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At Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre/Mike Peake Toronto Sun

“Happy Motoring”

Murray Westgate has died at age 100 at the Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre. Westgate was the Imperial Esso spokesman who appeared in uniform and cap to promote the firm’s service and products during early televised Maple Leaf games. His dress as a gas jockey was out-dated even then, recalling an era decades before self-serve. This is a good account including black and white commercials from the North Bay Nugget

China is hinting at removing the two-child limitation on families. The restriction was first applied during Communist days when poverty and mismanagement resulted in the starvation of millions. And then, Donald Trump seems to feel he has Canada in a corner and he may be right. In the end, tiny Canada (35 million) is less important to the US than Mexico (128 million). Trump wants a deal by Friday with unknown concessions or he will slap tariffs on cars. GM, Ford and others are mute with apparent terror. As for dairy products, our cosseted farmers may find that their highly-protected world is gone. Friday! Below that, the popularity of door-bell cameras is seen again in this ABC report on incidents in Toronto and Texas. Finally, a City News summary of sex education in our schools. Will we ever be educated enough?

Canadian Press reports that Ontario Superior Court judge Frederick L. Myers has found in favour of Tesla Inc. against the Ontario government’s cancellation of an electric vehicle rebate program for the firm’s cars. He said the decision to exclude Tesla from a grace period for the program’s wind-down was arbitrary and had singled out Tesla for harm. Tesla launched the legal petition after the PC government ended the rebate program on July 11, but said it would extend the rebates to vehicles already sold through dealerships if they were delivered and registered within 60 days.The government later clarified that the extension only applied to vehicles sold through franchised dealerships, which excluded Tesla’s Ontario dealerships. Myers quashed the government’s exercise of discretion as it was made for an improper purpose and because it singled out Tesla without providing the car maker “any fair process whatsoever.” Canadian Press

277 Davenport/Birdhouse Media

Look east to Avenue Rd./Birdhouse Media

Spacious balcony/Birdhouse Media

Ensuite/Birdhouse Media

277 Davenport Rd./Birdhouse Media

A 2,760 square foot, newly-constructed condo at 277 Davenport Rd. just east of Bedford Rd. is listed for $4.28 million by Angela Mandalas of Royal LePage J & D Division Real Estate. It appears to be the top floor of a five storey building which, as the listing says, is “perfectly positioned” west of Avenue Road so the new owner can enjoy Yorkville shops and restaurants while still being far enough away “to escape the hustle and bustle (and noise) that comes with it.” Maybe. It’s Davenport Rd. But never mind. The place comes with a 900-bottle capacity wine room off the kitchen. It also has many sunny perspectives including a coy floor-to-ceiling view east along Davenport down to Avenue Rd. According to the listing, there are two bedrooms.

Not valid in court?/Draeger

A Vancouver lawyer is predicting that the Draeger Drug Test 5000, approved Monday by the federal government to test marijuana impaired drivers, will fail miserably within a year. Draeger is a saliva screening device that tests for THC — the main psychoactive agent in cannabis. A member of the firm Acumen Law Corporation, Kyla Lee, says the test will cost $20 each time a police officer uses it, won’t work in any temperature below 4 C, and the results won’t even stand up in court. In response to the approval, Lee cited Ireland. “They expected hundreds of thousands of drivers to be checked and it was so expensive and difficult and time-consuming to be used that there was only a handful of tests done in the first year.: The system collapsed she said. Furthermore, she said, the test doesn’t indicate whether or not a person is impaired, so while it will give an officer grounds to arrest someone and consider investigating, it’s not going to be proof in court. In a news release, the federal government says the equipment will now be made available to police forces across the country, and it will be up to police to decide what testing equipment they want to use. The Liberals have pledged $161 million in funding for police training and drug-testing equipment over the next five years, as well as a public awareness campaign about the perils of driving while high.

Tyrone MacInnis and disgruntled aunt Barbara Reddick

A judge has decided that a Glace Bay man being sued for more than $600,000 in lottery winnings by his aunt is not allowed to spend the money until the court case is resolved. The aunt, Barbara Reddick is suing her nephew Tyrone MacInnis over the $1.2-million jackpot, which was won in July as part of a Margaree Forks fundraiser. In a fit of misplaced affection it appears, Reddick added Tyrone’s name to the ticket. She intended to give him $150,000 if she won, she says now. Whether there was ever such an understanding seems unclear. Reddick paid for the ticket but asked MacInnis to buy it for her. She said she asked him to put his name on the ticket for good luck, but said they never had an agreement to split the jackpot. But the legal impact of two names on the ticket caused the provincial Chase the Ace lottery body to split the money down the middle. Outside of court, Reddick said “I feel good” about the judge’s decision on the preservation order. Though Reddick is free to spend her share of the money, she said she hasn’t done so yet. She said she hasn’t spoken to her nephew. “He broke my heart,” she said. The case could now go to mediation, and there is a possible date of Sept. 17 for a settlement conference before a judge. She said that before MacInnis claimed half the jackpot, she had intended to give him $150,000 of the winnings. She sues nephew over lottery win but put his name on ticket

• The US and Mexico struck an agreement on key parts of NAFTA, moving a step closer to reshaping the massive trade deal
• Trump announces new U.S.-Mexico trade deal, wants to eliminate NAFTA
• Trump announces U.S.-Mexico trade deal to replace NAFTA, says Canada can be part of it
• US, Mexico reach NAFTA breakthrough, clearing way for Canada’s return
• US Mexico Reach Trade ‘Understanding’ That Could Lead To NAFTA Overhaul

Cedar Fair Entertainment Company has signed a pair of hotel services agreements with a Hyatt affiliate for a dual-branded Hyatt Place and Hyatt House hotel on the site of its Canada’s Wonderland amusement park near Toronto in Vaughan. The dual-branded hotel will offer 203 rooms. Construction is expected to begin in the first half of 2019, with an opening date planned for late 2020 — News release

Mary Lou Richards, Cathy Larking, Lori Brendel and Lan Tran

Source is gone from Sunnybrook

Stay cool

Craft Meatery truck at Longo’s

Mounted unit visit Michael Garron Hospital

At left, the Ontario B Woman’s Four Team of Cosburn Park’s Mary Lou Richards and Cathy Larking, Lori Brendel from Leaside and Agincourt’s Lan Tran have won the silver medal at Bowl Canada in Regina, the Canadian championship event. Nice going ladies. At the right, The Source has taken its “I want that” inventory and left Sunnybrook Plaza. You can find them in the incredible mess surrounding the Yonge Eglinton Centre. Best to approach from the west by coming up Duplex St. and entering the garage off Orchard View Blvd. Centre, it’s hot and getting hotter. Tuesday will be a scorcher. At bottom left, Longo’s keeps it lively at its Laird Drive store with visits by merchants like Schneiders. Customers were gobbling up the many tasters on offer from the firm’s fancy Craft Meatery truck. Finally, a genuine “awwww” moment as these beautiful steeds from the Toronto mounted visit Michael Garron Hospital last week.

La muse stylists at work/La Muse

New premises at 1610 Bayview/La Muse

La Muse, 1592 Bayview/La muse

The Facebook page of La muse women’s wear at 1592 Bayview Ave has announced the imminent move of the shop nine doors north to the space now occupied by Horticultural Design at 1610 Bayview. Horticultural Design, owned and operated by Michael Renaud, closes this month. Mr. Renaud is assuming new duties at Summerhill Nursery and Floral at 1 Poplar Plains Rd.

Conservatives voted Saturday at the party’s convention in Halifax to end a birthright citizenship policy that gives citizenship to babies born in Canada even if their parents aren’t Canadian citizens. British Columbia MP Alice Wong spoke in favour of the motion at the convention, saying that Canada should “fight for our own babies” to a crowd of 3,000 in Halifax. Wong asserted that “passport babies” take away resources from Canada’s system. It a well-known practice for women to arrange to have their babies in Canada not only because of the car available, but as a means of gaining residence for themsleves and other famly members.

Realtor Carol Wrigley has alerted 1978 graduates of Leaside High School to the coming 40th year reunion. She and Michael Hall are organizing attendance. She says grads should be watching for an invitation from Eventbrite for the reunion. To attend, grads must purchase a ticket through this invitation. Carol asks that if you do not receive an invite in the next week to please email her at cwrigley@rogers.com or leasiideclassof78@gmail.com and send your email address. Chit Chat FB