Month: May 2015

Today’s high temp will leave you feverishly speechless

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A bright and sunny day awaits South Bayview. The high will leave you speechless — 22 degrees. The 53 Division police are having an open house at Eglinton Ave.W and Dupont St today between 11 a.m.and 4 p.m,. The Manor  Road United Church Rummage Sale is on as well beginning at 10  a.m. That runs until 1 pm. And the InsideOutside marathons to aid diabetes research are at Sunnybrook Park today.

Teen announces false school strike, suspended 3 days

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Ty Stemmler

Waterloo teen Ty Stemmler has been suspended for three days because he made up an official-looking notice and tweeted a fake announcement that the K-W school board would be on strike effective Monday. You can see how the kid’s mind works. There have been a lot of surprise strikes going around. Just Thursday it was announced that the entire Peel Region High school system will be out Monday morning.  Just that fast  “I thought it would be funny,” said the Grade 12 student. Of course, these days no offense is too small to require a suspension. Sharp reprimands are so pre-zero-tolerance. Stemmler has been yanked and let that be a lesson to the rest of you rapscallions.

Man hangs up on Pope Francis thinking call a prank

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An Italian man has hung up the phone twice on Pope Francis, thinking the calls were a prank. On the third call, he was persuaded that it really was the Pontiff and was able to make an explanation for his rudeness. The Pope had called the man to commiserate with him about an illness he has. The details were not published. The Pope has a habit of calling people he has heard about in the media and offering his thoughts.

See Crosby score penalty shot at World Hockey in Prague

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Sidney Crosby’s last minute addition to Team Canada has been a treat for hockey fans. Today (May 1, 2015) he scored on a penalty shot with 23 seconds left in regulation time to top off a 6-1 win for Canada over Latvia in the opening game at the world hockey championship for both teams in Prague. Crosby got the call this week following the Pittsburgh Penguins’ first-round playoff loss. He also got an assist today and welded a potent line with Nathan MacKinnon and Jason Spezza. “It was pretty good,” said Crosby, who returns to the world tourney after nine years. “We skated well and generated some good chances.” Spezza led the attack with two goals and an assist and was named player of the game for Canada.

Jewel thief put gun to head of child, pulled trigger

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A female jewel thief working with another woman put a gun to the head of an 11-year-old child during a robbery and pulled the trigger several times. No one knows why the gun did not fire. The terrified daughter of the store owner escaped injury  except for the awful memory of the incident. Earlier in the stick up,  the gun was fired at the owner — and it blew a hole in a door. He was unhurt. The crime unfolded last summer at Asia Gold 1510 Steeles  Ave West in Vaughan. The violent encounter netted the thieves little. York Region are Police are to get attention on the case. They feel these thieves must have talked about the crime to others. Pictures