Woman seriously hurt in fearful damage done by lost tire/OPP Kerry Schmidt

A Barrie woman, 29, has been seriously hurt when a tire came off a car and smashed through the windshield of her car on Highway 400 near Innisfil on Wednesday. OPP say the accident occurred on Highway 400 southbound north of Highway 89. The call came in at 8:30 a.m. An air ambulance landed on the highway to pick up the woman and take her to Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre Flying lost wheels are a too-frequent occurrence on Ontario highway as described in this City News report.

Police are asking for public assistance to identify the man seen below after two break-ins at a plaza at Lawrence and Midland Aves. Early June 6 a man entered an auto body shop and stole items. Later the same day, during the late evening hours, the same man entered a mosque, which is located in the same plaza. There he took cash used to assist with the tuition of students enrolled there He is 20-25, with a thin build, thin beard, and shoulder-length hair. He was wearing a red baseball hat, black and grey camouflage-style jacket, and dark-coloured pants.

Police seek his identity

Officer sneaks a look at his newly received badge

PC Kelly Esquat is of Indigenous extraction

The graduation of 129 new Toronto police officers in a ceremony at the Enercare Centre Tuesday was especially historic. Officer Kelly Esquat, an Ojibway First Nation woman, was among the grads. As reported by Ron Fanfair at the TPS website, Ms. Esquat first made an impact with superiors as an administrative clerk and then as a graduate of the Miziwe Biik Aboriginal Employment and Training program went on to enter police college.

Residents of Randolph Rd. are living through a 3-hour limit ticketing convulsion by police. The rationale of how police respond to the bylaw has been carefully thought through by this man: “If there are no signs on that part of Randolph and it’s a ticket for parking beyond three hours, the tickets are a result of a resident of that same block calling with a complaint. It can be a call about a single car but (the) parking authority then requires themselves to ticket all cars on that same block but no further. It’s a ridiculous City “policy” that they can’t ever seem to show you when you request it from one of their supervisors. In fact, it’s a practice that they pretend is a policy but sometimes say it is a bylaw. It’s not. The three-hour limit is in bylaw but the practice, described above, isn’t anywhere to be found.”

Please excuse Johnny

Arena too busy

Here we have a giggly “excuse note” now appearing on the Instagram accounts of St. Anselm, Rolph Road and no doubt other schools. Then, the extended nature of the Raptors-Warrior series has caused the cancellation of Oprah Winfrey’s appearance at Scotiabank Arena Friday. If the series goes to seven games, the NBA finals will be back there Sunday night.

The Golden State Warriors squeaked out a one-point victory in Game  5 against the Toronto Raptors Monday to extend their best of seven series to a sixth game. The fourth quarter saw the lead bounce back and forth between the teams. The final was Warriors 106, Raptors 105. The series now returns to Oakland for Game 6 Thursday night. Toronto leads three games to two.

Marineland photo

A bill that would ban whale and dolphin captivity in Canada is set to become law. The House of Commons on Monday agreed to pass Bill S-203 at third reading, paving the way for the legislation to receive Royal Assent. It was passed without amendment by the House fisheries committee in April after nearly three years in the Senate. Known as the Ending the Captivity of Whales and Dolphins Act, Bill S-203 was first introduced by former senator Wilfred Moore in December 2015. It had languished for years in the Upper Chamber as a result of what proponents called stall tactics by Conservative senators before it was passed and sent to the House last fall. Sen. Murray Sinclair took over sponsorship of the bill when Moore retired in early 2017. The bill includes a grandfather clause for those animals already in facilities in Canada, and permits legitimate research and the rescue of animals in distress. The legislation is heralded by many as a death knell for Marineland, the popular Niagara Falls aquatic attraction.

The pilot is dead after a helicopter crashed onto the roof of a skyscraper in midtown Manhattan before 2 p.m. according to the New York Fire Department. The helicopter came down on the 54-storey AXA Equitable building, located at 51st Street and Seventh Avenue, not far from Times Square. New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said it was a forced landing or emergency landing. People who were in the building said they felt the building shake. Canoe, CNBC

Showing the flag/Justin Van Dette

Be there

SmartCentres skids/Instagram

Klaw motif pour madame?

John Candy induction into East York Hall of Fame

Over Bonnie Byford Real Estate at Bayview and Millwood

At left, Brad Bradford (Ward 19) and Justin Van Dette show the much-loved East York flag at the Parkview Hills picnic Saturday. The Maple Leaf themed EY banner dates from Centennial Year, 1967. Upper right, Bayview Leaside BIA merchants are gearing up for their Sidewalk Sensation event next Saturday, June 15. Be there. Centre left, skid marks in the SmartCentres parking lot speak to juvenile delinquency of the automotive kind. Centre right we see a fetching Klaw motif pillow from Regency Upholstery on Eglinton West. Below that a reminder of the John Candy EY Hall of Fame induction on Friday. Across the bottom, the prominent billboard over Bonnie Byford Real Estate seldom carries an ad for a local patio but, hey, there’s always a first time.

Freak accident overnight: Truck driver run over while working under his car carrier at a Petro Canada commercial station on Alliance Rd, #Pickering. The company's owner moved the truck without realizing he was underneath, police say. Victim died on scene. @ONlabour investigating. pic.twitter.com/hVs1xl9Qgs

— Jeremy Cohn (@JeremyCohnTV) June 10, 2019

A collision involving an SUV & Streetcar at King & University has shut down a stretch of University from Wellington to Adelaide. 3 people have been taken to hospital with minor injuries. Alternates: Spadina, Bay, York. Avoid: Simcoe St. it’s solid. Don’t go there. @BTtoronto pic.twitter.com/Qq4iUrLIUJ

— Stephanie Henry (@henrylstephanie) June 10, 2019

Police say a Lyft SUV collided with a King streetcar early Monday at University  Ave. causing the tram to jump the tracks. Injuries are said to be minor. CP24 published a statement from Lyft expressing concern for all. “We have spoken with the driver and rider to express our support and stand ready to assist law enforcement with any investigation,” the spokesperson said. The cleanup and removal took well into the day.