Leonardo DiCaprio walked the red carpet at today’s TIFF premiere of documentary, Before The Flood. It was shown this afternoon at The Princess of Wales Theatre. Toronto loves Leo.
#LeonardoDiCaprio introduces #BeforeTheFlood doc today at #TIFF16 screening. #premiere #Toronto #climatechange pic.twitter.com/n1stjIT9fY
— SBayview (@SBayview) September 9, 2016
Jon Burnside (Ward 26) has told the South Bayview Bulldog that the City will rationalize the intersection of Laird Drive and Millwood Rd. (below) next year by eliminating the speedy right turn curve onto Millwood southbound toward the CP bridge. That lane now is controlled by a Yield sign but in the future all traffic will be required to obey universal traffic signals at the corner. The change is intended to make the corner safer for pedestrians but it seems likely to cause a back-up of outbound traffic (i.e. toward Thorncliffe Park).
3-5 SOUTHVALE
In a related matter, a meeting Thursday night at Leaside arena has heard about revised plans for the Shane Baghai development at 3-5 Southvale Drive, next to the arena. Mr. Burnside said that the developer has reduced the size of the prospective condominium from eight floors to seven and agreed to place the driveway entrance to underground parking on Southvale Drive. Previously, the proposal called for the garage driveway to enter/exit off the road into the arena. This idea caused much concern about congestion for families using the facility. The number of housing units proposed has been reduced from 98 yo 67 with a similar reduction on the proposed parking requirements.
Rome is in orbit these days as the Eternal City’s first woman mayor hires and fires executives daily. See Euronews report at bottom. Meantime, North Korea has set off another nuclear blast sending jitters through southeast Asia. The mafia family government of Kim Jong Un continues to be a disgrace to China, which is unable to deal with its client state.
You may or may not be ready for a robotic kitty-litter box or robots that fold your laundry and clean your eavestrough but they are coming apparently.
Canada created 26,000 jobs in August but the increase was largely caused by an jump of 57,000 jobs in the public sector. Only 8,000 private sector jobs were created and self-employed ranks fell by 39,000. The unemployment rate rose as expected to 7 per cent from 6.9 per cent in July. It is a mixed picture with elements that brighten the state of the economy somewhat — but not a lot — from July where there was a net loss of 31,200 positions.
The linked Global News story more or less states the obvious for anyone paying attention to the awful cost of hydro electric power in Ontario. It says the Liberal government, stinging from a byelection loss and huge arrears in unpaid power bills by consumers, is unable to do anything about this festering political issue. The reason is the well-known, long-term determination of the government to re-make hydro generation in a greener form by signing long-term agreements with power generators — or would-be power generators. Economist Brady Yauch told Global: “Over the long term, the province can stop giving new contracts. It can stop contracting for more capacity, it can be potentially more aggressive with some of the utilities through the OEB, or hopes the OEB is more aggressive with utilities. But you can’t suddenly just erase 10 years of policy to suddenly lower rates.” Global News
COLLISION
SB DVP south of Leaside Bridge, report of 3 cars, no injuries, centre lanes are blocked #1600644 ^cb— Toronto Police Operations (@TPSOperations) September 9, 2016
A committee of the United Church of Canada has voted to expel Rev. Gretta Vosper for her steadfast atheism. The panel judging the reverend said she would not be eligible for admission given her beliefs. Four members of the 23-member committee however voted to support Vosper. They concluded that she was “suitable” as a minister. They said the church has evolved since its founding and must continue doing so to meet the spiritual needs of Canadians. For her part, the former pastor of West Hill United Church argues that her spiritual home has always been about “ethos” not belief. This seems to suggest that fellowship, kindness and similar upstanding qualities are sufficient to qualify one for such a position in the church.
Construction at old Leaside CAMH means garbage and paint in the ravine. Sad. #torontolife #toronto @jon_burnside pic.twitter.com/0Ww3tPecaB
— Catherine Tremblay (@mmectremblay) September 9, 2016
October Apple Fest will take place this October 22nd + October 23rd. More details to come soon!
— Bayview Leaside BIA (@LeasideBIA) September 8, 2016
The Canadian Medical Association is calling for a minimum age of 21 to purchase even low-level potency marijuana. The CMA told a federal task force that young brains are still growing at 25 and “ideally” the minimum pot-smoking age should be 25. But it acknowledges that the pressure to make legislation workable probably requires a lower limit like 21. The doctors say they do not oppose marijuana legalization but strongly recommend a go-slow approach. It urges more money be spent on research, medical and social services for addictions treatment, a ban on home cultivation, a ban on smoking non-medical marijuana in public places and pilot projects before a full national rollout of legalized marijuana. The CMA notes that even now with the use of pot illegal use among youth aged 15 to 24 is double that of the general population. It says that 17 percent of teens using marijuana go on to become seriously addicted to it.
