Contractors installing trees and benches on City property next to Wild Wing at Millwood Rd. and Bayview Ave. re-opened the Milwood sidewalk. The work is part of the beautification project of the Bayview Leaside BIA.
A number of shoppers have been injured in the rush to catch and break prize-filled balloon at a Sydney shopping centre. Hundreds of shoppers tried to grab the balloons during a marathon Christmas shopping event. There were children among those injured in the crush and several were sent to hospital.
December 23 shopping and general preparation for Christmas was at full pitch Monday. Among unusual local offerings was an invitation from Sven Walker offering neighbors a chance to take a spin on his excellent backyard rink. The weather for Christmas week will be slightly balmy with a high of 4º Celsius for Santa. Happy Christmas all.
Meghan Smith, manager at the Eglinton and Laird Starbucks, has been keeping an Instagram record of her Friday evening music events in the former TD bank building. As a coffee house, the place offers a gracious club-like atmosphere for young musicians of varying reputation. Alice Hail, a singer and songwriter, is a regular there. Hear her on a recent YouTube upload.
This is the recent renovation of a Leslieville lad’s room. His mom said he wanted some graffiti similar to so many Toronto alleys and, according to a post on Monday, the results have pleased the whole family.
Rev. Dr. John Joseph Mastandrea presided at an event called Christmas at the Manor Sunday afternoon. It drew a large crowd to Manor Road United Church at 240 Manor Rd. The service featured costumed characters and live creatures reminiscent of the story of Christ’s birth in Bethlehem.
Arborists and simple tree lovers alike may wonder how the lush trees shown sprouting out of every balcony of a proposed complex on Davenport Rd (at Bedford Rd) will grow adequate root systems. Plans for the curious development proposed for 306 through 326 Davenport Rd are described at Urban Toronto. It is said that in order to properly install, maintain and preserve the trees, they’d be chosen from a specific list of species that are capable of surviving in such a setting. They’d then be kept in planters that are both waterproof and thermally insulated.
Six people are reported to have minor injuries after two Carnival Cruise ships collided at Cozumel Friday. Business Insider
Six injuries are reported as two Carnival cruise ships slowly collided into one other on Friday morning off the coast of the Mexican island of Cozumel https://t.co/2zcYWIKFao pic.twitter.com/odg3foY5sh
— TIME (@TIME) December 20, 2019
Global News’ Leslie Horton shared her favourite treat to make at Christmas — but admitted her recipe for artichoke dip went “terribly wrong,” resulting in some hilarious reactions from her co-anchors Scott Fee and Jordan Witzel.
No winning ticket was sold for the $7 million jackpot in Saturday night’s Lotto 649 draw. There were however five guaranteed prizes of $1 million each, with two of them going to ticket holders in Ontario, and the others to lottery players in Quebec, Atlantic Canada and the Prairies. The jackpot for the next Lotto 649 draw on Dec. 25 will be approximately $9 million. The Friday night Lotto Max draw did not yield any winners.
Calgary man neglects to check $50 million winner for 3 months
Joshua Caines of Calgary finally got around to checking his August 30 Lotto Max ticket in November and found he had a $50 million win sitting on a shelf. “I had heard that the $50 million was still unclaimed in Calgary,” he said in a statement. “And I knew I had some tickets I hadn’t had time to check yet.” One set of numbers looked like a winner, and after confirming the numbers again on his phone, Caines was an instant multimillionaire — Toronto Sun
