How one coffee buddy changed another’s career path
If you’ve ever been a “Second Cup on Bayview” aficionado over the past decade, you’ve probably encountered John Rutherford and Marek Aubin.
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Author: Jeff Walker
Discovery of overland passage from Loblaws to Loblaws
He’s not exactly Franklin looking for the northwest passage, but he found a long-sought route between Loblaws stores — on foot.
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Bayview surviving better than most shopping strips
Our study revealed the store-size-adjusted vacancy rate on Mt. Pleasant Road was 8 percent versus 6.5 percent on Bayview Avenue.
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Coyotes are here
According to experts who at a town hall meeting at the East York Civic Centre on April 10, coyotes are nearly everywhere throughout Toronto.
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Whirling under the skylights on Bayview
Ballroom on Bayview is Oleg Yedlin’s “social dance” studio for those who mainly just want to have fun, newcomers most definitely included.
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You think the plazas are killing Bayview?
We frequently hear griping from both store people and shoppers that the new plazas east of Laird Drive are killing business on Bayview Avenue. But is it true?
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Travelling Grace-iously on Bayview
Judy Grace is the face of Express Travel on Bayview, on the east side between The Source menswear and Your Clothes Friend, across from Satay on the Road.
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New signs delivered for Bayview and Parkhurst corner
Councillors Jon Burnside and Josh Matlow delivered their Christmas gifts to Bayview Avenue: two new signs where Soudan Avenue and Parkhurst Boulevard meet.
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Leaside’s ‘brain-whisperer’ expanding clinic on Laird
Dorothy Hillmann’s passion for treating concussions is getting put to use at her growing clinic on Laird Drive, as we continue to find ways of hurting ourselves.
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From insults to subliminal persuasion on Eglinton
If you haven’t noticed as yet, the infamous billboard “Fire Wynne: Stop the Corruption; Stop the Lies” is gone on Eglinton Avenue East.
Read moreLeaside’s half-price nirvana
I’m not yet buying all my eats at Dollarama on Bayview Avenue, but that’s mainly because of all the great food going for half-price at Valu-Mart at Bayview and Davisville avenues.
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Lifesaving Arrive Alive headquarters on Bayview
Anne Leonard of Arrive Alive and Bayview Avenue have a history. In 1979 Leonard’s husband nearly died in a head-on collision with a drunk driver.
Read moreTrace Manes market here for summer
About a dozen stalls with open-tent covering are lined up along the Rumsey Road edge of Trace Manes Park every Wednesday this summer.
Read moreThe corner that’s turning drivers into Evel Knievels
How many southbound drivers on Bayview do you think would ignore the two “no-left-turn onto Parkhurst 7–9 a.m. and 4–6 p.m.” signs?
Read moreDemolition derby continues at Bayview intersection
At 8:05 a.m. on Friday, May 6, I was just north of Manor Road, walking on the west side of Bayview Avenue toward Parker’s Dry Cleaners.
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