Police & Fire services on scene investigating
GAS LEAK: Bayview Avenue & Belsize Drive, @TPS53Div. Police assisting@Toronto_Fire because office building is being evacuated. #1640479 ^CdK
— Toronto Police Operations (@TPSOperations) September 15, 2016
This balloon-like ball was a notable feature of Typhoon Meranti as it landed in mainland China after battering Taiwan with the strongest storm in 21 years. It made landfall near China’s south-eastern city of Xiamen on Thursday morning, having lost some power. Not quite as sinister as Mr. Stay-Puft but just a unexpected.
Some road closures this weekend worth noting. Be aware especially of the nearby Open Streets return on Sunday shutting off Yonge and Bloor Street to cars.
Roncesvalles Polish Festival
Roncesvalles Avenue from Grafton Avenue to Dundas Street will be closed from Saturday, September 17 at 5 a.m. to Sunday, September 18 at 11 p.m. for this festival. Howard Park Avenue will be open to traffic during this event.
Bloor West Village Toronto Ukrainian Festival
Bloor Street West from Jane Street to Runnymede Road will be closed from Friday, September 16 at 9:30 a.m. to Sunday, September 18 at 11:59 p.m. to accommodate this event.
Sunnybrook Foundation – RBC Run for the Kids 5K, 15K and 25K
A series of road closures and lane restrictions will take place for this event on Saturday, September 17 from 3 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the area bounded by Sheppard Avenue in the south, Yonge Street in the east, Dufferin Street in the west and Steeles Avenue in the north.
Open Streets TO
Bloor Street/Danforth Avenue from Dufferin Street to Hampton Avenue and Yonge Street from Bloor Street to Queen Street will be closed from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Sunday, September 18.
During the Open Streets TO event, vehicles will be able to cross Bloor Street/Danforth Avenue at Dufferin Street, Ossington Avenue, Grace Street/Christie Street, Bathurst Street, Spadina Avenue, Avenue Road, Bay Street, Church Street, Ted Rogers Way, Sherbourne Street, Broadview Avenue and Hampton Avenue. Vehicles will be able to cross Yonge Street at Wellesley Street, College Street, Gerrard Street, Dundas Street, Shuter Street and Queen Street.
Proceeds from the forthcoming Leaside Smokedown will aid the homegrown charity New Circles. This evening of delicious food, local beer and music will be held Thursday, October 20, 2016 from 7 to 11 p.m. at Amsterdam Brewery in Leaside.
The mural finished earlier this year to identify the community of Leslieville will be dedicated Thursday at 3 p.m.at Queen Street East and Jones Avenue. The mural is the work of graffiti artist Jabari “Elicser” Elliott. It shows a man sitting at rest under a tree. It contains the name Leslieville in a similar way to that seen on the original mural, shown in the photo two down in this post. The maple tree in the scene is intended to recall poet Alexander Muir, author of The Maple Leaf Forever, who was featured in the original mural.
Vessel is a series of 154 interconnected stairways
Toronto-based developer Oxford Properties is the lead developer for a huge commercial and residential development in west Manhattan to be called Hudson Yards. In its public space Hudson Yards features a mind-boggling structure known as Vessel. The New York Times Wednesday has called Vessel a $150 million stairway to nowhere. It also suggests Vessel will become the City’s next Rorschach test. Can this be good? Never mind. Hudson Yards is the creation of billionaire Stephen M. Ross and British designer (he of Vessel) Thomas Heatherwick, 46. The Times says that Vessel is a big, bold and basket-shaped creation made up of 154 interconnecting flights of steps. Oxford Properties is an omnipresent firm in Toronto property which is owned entirely by the Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System (OMERS). New York Times
W. Galen Weston, 75, will make room at the top for his son, Galen G. Weston, 43, at George Weston Ltd. The title of executive chairman will transfer to the younger Weston immediately.
Simcoe Street remains closed approaching 10 a.m. Wednesday as police and other authorities assess the danger from falling glass. Panes of glass were crashing to the street starting about 8 a.m. from a residential building between Adelaide Street West and Nelson Street. They fell from the 30th floor off the front of balconies. So far, there have been no injuries. Police say a shard of glass is still hanging from the balcony and the area is closed off as a precaution.
This is what happens when dust combines with oxygen, then catches fire. @CTVNorma with details on CTV News at Six. pic.twitter.com/5oc5cHi0kP
— CTV News Vancouver (@CTVVancouver) September 13, 2016
Saturday will see Meredith Shaw from CHUM FM at the COBS Bread, 1539 Bayview Ave. from 11 a.m. until 2 p.m. for the COBS Cares Weekend. For every COBS Bread Sandwich Loaf sold from Friday September 16 to Sunday, September 18 at any of COBS 17 locations, one dollar will be donated to the Breakfast Club of Canada. And every dollar raised equals one healthy breakfast. Find out more at cobsbread.com.
Maryland bus driver Renita Smith saved 20 students from her school bus after it began to smoke then burst into flames. Smith’s level-headed conduct is clear and so is her sweet motherly dedication to her “babies”.
This is an engrossing description of the story of HMS Terror, the second ship in the ill-fated 1845 expedition of Sir John Franklin to find the northwest passage. Two years ago the other Franklin vessel, HMS Erebus, was discovered. As explained by Peter Mansbridge, the 19th Century rescue efforts to save Franklin and his men drove the exploration of Canada’s north and “Canada became much bigger on the map.” Worth a listen.
