For the first time ever, women have placed one, two, three at the top of the Toronto Fire Service Academy’s graduating class. Here they are: Annemieke Struyk, Katherine Shirriff and Whytney Hooker in this late video from the CBC.
Leaside Volleyball girls 15U win silver at Penn State tourney
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Leaside Volleyball 15U girls a have won the silver medal at the Penn State University tournament over the weekend. Great season ladies and welcome home.
Leaside 15u girls grab silver at #pennstate tournament. Great season ladies! #proudclub https://t.co/qIcDucwbD1
— Leaside Volleyball (@leasidevbc) May 30, 2016
Nasty trailer park-style fight outside Mississauga Costco
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This video was taken down. Previous: This trailer park-style confrontation in the parking lot of the Mississauga Costco at Dundas and Dixie has revealed again the dangerous underbelly of ordinary folks in hot weather. Or maybe all the time. The police have cautioned them all which is sensible.
Premier apologizes for “brutalities” of residential schools
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Premier Wynne has made the formal apology which was expected Monday on behalf of the Ontario government to First Nations, Metis and Inuit communities for what she called the “brutalities” suffered at residential schools. “I apologize for the polices and practices supported by past Ontario governments and for the harm they caused,” she told the legislature as Indigenous leaders and residential school survivors looked on. “I apologize for the province’s silence in the face of abuses and deaths at residential schools. And I apologize for the fact that the residential schools are only one example of systemic, intergenerational injustices inflicted upon Indigenous communities throughout Canada.”
Plan to turn three Moore Park lots into one goes to City
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A plan to merge three ravine lots on Hudson Drive in Moore Park as the site of a new 6,000 square foot home will be heard before the Toronto and East York Committee of Adjustment (COA) June 15, 2016. The addresses are 157, 153 and 151 Hudson and are now held by a numbered company. The new frontage will be more than 100 feet and according to drawings filed with the COA will feature a landscaped terrace or garden to the north side of the new property.
MPRA ADVISORS
Mail sent on Monday among residents in the north end of the neighborhood says that “development advisors” on the board of the Moore Park Residents Association are concerned that the development as proposed is not suitable for the neighborhood. It asks people to send their views to the MPRA in preparation for the June 17 meeting at Committee. City link.
South African firefighters chant, sing at Edmonton airport
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300 South African firefighters have arrived in Fort McMurray to help fight the wild fires that continue to rage. Here they are at Edmonton offering a chant and song of support.
Zoo shoots, kills gorilla to save boy who fell into pen
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Officials at the Cincinnati Zoo did the only thing they could think of to make sure that a toddler who had fallen into the gorilla pen would survive. The lad, 4, had somehow crawled through a fence which extended some ten feet above the pen of a 400-pound gorilla named Harambe. The big animal seized the boy like a kind of curiosity, holding him by the leg and standing him up but always hanging on. The child was terrified. The zoo explained that a tranquilizer was not a safe option. It does not work quickly and always causes a gorilla to have an angry reaction when struck by the dart. So they reluctantly shot the big animal.
Bessborough Mayfair held Sunday at school playground
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The Bessborough Drive Elementary and Middle School Mayfair was held Sunday. Parents, teachers and children crowded the grounds for many entertaining events. Challenges were available. The video shows something that looks like a rolling treadmill. Some teachers volunteered for the dunk tank. Kids with a good aim could plunge their instructors into the fairly cold water. Familiar attractions were the Leaside fire hall trucks and Councilor John Burnside’s cotton candy machine. Rob Oliphant, MP for Don Valley West was seen.
CGS kids bring SHREK The Musical to life on Leaside stage
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Students at CGS (670 Eglinton Ave. East) have been busy on stage performing their version of SHREK — The Musical. Director/Choreographer, Ashley Meideiros-Felix, and Musical Director, Lauren Crowther, are so proud of the children. The actors are only ages 5 to 9 and are incredibly capable for such young performers. Interested in finding out more about the Performance Arts curriculum at Children’s Garden School? Contact Kelly Scott, Director of Admission at 416 423 5017 x 43.
Online poll shows 57% favour crackdown on marijuana
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The online poll published by CP24 has received more than 6,000 votes of which 57% support the raids and closure of illegal marijuana shops in Toronto. That’s 3,506 votes compared to 2,685 votes (or 43%) opposed to the City’s action. The poll continues to run as of Sunday night at 8 p.m.
Bessborough Mayfair ready to roll in 25 degree sunshine
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It starts at 11 a.m. and is the place to be this fine Sunday. Weatherwise, we have a strong El Niño event warming things. The Weather Network predicts a hot rather tropical summer. Get ready.
Going to be a #beautiful day for the Bessborough #mayfair. Hope to see you there! #summerishere #drbrad #midtownortho #leaside
— Dr. Bradley Lands (@midtownortho) May 29, 2016
Traffic advisors want no-go rules at Soudan-Parkhurst
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A volunteer body known as the South Leaside Traffic Committee is recommending no left turns at rush hour at Soudan/Parkhurst and Bayview Ave. It also favours a full-time ban on straight-through traffic from Davisville to Leaside and vice versa. Right turns would be okay at any time. The committee was created by and reports to Jon Burnside (Ward 26). The no left idea isn’t quite the same for Davisville residents as for those in Leaside. Access southbound has many alternates for Leaside drivers. For those on the west side access to Bayview northbound will mean a trip north on Banff (or other street) or the prospect of sitting in the left-turn lane (if there is one) at the corner of Eglinton and Bayview. It may be necessary. The committee concludes that traffic lights create traffic over time and this may be true but in the era of LRT condominium towers, there is going to be traffic. Councillor Josh Matlow is also party to this planning and has consulted people on the Ward 22 side of Bayview.