The eternal dilemma of caring for the homeless against keeping the City liveable. The recriminations begin but the City says its doing all that it ought to do. You decide.
Agnes Macphail ceremony will be held Sunday, March 29
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The annual presentation of the Agnes Macphail award will be held on Sunday March 29, 2020, as reported by the East York Chronicle. Previously the event had been held on Macphail’s birthday, March 24. As usual, the presentations and related events such as the student public speaking contest will be held at the East York Civic Cetnre. The deadline for submission of nominations is midnight, Friday, January 10, 2020 to Agnes Macphail Recognition, c/o Antoinette Crichlow, City Hall, 100 Queen Street West, 12th Floor, West Tower, Toronto M5H 2N2.
Habs cakemaker mistakes baloney logo for true Maple Leaf
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Calemaker looked up logo on Google
Not in Montreal
The strange tale has been told of a lad, Jacob, living in deepest Quebec who is nonethless a loyal fan of the Toronto Maple Leafs. His family ordered him a cake with the Leaf’s logo on it but in the land of the Habitants, such symbols are hardly common. The cakemaker went on Google and mistakenly copied the trademark of Maple Leaf Foods of Mississauga. It’s a logo best known for baloney and similar products. The boy’s stepmother, Tania Levesque, said her partner ordered the cake from a bakery near the couple’s home in Mascouche, Que., a few days before Jacob’s hockey-themed birthday party. When the bakery said they didn’t have the Leafs’ logo, Levesque suggested the workers search for it on Google, setting off the hilarious miscue.
Juniors home, going shopping, Hi-ho Kim and dressing up
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Canada’s World Junior gold medalists are home in Toronto. Well done guys. Then, online shopping is a still a distant second to the enjoyable experience of hitting the stores and picking out your choice in person. Below that, Hi-ho Kim Jung un, as the portly dictator is seen in an absurd video posing as the gallant saviour of mankind. Ugh. Lastly, dressing up for the Golden Globes.
Astonishing 10-year trail of rape by academic in the UK
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Britain’s most prolific rapist has been unmasked as a judge said the true scale of his “perverted” crimes may never be known. Reynhard Sinaga was jailed for a minimum of 30 years on Monday for 159 offences against 48 men who were lured to his Manchester flat, drugged and raped.
Hit-and-run deaths in Brampton and Toronto early in 2020
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Dianna Manan, 16
Hit and run scene
Two hit and run fatalities have occurred early in 2020, one in Peel Region and the other downtown at Jarvis and Gerrard Sts. In Brampton, Dianne Mana, 16, was found i the road at Gore Road and Queen Street at around 12:20 a.m. Sunday.
Canada gets revenge on Russia taking World Junior gold
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6 foot 5 Joel Hofer, 19, in goal as Canada bids for WJH gold
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Blanks Finland 5-0
Joel Hofer, 19
Canada and Russia will meet at noon (ET) Sunday in the Czech Republic with that embarrassing 6-0 defeat in the preliminary round still stinging the Canucks. Today’s match will decide World Junior Hockey supremacy. Much hope rides on goaltender Joel Hofer, 19, a 6-foot, 5-inch kid from Winnipeg. TSN
No winning ticket for $21 million jackpot in Saturday’s 649
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No winning ticket was sold for the $21 million jackpot in Saturday night’s Lotto 649 draw. However, the draw’s guaranteed $1 million prize went to a ticket holder in Quebec. The jackpot for the next Lotto 649 draw on Jan. 8 will be approximately $25 million.
Man struck on Bayview at Roehampton, taken to hospital
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Looking north to Roehamton from traffic camera
A man in his 60s has been struck by a car on Bayview Ave at Roehampton Ave Saturday evening shortly before 7 p.m. The victim was said to be conscious and breathing. He was taken to Sunnybrook Medical Sciences Centre. The motorist remained at the scene. Bayview was closed in both directions between Roehampton and Eglinton.
Piano Piano, earring plea and catching up west of Bayview
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Revelers at Piano Piano/Davisville Eye Care
Earring plea on Roxborough West/Yonge and Roxborough News
Hanukkah on Yonge/Dr. Jill Andrew Twitter
Iron Horse at night/John O’Hearn Twitter
North wall of Davisville Animal Hospital will carry mural/Google
The much-awaited opening of the second Piano Piano location at Mt. Pleasant and Manor Rd. has seen revelers from Davisville Eye Care post this photo (upper left) of their crowd. Best wishes to this enterprising restaurant. Upper right, the plaintive plea posted on Roxborough St. West (and elsewhere in Summerhill) from the owner of a lost earring. An elegant bauble for sure. Below that, the Bulldog catches up with a joyous event marking Hanukkah. This Menorah Lighting took place on December 23. There are more pictures tweeted by Josh Matlow (Ward 12). Lower left and still in Midtown-Yonge BIA territory, a night shot of the recently dedicated Iron Horse sculpture on the Kay Gardner Bridge. At lower right is the Mt. Pleasant Rd. location where a mural will be painted. Entries closed September 15 so it seems the City and BIA folks are in a huddle making a final decision. The devil is often in the detail.
Bar and kitchen open at LCC but there’s fun on the rink too
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Saturday activity at the Leaside Curling Club/LCC
The Leaside Curling Club tweets a Saturday flash that there’s another full day at the Millwood Rd. stand. The Ontario Curling Association Senior Men’s Qualifier is underway as well as the Ontario Winter Games U18 Playdowns. Oh yes, admission is free and the bar and kitchen are open.