K-Pop fans worldwide are mourning Goo Hara, once lead singer for the girl-group Kara. Then in Germany, thieves have successfully robbed a private bank vault previously thought impregnable. The loss in jewels at Dresden’s Green Vault is said to be beyond estimate. Here at home, a disturbed man is apparently dumping toilet sewage on unsuspecting students in university libraries. It’s happened at U of T and York in recent days. Finally, a look at Sunday’s Beaches Santa Claus Parade

Councillor Jim Karygianis says he has been returned to City Council after winning an appeal of his removal as the representative of Ward 22.  The City Clerk removed Karygiannis from that role when it was revealed he spent more on his campaign than is permitted. Karygiannis said his campaign expenses were caused by a misunderstanding. “I maintain that I followed the rules and regulations to the best of my ability,” he told CP24 Monday.

Acted in good faith

In his decision, Superior Court Justice William Chalmers said Karygianis acted in good faith in disclosing a post-election party at Santorini Grill in Thornhill. “The amount spent was disclosed. The information with respect to the event was also disclosed in the supplementary financial statement albeit in a different section. I find there was no attempt to hide the expense,” Chalmers wrote. The judge agreed that the error on the supplementary financial statement that resulted in the city clerk’s finding was made inadvertently.

The people of Hong Kong have voted massively for pro-democracy candidates in the limited local election held Sunday. It’s clear they wish to follow the rest of southeast Asia (S. Korea, Taiwan, Japan, Singapore and many others) toward full democracy.

Rising new home of Gyro Mazda on Laird south of Commercial Rd.

Some business renewal and rebuilding across the area includes the new home of Gyro Mazda now rising skyward on the former property of DEL Equipment on the east side of Laird Dr. south of Commercial Rd. Below are Green Mountain Flowers, 350 Coxwell Ave. and Rocca’s No Frills at 269 Coxwell. Green Mountain is rebuilding following a fire in March of last year. No Frills will open next month after it was forced to close in 2016 because of structural concerns. The place has been fully rebuilt.

Green Mountain Flowers at 350 Coxwell Ave.

No Frills at 269 Coxwell Ave.

Customers say that the imminent closure of Yitz’s Delicatessen on the northwest corner of Eglinton Ave. West and Avenue Rd. has been caused by the chaos associated with construction of the LRT. As residents right along Eglinton Ave. know, the multi-year disruption has caused thousands of people to simply avoid the street. Yitz’s has the misfortune to be next door to Avenue Rd. station, which has been under construction for years. The restaurant’s owner says the decision is his, but the cause and effects seems obvious. The closure of the plaza containing the busy Mac’s and Subway sandwich on the corner where the station will stand has had an impact.

Dog meet/Colin Mcconnell

Photographer Colin Mcconnell has posted this charming capture of dog life at I Am A Leslievillian FB.

No winning ticket was sold for the $11 million jackpot in Saturday night’s Lotto 649 draw.  The guaranteed $1 million prize went to a lottery player in British Columbia. The jackpot for the next Lotto 649 draw on Nov. 27 will be approximately $14 million.

Stolen SUV at Eglinton and Rumsey Saturday morning/Ana Madeira Facebook

Collision occurred about 10 a.m./Leafy Leaside@LeafyLeaside

Michelle McDonald has posted to Facebook that the accident Saturday morning at Eglinton Ave. and Rumsey Rd. was caused when a stolen black SUV ran a red light. She wrote: “Ok so this our client’s husband who was hit by a stolen vehicle that went through a red light. She was getting her hair done when this happened. I quickly drove her to the scene of the accident and she got into the ambulance with her husband.”

Took child out of car to steal it

Ms. McDonald adds that the occupants of the SUV fled on foot to another vehicle nearby and “they were taking a boy out of the car so they could steal that car to leave quickly (when) luckily the father saw as he was on the phone with 911 and the man and woman fled! They are on the loose in Leaside.” FB

Driver taken to hospital with unknown injuries/Alison Richey Facebook

Seven guests injured in fire/ITV

Some five years after the 1870 Eastbourne Pier was ravaged by fire in 2014, the seaside resort’s historic Claremont Hotel has been destroyed by fire.

It’s been 25 years for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats, nearly 30 years for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers. Without winning the Grey Cup, that is. Sunday’s CFL national classic in the Manitoba capital will finally end the drought for one of them. Also of interest: Bank finally honours GICs from the 1990s