The South Bayview Bulldog

The Cannabis Act, as it’s to be called, will permit legal smoking of dope for fun for the first time ever. But ministers were issuing a lot of anxious warnings about how rigidly marijuana will be controlled. The exercise seems a lot like trying to have it both ways. There is even federal legislation about impaired driving. This is provincial jurisdiction so presumably the federal law is about enabling the provinces. Read the Bill  CBC Below we have (left) the news conferences of many ministers who discussed this bill Thursday in Ottawa. To the right, the ongoing concern of doctors, especially about how marijuana permanently dulls the intellect of young people.

Sydnia Yu in the Globe and Mail reports Thursday on the sale of 45 Donegall Drive for $1,830,000 a price well above the listed figure of $1,495,000.  It was on the market for six days and last sold in 1998 for $445,000. Yu says that “many buyers filed through this detached house for nearly a week early this year. Eight visitors were serious enough to write formal bids.” She says lack of listings is a factor in space-race pricing.

The CBC has seen the enemy when it comes to delays on the Toronto subway system and he is us. And it seems likely that students of human behaviour will find it quite easy to understand. The TTC says that most of the things that cause delays are unpredictable. Depends on what you’re expecting, we say. The appearance of passengers who are  drunk and disorderly, people walking on the tracks for the fun of it and litter causing fires are not unknown to the species. Read it and weep (or laugh).

These are images and video from Sydney where this lad is out with his grandparents and sister when he falls between the subway train and the platform. The grandfather is able to pull him back out. Almost more shocking, this is a common occurrence in Sydney where more than 200 instances were reported last year.

Loblaw says it will  open 30 new stores and renovate more than 500 in an indeterminate period as it “continues to adapt to changes in the food retail sector.” It’s not clear where this initiative fits into other expansion announcement in recent years. The new release speaks of a continued roll out of its Click & Collect e-commerce, improved health and wellness services, and the inclusion of fresh food at select Shoppers Drug Mart locations.

A woman, 25, driving east on Cummer Ave. missed a curve in the road and smashed into a bridge abutment about 1.45 Thursday morning. The vehicle, a Mazda, was wrecked.. This was at the Don River crossing west of Craigmont Drive. A man. who was a passenger, was thought to be close to death but is now reported as stable. The story is developing.

Toronto has reversed itself on the Centre Island bicycle concession after the new contractor bailed out of a deal to run the service. Now the City will return the concession to the Rao family, which has operated the bike rental for years but which had been told it was outbid by the other offer. “(It’s) just overwhelming. It feels like we went to the pits of the roller coaster and now I feel like we’re on another high,” Priya Rao told the Star. Her parents have co-owned the Toronto Island Bicycle Rental for the past 32 years.

 

It’s the genuine end of an era as Immacolato Racioppo (known to locals as “Mac”) retires from Millwood Shoe Repair at 706 Millwood Rd. just off Bayview Ave.  Mac has re-soled and heeled shoes, cleaned them up, ground skates and done many other vital duties to keep South Bayview on its feet. His son Rocco Racioppo writes on Facebook that he and his dad joined “Uncle John” at Millwood Shoe Repair in 1979. But that was 20 years after John Racioppo opened the business. “It’s been a great 58 years.” Rocco writes, “We have made many friends, many we consider family. I was taught the importance of respect, and hard work will never hurt you. It is okay to get your hands dirty it is never below you. My experiences I have been lucky enough to learn from over 38 years will stay with me for life. On May 1, 2017 my father is walking away and (will) hopefully enjoy retirement. After 38 years my dad and I are leaving a part of our lives behind. Uncle John started it in 1959 and we carried it to 2017.” It’s understood the business will continue under the same name with a new owner.

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— Toronto Police Operations (@TPSOperations) April 12, 2017

The CBC says City Staff is recommending that the downtown Relief Line swing west to Carlaw south of Gerrard St. to avoid damage to historic homes CBC

Thor Eaton has died peacefully at home on Monday, April 10, 2017. He is survived by his wife Senator Nicole (Courtois) Eaton, son Thor Edmond (and his wife Michelle (Bakos)) Eaton and Cleophee (and her husband Scott McFarland). Mr. Eaton is also survived by his three brothers, John, Fred and George and their families. The full obituary is published at the Humphrey Funeral Home site. It invites friends to join the family for a celebration of Thor Eaton’s his life at 11 a.m. on Friday, April 21st in Timothy Eaton Memorial Church at 230 St. Clair Avenue West.