The Bank of Nova Scotia in the medical building at 1867 Yonge St. and Balliol Street has been closed. The space has been taken Sotheby’s Realty International Canada. 

Huge Olympic rings float from Battersea to the Thames Barrier Tuesday to mark 150 days until the London 2012 Games. .

The hard luck little corner store at Millwood Rd and Rumsey Rd is vacant again. The small shop,. which is connected to a residence with a second floor, has had a number of tenants in recent years, but mostly it has been empty. Most  recently the store was occupied by Platinum Sports Fitness. An Esbin sign in the window tells the story. 

Police have released images of the man who shot a TTC ticket attendant at the Dupont subway station last night. The assailant is believed to be a repeat subway bandit. In this incident, having been refused money by the attendant, the bandit walked a few feet away, then turned and shot the attendant point blank. The attendant was injured in the arm and neck but will recover. The wanted man is said to be white, 35 to 40 with a stocky build.  Anyone with information is asked to contact police at 416−808−7350, Crime Stoppers anonymously at 416−222−TIPS (8477), online at www.222tips.com, text TOR and your message to CRIMES (274637), or Leave A Tip on Facebook

Surveillance video from a Detroit area gas station shows a man telling a store clerk that he had been drinking and his 9-year-old daughter was his “designated driver.” This report is narrated by an Associated Press reporter.Originally published October, 2011

Some 30 thousand Muscovites formed a nine-mile ring around the city today to call for an end to the rule of Vladimir Putin. One woman (inset) quoted Russian literary giant Anton Chekhov urging Russians to “get the slave out of yourself.”  Opposition leaders say the protests have “changed everything” but Putin is still expected to be re-elected President early in March. 

It was bitterly cold for this worker at Leaside Village Saturday as he grappled with forms to shape the foundation of a commercial building.  In the background  are the uprights of the first stores and offices to go up at the site.  

There was a well-attended Mass at St. Anselm’s at Millwood Road and MacNaughton Rd. Saturday for Dr. Margaret Patricia Sinclair. Dr Sinclair was a professor of mathematics at York University and the wife of well known Staff Inspector Larry Sinclair. Staff Sinclair was the top officer at 53 Division until his retirement in September.  Their son, Doug, is a police officer in Toronto. Obituary in Toronto Star.

Blue ribbons have popped up on trees and houses in the neighborhood of 211 Airdrie  Rd.  They appear to be gestures of remembrance for the well-liked resident of that house, Lisa Libetka. She died around the New Year and her boyfriend, Paul Hindle, faces homicide charges. A blue ribbon is a traditional emblem of remembrance for those who have died unexpectedly. In this case residents are remembering a friend and neighbor.  

They must teach spin at business school. Today for example we have eminent academics saying the GST should be applied to food and some other services in the name of efficiency. Of course extending the tax would get the government another $8 billion which it is now “losing out on.”  Don’t you love it? The government has got to get busty and  tax groceries because somebody is getting away with something.  Best spin this week. Of course the government is “losing out” on that money. That’s how it was planned.  Here’s news, The government is also “losing out”” on the fresh air tax, the let’s take a sail on the lake tax and the what were you two doing until 3 am. tax. Three are millions of taxes the government could apply but doesn’t. .It isn’t incompetence.  One of the sages pronouncing on the GST is Jack Mintz. He says other countries are more efficient in collecting taxes. Really. Nice for them. How do they spend the money? Stupidly?  There’s seems a good chance.