Humber Heights-Westmount, sometimes called Humbervale, is a residential neighbourhood found north-west of downtown Toronto.
Its boundaries are the Humber River, Royal York Road, St. Philips Road and Eglinton Avenue. Humber Heights refers to the north part of the neighbourhood, while south of the Humber Creek is usually called Westmount.
Similar to many of Toronto s neighbourhoods, the development of this one began thanks to the Humber River.
It began with a sawmill
According to the Etobicoke Historical Society, a man by the name of John Countryman built a sawmill on the west bank of the Humber River in 1792.
One of the Wadsworth s mills in Westmount in 1870.
But the tree couldn’t survive the fallout from the coronavirus.
For years, it was known as the Kit Kat restaurant’s wishing tree. Now, the long-time owner of the permanently-closed King St. eatery reported the Toronto legend has fallen.
“I am still in shock it was cut down,” said Al Carbone. “That was a lucky tree.”
The giant Ailanthus altissima was actually in the kitchen and went through the roof to the open sky above.
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It was believed to be the only tree inside a restaurant in North America. Whether it was taken in by Sting, Nav Bhatia or visiting tourists, the tree was a Toronto icon.
Toronto now has secure boxes where you pay to lock your bike
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Toronto s newest bus station has a few shiny features (like a terminal and a sweet pedestrian bridge), but the thing that ll interest cyclists? The super secure-looking bike lockers now on site.
They re not your usual bike racks. Located right across from the Kipling Transit Hub s main entrance are eight new modular lockers, with four more by the station s new parking lot.
Toronto s Kipling Transit Hub now has over 10 new bike lockers from CycleSafe.
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by Barry Kent MacKay in Canada, Coexisting with Wildlife on December 16, 2020
Oh, the irony! As regular blog readers may recall, in a decision that ignored science-based advice from top experts, as well as government biologists, the government of Ontario declared the double-crested cormorant a “gamebird,” even though cormorants are virtually inedible. Long established tradition and law has decreed that legal hunting must be based on conservation principles and usage. Ethical hunters eat what they kill, and hunt within limits established to prevent endangering the species. That all got thrown out the window, and only under intense pressure did the government relent a small amount by reducing the season so it would not include the breeding season.