A motorcyclist is in hospital with serious injuries after a crash in Toronto on Tuesday morning. The collision happened at Bloor Street West and Dovercourt Road around 9 a.m. The motorcyclist had a serious leg injury, and he was taken to hospital via emergency run. Bloor is closed from Concord Avenue to Rusholme Road for the investigation — 680 News
Multi-national Home Depot has made a decision to close all restaurants in its stores this fall. As reported earlier, the Harvey’s outlet in the Home Depot at 101 Wicksteed will close at the end of September. The Subway sandwich concession at the Home Depot at 7 Curity Ave. is on similar notice. Staff at Home Depot are quite apologetic about the changes and say that head office in the US has directed that such space be used to display and sell its inventory.
Ontario Premier Doug Ford is expected to roll out the provincial government’s buck a beer plan when he visits a brewery early today in Picton. The slogan is reminiscent of old-fashioned saloons offering “free lunch” and the ultimate truth that there is none. Buck a beer was one of Ford’s promises during the election campaign. He has also vowed to expand the sale of beer and wine to corner and box stores in Ontario. It appears a 25 cent reduction in the price of a beer will be achieved by lowering the tax. The reduction won’t apply to draft beer, sources report, so a visit to the pub in a search for free lunch will still cost the same.
Upper left, a new A&W restaurant will open in a recently built storefront at the East York Town Centre. The Mama, Papa, Teen and maybe In-law Burger place will go next to Once Upon A Child. It’s easily seen from Overlea Blvd. The space appears to be as big as 4,000 sq feet. It is no doubt the kind of bonus that EYTC owners Morguard Property were hoping to get from the new Costco across the street. Upper right are Leaside Volleyball ladies Giulia and Tatum bringing home U14 gold from the London Ontario Summer Games. Nice going Giulia and Tatum. Middle right is a picture tweeted by Mary Fragedakis of the new bike sharing station on Gamble Ave. This new cycle rental gambit by Toronto seems to have some takers. Lower right, the enterprising members of the Leaside Lawn Bowling Club are working hard to keep the place from growing old. It’s working too. Finally at left, appetizing Ontario Heirloom Tomato and Peach Bruschetta from Paul Hickey’s Today’s Menu on Millwood Rd. at Rumsey Rd.
Dashcam video from a tow truck waiting to remove a pickup truck shows a horrifying collision as a speeding car slams into the small truck. It appears from the narration that a father, mother and son from the truck escaped serious injury. Quite amazing. The video is presented as a lesson on why drivers should slow down at an accident scene. That makes sense as far as it goes. But many of those commenting on YouTube are focussed on the position of the pickup. It is angled out into the road in a way that is dangerous by definition. The report doesn’t say if the vehicle is there because it is immobilized. Video here.
Wowsers! We expected rain but were totally taken by surprise when the vicious winds swept in this afternoon. They were frightening! Maybe it was a downburst, our #Toronto street and yard are littered with downed branches. #ONStorm @ONWeatherWatch @weathernetwork pic.twitter.com/tsSNeTi3eE
— FrameToFrameNature (@FrameToFrameBJ) August 6, 2018
Monday’s rain was variously received. Some rain haters on Twitter were told by Joanna@jesna3 to send the rain to her parched Poland. The Rogers Cup was forced into a rain delay but it does not seem serious. Above we see a tree down on Molson St. thanks to Yonge and Roxborough News. Michael Totzke @TotzkeM posted a picture of Archie loving it. Dan Landry@canuckdaneh tweeted the calm before the storm flora at right.
Rain's coming down pretty hard here in #Toronto.#thunderstorm pic.twitter.com/Ki0pfgGAaC
— Simon 🏕️ (@IHearSimon) August 6, 2018
NEW Woman in wheelchair struck by garbage truck. Pinned below. We are on scene. Rob Fairley shares this video after crews arrived. She's lucky to be alive. Queen and Dunn. #toronto @globalnewsto pic.twitter.com/58pUtCF8CK
— 𝚂𝚎á𝚗 𝙾’𝚂𝚑𝚎𝚊 Global News (@ConsumerSOS) August 6, 2018
A woman in a wheelchair hit by a garbage truck at Queen West and Dunn Ave. is said to be recovering. It appears the woman was crossing Queen when struck. This graphic video was re-tweeted by Sean O’Shea, the consumer reporter for Global News. He says it was shot by Rob Fairley.
A welcome soaking of lawns and gardens occurred Monday after 3 p.m. as clouds rolled across Toronto Meteorologists warned of possible severe thunderstorms capable of producing wind gusts and hail but as of 3.30 p.m. South Bayview had seen only rain.
The Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources says that as of Sunday night 42 forest fires were burning in northeast Ontario, 19 of them out of control. Parry Sound 33, the fire that has burned for three weeks, is now some 113 square kilometres, and remains the most dangerous. Hot, dry, windy weather this weekend helped fan the flames, however, despite the challenging conditions the ministry says crews made excellent progress in ringing most of the fire’s perimeter with hose lines.
Customers of the Home Depot store at 101 Wicksteed Ave. say they have been told that the Harvey’s restaurant at the front of the store is about to be closed by Home Depot management. A decision is said to have been taken to use the Harveys space for other purposes. Harvey’s serves hamburgers and assorted fast-food dishes like poutine, salad bowls, fish and hot dogs to an apparently loyal clientele. It has been there since Home Depot opened in about 1990. The franchisee is said to be very upset. This news began emerging late last week. Tuesday will bring a new opportunity to learn more.
The City of Vaughan cancelled a concert of Caribbean Soca (Soul of Calypso) music Saturday evening on about two hours notice. It appears there were complaints to the City, or Councillors, but not to police. Vaughan issued a statement saying the organizers failed to comply with all conditions. No further explanation was given. Soca is a genre of music that originated within a subculture in Trinidad and Tobago in the early 1970s and developed into a range of styles by the 1980s and later. Soca was created by legendary Calypso musician and composer Lord Shorty who died in 2000. Machel’s Toronto concert cancelled after venue permits pulled
The so-called sharrow symbol has now appeared on supremely quiet residential streets in Rosedale and Moore Park. Above, the corner of MacLennen and Garfield Aves. would put most car-counters to sleep. But there they are, Shared Lane Pavement Markings, with implied instruction for both cyclists and motorists about how to behave when you see or are near one of the others. These are near the Whitney Public School zone. Sharrows are a reminder to share the road of course but any well-informed driver who has read the Highway Traffic Act knows that. What does the sharrow symbol mean in precise terms? Driving devilry will be in the details. At corners like MacLennan and Garfield, does it mean cyclists can overtake cars to “occupy” the stop, requiring cars to line up behind? It seems clear that sharing does not mean that cyclists have to wait behind a car although that question is not asked nor answered in writings online. Bicycles are permitted to overtake cars for lots of reasons. Cars and bicycles are frequently seen in line at the narrow (sharrowed) portion of Moore Ave. approaching Welland Ave. Bikes travelling to Mt. Pleasant however are more likely just to mount the sidewalk at the end of the bike lane.
