Syringe needles to sewing remnants are collected at arena

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Old Kenmore sewing machine
Councillor and constituent
Dangerous stuff
Recyclables
Lady has paint — thank you!
Needle alert
Batteries
No good now

Ward 26 Environment Day saw brisk business Saturday at Leaside Arena as hundreds of people had a broad range of used, expired and just plain old goods for safe disposal. One potentially hot item was a 40 or 50 year-old Kenmore sewing machine. The many trucks and bins were sponsored by Councillor Burnside through the City’s recycling program. The site was open til 2 p.m.

Events recorded in “Dates to Remember” for August 12

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Aug 12 – Ward 26 Community Environment Day
Aug 12 – Man VS Lobster
Aug 12 – Films Under the Stars: Happy Feet
Aug 12 – 21st Century Village Burgess Park

And these guys are at Longo’s

“Taste of the Bed Race” launches Danforth food cornucopia

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It’s here again. By noon hour Saturday, the traditional Greek food and world-wide delectables cornucopia will be underway along the Danforth from Broadview to Pape Aves. Yesterday saw the hospital bed dashes that always precede Taste of the Danforth. The event raises money for Michael Garron Hospital. Taste of the Danforth runs until 10 p.m. Sunday.

Cornucopia, yum/archives
What we get up to
Music Saturday like tonight
Bit of rain Friday says David Chiu/Instagram

Complex power failure knocked out service six blocks away

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The seemingly odd power failure at two downtown condo buildings has a temporary fix Saturday from a mobile generator which has been employed to provide power to buildings at 126 Simcoe and 21 Nelson Street. It will service the complex until the buildings can be returned to the Toronto Hydro grid. According to the condo management, repairs to that equipment may not be done until Tuesday or even later.

UNUSUAL PROBLEM

Toronto Hydro has said that the failure of power to  the building, about 30 and 15 storeys, is being caused by equipment owned by the condo. The utility has no responsiblity to repair it. This seldom reported upon and perhaps rare event represents evidence of the complex nature of the electrical delivery system in Toronto. Even more curious, it is said that the failure of the equipment on Thursday at Simcoe and Adelaide had a domino effect that shut off power at the  Ripley’s Aquarium. six blocks away on Bremner Blvd. Power there is now restored. .

“Can I have the side of Esandar where there’s pavement?”

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Visitors to Leaside Village at Laird and Esandar Drives are living with a somewhat abandoned sewer replacement project on Esandar on the approach to Longo’s. The eastbound half of the road is just the way the contractor left it weeks ago. It causes inbound drivers to sneak their cars over onto the westbound side where there is asphalt. Maybe there’s more work to be done here but either way it’s been a rocky unattended mess for too long.

Condos dark for 2nd day, Hydro says outage not its fault

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Lights and elevators have been out at the high-rise condominiums at 126 Simcoe Street and 21 Nelson St. since 5 a.m. Thursday but Toronto Hydro is saying, more or less, it’s not our fault. Hydro says equipment belonging to the condo failed yesterday and knocked out power not just to the residences, but to Ripley’s Aquarium. The aquarium now has lights again and is open. The condo property manager says he’s working on the repair but has no predictions as to when power will be restored. CBC

Ward 26 Environment Day at Gardens Saturday 10-2

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Jon Burnside (Ward 26)  will hold the  Ward 26 Community Environment Day to be held on Saturday, August 12  at Leaside Memorial Gardens from 10 to 2 p.m.  Small electronics, household hazardous waste, fluorescent bulbs, unused medications, oils, solvents, pesticides, propane tanks, and batteries will be accepted.  The following items will not be accepted: construction waste, gasoline, garbage, wood, cassette and videotapes, commercial/industrial hazardous waste and scrap metal.

Walk-down shops at Bayview/Belsize get new leasing agent

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A new agent, Commercial Development Group (CDG), is now a handling the leasing at 1560 Bayview Ave at Belsize Drive. The sign went up in recent hours after those of the Behar Group were taken down. Behar had this account for decades. The walk-down properties in this building are chronically vacant, a function many say of the reluctance of people to walk down to a retail business. The CDG phone is 416 223-1606.

1560 Bayview (with vacant basement) in 2007

Crash on Bayview, Roehampton with person said trapped

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The construction zone on Bayview Ave. north of Eglinton Ave. is the scene of an accident in which a person was reported to be trapped Friday morning. This occurred at Roehampton where traffic both ways is squeezed into a single lane. Traffic turning left onto Roehampton or left onto Bayview from Roehampton must navigate traffic and construction obstacles.

Taste of Danforth road closures Friday, end early Monday

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Road closures begin Friday morning for the Taste of the Danforth event. It lasts to Sunday night.

  • Danforth Avenue will be closed from Broadview Avenue to Jones Avenue from Friday at 10 a.m. to Monday at 3 a.m.
  • Pape Avenue will be closed from Lipton Avenue to Hazelwood Avenue from Friday at 6 p.m. to Monday, at 3 a.m.
  • Logan Avenue will be closed from Garnock Avenue to the north side of the laneway north of Danforth Avenue from Thursday at 3 p.m. to Monday at 3 a.m.

Woman, 50, dead as car slams into rear of stopped TTC bus

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A woman driver is dead after he car drove into the rear of a TTC bus Thursday about 6 p.m. at Sheppard Avenue East and Water Tower Gate, police say. They are investigating. The woman, 50, suffered “catastrophic injuries” and was pronounced dead at the scene, Toronto paramedics told CP24. The force of the impact is quite apparent from the photo below

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