The Loblaws Turkey Drive visited midtown and central stores over the December 14-15 weekend. Here is a great shot by Tracey Jennings of the volunteers at 301 Moore Ave. You can donate a turkey online too.
A ticket holder in Quebec won the $9 million jackpot in Saturday night’s Lotto 649 draw. The draw’s $1 million prize went to a ticket holder in Ontario. The jackpot for the next Lotto 649 draw on Dec. 18 will be approximately $5 million.
A Honda Civic T-boned a taxi in what appears to have been a misjudged turn onto Bayview Ave off of Belsize Drive late Friday. The taxi seems to have been headed southbound. No injuries have been reported but the cab took quite a whack on the passenger side and suffered a broken front axle. Tow truck time. The Civic had a crushed front end and deployed airbags. All of this about 11.30 p.m.
Time for local shopping on Bayview Ave. and elsewhere in the community. The Bayview Leaside BIA holds a pleasant event on Saturday. It’s the first of two days dedicated to Christmas bargains. The next one is Saturday, December 21. At the left above are some beautifully crafted cheese/charcuterie boards seen at Today’s Menu. 852 Millwood Rd. at Rumsey Rd. They’re elegant. Sunday events include the Salvation Army Carols and Candles concert at St. Peter’s Estonian Church at 817 Mt. Pleasant and the annual Christmas Pageant at Leaside United Church 822 Millwood rd.
No winning ticket was sold for the $31 million jackpot in Friday night’s Lotto Max draw. The jackpot for the next draw on December 17 will be approximately $40 million.
Ontario high school teachers will strike again next Wednesday in ten school districts but this time not at the Toronto and District School Board (TDSB). The Ontario Secondary School Teachers Federation (OSSTF) must give the government five days’ notice if they intend to strike again, hence the notice given on Friday. The districts hit are shown below.
Lakehead District School Board
Thunder Bay Catholic District School Board
Lambton Kent District School Board
Thames Valley District School Board
Waterloo Region District School Board
Waterloo Catholic District School Board
York Region District School Board
York Catholic District School Board
Halton District School Board
Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board
Mississauga Fire Service extinguished a raging garage fire mid-morning Friday on Hensen Rd. in Brampton. No one was hurt in the blaze but neighbors are guessing it will be a rather bleak Christmas for the owners. Firefighters said smoke detectors alerted occupants to the fire.
A most heartening post at Leaside Community Facebook tells of the return of a woman’s car and house keys Thursday after they were lost nearly a month ago at Trace Manes Park. There are many unanswered questions most notably how did the good samaritan know to leave the keys between the front doors of the right home? The author of the posts makes a stab at it by saying the finder must have walked the area clicking the fob to see which car lights responded by flashing. Then the keys were left at the nearby house. Hmm. Maybe.
A Lawrence Park man, Danny Goulis, says he blames Lexus for the seemingly easy theft of his 2017 model from his driveway Wednesday. It is the second time he has had a Lexus stolen. According to Mr. Goulis, as reported by Adam Carter of the CBC, the vehicle’s keys and electronic fob were in a metal box at the rear of the home, the steering wheel was locked with a wheel club and the car was locked. Nonetheless, a 3 a.m. thief opened the car in six minutes then removed the wheel club, started the Lexus and drove off in an additional three minutes. CBC
Early afternoon exit polls in the UK indicate that the Conservatives will return to government with a majority. Here is live coverage from ITV
Andrew Scheer says he is stepping down as Conservative leader as soon as a successor can be chosen. Scheer addressed the House of Commons briefly at about noon Eastern time, saying leading his party had been the honour of his life but that he could not commit to giving the Conservatives 100 per cent any longer. He called resigning “one of the most difficult decisions I have ever made.”
The US Congress is hearing chilling testimony of the fear expressed by Boeing employees about the dangerous 737 Max well before it crashed. Then, apparent problems with the highly-touted ring-cameras in a chilling report from ABC News. Below that, a hospital mistake in Come By Chance Newfoundland in 1962 sent babies to the wrong home. The men whose lives were changed forever by this carelessness are suing. Lastly, Kawhi returns to Toronto.
