The Toronto Police Service Parking Enforcement Unit will not be enforcing the following on-street parking bylaws during New Year’s Day. Pay-and-display/metered areas, rush-hour routes and posted signs indicating Monday to Friday regulations are being enforced.

New Year’s photo of Prince Harry and son Archie said to have been taken in Canada

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have published a New Year’s photo compilation and video celebrating their busy year. A never-before-seen photo of Harry and son Archie was probably taken right here over Christmas. The video flashes through snippets of their year from their trips to Morocco and South Africa to their run-in with Beyonce and Jay-Z at The Lion King premiere. “We hope 2020 brings each of you health and continued happiness,” Harry and Meghan wrote in part alongside the video.

New Year’s babies

Humber River Hospital has claimed first Toronto baby of 2020 in Toronto with a Tweet saying the “baby and mom are feeling great thanks to Dr. Lynn Sterling and the #HRH staff.” Trillium Health Partners said that their first baby of the year was delivered just 50 seconds after midnight on New Year’s Day at Credit Valley Hospital in Mississauga. The little boy weighed in at about eight pounds. “We are happy to report that baby and mom are healthy and well,” the health agency said in a statement. Mount Sinai Hospital in Toronto welcomed its first bundle of joy at 12:13 a.m. and Lakeridge Health in Oshawa announced their first baby was born at 12:34 a.m.

The New Year has begun arriving on the other side of the globe. Celebrations in Sydney and Aukland are shown. The temperature in the NZ capital of Christchurch is predicted to be 29º Celsius New Year’s Day

Top to bottom, passing jetliner’s wing catches the tail of smaller craft and causes it to swivel/Twitter

Video shot by a passenger on the tarmac last Friday at Pearson Airport shows an Air Canada Boeing 777-300 being towed. Its wingtip hits the tail of a parked Air Canada Airbus A321. The sequence is explained by aviation journalist Tom Podolec. Both aircraft were unoccupied, he says.

Leaside Station at Bayview Ave and Eglinton Ave/Metrolinx

Toronto Star writer Ben Spurr says in a published report Monday that he has seen documents in which the consortium building the LRT tells Metrolinx that the Eglinton LRT can’t open until May 6, 2022. Metrolinx disputes that assessment says Spurr and insists it is still working to the September 2021 deadline. Toronto Star (subscription).

Governments differ from businesses because they can take your money by law. It’s all about the greater good. Really.

Delightful

Sunny South Bayview on Monday, December 30

Some may wish for the lyrics of Let it Snow to come true but those with their coats flapping open all up and down South Bayview Ave. this Monday weren’t singing that song. It seems conditions will stay fairly unseasonal all week.

Accu-Weather Radar suggests ice and snow (pink and blue) will slide north of Toronto

Freezing rain is expected to result in ice buildup, which could make for hazardous travel across parts of cottage country and eastern Ontario. Radar shows status at 10 a.m. Sunday. The forecast below shows a benign outlook for City

No winning ticket was sold for the $13 million jackpot in Saturday night’s Lotto 649 draw. However, the guaranteed $1 million prize went to a ticket holder in Quebec. The jackpot for the next Lotto 649 draw on Jan. 1 will be approximately $16 million.