plan to shrink council in half means winning in a ward that is double the size would be too tough. “I think I might have been able to pull it off, but at what cost to family, friends and supporters,” De Baeremaeker said. “A campaign is a grueling, seven-day-a-week proposition. It’s a lot to ask of people when winning is a long shot. Rather than fighting against former colleagues, I decided it would be more positive to invest my energy in branching off in a new direction.”
Enormous RioCan plan for Eglinton/Laird has 1655 units
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Some 18 months of “working closely with the City” does not seem to have slimmed down the enormous expectations for the southeast corner of Eglinton Ave. and Laird Dr. Property owner RioCan asks for seven towers rising 6, 8, 10, 18, 21, 36 and 38 storeys. An eighth building is proposed as a community centre. The idea of transporting thousands of people underground every day under Eglinton is as exciting as a gold rush. Urban Toronto
Good luck Mike, traffic cone omen and Hillsdale sign hazard
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Mike Tufts
Cones occupy Bayview Ave.
Waiting to fall
The weekend saw a new sign on the Valumart at 1500 Bayview. Mike Tufts (left) congenial franchisee for more than 18 months, has moved to the Valumart at Bayview and Cummer Aves. A new boss at the local store will be appointed in due course. Until then it is signed “Bayview’s” Valumart. Valumart, as many will know, is a subsidiary of the Loblaw company, National Grocers. Centre is a parade of giant traffic cones that occupied the west side of Bayview from Merton St. down to nearly Moore Ave. on Saturday. This is not a good omen. At right, another bad sign and residents should be careful not to stand under it. These wonky fixtures are all over town. It seems the Works Department needs a new plan. The Councillor is alerted.
Faces: Broken guy, Dora the Explorer and charcoal anyone?
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Richard Russell
Isabela Moner
Skip the ashes, thanks
His face would not tip you to the destructive need of Richard Russell, 29, to steal a commercial jetliner and do barrell-rolls in it as he committed suicide. But his intercom meanderings reveal the same self-absorption of so many who seek fame in death. Listen to his lament. Then, hello to the face of a flesh and blood Dora the Explorer. Her name is Isabela Moner and she will star in a Dora movie. Good stuff. Finally, we’ll pass on the charcoal food thanks. According to this report, millions are rooting around in the ash can for everything from ice cream and hot dogs.
Sky-blue wine, Saudi big boy and Miss India makes waves
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Reviews are mixed for the sky-blue Chardonnay recently introduced in France. The vintner says business is booming but some people on Youtube say they’d prefer to drink Windex. Nasty. Then, NASA is headed to (near) the sun. What fun. Below that, a close (and scary) look at the new boss of Saudi Arabia, Mr. Everything. Ugh. And finally, Miss India is making waves in her home country about the wretched taboo on menstrual hygiene. You go gal.
Residents hope for return of Pong family to Coxwell nursery
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Green Mountain Flowers from home next door
Fire in upstairs rented room hits March 20
Angie Pong seen with late husband and her three children
Residents of the lower Coxwell Ave. neighborhood near Fairford Ave. pass the burned out property of Green Mountain Flowers and express again their regret over the fire that hit the landmark business last March. They hope so much for the successful return of owner Angie Pong and her children to the site and a re-birth of business there. Flames hit the upper floor of the old building at 350 Coxwell March 20 and those in touch with Ms. Pong say she too is waiting hopefully for the insurance settlement. She can be seen most mornings puttering around the modest premises, watering flowers that remain from before the fire. It is said to have started in the room of a tenant. It does not appear to have been suspicious to fire authorities. A GoFundMe page was started and may be seen at this address.
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