UPDATE: (8:40pm, November 18, 2016) The van with 16 dogs inside stolen in downtown Toronto Friday morning has been located, Toronto police have confirmed. Apparently all of the dogs have been accounted for, are being reunited with their owners. The van had been left running to keep the air conditioning going while the walker went to fetch another dog. The Bulldog loves a happy ending!
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Here are two stories to make you believe in people again. A Phoenix grandmother has responded to a text from an absolute stranger to by inviting him and his entire family to her U.S.Thanksgiving dinner. Below, the wonderful story of how a Bencia, California cop was touched by the hard work and tough times of a young man and what he and his colleagues did about it. .
The Toronto Police Board has adopted new rules for the practice known widely as carding. That’s the stopping of citizens — usually young men — to ask what they are doing. It can’t be fun for those who are stopped. On the other hand, is it the life-changing trauma so many critics of carding claim. The police have long insisted that carding “follows the crime.” It goes where there are break-ins and thefts. It is said to be welcomed by many people who live in such areas. But this is an argument that has no traction with those opposed. And so it seems carding will continue to be a battleground with the police insisting that there are real advantages to the practice.
The much-loved Yule fundraiser of Rosedale United Church will open again this year at 10 a.m. on Saturday, November 19, 2016 at the church. It is at 159 Roxborough Drive at Glen Road. All are welcome to this joyous event. Come early if you want to catch some of the famous egg salad sandwiches for lunch. Last year’s notice is here: Rosedale’s Holly Berry once again graces South Bayview
Parks Canada and the Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada have unveiled two plaques this week at the Eglinton Theatre, now the Eglinton Grand, honouring the Art Deco pinnacle of architecture as rendered by the legendary theatre-design firm of Kaplan & Sprachman Architects of Toronto. The theatre itself is now a National Historic Site. It opened in April 1936. The event and some history of the Eglinton are recorded by Urban Toronto and fun to read. The Eglinton is a repository of wonderful memories for millions of people who passed through in its 80 years of life. When it opened it was known as the Showplace of Toronto
Opening Night 1936 — You can smoke in the Loge Circle
Newly paved Eglinton Ave. the place to visit a modern movie theatre
Donald Trump has astonished many journalists and others by asking Mitt Romney to meet him this weekend. Equally surpising, Romney accepted. The 2012 Republican candidate was among the earliest and most bitter of opponents of Trump as the 2016 nominee. Now, says CNN, the two men are set to meet to discuss “governing moving forward” and potentially a role for Romney in Trump’s Cabinet. Some have mentioned Secretary of State.
Canadian Forces website hacked, redirecting to State Council of China https://t.co/JaCVTaOKl7
— CityNews Toronto (@CityNewsTO) November 17, 2016
Chief planner Jennifer Keesmaat is touting her scheme for grass between the train tracks on the above-ground portion of the Eglinton Crosstown LRT. That would be nice, especially if it works. Today Keesmaat tweeted pictures of how it is done in Paris where such rights-of-way exist. In articles online they call the green stuff turf. Astroturf? Apparently not as they also installed sprinkler systems. It’s not unknown. In the past, as in the New Orleans antique line (below) there was grass. But it is hard to keep it from turning to mud as the photo shows. In her tweet, the planner says “This (Paris) is our design for Eglinton — and they said it couldn’t be done!”
Paris tramway grass would make a landscaper green (ahem) with envy
New Orleans antiques a tourist attraction but grass is under pressure
There is enormous interest no doubt generated by that transit mega hub to be built where subway and LRT meet. Towers already announced make some wonder if we know what we are doing.
Wow! According to @metromorning there are more planning applications at Yonge & Eg than entire City of Boston. Staff Resources: 2 vs 12
— Richard Joy (@RichardJoyTO) November 17, 2016
As Iraqi forces push into Mosul and other ISIL areas the evil nature this movement has a seemingly endless capacity to shock us. Children now liberated from ISIL “school” say they were taught to count by adding up dead bodies. In Memphis, Tennessee a heart-rending operation has been carried out to separate Nigerian twin girls born joined with what appears to be a common abdomen. Reports are guarded on their future and indeed a lot of further surgery and prosthetic limbs seem likely if they survive. And in Oakville, the new president of Ford Motor Company of Canada is about to arrive from Detroit. He is Mark Buzzell. His predecessor, Dianne Craig, who served in this role for the past five years, will move to a senior position is U.S. sales. The appointment is effective Jan. 1, 2017.
Ford Canada’s Dianne Craig and Mark Buzzell
Toys for Tots kicked off Thursday morning (November 17) at the Canadian Tire in the Eglinton Town Centre at 1901 Eglinton Avenue East near Pharmacy. Members of the Toronto Police Service 54 Division in partnership with Canadian Tire staff will aim to raise at least $10,000 last year in support of 600 families in the local and surrounding divisions. For the next five weeks, this Canadian Tire location will be accepting new, unwrapped toys, as well as Canadian Tire money and cash donations. The total amount of gifts received will be matched by Canadian Tire and then donated to local charitable organizations that support families in need.
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