Thousands were up before dawn Saturday to participate in the Rexall OneWalk to Conquer Cancer starting out from Nathan Phillips Square at City Hall. This year a sum in excess of $6,000,000 is pledged to walkers to help the Princess Margaret Cancer Foundation, financial arm of the famous hospital and research centre.
The Video Wheel begins Saturday in the UK where Jaguar has introduced the E-Type Zero, an electric take on its legendary 1960s car. Meanwhile, the fearful march of Irma towards Miami and the US mainland continues. Then lastly, the not very surprising news that academics studying money and happiness find the connection between them is real. Yep.
Fire (Residential) – Brendan Road b/w Burnham Road / Moore Avenue, East York (6 Trucks)
— Toronto Fire (@tofire) September 9, 2017
OTHER OCCURENCES
Also reported Friday, a gas main break on Randolph Rd. between Hanna Rd. and Rutherglen Rd and a personal injury accident at Bayview Ave. and Balliol St.
The 24th Annual Leaside Rotary Club Community Corn Roast will be held Sunday, September 17 at Trace Manes Park. Mark it on the calendar.
Doug Ford has announced that he will run for mayor against incumbent John Tory. It will replay — after a fashion — the 2014 municipal election where both Tory and Ford came from behind Olivia Chow to finish one and two. Tory ran a hefty 60,000 votes ahead of Ford however.
Merchants on Millwood Rd. beside Trace Manes Park will throw open the doors to their businesses and deck the sidewalk with activities on Saturday, September 30 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Businesses like Core Body Science Pilates & Training Studio, Bella Rouge Hair Salon, Today’s Menu and Avoca Chocolates will be open for community members to have a “look-see” with free samples of products. There will be a treatment table out in the street in front of Kelly Dolson’s CORE Body Science for stretching, weather permitting. Lisa Barton of Today’s Menu promises in-store specials on food and sundry goods as well as an outside table.
The Ontario government will manage the sale and use of marijuana through an online service and about 150 stand-alone stores. The plan revealed Friday contains these elements.
The plan reveals that the LCBO will oversee the legal retailing of cannabis across the province through the new stand-alone stores and an online ordering service — meaning cannabis and alcohol will not be sold alongside each other.
DEATH SENTENCE ON POT SHOPS FROM AG
Attorney General Yasir Naqvi came down like Judge Roy Bean on illegal pot shops similar to the darkly-dressed Eden storefront at 1625 Bayview Ave. Check out the explicit death sentence from the minister above.
As authorities in Florida urgently ask residents to evacuate in front of Hurricane Irma, WestJet has offered a 50 percent off price for those who are trying to escape the storm. WestJet posted this Thursday: “To assist Florida and South Carolina residents attempting to leave those states, we are offering a promo code for 50 per cent off flights from Miami, Fort Lauderdale, Fort Myers, Tampa, Orlando and Myrtle Beach to any Canadian destination. When booking on westjet.com, please enter the coupon code WTVFFQR. For travel agent bookings, please enter the promo code WNQ60″.
Leaside United Church will raise funds with the help of Amsterdam Brewery and Andy Elder’s Grilltime with a dinner and auction September 26 on behalf of the El Hogar (The Home) in Honduras. Whole Foods is hiring at its website. This sandwich board is at its store on 1860 Bayview Ave. Below, that pictures of the work going on at Summerhill Market on Summerhill Ave. where the former bank building and Scoops storefront have come down to make way Summerhill’s Centre Pavillion project. Finally a giggle of a picture from Meridian Credit Union inviting all sorts of captions. There are prizes so head into the branch at Mt. Pleasant Rd. and Soudan Ave. to find out.
Some 60 years after the Federal Government scrapped the Avro Arrow and tried to expunge it from Canadian history, an underwater search team has revealed pictures of a barnacled ghost of Canada’s great fighter aircraft. Further, the team reports there are many more broken hulks of Arrows at the bottom of Lake Ontario off Prince Edward County. The pictures show one Arrow covered in zebra mussels with its nose snapped off. Members of the Raise the Arrow expedition unveiled still photographs and underwater video from a remote-operated vehicle on Friday morning in Toronto, confirming the discovery of the free-flight model. John Burzynski, the expedition leader, brought genuinely startling news that .there are a number of aircraft in the water.
BUILT AT DOWNSVIEW
The Arrow was scrapped in 1959 because of the cost and all traces of it were erased from public view. It was built at Downsview and at one time the maker, Avro Canada, had 50,000 employees. The test model found by OEX Recovery Group was thrown into the lake off the shore of Eastern Ontario. OEX is spearheading the Raise the Arrow expedition and says in a news release it will reveal photos and video footage of the discovery Friday in Toronto. The mission to find nine models of the Avro Arrow began in late July near Point Petre in Prince Edward County. Avro Canada
Beaches-East York (Ward 32) member of City Council Mary-Margaret McMahon will propose a motion today to permit beer and food sales roaming trucks at City parks. It’s done in places like Philadelphia where a truck or trucks serves 20 parks over 20 weeks in the summer. .The parks and environment committee meets Friday.
Of Things Past, the well-known antique and distinguished furniture consignment store, will close at 1096 Yonge Street on October 31. It appears to be the expiry of a five-year lease. A notice in the window Thursday says the store is not renewing but will continue at the larger (and no doubt less expensive) location at 185 Bridgeland near Caledonia. Of Things Past is widely admired for the taste used in the choice of items for sale.
