Extra, Extra: Toronto Homes Reach $1-Million Mark, Giant Michael's Opens, Blue Jays Flag to be Raised at City Hall
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Extra, Extra: Toronto Homes Reach $1-Million Mark, Giant Michael’s Opens, Blue Jays Flag to be Raised at City Hall

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  • First-time homeowners beware: Toronto property prices have surged just past the $1-million mark. September sales results from the Toronto Real Estate Board place the average price of a detached home at $1,053,871. That’s a 10.7 per cent increase from this time last year, with York region prices up 14.7 per cent as well. For the estimated 32 per cent of buyers in the GTA looking to buy their first home, the condo market may be a more feasible reality.

  • The unwritten lyrics of “OK Blue Jays” are surely, “What do you want? Your City councillors to be overly involved with local sports teams!” Appealing to this unsung but dearly held wish of all Toronto Jays fans, Toronto City Council will be raising a flag to honour the Jays first playoff spot since 1993. Join them, and ACE, at Nathan Phillips Square tomorrow at noon for what is sure to be an awkward sing-a-long to the aforementioned song (and maybe T-shirts, who knows?)
  • The only thing better than a craft store? A 32,000-square-foot craft store, of course! Such was undoubtedly the thinking behind the newly-opened Michaels at Richmond and John, now the chain’s biggest location in Canada. Located at the heart of the entertainment district, clubgoers can now get their EDM and glitter fix in one easy trip.
  • From today’s edition of 12:36: Homeless shelter charity stunt alarms sleepy South Bayview. An announcement that something called “The Jefferson Shelter” would be opening inside a former Sleep Country Canada at 1581 Bayview created some hyperlocal hysteria. According to The South Bayview Bulldog, the plywood hoarding and stack of public notices was actually the work of a commercial production company called Skin and Bones, which is working on behalf of the charity Raising the Roof. Bayview streetblogger Ted Steubing noted a hole in the hoarding that looked to be perfectly suited for a concealed camera lens. This morning, there’s a sign on the hoarding that confirms it all: “You told us you don’t want a shelter here. Neither do we.”

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