This girl is found and has been safely returned home.
Police find and reutrn girl, 13, to her home in west Midtown
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This girl is found and has been safely returned home.
Car teeters on brink of giant sinkhole in London
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This is a parking peril that seems to go well beyond a $60 ticket. Note the charming churchyard cemetery beside it.
Joe Fresh recalls baby “footlet” shoes in choking concern
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Joe Fresh has recalled certain baby shoes because of a fear of a child choking on material which may come loose from the shoe. No injuries have been reported. Joe Fresh says its pre-walker ‘footlets’ in pink, navy and grey with the style code ‘BG26GW2045 and BBS6FW2039 are included in the recall.
Sarah and Claire nominated in Search for Goodness contest
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Over the years, Sarah and Claire Jordan have inspired giving to the good drive
Lynda Debono, the mom of Sarah and Claire Jordan, has written with news that both girls have been nominated in the Post Food online campaign Search for Goodness. Post is looking for people doing good works and these two young ladies are proven leaders in the task of raising food for the Daily Bread Food Bank. If they should win, Sarah and Claire are committed to donating the $10,000 prize to the food bank. Lynda is asking that all their many friends go to the Search for Goodness website and vote for her girls. Sounds good. This is one of these contests where you can vote daily so take the time. Voting ends July 31, 2016. Search for Goodness
Indian couple have baby boy in 70s after fertility treatment
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Modern medicine has created a stunning phenomenon as an elderly, but healthy couple in their 70s has conceived and given birth to a baby boy. The implications make the mind swim. They will be pushing 100, if they live, when the boy is in his teens.
Drums enliven Hotspot reception at Aga Khan museum
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The City’s Hotspot program of events and places to see over the summer held a lively reception at the Aga Khan Museum on Wynford Drive Wednesday. Here we see the Nagata Shachu taiko drummers at work. Lots of fun. Hotspot site.
Mississauga City Council finds the backbone to ban Uber
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Mississauga has banned Uber outright, at least for the time being. There does not appear to have been any hand-wringing similar to that in Toronto about how the community will carry on without Uber, or fear of a technology that will somehow eat the City. Seriously, in a vote of 10-2 on Wednesday afternoon Missy Council said that all ground transportation carriers must “obtain a broker licence and operate using only licensed taxi and limousine drivers, operating licensed taxi and limousine vehicles.” No tears, no fears. No surge pricing
TORONTO CABBIES REJECT SURGE PRICING
Speaking of which, eleven Toronto taxi brokerages say they will not implement surge pricing similar to Uber despite new rules that will allow them to do so. The new ground transportation rules that were approved by City Council last week allow taxi companies to increase their fares when demand rises, so long as the higher fares are only charged to customers who use an online app and not those who hail cabs on the street or order one over the phone.
Airbnb rental turns into an airhead party-central horror
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The sharing society keeps getting burned when owners rent their homes to people they haven’t even met, much less checked out. The linked CBC story tells of nightly blowouts with garbage and noise on a previoisly quiet Mississauga street. It’s an Airbnb special but why be surprised? Before the sharing society (that was about ten minutes ago) landlords checked tenants carefully. Such a lot work. Here
Wicksteed funeral home and police launch safe driving blitz
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Toronto Police will be at McKinnon and Bowes funeral service at 162 Wicksteed Ave. Wednesday morning to launch campaign against distracted driving. At the same time, traffic service officers will be stopping vehicles in the Eglinton Ave. E and Laird Drive area between 8 and 11 a.m. to remind drivers that: “It’s True: Risk-Takers Meet Undertakers” 2016 campaign. Many other businesses, groups and government agencies will take part in the program as follows: Accident Support Services International Limited, Allstate Insurance Company of Canada, Canadian Tire Corporation, Insurance Bureau of Canada, LCBO, Molson Coors Canada, Ontario Association of Cemetery and Funeral Professionals, Ontario Funeral Services Association, Ontario Ministry of Transportation, Smart Serve Ontario, The Beer Store, Toronto Blue Jays, VIA Rail Canada, Yada
“FUNERAL HOME”
A fictitious ad on the Garden claims to from the Wathan Funeral Home. But it doesn’t exist.
APPLE PAY? Maybe if your phone is your whole life
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The deal struck with Canada’s five big banks — Scotia, TD, BMO, CIBC and Royal — to accept Apple Pay is no doubt a breakthrough for the phone maker. The banks decided to control as much of the Apple business as possible in Canada by agreeing to a deal rather than making war. It is notable, as reported by BNN, that customers personal information remains in the hands of the banks in such transactions, not to be further exploited by the iPhone mammoth. Good thing. But will this payment option swamp the reliable and easily understood payment methods already in place? If it were somehow perilous or time-consuming to tap one’s MasterCard, maybe. But it isn’t. Analysts count on the quirky need to be fashionable among some as a possible way for Apple to grab a larger share of the market. In surveys, only 11 percent of Canadians say they would consider using it. Apple Pay? Maybe if your phone is your whole life.
The Jack condo will sit on Yonge between Rosehill, Jackes
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The project is nominally numbered 1331 Yonge and includes low-rise properties on the east side including the former CHUM premises BuzzBuzzHome says construction will begin this summer.
CF SELLS PROMENADE
BuzzBuzzHome also says that the Yogen Früz-founding Serruya brothers will buy Promenade Mall in Thornhill from Cadillac Fairview
Bayview project back for discussion at meeting May 16
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Image of “revised” project at Bayview and Hillsdale
A meeting is set for Monday, May 16 at 7p.m. at Hodgson Senior P.S. gymnasium at 282 Davisville Ave to hear from the representatives of the Brown Group about a proposal to build on Bayview Ave. between Soudan and Hillsdale Aves. This project has been around for more than a year. Earlier meetings were met with opposition to the nine-storey height of the mixed-use concept. Josh Matlow (Ward 22) reports that the developer has made revisions to the original proposal and is prepared to discuss them. This revised proposal has yet to be submitted to City of Toronto staff for review. City Planning staff however will be present to answer technical questions pertaining to the revised plan.