Clammy morning to give way to “warm and wild’ afternoon

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Forecaster Chris Scott calls for an “extraordinary” weather day across Southern Ontario in which a damp, clammy morning will give way to a warm and wild afternoon with damaging winds for all and severe thunderstorms for some Wind gusts between 70 to 90 km/h or higher will be strong enough to cause minor tree and building damage with local power outages possible as well

Power out after tree fall on Blythwood Rd. in Lawrence Park

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Councillor Jaye Robinson tweeted Thursday night that Hydro is working to restore power to a large area of Ward 25 between Yonge St. and Lawrence Ave. A tree fell on Blythwood Rd. striking the Glengrove power station.

Forum Research shows PC Party polling strong in Toronto

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Polls show strong support for PC Party
Facebook love
Beards for female fans

City News reports on recurring polls by Forum Research showing that the PC Party is looking strong in Liberal Toronto. Then, an interesting take, again from City, on the case (or not) for a tax on owners of houses that are sitting empty. Below that, the excruciating details on how Facebook is going to make you happy forever. And finally, as shown above, women are sticking fake beards on their faces so they can get into the soccer stadium in Iran. They are not legally permitted in, you know.






Musk dismisses analyst as “not cool” to send stock plunging

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Elon Musk
Car into space
Idolized by many

Elon Musk was especially brusk in dealing with an RBC analyst Thursday. His manner seemed odd even for a man who makes a practice of it. As the electric car and solar panel company announced a record first-quarter loss, the Tesla CEO cut off two analysts who sought some basic answers: details about the company’s cash needs and orders for its all-important Model 3 mass-market electric car. “These questions are so dry. They’re killing me,” Musk said as he dismissed an RBC Capital Markets analyst in favour of a blogger who served up queries more to his liking. Musk called the analyst questions boring and “not cool.” Shares fell quickly in after-hours trading, and analysts began writing that Musk shouldn’t bite the hands that feed his company’s enormous cash needs because soon he may need more. By Thursday afternoon, Tesla stock had lost nearly 6 per cent of its value.

OTHER BUSINESS LEADS

Home sales, prices down in April over last year says TREB

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The Toronto Real Estate Board says home sales in April were down 32.1 per cent compared with a year ago. The board says there were 7,792 homes sold through its MLS system last month compared with 11,468 a year ago. The average selling price was $804,584, down 12.4 per cent compared with the same month last year. CP24

Ancient watermain bursts under Yonge St. south of King

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Reports say the water main break that has closed Yonge St.Thursday morning occurred in a pipe that dates from the late 19th Century. The Melinda St. access to the subway is also closed.

 

As reported by Carl Hanske of 680 News, this is the 19th Century pipe in question/680 News
Yonge St awash/City News

Jane’s Walks in Thorncliffe, Davisville and on Laird Drive

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Geoff Kettel has written to alert those interested that there will Jane’s Walks in Thorncliffe Park and Davisville Village on Saturday, and along Laird Drive on Sunday. Please find details here.

Leaside alive with questions as jersey barrier ballots arrive

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Ballot to vote on closing streets
Jersey barriers as shown inset over corner of Bayview and Broadway

Ballots have begun to arrive at North Leaside homes for voting by some estimated 3,000 eligible residents on whether to seal off the community from the west at Bayview Ave. It is apparent from a long thread of questions and comments on Leaside Community that many people are quite unaware of the pilot plan. It would close Glenvale Blvd., Broadway Ave. and Craig Crescent with concrete “jersey barriers.”  All traffic in — and out — would have to find other routing. Many people in South Leaside are asking why they do not have ballots. But there is no such provision in the plan. Only North Leaside gets to vote. Comments range from whole-hearted support for the pilot. One man calls it “safety over convenience.” But many oppose the scheme and there are at least two comments about how the plan will isolate parents west of Bayview with children going to Northlea School. They would be forced to take their kids to Eglinton Ave and back up Rumsey to get to class. Leaside Community

Scadding Ave. and Princess St. awash in water main break

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“Some sort of failure” triggers outage leaving 37,000 in dark

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Some sort of failure
Service may be impacted
Pothole blitz

Hydro officials seem at a loss to explain a massive power failure that plunged Pickering and parts of Ajax into darkness Wednesday it began around 1.30 and in the early stages darkened the lives of 37,000 customers. A spokesperson said “some sort of failure” caused transformers to fail. Power is now restored.

ATU WARNS OF “SERVICE IMPACT”

The Amalgamated Transit Union may be among the best reasons people buy cars. Wednesday the ATU was warning the public about “service impacts” because the TTC canceled an overtime arrangement permitting employees to work up to 64 hours a week.

POTHOLE BLITZ

And Mayor Tory is pledging that as many as 30 crews will work 12-hour shifts throughout the month of May filling potholes. He called the winter season disastrous for roads. The City typically has about 25 crews responsible for filling potholes during regular business hours on weekdays but during the month of May crews will work from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. During the month-long blitz, crews will also pay specific attention to a portion of the Gardiner Expressway near the Canadian National Exhibition that Tory said has fallen into a “state of disrepair.” He said that stretch of highway is in such poor condition that a decision may be made to “resurface the area completely.” If that is the case, overnight lane closures would be likely.

Hanging junker on Leaside Bridge a total wreck for the ages

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Love those tires/City News
About to fall (See video below) City News
Loaded/City News
No damage done to this junker/City News

There’s video here of the car found hanging over the side of the Leaside Bridge Wednesday morning. Car may not be quite the word. The gutted, rotted and battered auto cadaver is fit only for the melting pot. The cops should be checking scrap yards for clues.

Wink Wink posters here to flirt with all South Bayview dates

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The first stop is Mabel’s Fables on Mt. Pleasant Rd. at Hillsdale Ave. where Paul Covello will tell stories next Wednesday. Then to Summerhill where Marcello1 is hanging these Wink Wink posters on walls. Does it work better than Match? Lower left, MP Rob Oliphant poses with kids in line for summer work. Some 260 federally funded jobs across Don Valley West include spots at Spinal Cord Injury Ontario, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital, Toronto Inner City Rugby Foundation; faith organizations, including Trinity Presbyterian Church York Mills, Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Toronto, Islamic Society of Toronto, St. Clement of Ohrid Macedonian Orthodox Cathedral and The Salvation Army Territorial Headquarters. Moving right are posters for important events coming up towards the middle of the month. Check them all and also see the South Bayview Billboard