DOT would stand for Doors Open Toronto and it is trending on Twitter Saturday where you can find pictures of places in which to snoop around. At the new Downsview station on Sheppard Ave. and Bakersfield St. in North York they have what appears to be a cunning prop for the young (or not) to play subway motorman. There are many other spots to see as well. Twitter and Bulldog previously.
The Maurice Cody Spring Fair was a source of huge family fun Saturday but none of the rides or concessions could match the high entertainment of Principal Robert Nigro’s decision to take a cream pie in the face for school spirit. The screaming delight heard on the video tells the story. The pie was administered by Vice Principal Adelia Vala.
The fairly elaborate but presumably fair formula for electing the next PC leader is explained above. The party gathering in Toronto will hear the outcome — and so will everyone else — at 5 p.m. See it on CBC
Line 2 will be shut down today and Sunday maintenance and scheduled repairs on the Prince Edward Viaduct. Buses will be running between St. George and Broadview stations with Bay station closed. Others will be open for the sale of fares.
There was no winning ticket sold for the $50 million jackpot in Friday’s Lotto Max draw. The jackpot for the next draw on June 2 will grow to approximately $55 million, and there will be six Maxmillions prizes offered.
City News works over the reports of a dramatic short-term drop in the number of sales (April 20 to May 20) since Premier Wynne announced the tax on foreign speculators. The Star says a drop of 61 per cent in sales reported in Richmond HIll, and similar drop offs, could impact heavily in short order on prices.
The Toronto Animal Services’ Chip Truck to provide free microchips at Woofstock this weekend The truck will be at the Woofstock event at Woodbine Park, located at 1695 Queen St. E. on Saturday, May 27 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. and Sunday, May 28 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Residents whose pets have an up-to-date licence can get a microchip at no cost courtesy of PetSmart Charities of Canada. Pets without a licence will receive $10 off the regular fee of $25 for cats and $35 for dogs Release here
As many as 24 Coptic Christians have been slaughtered by gunmen in Egypt. The men, women and children were on their way to a shrine. Christians make up ten percent of the population of Egypt, the largest such minority in the middle east. CNN Elsewhere, a flying car plunged through the wall of a home in Milwaukee some four feet off the ground. Amazing. And the woman to the right is getting a micro-current facial, small jolts of electricity to improve the skin. We wonder. And finally, video of the Best of Donald Trump’s Worst Moments.
City Council has voted 27 to 17 against a motion brought by Councilor John Campbell (Ward 4) to withhold $260,000 in annual funding to Pride Toronto. The motion asked for this defunding unless Pride permitted uniformed police officers to march in the annual parade. The results reveal a Council divided in what some might call logic. Kristin Wong-Tam (Ward 27) argues that the ban on police uniforms is “inclusive.” Others appear to have followed a political strategy of keeping peace with the LGBTQ community and perhaps Black Lives Matter. Those in favor of defunding consider the Pride ban a rejection of the police “as police” and an insult to City employees. Locally, Josh Matlow voted to sustain the funding while Jon Burnside, Jaye Robinson and Christin Carmichael Greb voted to suspend it.
Hackers have apparently demanded ransom from Bell Canada for unspecified information after the theft of 1.9 million email addresses and approximately 1,700 names and phone numbers. Bell Canada told Reuters that a demand was made but it did not pay. Further to this, the CBC now says that it has been in contact with hackers by “encrypted chat” and has been told that a demand for $50,000 was made. The CBC story says the hackers claimed to be roaming Bell servers pretty much at will. Even after the breach was revealed, the hacker claimed to still have access to Bell servers, and to have stolen additional data that could still be leaked — in particular, “all passwords for Bell customers.” They were unable to offer any proof ofthis however.
The J J Davis Store in 1900, operated by Jack and Charles Davis
Davisville is named after John Davis and his family. John came to Canada from England at age 27 in 1840. The J J Davis Store was built in 1894 by the Davis family. A general store and post office was operated by Jack and Charles Davis, grandsons of John Davis. In later decades it became home to other retail stores and is now Starbucks at the corner of Yonge St and Davisville Ave.
This Davisville Village “Did you know…” brought to you by the SERRA Heritage Working Group.
Josh Matlow (Ward 22) and Jon Burnside (Ward 26) collaborated at City Hall Thursday to declare the beginning of the annual food drive which is headed up by Leaside sisters Sarah and Claire Jordan. As well, the sisters and mom Linda Dubono were interviewed on the CBC. Have a listen and remember to give, okay?
