Family man Geoffrey Williams Arnoldi dead at age 60

Geoffrey Williams Arnoldi has died suddenly at Creemore near the Devil’s Glen Ski Club which he loved.. Mr  Arnoldi was 60. He leaves his wife Susan Corbett. Also surviving are children Michael Arnoldi (Lindsey Mocherniak), Meghan Arnoldi, Kristopher Phippen (Alisa Jonas), and Jillian May (Jeffrey) and loving Poppa Geef of Ainslee Phippen and Ava May. A service was held  Friday at the Rosedale Golf Club to celebrate his life. The obituary may be read at the Humphrey Funeral Home site.

“Redjays” suit revealed for 2017 sesquicentennial season

Canada’s 150th anniversary as nation will be marked by maple leaf red uniforms for the Toronto Blue Jays for every Sunday home game as well as select games in the month of July at the Rogers Centre.

Trump vows to return power to “forgotten” Americans

Donald Trump is the 45th president of the United States. His ascension to the famously imperial U.S. presidency has been celebrated both as a victory for American working people and denounced as a declaration of political war against the rest of the world. Trump’s speech Thursday was a fairly relentless reiteration of his view that previous governments have betrayed the country. He spoke firmly of his intent to make his priority the advancement of the United States working class. His tone was softer as he addressed the peaceful transition of power which is the glory of modern democracy. He called the outgoing president and his wife “outstanding” for their gracious assistance in the process. He later said he was “honoured” that his opponent, Hillary Clinton, attended the inaugural lunch. As he spoke there were riots in Washington. A limousine of unknown ownership was set on fire as seen in the SKY News video below. Among immediate changes noticed were mentions of his daughter’s jewellery line on the White House website.

5 years since MLG unveiled as commercial, scholastic hub

This account of a first visit to Loblaws in MLG was published in The South Bayview Bulldog in January, 2012. The doors to the new store opened in November, 2011. Many hundreds of thousands must have already visited the new Loblaws in Maple Leaf Gardens. It is, as Loblaws says, Food’s Greatest Stage. And many millions more will soon attend this imaginative and storied place of business. You can be thrilled by the sheer volume of sports sagas that unfolded here over six decades. And then bask in the way it has been redefined with great love. It is a supermarket of course but it is also a food court. You can have a choice of cuisines (Japanese at the lower left). Some wish their local Loblaws were as well stocked with spiced sausages and such rare produce as Savoy cabbages and Pecans in the shell. The underground parking is connected to the store by an escalator. Actually there are two escalators — one for you and one for your shopping cart. Technologically speaking, it’s more fun than an iPhone. Near the main door, all the musty glory of the Gardens comes crashing back under a maple leaf constructed of chairs salvaged from the blue seating section (lower right). On the wall beside it are the original remaining marks of those brutal stairs that generations of hockey fans happily climbed.

East York housing co-op meeting now set for January 24

A public meeting to discuss a co-operative housing development proposed for the northeast corner of Upper Gerrard Street East and Coxwell Avenue has been re-scheduled to take place Tuesday, January 24 at the Neighbourhood Unitarian Universalist Congregation, 79 Hiawatha Rd. Previous plans for this meeting came apart because, as reported by the Beach Mirror, the locations were not accessible.

77 people hit by mystery vomiting at Humber College

A mystery medical complaint of some sort has sickened as many as 77 people — students and others —  at Humber College on the north campus Thursday. Of these, 29 were treated at hospital. Paramedics were called to Humber Residences on Humber College Boulevard at around 9:30 p.m. after a number of students reported feeling ill. According to paramedics, the students were vomiting and suffering from abdominal pain but were able to walk around. A Humber source said that there was a flu virus circulating at the campus but the appearance of so many cases within a short period seems more like food poisoning.

CP24 REPORT

“We don’t know what the source is. We have been in contact with the local hospitals and they have confirmed with us that they haven’t determined the source,” Dean of Students Jen McMillen told reporters on Friday. “Certainly in a high-density living environment like residence there are students that come in close contact with one another.” McMillen told reporters that all the students that were taken to hospital returned to the residence over the course of the night and are continuing to recover. She said that food services continue to be offered at Humber College, as there is “nothing to suggest” that food poisoning is to blame. CP24

Six hurt in Bellamy Rd. and Lawrence Ave. T-bone crash

Micheal Charles Cole/CBC by Twitter

This messy but fortunately not too serious accident occurred Thursday evening at Bellamy Rd. and Lawrence Ave. East when it seems one of the cars went through a red light and T-boned the other. Six people, including two children, were taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

Gala reception dedicates Dr. Tom Pashby Play Safely Rink

Premier Wynne told those present at the William Lea Room Thursday night that the community is blessed to have people with open hearts and generous spirits within it. She called the family of the late Dr Tom Pashby “a special, special example” of this quality. Guests were gathered to celebrate and thank the Pashby Foundation for a gift of $500,000 to the Leaside Memorial Community Arena. The money will be used for improve safety at the arena’s two rinks. The recently-built rink two will be named The Dr. Tom Pashby Play Safely Rink.  His children Jane, Bill and Bob were present for the evening

Leaside Traffic Meetings (north and south) set for March

Residents of Leaside, mark your calendars – Leaside Traffic meetings are scheduled for:

  • North Leaside – March 1, 2017, 7:30 p.m., William Lea Rm, Leaside Memorial Arena
  • South Leaside – March 8, 2017, 7:30 p.m., William Lea Rm, Leaside Memorial Arena

BACKGROUND

This was the presentation was made by the LPOA’s traffic consultant (Paradigm Transportation Consultants) at the LPOA Annual General Meeting on November 22, 2016. “Gateway to Leaside” seen as one way to calm traffic

Mayor’s mission will lobby Netflix, others to film in Toronto

Mayor Tory and his business mission will visit Netflix and other newer movie makers in Los Angeles next week. The mayor said today the group will be trying to attract business from some companies that have not done a great deal of business with Toronto in the past. “So we are going to tell them about it, we are going to encourage them to come to Toronto.”

CBC: Oil waste “leaking into Don” at Bayview and Gerrard

The CBC says there is an oily substance leaking into the Don River from a unknown source in what is known as a brownfield near Bayview Ave. and Gerrard St. A brownfield is land previously used for industrial purposes which is presumed to be contaminated. No address or ownership is given in the CBC story. It says that the City received notice of this leakage two weeks ago  It appears, according to the report, as if fuel-like sheen is on the waterway. It says booms have been placed to attempt to contain the leak and absorbent material is being used.

Harper calls President Trump “major source” of uncertainty

In notes for a speech given today in India, the former Prime Minister is says that Donald Trump’s presidency is a major source of international uncertainty that will “reverse” seven decades of U.S. foreign policy.  “Under Trump, the United States will cease to view the rise of China as benign,” Harper said. “It is more profoundly concerned that the massive trade imbalance means America is financing the rise of a geopolitical adversary.” That view is more in step with U.S. public opinion “which has always been skeptical of the foreign policy and corporate consensus that China is more an opportunity than a threat,” he added. The new president will be inaugurated tomorrow in Washington amid pomp, protest and security. Full story by Canadian Press