Tuesday’s storm whipped the northeast US and Canada much worse than it did Ontario. One family in New York City lost its home in a related fire. The local fire chief said he thinks a gasoline-driven snow blower was parked in the garage after use next to a propane tank which blew a valve because of the heat.
An executive of one of the country’s largest home builder says Toronto is experiencing a “perfect storm” of price increases. And billionaire investor Stephen Jarislowsky of Montreal says the housing market in Toronto “is definitely something that’s going to come down, and come down with a bang. Not enough is being done in order to control it. This is just an accident [waiting] to happen.”
In their first interview since their children hilariously hi-jacked a live BBC segment on Korean affairs, college professor Robert Kelly and his wife Kim Jung-A spoke to The Wall Street Journal about the circumstances, the chaos, and the global reaction to the now-legendary slapstick video. Photo: Miho Inada/The Wall Street Journal. See the original
Natural Gas Leak – Bayview Avenue @ Eglinton Avenue East, Toronto (4 Trucks)
— Toronto Fire (@tofire) March 14, 2017
Measurements vary across South Bayview but it appears that the worst of the bizzard of March 14 has blown by Toronto or stayed a bit to the south. There is snow but when you can see the cracks in the sidewalk through it, that’s a win.
The Hard Rock Cafe premises at 279 Yonge Street have been leased to Shoppers Drug Mart, according to sources and as reported by 12.36. It’s the first time since 1978 that the retail space has been available for lease. There was apparently no renewal reached or offered at expiry in May and Hard Rock International is looking around for another location The 22,000 square foot multi-level retail space is close to Yonge-Dundas Square, which some say is a smaller take on Times Square. Shoppers Drug Mart will relocate its pharmacy at 10 Dundas Street East to Yonge Street. The new location should open before the end of 2017. According to CBRE marketing materials, the site offers exposure to over 60 million potential customers annually. — Retail Insider
Toronto Hydro Project Bessborough–Broadway (E18200/E18201) is set to begin any day as part of the upgrade of the aging underground electrical system in North Leaside and Bayview Ave to Blythwood Road. The upgrade includes the installation of electrical cables within the City of Toronto’s public property allowance in front of or adjacent to residential lots. According to Hydro, the “civil and electrical portions of this project” are expected to begin this month with an approximate completion date of late December 2017.
EAST TO SUTHERLAND
The project area is along Bayview Avenue between Blythwood Road and Broadway Avenue, then east along Broadway between Bayview and Sutherland Drive and including a portion of Sutherland. Toronto Hydro is saying that crews and contractors will take “extra care and precautions” around property. The portion of the driveway, sidewalk and other areas affected by work will be restored upon completion of the project as season, weather and schedules permit.
Hey there, all you Morning Glory Tigers and other bike enthusiasts. Bet you’re glad you didn’t pay to go to the 40th Annual Cape Town Cycle Race. Watch 35,000 competitors from all over the world hang on to their bikes as gale force (100 km/h) winds sweep the course. The race was cancelled for the first time ever.
“My work is done here” might be the caption as Metrolinx hauls out the two boring machines that made the tunnels (east and westbound) along Eglinton Ave from Laird Drive to Yonge St. Work was scheduled for most of the day Monday at Eglinton and Holly St.
The cutting head is out! The rest of the TBM will be extracted over the next few days. #TBMDon #MXBuild pic.twitter.com/HZUyblJ6zv
— Crosstown (@CrosstownTO) March 13, 2017
The proposal for a dramatically styled rental apartment tower at Yonge Street and Delisle Avenue has swung the spotlight back onto the ambitions of Slate Asset Management, a Toronto investment firm, which already owns a cluster of eight buildings along St. Clair Ave. including all four corners of the intersection which used to be known as the heart of Uptown Toronto. Now we lump it in with Midtown, an indistinct area which seems to stretch as far east as Leaside. The new Slate building would be designed by Chicago-based Studio Gang. Urban Toronto ponders this proposal of what it calls “another step in the developer’s comprehensive re-conceptualization of the Yonge and St. Clair neighbourhood
CTV shows a stunning red sunrise this morning ahead of a March snowstorm. Red sky in the morning, sailor’s warning is the centuries old adage of English fishermen. Weather Network
The largest hockey tournament in the world for girls and young women has wrapped up again in Toronto with the conclusion of the 38th Annual Leaside Wildcats March Madness (Open) Hockey Tournament. With 171 teams in more than 40 age and skill categories playing their hearts out across 20 local Toronto arenas you may be sure there were championship teams everywhere. Check the outcome of your team at the Sportacular Events page here. It was a weekend for hundreds of young women to let their skates do the talking about competition. Champs, all of them.
