Each reader will have to decide how much concern this case should cause. Jamie-Lee Bell was taken to Brampton Civic Hospital with stomach pains. It appears she was diagnosed and treated promptly, the hallway notwithstanding. No one will say it is fun to be forced into a hallway by overcrowding. But it is a common scene in hospitals everywhere. That’s because emergency rooms reach their capacity all the time, no matter how big they are.
The New York Auto Show opened today with big luxury SUVs an important element. One of them is the Hyundai GV80 concept that provides a first look at what an SUV from this brand will look like. We also learn how Genesis, which has only produced sedans to date, will name its crossovers. All utility vehicles will start with “GV” followed by a number to denote its size. Sedans start with a G. The G is for Genesis, and the V is to differentiate the vehicle as a crossover. New York opening from Reuters
Details are emerging about the federal government’s attempt to somehow control impaired driving — drug and alcohol — plus offer a sop to people concerned about legalized marijuana. Critically, police are to be given the right to stop drivers and demand either a saliva or breath test without suspicion of intoxication, as at present. The distinction may seem subtle to Toronto drivers who now face RIDE checks. But police who require a breathalyzer must be prepared to testify that they had reason to be concerned — the smell of alcohol, slurred speech etc. Those requirements will disappear under a new law. Trudeau government introduces sweeping changes to impaired driving law
Toronto police have issued details of road closures and streetcar detours for the Good Friday procession of St. Francis of Assisi Church Friday afternoon. The parade forms up about 2.30 and last until 5 p.m. News release
Those who occasionally visit Las Vegas will know the elegant Bellagio Hotel, even if they don’t stay there. Clark County firefighters battled a fire on the roof of the hotel’s retail shops late Thursday into Friday morning. Nobody was injured and there was no mass evacuation.
Shirley Breen @shirleybee123 is tweeting an invitation to Davisville families to the Easter Saturday (April 15) collaboration of Meridian Credit Union, where she is manager, and AppleTree Markets. They are welcoming everyone to a screening of Hop at the Regent Theatre starting at 11 a.m. Hop belongs to the entertaining genre of animated movies for children and adults seen in recent years. Check the trailer. Then from 1 to 2.30 the Easter egg hunt will unfold in June Rowlands Park with many familiar characters like Mr. Bunny who will bring snacks. Could be good.
Join us 1030am GoodFriday service. Seeking Peace. Choir will perform #FaurésRequiem a beautiful piece that expresses a deep longing for rest pic.twitter.com/KSdXebg6KM
— Leaside United Church (@LeasideUnited) April 14, 2017
Good Friday services will be held across South Bayview Friday, the holiest day in the Christian calendar. The weather is predicted to be near perfect — clear with a high of 12 Celsius.
Jon Burnside (Ward 26) has asked City staff to check the safety of fencing at the water-filled excavation on Wicksteed Ave. where future retail is planned. Work at the site, which has been called Lake Leaside by residents, was begun in 2014 but has been stalled for reasons unknown for about a year. Reader Wilmar Kortleever was prompted to write to the Councillor following a prosaic post here about the delays. Geoff Kettel wondered if the excavation should be filled in and about the chemical safety of the water. Mr. Burnside said that he has driven by the site, found it “absolutely a concern” and said he would ask City staff to check it as soon as possible.
The Cannabis Act, as it’s to be called, will permit legal smoking of dope for fun for the first time ever. But ministers were issuing a lot of anxious warnings about how rigidly marijuana will be controlled. The exercise seems a lot like trying to have it both ways. There is even federal legislation about impaired driving. This is provincial jurisdiction so presumably the federal law is about enabling the provinces. Read the Bill CBC Below we have (left) the news conferences of many ministers who discussed this bill Thursday in Ottawa. To the right, the ongoing concern of doctors, especially about how marijuana permanently dulls the intellect of young people.
Sydnia Yu in the Globe and Mail reports Thursday on the sale of 45 Donegall Drive for $1,830,000 a price well above the listed figure of $1,495,000. It was on the market for six days and last sold in 1998 for $445,000. Yu says that “many buyers filed through this detached house for nearly a week early this year. Eight visitors were serious enough to write formal bids.” She says lack of listings is a factor in space-race pricing.
The CBC has seen the enemy when it comes to delays on the Toronto subway system and he is us. And it seems likely that students of human behaviour will find it quite easy to understand. The TTC says that most of the things that cause delays are unpredictable. Depends on what you’re expecting, we say. The appearance of passengers who are drunk and disorderly, people walking on the tracks for the fun of it and litter causing fires are not unknown to the species. Read it and weep (or laugh).
