Toronto photo mix at Invictus, Kensington and Dundas Sq

An exciting moment gripped former US president Barack Obama and Prince Harry at the Invictus Games Friday as the US wheelchair basketball team defeated France. Upper right, Toronto is before the Ontario Superior Court of Justice in its attempt to shut down perhaps the largest and most aggressive of the illegal marijuana dispensaries. The arguments are vexing some people. The City says the shops are illegal by definition but Canna Clinic goes to a higher authority, saying the Constitution will be violated if those needing its medical assistance with the best weed are denied access. Below right, the sculpture Truth 2017 by the Brian Leitch, also known as KWEST. It is part of the Nuit Blanche downtown all-night light-up starting at dusk Saturday.

Shop Leaside at Millwood merchants, Bayview Apple Fest

Merchants on Millwood Rd. by Trace Manes Park are having an open house with specials today (Saturday). People can shop Leaside on Bayview, Millwood and at Andy Elder’s Grilltime at 67 Laird, where he is celebrating nine years in business with specials.

Bayview merchants present Apple Fest 2017 this weekend

Visiting for Mr. Justice Hugh Locke at Humphrey’s Tuesday

Friends and associates of Mr. Justice Hugh Locke, QC. may pay respects Tuesday, October 3 from 4 to 8 p.m. at the Humphrey Funeral Home A.W. Miles-Newbigging Chapel at 1403 Bayview Ave. at St. Cuthbert’s Rd. A celebration of life will take place on Wednesday, October 11 from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Royal Canadian Military Institute, 426 University Avenue. Obituary

Weekend road closures for Nuit Blanche, Run for The Cure

Chief Saunders to get kidney transplant gift from wife

Police Chief Mark Saunders has been diagnosed with kidney disease and will receive a transplant from his own wife. Remarkable good luck has proven her to be a perfect match for the chief in this regard. And as police personnel said today “in more ways than one”. Saunders told his story to CTV today with his wife at his side. “The stars aligned for me,” he said, seated next to his wife in their west-end home on Friday. He said that in the late 1990s he discovered he had been living with one good kidney and one which was ailing. It was not the result of a “lifestyle issue” he said, but merely something he was born with. “Later on, it turned out that the other kidney had kidney disease,” he said. The chief has been on home dialysis for 15 months. The operation will take place Monday.

Thunderstorm with hail surprises Toronto this afternoon


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Andy Elder celebrating nine years in business at Grilltime

Andy Elder, owner of the Grilltime Gourmet Meat Store at 67 Laird Drive, is inviting everyone to drop in Saturday for a sampling, a glass of cheer and some anniversary specials as he celebrates nine years in business.

Hard truth about road safety from traffic cop Clint Stibbe

This is a summary of traffic deaths in the past few hours from City News. Clint Stibbe, Traffic Services Media Officer, speaks the hard truth about the effort to save lives. Stibbe says “The government can’t do it by themselves.”

Obama speaking Friday noon hour at Convention Centre

Former US president Barak Obama is giving a noon hour speech Friday at the Toronto Convention Centre. The Toronto Star is offering a tweet by tweet account.

LUC El Hogar dinner sold out event at Amsterdam Brewery

Leaside neighbours and friends of the El Hogar charity in Honduras celebrated a sold-out evening at Amsterdam Brewery on Esandar Dr. Thursday.  El Hogar (the home) is a residential and educational facility which continues to salvage and often bring great success to the lives of poor kids in that country. The dinner was catered by Andy Elder of Grilltime. Below that, Head Coach Kim McCullough and her Junior Wildcats dine on pizza a-la-dressing-room courtesy of Pizzaville after a 1-1 tie with the Whitby Wolves Wednesday. Eat up ladies, there’s a full season ahead in the Provincial Women’s Hockey League (PWHL). Lower left, grunt and groan in Greektown Sunday as impresarios Channing Decker and Trent Gibson stage this stupefying spectacle. Catch a nice review of these two written by the ever-reliable Joanna Lavoie of the Beach Mirror. All that said, you may prefer to attend the Bayview-Leaside BIA Apple Fest this weekend. See more here.

DPS staff and parent group visit Vaughan Road Academy

School staff and some parents from Davisville Public School have toured Vaughan Road Academy, 529 Vaughan Rd., to learn how the large now-vacant facility will accommodate the classes of Davisville school during construction of a new three-storey school at the Millwood Rd. site. This video is informative and we see Davisville principal, Shona Farrelly, in charge of the tour. Earlier this year the Toronto District School Board decided to retain VRA rather than sell it, and ultimately create a community hub of some sort there. The school has gained a certain mystique with the emergence of the rapper Drake, who attended there as a boy.  Self-indulgent mid-century “launch pad” or simply stupid?