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Canadian Bankers Association has issued a $10,000 reward for a felon known to Toronto police as the Well-Dressed Bandit. He has robbed at least four banks in Toronto in recent months, two in Etobicoke and two in west-central locations. He is described as white, 5’11”-6’2″, 45-60, wearing sunglasses, tan gloves and a hooded jacket. In each robbery, he is carrying a tan-coloured carrying case. 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. Download the free Crime Stoppers Mobile App on iTunes, Google Play or Blackberry App World.
Sunnybrook-bound rider waits 30 minutes for 11 Bayview
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Yszi Hawkings was on Twitter Wednesday morning complaining about the slow motion of the 11 Bayview bus again today. She picks it up at Davisvile station to get to Sunnybrook Hospital and today the wait during rush hour was more than 30 minutes. Yzsi got off the train at 8.13 so a wait of half an hour would make her very late for work. Service is supposed to be every five minutes She tweeted @TTCnotices about this “abysmal” service and got an apology. Not worth much if the boss is cranky.
15,000 w/o power but apparently none in South Bayview
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Torstar makes money but loses print advertising revenue
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Torstar Corp., owner of Canada’s largest newspaper, has reported results which seem to show it is living off the proceeds of the sale of its former assets such as Harlequin Publishing At the same time, the publishing company reported further losses in print advertising . With all of this however, Torstar says it made a fourth quarter profit of $20.6 million or 26 cents per share, almost unchanged from a year ago despite the lower revenue.
Weasel tries to hunt and kill woodpecker, gets ride instead
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Did a weasel really hitch as ride with a woodpecker? An eager media world wants to believe it and amateur photographer Martin LeMay of East London says that it is absolutely so. Let’s be clear, if it happened, this was an act of attempted woodpeckercide.
Many in the dark but South Bayview dodges the bullet
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It’s an on and off mess in North York and Scarborough tonight with as many as 10,000 customers without power. Yorkdale Shopping Mall, which lost power and then regained it, has lost it again, according to reports The effect of the snow and clicking little ice pellets has had an impact on power transformers in a rather surprising degree. Hydro says it is working at top speed but as usual the power restoration will occur in stages. South Bayview has dodged the power outage bullet this evening as is shown on the linked Hydro outage map
CTV News recounts shocking testimony from Ben Levin trial
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CTV Toronto newscast contains Austin Delaney’s account of the most shocking testimony in the matter of the former deputy education minister.
Yorkdale Mall regains power after North York outages
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Transformer blows near Yorkdale Tuesday. Courtesy Tom Stef @vaughanweather
Ice and snow caused transformers to overload across North York tonight. Yorkdale Shopping Centre has regained power but remains closed Police say many traffic lights are out and that roads are treacherous. Tom Podolec of CTV notes Toronto Fire responding to dozens of hydro calls. Use caution near downed wires
Phaneuf, wife Elisha, teammate Lupul want cash for libel
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There was a time, ten years or so ago, that it was not possible for a jerk to defame respectable people because he had no megaphone. Now every jerk has got one. It’s called Twitter. Leaf captain Dion Phaneuf and his girl friend, Elisha Cuthbert and fellow Leaf Joffrey Lupul. were subjected to a despicable defamation during last night’s hockey game. Unfortunately, the guys at TSN thought it would be a great idea to just run the tweets unedited and unchecked. Now the parties are suing TSN, which is owned by Bell media. Bell also has an interest in the Leafs. Did we say that Bell is too big?. “We have sent a letter to TSN demanding that TSN issue a formal apology and pay a significant amount of damages to each of our clients for broadcasting a false and defamatory tweet during their trade deadline show yesterday,” lawyer Peter Gall says in a statement. During the broadcast on Monday, TSN was airing tweets at the bottom of the screen with the hashtag #TradeCentre. One of the tweets that made it to air mentioned Phaneuf, Cuthbert and Lupul. TSN’s director of communications later tweeted an apology to the Toronto Maple Leafs organization and those impacted, saying that the tweet “should have never, ever gone to air.” Gall says that his legal team has also sent out a similar letter demanding an apology and damages to the author of the tweet, Anthony Adragna. “It is bad enough that there are people who spend their time using social media to publish such false and malicious stories, but it is made much worse when a reputable media outlet like TSN gives broad circulation and credibility to these false stories by republishing them as TSN did,” Gall’s statement says.
Woman uses public library to expose herself to customers
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Captures from CBC video show kids in frame as woman tries to cover herself
A woman is using Windsor public library branches to stream video to paying customers as she exposes herself and does other lewd things. It is apparently the availability of the computer equipment and cameras that prompts the woman, known as Little Secret, to use the libraries for this purpose. Otherwise, it would seem there must be a better place. Everyone is shocked and it is especially concerning to see children bouncing around in the background trying to get the woman’s attention while she covers up. CBC Video
Moms-to-Be closing on Bayview Ave and Research Rd
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Karen Becker
Moms-to-Be-and-More will close on Bayview Ave on Sunday, May 3, its owner Karen Becker has announced. In a statement, Ms Becker said the large multi-store shop at Bayview and Manor Rd. will close Sunday May, 3, 2015. The satellite location on Research Rd will close on July 5, 2015. Recently the company said it was downsizing by letting go two storefronts at the north end of its large premises. Over the years, the dynamic Ms Becker had parlayed the corner premises into a four storefront behemoth. In her statement she thanked clients, suppliers and staff “for being a huge part of the success of my store”. The Bayview location opened shortly after the turn of Y2K having seen both a Black’s Camera (before Blacks was owned by Telus) and a Mr. Sub (not Subway Sandwich) shop open and close in short order. In closing, Ms Becker said: “It has truly been an honour and pleasure to share in so many of my clients’ happiest moments. From baby’s first steps to first pregnancies, there have been too many amazing moments to mention and I now hold them in my heart as fond memories. I hope in turn we also hold a special place in the hearts of all of you.” It is perhaps coincidental that another childrens’ clothing store Never Grow Up is scheduled to open this Spring at the location previously held for many years by Newsome Photography
Spock fans deface Canuck fiver to look like Vulcan hero
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Misguided Leonard Nimoy fans have been defacing the Canadian five dollar bill to turn it into a look-a-like of his Star Trek character First Officer Spock. It’s gotten so bad that the Bank of Canada is asking fans to please stop. A drive was apparently launched in the aftermath of Nimoy’s death on Friday to ink the features of his most famous character on the Beaverbuck five because the original face there belongs to a similar looking gent named Sir Wilfrid Laurier. He was our seventh prime minister. Large numbers of the notes in circulation now show Laurier with Spock’s pointy ears, trademark haircut and eyebrows, a Star Trek badge and the character’s mantra “live long and prosper”. The stunting is not illegal but — please, says the bank — it’s Canadian money. Marking the bank note may interfere with the security features and reduces its lifespan. The Bank of Canada feels that writing and markings on bank notes are inappropriate as they are a symbol of our country and a source of national pride.”