The City is gripped by interest in the large bunker built near a Pan Ams site by unknown persons for unknown purposes. Here is what CBC knows. Also: Police photos give first look inside sinister bunker
R and B bad boy sent home at Canadian border
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NSS students win prom breathalyzer challenge
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Two students attending Northern Secondary School have won a court case that demonstrates the limits on schools in keeping kids safe from alcohol misuse at school events. An Ontario judge, Susan Himel, has found that requiring kids to take a breathalyzer test as a condition of getting into the prom is an unreasonable search under the Charter of Rights. It is of course entirely a matter of opinion whether this expectation is really what judge Himel thinks, but in this case, she is the judge. Northern Secondary School principal Ron Felsen had wanted to make sure that the school did not risk the not uncommon problem of intoxicated students causing trouble at the prom. In last year’s event, it appears there were no problems. The students involved were Brett Gorski and Simon Gillies. They challenged the school’s ruling with the assistance Mr. Gillie’s father, a lawyer.
Seeking new home of Leaside Service Ontario
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When Service Ontario re-opens at its new location next Monday it will be tucked away inside the Dawsco Group offices at 939 Eglinton Ave. E. (parking and entrance on Brentcliffe). Unlike previous incarnations of Service Ontario there will be, apparently, no evidence of just where the office is located for drive-by seekers. Unit 102, seen through closed blinds Tuesday, is off the hallway a good walk from the Brentcliffe parking lot. That entrance is inset upper right. The Eglinton Ave. E. address steps right out to the sidewalk and thundering traffic. This being said, there is probably a greater chance of finding parking in the Brentcliffe lot than on the street parking outside 854 Eglinton where the office is now located.
Tim Horton’s, MLSE step in to keep rinks open
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An earlier plan to fund the continued operation of certain open air rinks has changed because Green For Life (GFL) was unable to participate as previously agreed. Now the funding will be provided by Tim Horton’s and MLSE. See the rinks that will stay open, weather permitting, through March Break. City of Toronto release
Greenwood College School kids visit 53 Division
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Police photos give first look inside sinister bunker
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Toronto Police held a news confernce Tuesday morning to appeal to citizens to help them figure out who built the mysterious bunker near the Rexall Centre tennis venue for the Pan Am games. Police say they don’t know of any reasons for the bunker, which appears to have been built by more than one person. The large bunker is 33 feet long and deep enough for a man to stand. Among the items found inside were fuel containers, a generator, a rosary with a remembrance poppy attached which was hanging on the wall. It appears that the media may have played a role in how police investigated this mystery. The easily formed question of why police did not wait to see if the bunker maker returned to the site was answered this way. Police knew the media was aware of the bunker and at some point it would be public. Did the media hinder the investigation? It is not clear. But police are very anxious to have anyone which information call them. The story was broken yesterday by the CBC local news. Previous story. Why was this seemingly sinister bunker built? Big enough for people to walk around in (and prepare a terrorist attack?) Big enough to hold people hostage? Big enough to store weapons? Sure. Please don’t call us alarmist. These are reasonable things to think about on the discovery of this strange hiding place. Police are scheduled to talk about it this morning at police headquarters. Previous Shabby quality of new streetcars a City scandal
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The linked story below about where and when we will see the new streetcars from Bombardier may make your hair stand on end. Yes, the streetcars are coming, finally, but the revelation that they were built to an appallingly low level of quality is a municipal scandal. Toronto has paid a high price over the years for its dreamy notion of itself as streetcar city. It is a mode of transportation that the world has left behind and for good reason. But we have saddled yet another generation here with these cumbersome, unreliable vehicles with their inflexible routing. It can sensibly be argued that the TTC has to have two transit systems — the streetcars and the buses needed to replace the streetcars. Globe and Mail
Delays at DVP southbound at Don Mills: TPS
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Toronto Police operations is warning to expect delays near the Don Valley Parkway and Don Mills Road where a collision has been reported. There are three cars and this tweet says avoid it if you can. Southbound lanes. The message was sent at 8.45 a.m.
Who built this bunker and why? It’s a real concern
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Why was this seemingly sinister bunker built? Big enough for people to walk around in (and prepare a terrorist attack?) Big enough to hold people hostage? Big enough to store weapons? Sure. Please don’t call us alarmist. These are reasonable things to think about on the discovery of this strange hiding place. Police are scheduled to talk about it this morning at police headquarters. Previous