Lots to discover at the TD Bank ad shoot on South Bayview

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68 Alpha Romeo prop
Scene shot inside Alex Cheese
Sorry sir, no openings
Busy street
Commissary
Officer knows his cars
Outside Mayrik
Byford’s
Pizza table

There were no openings to be had for those wishing to be discovered at the TD Bank advertising commercial shoot on South Bayview Thursday evening. But there was lots to see for patio goers and pedestrians. The commercial was shot inside Alex Cheese. Police on the scene revealed the ad will have more than one venue and a superb 68 Alpha Romeo will appear at more than one locale in the finished spot.

21st Century Village Square at Burgess Park this Saturday

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Music
Food
Click poster

This Saturday, August 12, will see the first of a series of family events at R.V. Burgess Park, 48 Thorncliffe Park Drive, to which the whole community is invited. The first of three remaining 21st Century Village Square events will unfold Saturday. These are collaborations of a government supported group known as Diaspora Genius and the Thorncliffe Neighborhood Office (TNO) promoting local entrepreneurs and providing advice on how  to grow a small business. The goal is to provide real-time training for any who are able, and help with branding and marketing. The venue is designed to mimic a small-town square and will feature entertainment (with some Juno nominated artists) as well as arts and crafts for children. Other family activities include a reading circle. The “village” will be decorated in a festive way with “store fronts” and a Village Street. It looks great. Other village dates are August 26 and Sept 9. On Saturday, September 23, Burgess Park will see a Diasporic Festival featuring music of food. More later.

Film crews on Bayview and Belsize tonight for TD Bank

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Untitled Films has notified residents that they will be filming scenes for a TD Bank commercial at 1578 Bayview Avenue today.  Traffic cones are in place on Belsize Drive and a small portion of Bayview, on the west side.  The notice states that production vehicles and various pieces of film related equipment will be located

  • on the west side of Bayview between Manor Rd. and Belsize Dr.;
  • and the north size of Belsize between Bayview and Cleveland

Filming is expected to be completed by approximately 11pm tonight.

 

Confident Swift on stand asserts Mueller “grabbed my ass”

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CNN says Taylor Swift was confident and assertive on the stand in Denver Thursday in her testimony against David Mueller, the man she says groped her at a meet-and-greet in June 2013. “What Mr. Mueller did was very intentional,” Swift said as she answered questions from Gabriel McFarland, Mueller’s attorney. “I am critical of your client for sticking his hand under my skirt and grabbing my ass,” Swift said. She rejected Mueller’s claim that their interaction was basic “jostling” for a photo, and said she had no reaction to learning that Mueller had been fired over the incident. “I’m not going to allow you or your client to make me feel in any way that this is my fault because it isn’t,” she said. “I am being blamed for the unfortunate events of his life that are a product of his decisions and not mine,” Swift added later.

Crown drops animal cruelty charges against Marineland

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All charges of animal cruelty against Marineland have been withdrawn by the Crown because it believes there is no reasonable chance of conviction on most of the 11 counts. During a brief hearing in Niagara Falls Thursday, the Crown said it could have proceeded on three of the charges but did not believe it was in the public interest to do so. The OSPCA disagreed with the Crown’s decision, saying in a statement to CBC News that it was not informed of the decision until after the court proceedings. “We are extremely disappointed in this outcome and feel that this matter is of public interest as all animals rely on humans for appropriate care for their general welfare and the public demands this,” said Alison Cross, spokesperson for the OSPCA. Marineland has said that the complaints which led to the charges were made by a disgruntled former employee and misguided animal rights activists.

Police close Bloor Street both ways Yonge to Church

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Police say they have called in bomb squad officers to the Bloor-Yonge subway station to investigate suspicious package at street level.

Subway dog biter faces pet suffering, distress charges

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A Toronto woman has been charged after she was recorded grabbing, biting and striking her dog on the subway last week. The woman, 37,  faces a single count of causing unnecessary suffering to an animal, a criminal charge and one count of causing distress to an animal under the Ontario SPCA Act. OSPCA seizes dog from subway woman, prepares charge

Hundreds waiting at Davisville as Line 1 slows to a crawl

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Robert Lawson/Twitter

 

JuanCa Sarmiento/Twitter

The TTC is full of apologies Thursday for the colossal slowdown of service and crowds waiting for trains. Thousands more just gave up and walked to work. The explanation offered is that somehow overnight work to replace the 1950s signal system went off the tracks causing the signal system to give false messages to trains. Human error. One crisis point was Davisville Station. The top photo was tweeted shortly before 9.30 by Robert Lawson showing hundreds waiting at Davisville. The second, showing no room, is from Tweeter JuanCa Sarmiento