Bayview Village is entering a new era with the completion of its extensive interior renovation, designed by Antonio Tadrissi, more than 60 years after it opened as an open-air shopping centre.

Its transformation is going to be integrated into a mixed-use development led by QuadReal Property Group.

The renovation includes artisanal marble tile laid in chevron patterns, brass and copper detailing, custom infinity seating, and hand-troweled Venetian plaster ceilings, explains a release.

There is also a new “Big Bang” chandelier that anchors Centre Court, while the two-storey “Lady Flamingo” sculpture stands as an artistic installation within Bayview Village. Interior Ficus trees are integrated throughout the redesign.

Located at Bayview Avenue and Sheppard Avenue, the centre is home to over 90 luxury retailers, restaurants, boutiques and wellness concepts.

The completion of Bayview Village’s interior renovation marks a milestone in the reimagination of the broader 22-acre master plan, which will introduce new residential, retail and public realm offerings, the release adds.

Envisioned as two distinct, yet connected villages, the development will unfold in phases, with construction currently underway on the North Village, the first phase of the redevelopment.

An open-air retail promenade will become the social spine of the district, linking three new residential buildings to the reimagined shopping centre and a 40,000-square-foot public park at its edge.

A future phase along Sheppard Avenue, the South Village, will introduce a new pedestrian-centric district.

Once complete, the master plan will add more than one million square feet of residential space and more than 100,000 square feet of new retail.

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PowerCo Canada has named EllisDon Corporation the general contractor for its $7 billion St. Thomas gigafactory, marking a key milestone as the project advances into its next phase of construction.

The project is now moving into the core infrastructure and structural phases that will support future production.

Work includes the production-building shell, mechanical, electrical and plumbing installations, energy and utility systems and supporting site services. Approximately 60 EllisDon workers are currently onsite, expected to ramp up to roughly 1,300 workers at peak, alongside additional personnel supporting parallel project activities, a release reads.

At 1.5-million-square-feet, the plant will be the size of 210 football fields just for the factory alone. The entire industrial park itself amounts to 1,500 acres, or an area of 850 football fields.

“The PowerCo facility represents a transformative investment in Canada’s industrial future, and EllisDon is proud to play a role in its delivery,” said Max Mantha, president, construction at EllisDon in a statement. “As a Canadian-headquartered, employee-owned company, we are committed to building the infrastructure that will help support Canada’s growing electric vehicle and battery manufacturing sector. This project will create opportunities for skilled tradespeople, local businesses, and communities across southwestern Ontario, and we look forward to working with PowerCo and our partners on this landmark development.”

Ground was broken in 2025 on the project, with Magil Construction Canada leading foundation construction for three major buildings and Steelcon Group of Companies fabricating and erecting structural steel components.

PowerCo has stated it is also aligning the project’s timeline and product strategy “with evolving market demand, technological advancements and the Volkswagen Group’s long-term strategy.”

St. Thomas is now expected to begin operations in 2029. PowerCo had previously said initial battery production was targeted for 2027.

“The St. Thomas gigafactory remains a cornerstone of our North American strategy,” said Joel Karlsberg, chief procurement officer with PowerCo Canada.

“We are continuing to build now while determining how and when the facility scales over time. This is about getting the pacing right — not stepping back — to protect our long-term investment, support regional jobs, and position Canada, Ontario and St. Thomas to benefit in a dynamic and evolving market.”

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The Ontario government has announced it is kicking off its fifth annual Level Up! skilled trades career fairs to introduce students, families and jobseekers to in-demand careers in the skilled trades.

Through multi‑day events planned in 12 communities, the 2026 fairs are expected to reach more than 60,000 people and will include open house sessions and interactive exhibitions that will inspire the next generation of workers, a release reads.

The fairs showcase dozens of Ontario’s 144 skilled trades through hands-on demonstrations, exhibits and conversations with employers, unions and training providers.

All open houses are free and run from 3 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at the following locations:

• Kingston — September 29
• Barrie — October 6
• Timmins — October 14
• Thunder Bay — October 21
• Sudbury — October 28
• Hamilton — November 3
• Windsor — November 11
• London — November 17
• Ottawa — November 24
• Oshawa — December 1
• Mississauga — December 8

Ontario now has more than 94,000 active apprentices, the highest number in more than a decade, as more people choose careers in the skilled trades. By 2035, about one in six job openings in Ontario is expected to be in a skilled trades-related occupation.

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Those who promise too much without a proven track record may be fooling the people.

My dear friends and readers, I have always heard that it is with feet under the table that the best friendships and the best business deals are often made. But it is also at the table, over good conversation, that we often get to truly know a person.

I, as many of you already know, do not hesitate to speak my mind. I may not always be right, but I try to pay attention to what I hear and, above all, to understand well what is being said to me.

Recently, I had the pleasure of meeting someone with a profile many would wish to have: upfront, simple, cautious with words, possessing a broad vision, and deeply attentive to the interests of the people and public accounts.

We spoke about poverty, employment, and the responsibilities of those who govern. One idea became crystal clear: you cannot promise everything to everyone without first thinking about who will pay for it and where the money will come from. The role of those who govern must also be to create the right conditions so that people can work, progress, and build their own future.

We also discussed employment. The reality is that difficulties exist, but there are also sectors lacking labor where greater investment in training, preparation, and the willingness to work is needed. We cannot build a society where everything is presented as a right without also talking about individual duties and responsibilities.

My friends, all this to say once again that politics cannot just be a race to make promises. Any day now, we’ll hear someone claim that we all have a right to win the lottery. Or better yet, that we deserve to win and that someone has an obligation to hand us the winning ticket.

Great leaders aren’t necessarily those who promise the most. They are those who know how to explain what is possible to achieve, how it can be done, and, above all, who is going to pay for it.

During our conversation, I even mentioned to him with a bit of humor that, despite being elected by a left-leaning party, some of his ideas seemed closer to social democracy. And he smiled.

Above all, I saw a person who is very careful with spending, concerned with balancing the accounts, and committed to ensuring quality of life for his residents. A person who seems to understand that quantity is not quality, and that governing cannot simply be about handing things out without thought for the next day.

I particularly liked one point he made: in politics, not anything goes. Those who govern must also remember that, all too often, some run up the debts while others are left with the responsibility of paying them off.

And this isn’t just about politics. It’s a reality we all recognize, whether in a family, a business, an association, or a country. We cannot spend today without thinking about the consequences tomorrow.

My dear readers, are you curious to know who this person is that I had the privilege to meet?

His name is Eng. Frederico Furtado de Sousa, Mayor of Lagoa, in the Azores.

It was a pleasure meeting him. I found a humble, intelligent, straightforward, and measured person, but above all, someone who conveyed to me the idea that, in politics, party colors should never stand above the responsibility of governing.

Mr. Mayor, I hope you continue to be the person the people of Lagoa chose to manage the future of their municipality, with calmness and without euphoria. You came to Toronto and, perhaps without even intending to, ended up giving many of us a little lesson: there are rights, but there are also duties; there is support that is necessary, but there are also responsibilities; and public money is not bottomless.

It was a conversation over a meal, with feet under the table, but it left me with one certainty: sometimes, you need to know the person before you judge the politician.

Now you know who this person is that I met with feet under the table.

Look up and listen to the Mesa Redonda program from September 25th, and see what a good politician truly looks like.

Have a great weekend!

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Advances in medicine and widespread access to healthcare have led to an increase in longevity in recent years. On the other hand, birth control and the individual choice not to have children have resulted in declining birth rates. As a consequence, we are now faced with increasingly aging population pyramids. We are, therefore, confronting a reality in which the disparity between the number of elderly people and children is striking.

However, growing old—despite representing an achievement and reflecting a long journey in combating certain diseases—is not always synonymous with quality of life. Recently, journalist Luís Osório dedicated one of his daily columns to aging: “To be sure, reaching old age means unexpected aches, joints on strike, and bone spurs, but it is also the possibility of being in less of a hurry, of seeking depth, of rediscovering slowness.” It is above all this slowness that is least understood by younger generations, who lack the patience to deal with the pace of lost youth, because—and to continue with Luís Osório—“Aging is muscles emptying, acquiring the fear of crossing the street, of falling in the bathtub, of being hospitalized, but it is also arguing less, sacrificing the madness of ambition for well-being.”

The crux of the matter lies in the kind of well-being each person desires, especially when we are so often confronted with the number of care homes shutting down due to degrading conditions, and the terrifying number of elderly people living in vulnerable situations without any support. Some are denied their most basic rights when unscrupulous entities, under the cover of the law, evict them without pity or mercy from the homes where they spent their entire lives.

In recent days, we watched live what happened in neighboring Spain with Maria del Carmen, who mobilized an entire population in a protest against the glaring injustice committed through the insensitivity of those who still view old age as a distant milestone. Maria del Carmen Abascal, better known as Maricarmen, is 87 years old and had lived in a rented house since 1956 in the Retiro neighborhood of Madrid. In other words, for 70 years, she knew no other place than the one where she grew up and grew old. The lease agreement had been signed by her father; after his death, it passed directly to her mother, and in 2005, to the daughter, subject to rent adjustments. Meanwhile, the property was acquired by an investment fund, Urbagestion, which legally contested this final transfer. The Supreme Court ruled in favor of the company, thereby allowing it to exercise its right to evict her. The United Nations Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights had asked the Spanish state last June to guarantee Maricarmen a housing solution tailored to her situation. She was offered an emergency spot in a care home, which Maricarmen declined. Consequently, the company felt entitled to proceed with the court-ordered eviction. On the day it took place, we could see her, lucid, being carried out on a stretcher, while hundreds of people gathered in a protest outside the building to try to prevent it, seeing their efforts completely thwarted.

Some might argue that the company acted with the backing of a judicial ruling. True! However, the question we must ask ourselves is: to what extent is such a decision just? Because a home is not made of walls, but of the people, the objects, the environments that embrace us, and, above all, the memories we lived in them, where every corner reminds us of moments from our lives.

Forcing someone to turn their back on 70 years of a life is an act of atrocious violence. And it does not dignify us as human beings.

Aida Batista/MS

The content on the Milénio Stadium website is automatically translated using Google Translate.

O selecionador de Portugal, Jorge Jesus, reagiu, esta quarta-feira, à polémica em torno de Cristiano Ronaldo, negando a existência de qualquer problema com o capitão português, depois do incidente no jogo com a Noruega.

“É verdade que combinei com ele que não iria a jogo na Noruega nem na Dinamarca, mas depois pensei que se calhar até ia precisar dele nos últimos minutos. Mas o jogo disse-me outras coisas e eu não o coloquei no jogo. Eu decido sempre em função do que é melhor para a equipa e nunca vai haver um jogador, nem ninguém, que vai mudar as minhas ideias como treinador”, disse Jorge Jesus, em conferência de imprensa, assumindo ainda alguma responsabilidade pela instabilidade criada.