Shocking moment as boy falls between train and platform

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Boy’s head is seen vanishing into gap
These are images and video from Sydney where this lad is out with his grandparents and sister when he falls between the subway train and the platform. The grandfather is able to pull him back out. Almost more shocking, this is a common occurrence in Sydney where more than 200 instances were reported last year.

Whither Loblaw? Food giant intends to “adapt to changes”

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Loblaw says it will  open 30 new stores and renovate more than 500 in an indeterminate period as it “continues to adapt to changes in the food retail sector.” It’s not clear where this initiative fits into other expansion announcement in recent years. The new release speaks of a continued roll out of its Click & Collect e-commerce, improved health and wellness services, and the inclusion of fresh food at select Shoppers Drug Mart locations.

Woman driver dead, man hurt as car hits bridge abutment

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A woman, 25, driving east on Cummer Ave. missed a curve in the road and smashed into a bridge abutment about 1.45 Thursday morning. The vehicle, a Mazda, was wrecked.. This was at the Don River crossing west of Craigmont Drive. A man. who was a passenger, was thought to be close to death but is now reported as stable. The story is developing.

City about face gives Island bicycle stand back to Rao family

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Toronto has reversed itself on the Centre Island bicycle concession after the new contractor bailed out of a deal to run the service. Now the City will return the concession to the Rao family, which has operated the bike rental for years but which had been told it was outbid by the other offer. “(It’s) just overwhelming. It feels like we went to the pits of the roller coaster and now I feel like we’re on another high,” Priya Rao told the Star. Her parents have co-owned the Toronto Island Bicycle Rental for the past 32 years.

 

Sunnybrook CIBC moving up Bayview to 1820 says reader

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Reader Virginia Lennox Kelly has messaged that the new branch of the CIBC planned for a storefront in the office building at 1820 Bayview Ave will replace the long-standing CIBC in the Sunnybrook Plaza. Customers of the branch may know this but The Bulldog learned of it through planning documents. The branch will be a loss for Sunnybrook landlord RioCan as it waits out the period before work begins on its residential-commercial makeover of the plaza. The space has been a CIBC branch since the day the bank was created by a merger in 1961. Before that, it was a branch of the Canadian Bank of Commerce from the day Sunnybrook opened in 1952.  The new location is on Bayview between Roehampton and Glazebrook Aves. Also coming to 1820 Bayview is the Endeavor Sports Clinic which will open on the second floor of the building.

CIBC MOVES BELOW THE TRACK

And CIBC is moving its headquarters south on Bay Street below the railway to towers to be built at 81 and 141 Bay.  The connected spires will rise 49 floors each and are known together as Bay Park Centre.. One building is scheduled to be finished in 2020, the other in 2023. CIBC will leave behind Commerce Court built in 1962 and the 1930s Bank of Commerce building which at 34 storeys was once the highest building in the British Commonwealth.

Era ends as “Mac” retires from Millwood Shoe Repair

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Three generations (L-R): Rocco Racioppo, Immacolato (“Mac”) Racioppo Sr., Immacolato Racioppo Jr.

It’s the genuine end of an era as Immacolato Racioppo (known to locals as “Mac”) retires from Millwood Shoe Repair at 706 Millwood Rd. just off Bayview Ave.  Mac has re-soled and heeled shoes, cleaned them up, ground skates and done many other vital duties to keep South Bayview on its feet. His son Rocco Racioppo writes on Facebook that he and his dad joined “Uncle John” at Millwood Shoe Repair in 1979. But that was 20 years after John Racioppo opened the business. “It’s been a great 58 years.” Rocco writes, “We have made many friends, many we consider family. I was taught the importance of respect, and hard work will never hurt you. It is okay to get your hands dirty it is never below you. My experiences I have been lucky enough to learn from over 38 years will stay with me for life. On May 1, 2017 my father is walking away and (will) hopefully enjoy retirement. After 38 years my dad and I are leaving a part of our lives behind. Uncle John started it in 1959 and we carried it to 2017.” It’s understood the business will continue under the same name with a new owner.

Thor Edgar Eaton celebration of life on Friday, April 21

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Thor Eaton has died peacefully at home on Monday, April 10, 2017. He is survived by his wife Senator Nicole (Courtois) Eaton, son Thor Edmond (and his wife Michelle (Bakos)) Eaton and Cleophee (and her husband Scott McFarland). Mr. Eaton is also survived by his three brothers, John, Fred and George and their families. The full obituary is published at the Humphrey Funeral Home site. It invites friends to join the family for a celebration of Thor Eaton’s his life at 11 a.m. on Friday, April 21st in Timothy Eaton Memorial Church at 230 St. Clair Avenue West.

Video wheel starts with candy thieves arrest in York Region

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A chopper, Air 2, guides York Region Police to the capture of three kids trying to steal candy at Canada’s Wonderland. Whatever it takes we say because these three were after more than a few Smarties. This happened April 8, 2017. Next, the descent of North Africa into a genuine form of Hell is evident in the increasing appearance of slave markets in which desperate migrants are sold off. You don’t have to take sides to be concerned about a similar collapse of order elsewhere in the Middle East. Below that, in Thailand, it’s what you do. Get sprayed with water by elephants that is. Looks like fun and of course it washes away bad luck too. Woohoo. Finally a story that will touch horse lovers as a mare is brought in from a neighboring farm in PEI to nurse a foal who’s mother died during the birth.