Service May 8 at Yorkminster Baptist for Genny Dalglish

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A funeral service will take place on Monday, May 8 at 11 a.m. in Yorkminster Baptist Church, 1585 Yonge Street, for Genevieve Kate Dalglish. Genny passed away on Friday with her family by her side. She was the daughter of Peter and Camilla Dalglish, sister of Kim Abell (Martin) and brother Geordie Dalglish (Swith). Genevieve was a beloved aunt to Sarah, Luke, Alexandra, Louisa, Benjamin and Marigold. Genny attended Whitney Public School, Northern Secondary, Bethany College and Humber College for Early Childhood Education. The full obituary may be read at the Humphrey’s website.

Mary the Jack Russell Terrier is safely returned home

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Mary the rescue dog has been returned home. Police had feared the dog had been stolen after it escaped but now no criminal element to this investigation. The Jack Russell Terrier rescue dog escaped from her leash at home in the Greenwood Avenue and Gerrard Street East area On Monday, Monday, after the story was told, Mary was returned to her owners.

Police warmly welcomed as marchers in Khalsa parade

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Toronto Police were warmly welcomed as participants in the annual Sikh festival day marched Khalasa parade along the lakeshore Sunday. Photos courtesy Toronto Police Service

Laird in Focus bodes change to useful, ungentrified street

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The future of Laird Drive and the south side of Eglinton over to Brentcliffe was discussed at a meeting of the City of Toronto’s Laird in Focus project Monday night in the Lea Room at Leaside Arena. Many Leasiders (and others who patronize the businesses there) may be heard to ask “What wrong with it now?” Sadly our preference for the quite functional (and far from gentrified) business districts represented here will not forestall change. The future is pressure. There’s enormous money to be made now that there’s going to be a rapid transit line along Eglinton. The City’s ceaseless planning is at work. And perhaps the outcome will please everyone. This meeting, which seems to have been lightly attended, was a chance to hear and comment on what might be done. The project is described here.

King closed as crews face long job of clean up and repair

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King St. remains closed through much of downtown Tuesday morning as hydro, fire and police crews face what appears to a complicated, and perhaps a long job, of cleaning up and repairing damage done in the suppertime fire Monday. One report says Toronto Hydro workers were driven out of the underground vault overnight by an unexpected resurgence of smoke.

Lake Leaside at twilight on Monday, May 1, 2017

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Lake Leaside runs from east of Laird Dr. to Vaughan St.

“Hydro vault” explosion on King near Yonge emergency

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Hydro pumping water and drying equipment before repairs in vault

Hydro crews worked Monday night to assess and repair damage done at an underground vault outside Scotia Plaza on King Street West following a late afternoon series of explosions and fire. Brown acrid smoke and frightening explosions shot out of sidewalk grates (see video) as pedestrians ran for safety. Power was down to two buildings on King and Wellington. The Royal Bank Building was evacuated, streetcars re-routed, the subway bypassed King Station and King Street was closed from Church to west of Bay. Police wore surgical masks to try to protect against the smoke.

Rain cell creeps away from Toronto but a bit more expected

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Monday’s thundering rain is creeping away to the east after dropping a lot water and creating local flooding. The forecast is a bit uncertain but it appears there will some light rain overnight and tomorrow. In the City of Clarington to the east of Toronto, residents living along Cedar Crest Beach in Bowmanville are filling sand bags to stave off high lake levels.

Picture of Princess Charlotte ahead of her second birthday

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The Duchess of Cambridge (mom) posts a new picture of Princess Charlotte ahead of her second birthday. Then Aeroflot, the Russian carrier, had some mayhem in the sky when clear air turbulence struck. Next, Mark Zuckerberg drops in on a family dinner Sunday. Apparently he wanted to find out why this family of normally Democratic voters went for Trump in 2016. Speaking of whom, the Donald is such a wild card. He has said today that he could be “honoured” (really?) to sit down with Kim Jong-un.

Tory hits Del Duca nerve by entertaining PC leader Brown

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It looks like Mayor Tory touched a nerve when he invited PC leader Patrick Brown to join him at City Hall for coffee and a talk about money. It apparently prompted transportation minister Steven Del Duca to whiz down to the Toronto Clam Shell and hold an impromptu news conference in which he accused the mayor of whining about money. The minister said Tory “crosses a line” by harping on provincial funding for transit and other municipal needs. Why not just not place road tolls on the DVP? (On no wait, that’s not allowed). During a joint news conference with Brown, Tory said the provincial government needs to “be at the table with money in hand” for projects such as the downtown relief line, the Scarborough East LRT and waterfront transit. Brown agreed of course. He said that under a PC government the City would have a partner it could rely on.

Severe thunderstorm watch issued for Toronto and GTA

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Severe Thunderstorm Watch – Issued at 10:47 Monday 01 May 2017

Conditions are favourable for the development of severe thunderstorms that may be capable of producing strong wind gusts up to 90 km/h and heavy rain this afternoon and early evening.

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Strong wind gusts can toss loose objects, damage weak buildings, break branches off trees and overturn large vehicles. Heavy downpours can cause flash floods and water pooling on roads.

Severe thunderstorm watches are issued when atmospheric conditions are favourable for the development of thunderstorms that could produce one or more of the following: large hail, damaging winds, torrential rainfall.

Please continue to monitor alerts and forecasts issued by Environment Canada. To report severe weather, send an email to ec.cpio-tempetes-ospc-storms.ec@canada.ca or tweet reports using #ONStorm.

For more information:
http://www.emergencymanagementontario.ca/english/beprepared/beprepared.html.

Dreamland word drill as simple as A-B-C says BC professor

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Sandman Luc Beaudoin

Can’t sleep? This sounds like a lot of work but then it doesn’t matter if you drift off with the job unfinished. BC professor Luc Beaudoin says think of a word like “Bird” and then try to make a list of words starting with each letter of the word. Of course, you won’t get beyond B unless there’s something seriously clinical about your persistent waking state. For those who can drop off in an (um) wink with a deep breath or too, none of this is necessary.  CBC