Toronto Public Health has published dates and locales where travelers to and from Toronto may have contracted measles. This comes as three cases are confirmed in the City, all related to travel. Details are at the linked site. They involve certain Emirates Airline flights and certain West Jet flights to and from Calgary, Ottawa and Toronto, Toronto and Montreal and Toronto and the Turks and Caicos.
Bombardier top bosses stunning sense of entitlement
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Bombardier, Canada’s no-can-do streetcar maker, has been funneling additional millions of dollars to executives as it hopelessly fumbles Ontario’s LRT train order and grubs for public handouts. It is being slammed for its “sense of entitlement” after awarding $32.6 million US to senior executives even as it laid off thousands of workers and sought government aid. The payout represents an increase of nearly 50 per cent for its top five executives and board chairman, compared with 2015. “At the very least, it demonstrates a rather incredible sense of entitlement, doesn’t it?,” said David Baskin, president at Baskin Wealth Management, a Bay Street investment management firm. CBC
Sign of Skier pop-up back at 1560 Bayview walk-down shop
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Sign of the Skier Pop-up
The Sign of the Skier seasonal sell-off in pop-up form is back, this time in one of the otherwise vacant shops in the walk-down level of 1560 Bayview Ave. at Belsize Drive.
Second update of design for new Davisville Public School
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A fuller account of the release of the second update of the plan for the new Davisville Public School is available at the DPSParents site with a link to a pdf showing detail of the proposed use of the property. It is informative. A community centre (or hub) is shown sitting to the west of the new three storey school. There will be underground parking in keeping with the compact parcel of land.
Video wheel visits a log-rolling teen-girl “woodsman”
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In Nova Scotia, logroller Alyssa Casey is looking forward to the Lumberjack World Championships where she placed eighth in 2016. How about you? Then, the love that grew between a British diplomat and Jackie Kennedy. His attic has now revealed a stack of love letters from her to him. Interesting. Then, every thoughtful Canadian’s arctic concern. What do the Russians want up there? Maybe we should pay attention. And finally, Samsung tries again with the Galaxy S8.
Painted red sky a glorious prediction of Thursday rain
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Marcus Vichert
The Toronto and East York sky on Thursday morning was dramatic and foreboding for the day’s weather. We are told to expect 5 to 10 cm of rain with a bit of snow overnight Friday. It will be sloppy on Friday as well. But it appears temperatures will stay at or above zero. Photo: @marcusvichert, Twitter
CHEAP STUDENT RAIL PASSES SOLD OUT
Via Rail said early Thursday that all available $150 youth passes for unlimited travel across Canada in July had been sold out after the sales were derailed on Wednesday due to high demand on its website. The Canada 150 Youth Pass is intended to coincide with celebrations marking the country’s sesquicentennial. They went on sale Tuesday. The company said, however, that sales were temporarily suspended “due to high demand” and technical difficulties with its online booking engine.
City repeals ban on collars, chains used to train service dogs
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City Council has repealed its ban on pronged dog collars and choke chains after complaints from the Canadian National Institute for the Blind which said the devices are best practices and necessary training for service and other dogs. To train the dogs properly the seeing eye handlers would be potentially breaking the law. The matter was raised by Councillor Jon Burnside among others. Now the City will ask licensing staff to consult the public on use of the collars, specifically including veterinarians, experts and professionals “involved with the humane and ethical treatment of dogs; those who rely on service dogs; those who have mobility issues; dog trainers; and dog groomers.” Staff will report back to the Sept. 18 meeting of the licensing committee.
Reception to toast lifelong arena volunteer George Turrell
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George Turrell
Landlords will be required to track complaints, waste, pests
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Toronto Council has directed staff to begin inspecting thousands of apartment buildings — including those in Thorncliffe Park and Flemingdon Park — as part of an attempt to police bad landlords. The vote was 41-1 in favour of creating regulations which will require landlords to register each year with the city and to pay an annual fee. They will also be required to make a plan for tracking tenant requests, handling waste and dealing with pests. Landlords who fail to comply will be issued violation notices and face fines up to $100,000 under the new regulations. Premier has consultation meeting with Thorncliffe tenants
Development dreams for SE corner of Yonge and St. Clair
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Urban Toronto tells of applications to build two developments that would replace everything on the east side of Yonge from St.Clair down to Pleasant Blvd.
Cyclist reportedly hit at Davenport and Avenue Road
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COLLISION
Davenport Rd and Avenue Rd, report of a cyclist struck, no info on injuries #554290 ^cb— Toronto Police Operations (@TPSOperations) March 29, 2017
Whole Foods jobs listed as new signs go up at 1860 Bayview
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New signs
Should it be a bit higher?
As the signs go up on the building at 1860 Bayview Ave. the Whole Foods job site is listing 34 openings for the new store they call Toronto Leaside. The WF opening is April 26 and new signs indicate that the Shoppers Drug Mart opening is not far off either.
FUNNY TRAFFIC SIGNALS
Be warned. The traffic lights to cross Bayview on both the north and south side of Broadway are of the “semi-actuated type 2 pedestrian signals” which won’t let you cross unless you push the “beg button.” Most people do, but many people are confused by the semi lights. This happened most notably at the busy corner of Bayview and Manor/Fleming. Councillor Burnside had them changed to show a Walk prompt on each cycle, button or no button.