Police have an excellent picture of a man they think is connected to break-ins on cars in Scarborough. With any luck, they will know who he is quite soon. The security camera pictures shows a man using a credit card that was stolen from a vehicle on Friday, May 8, 2015. Oh oh. That’s a clue.
Whoever he is, he is now worth $10,000 to any co-worker, relative or friend who knows the Tunnel Rat Bank Robber. Cops say the man has hit eight banks between Tuesday, January 6, 2015 and Wednesday, March 11, 2015. That’s one every eleven or twelve days. But wait, it seems the rat is taking a vacation or “gone straight” as they used to say. Well, it doesn’t matter because today (Wednesday, May 13, 2015) the Canadian Bankers Association and Toronto Police Service Hold-up announced the fat reward. And as police said, the case and the reward won’t go away. “Relationships fray,” one policeman said. Someone may be ready to talk, and mark a big payday. In each of the holdups he wore the baseball cap guise seen above and passed a typed note to the teller. He indicated he was armed. Then he fled into the subway. The man is described as white, 5’9″ – 6′, 30s, narrow nose, and dark hair.
Michael Kempa
Former police chief Bill Blair has brought an end to the hopes of another Liberal Party candidate of winning the federal nomination in the riding of Scarborough Southwest. This time its criminologist Michael Kempa who will step aside. Kempa had been working to get the constituency nod for about a year. But no go, as the famous Mr. Blair arrived, nomination papers in hand. Former CTV anchor Tim Weber also dropped out of the race when he heard that Mr. Blair was seeking the nomination. It’s good to be the former chief
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A fixed camera shows the sheerest glimpse of the ill-fated Amtrak train flashing towards the sharp curve where it crashed. Arcing lights reveal the violent end of the train’s trip in a catastrophic accident. Evidence shows it was travelling twice the set speed for this curve which can be seen quite well in the daytime video later in the above video. Reuters
Davenport Nursery’s location at the old Garden Court corner of Davisville Ave. and Bayview Ave is doing brisk business these days. Carela Rose is the congenial lady in charge. She has some well-informed and athletic young helpers who carry stuff to your car as well.
Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment says it will enforce an indefinite ban on four men in the wake of an incident on Sunday outside of BMO Field with CityNews reporter Shauna Hunt. MLSE owns and operates the Toronto FC, Toronto Maple Leafs and Toronto Raptors, It said the men are facing a ban of no less than one year. MLSE says they have identified two of the men as Toronto FC season ticket-holders. Reporter deserves credit for calling obscencity jerks
David Stickney 1943-2015
The community Facebook page Leaside Chit Chat has many remembrances of David Stickney, the Leaside High School mathematics teacher who died this week. There is also a Facebook Tribute Page to the late teacher.
Mr. Stickney died while watching a softball game played by a girl’s club that he helped coach. On Chit Chat, Janet Ahier recalled many good times in the Spring at “Stickney Farm.”
Steve White noted the outpouring of sympathy. There were more than 100 comments logged in only three hours. Good friend Nicholas Mitchell recalled that “Stick” was not just a Leaside student and football player but also the school captain. “He played centre on the football team and his nickname was Tank, Mr. Mitchell said.
Arthur (Alfie) Peneycad recalled Mr. Stickney from the 1950s when they were neighbours on Cameron Crescent. He wrote: “We played street hockey and football together. David started teaching in Oshawa. He once told me that he got his teaching style from his old Leaside math teacher “Pop Stafford”.
Dave was the one that mentored me and got me through algebra, trigonometry and geometry (1965). Everyone knew Dave. He had a nickname for everyone. David and I spent Spring Break together with Jack Hardy and John Noseworthy in Daytona Beach. Dave was the Master of Ceremonies at my wedding.
If anyone should be called “Mr. Leaside” there (is) no one more deserving than Dave. Below, Larrry Hurd posted an old video of David Stickney. Beloved math teacher died watching softball game
https://youtu.be/WUMJbUWANjI
The Toronto Star says that many of the first streetcars delivered as part of a $1.25 billion order were so poorly manufactured that the TTC refused to accept them. Only five of 50 are now in service. The condition of the cars, as described by TTC spokesperson Brad Ross, is genuinely shocking. The faulty cars had frames that were out alignment with the walls. “Thunder Bay (Bombardier factory) was finding when they went to attach the under-frame to the side walls they weren’t square. You either accept that or try riveting it to create that square alignment. We rejected that. We don’t want it riveted. We want it built properly, because rivets pop,” TTC CEO Andy Byford told the Star. According to the Star, most of the early problems with the streetcars related to the fact that the European-design for the vehicles wasn’t working with the parts being supplied to Bombardier by a Mexican manufacturing facility. Bombardier must still deliver a further 30 streetcars.
Shauna Hunt
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