Ramer says he will not tolerate trucks or sit-in blockades

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Toronto’s police chief reiterated Friday that he will ‘not tolerate’ encampments or vehicles being used to block roadways during a possible convoy demonstration downtown this weekend but will “facilitate peaceful protest” as much as possible

Trudeau says police, gov’t will act if truckers don’t go home

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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Friday that police and all levels of government are preparing to take action against the demonstrators behind the blockades in Ottawa, Windsor and elsewhere.

Bayview and Soudan/Parkhurst really does need a stoplight

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Residents of Leaside are discussing the troubled corner of Bayview Ave and Soudan/Parkhurst again. It is a long thread and several of them wisely speak of using the traffic lights at Bayview and Manor Rd for making left turns and pedestrian crossing. Some say that traffic lights are needed at Soudan and this seems indisputable despite the resistance of many residents. Most accidents at this corner occur when drivers think they have a clear path around other vehicles but don’t. It’s called driving blind.

ABCRA meeting for Feb 11 on lower height at 1140 Yonge

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The ABC Residents Association in Summerhill has announced that it has been able to negotiate significant reductions in height and mass of the proposed building at the Staples site redevelopment at 1140 Yonge Street. ABCRA does not say the nature of the height concession but the original plan called for 13 storeys. Previously the old building at the corner of Macpherson was a CBC studio and before that a Pierce-Arrow dealership. ABCRA is hosting a Zoom information session on Friday, February 11, 2022 at 5:30 pm. To receive a meeting link send an email to abc@abcra.ca

Woman nabbed after sneaking into fire station, taking truck

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Yummy cheesecake, date squares at St. Cuthbert’s auction

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Our friends at St. Cuthbert’s Anglican Church at 1399 Bayview have called their current online adventure the Time, Talent and Treasure Auction. Why not? It runs until February 27 at 2 p.m. and yummy things like cheesecake and date squares are on offer. There are also things like piano lessons and games at Don Valley Golf Course.

Truckers’ tricky threat to come to Toronto called “a game”

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Toronto Police have again blocked road access to Queen’s Park in response to social media messages that some truckers occupying Ottawa will travel to Toronto. One of those convoy organizers is a man named Chris Barber, according to CTV reporter Glen McGregor. McGregor says the convoy bosses often post inaccurate information. Other tweets (below) say Barber called this threat “a game”.



Save Small’s Creek friends weep as trees cleared from ravine

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Residents of the Upper Beaches are distressed by the arrival of tree-cutting crews that have begun removing the tree cover in Small’s Creek in the Williamson Park Ravine to make way for the Ontario Line LRT. FB

https://twitter.com/MasonJar416/status/1491419129924165632


Mary Brown, Pita Land fast food to locate in Leaside Village

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First Capital REIT, owners of Leaside Village shopping centre on Laird Drive have announced that two of the tenants in a new retail building will be Mary Brown’s Chicken and Pita Land Mideast Urban Kitchen. Leaside Village is known locally as Longo’s Plaza.  Instagram

Power restored to most of blacked out Midtown Toronto

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A large middle-of-the-night power outage across central Midtown Toronto left an unspecified number of Toronto Hydro customers in the dark Tuesday. The blackout hit at 12:19 am on Tuesday and was related to “an underground cable fault”. The outage stretched from Spadina Rd and to Mt. Pleasant Rd and from Eglinton Ave to Bloor St. At noon, Toronto Hydro said it had completed troubleshooting and was “taking steps to bring power back. We’re aiming to have power restored early this afternoon”.

CGS starts Year of the Tiger with balloons, dumpling lessons

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February 1 marked the first day of Lunar New Year 2022 and CGS students embraced celebrations with gusto. CGS staff and students arrived at school dressed in red and gold. Some of the staff and students for whom Lunar New Year is part of their heritage wore traditional clothes for the occasion. Everyone was greeted by beautiful and festive balloon arrangements created by Balloons by Mina, a local business. A school-wide virtual assembly included student-led poetry reading, a special Lunar New Year book reading and best of all a dumpling-making demonstration. The virtual assembly was capped off with a dragon parade by each classroom.

CTV says gov’t may end license stickers as a vote incentive

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CTV says Monday night that it has learned that the PC government at Queen’s Park is pondering the end of license stickers as the 2022 provincial election approaches. It will cost the government money but presumably, there will also be a saving. CTV says a refund scheme is being considered for those who have recently renewed stickers.  The news raises the question of just what purpose the stickers were serving except as a source of income. Nor does the CTV story mention just how visual dating will be done without stickers. In the 1970s, yearly plates all carried the year of issue but longer do so.