Police have released a surveillance picture of a man wanted in connection with a bomb threat at the Bloor-Yonge subway station on Sunday. Witnesses say a man was on the southbound Yonge line train when he announced that he had a bomb and would blow up the train. This forced the evacuation of the train in an unsafe manner. The suspect was last seen leaving the station in the crowd
A petition has been started by Leaside resident Judy Weiss in an effort to persuade City Council to restore the 60 km/h speed limit to the Bayview Extension south of Pottery Road to the end of the extension. Weiss asks members of Leaside Community to sign the petition, which will be sent to Ward 22 Councillor Josh Matlow. Weiss says that she has never initiated a petition before but hopes that it is done correctly. The petition is here.
LIVELY DISCUSSION
The post has started a lively discussion on the Facebook account Leaside Community with many residents saying they have signed. Others don’t agree. One woman who said she didn’t drive but asked why the limit needed to be increased was told “If you don’t drive then keep scrolling and don’t worry about it.” She replied: “I’m not worried, just nosey. Give an old woman a break.” There are dozens of responses in less than two days. Leaside Community
Canadian home prices rose two percent in July from the month before as prices in Toronto continued to climb, though there were signs parts of the city’s market were starting to cool, data showed on Monday. BNN
Earlier this summer we were told that Kookoo’s Kitchen burger and quick food place was moving into the former Wisey’s storefront at 874 Eglinton East at Laird. But Kookoo’s backed out and now we find the address all dressed up with the livery of a restaurant called UrBun Eats Company. Its website says UrBun Eats is opening soon.
Maybe it takes Toronto Chief Planner Jennifer Keesmaat or Dr. Who to figure out why Canada’s first-of-its-kind Diverging Diamond Interchange is better than any other. The DDI has just gone into service in Calgary at the corner of McLeod Trail and 162 Ave. It comes complete with a YouTube video explanation of how it works from the City government. See if you can follow just why the DDI is so much better than any other four-way interchange with overpass and with stop lights.
Alexander Zverev has won the Rogers Cup. The young German also extended a winning streak with his 6-3, 6-4 victory over Swiss ace Roger Federer.. Zverev, 20, was the winner last week in Washington. This was his 10th straight match victory and it ended the 36-year-old Federer’s winning streak at 16. The German also equalled Federer with a fifth tournament victory this year. Fourth-seeded Zverev won $894,585 US (about C$1,134,800) while second-seeded Federer got $438,635. SportsNet CBC
Pastor Hyeon Soo Lim has spoken a few words of English on his first day back in Canada from imprisonment in North Korea. Speaking at the Light Presbyterian Church in Mississauga, Pastor Lin said he is proud to be a Canadian and happy to be with his wife. It is not clear just how much of his remarks were in English because the reporter for the CBC recounts observations about imprisonment but these may be been spoken in Korean. CBC
Jack Dowkes has died in Toronto at age 102 with his two daughters, two sons and eight grandchildren nearby. He was a Blue Jays fan to the end. Friends of Mr. Dowkes are invited to attend a service at Humphrey’s on Bayview Ave. on Thursday, August 17 at 11 a.m. Obituary
Gloria Paisley writes to say how 44 pubic-spirited members of the Leaside Lawn Bowling Club dodged the rain and opposing bowls Saturday to raise $1,500 for the summer camps sponsored by the Thorncliffe Neighborhood Office (TNO) supported by the United Way. Nice work and thanks to all for helping this worthy cause that sees kids from Thorncliffe Park and Flemingdon Park occupied in the summer
Toronto pastor Hyeon Soo Lim of the Light Korean Presbyterian Church in Toronto was reunited with his family at Pearson airport Sunday after two years in detention in North Korea. The release came after diplomatic negotiation details of which are not known. “We are proud to be Canadians. One of the things my father shared is that as a Canadian going to North Korea for him was to be able to share the blessing of Canada to those in North Korea,” the pastor’s son said. “To know that Canada has stood for him, stood by him — we are so grateful.”
Clocks and computers will require setting and/or restarting after a ten-second power outage in parts of Midtown Sunday morning. A similar brief outage occurred about six weeks ago. This small blackout was about ten seconds in length, long enough to erase settings on digital clocks and disrupt computers.
