BREAKING: Two children have been rushed to hospital this evening after a two car collision at Pharmacy and Huntingwood. One in life threatening condition, awaiting update on other. @680NEWS @CityNews pic.twitter.com/8wWPpnlL8I
— Ken Townsend (@KenTownsend) May 20, 2019
Salem saved, Alberta’s pooch and the Sisters sell off relics
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Meet 6-year-old Salem Sabatka (left). Her face is in the news after she was abducted off the streets of Fort Worth as she walked with her mother. An Amber Albert sent two good citizens described only as church people to the motel district where miraculously they spotted a car that matched the mother’s description. Cops raided the room of Michael Webb, 51, found Salem and brought her home. At centre is Toronto’s Alberta Bakker as she describes to City News how her dog was found after it was stolen off her lap as she slept in the subway. One comment on YouTube asks whether she’s sure the dog didn’t just run out the train door at the Eaton Centre stop. Finally, a charming story of our times as the Sisters of Sainte-Anne in Lachine sell off their artifacts and move out of their Mother House. Sister Céline Dupuis (right) told the CBC that at one time the sisters numbered more than 4,000 but now just 180 remain. Fascinating.
Summerhill Market, 446 Summerhill, is open Monday til 7
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Summerhill Market at 446 Summerhill Ave. is open Victoria Day until 7 p.m.
Dave Bryant’s Leaside fireworks on, GoFundMe page here
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Donations at the GoFundMe page for Monday night’s Leaside fireworks display have picked up in recent hours. The show is once again put on by Dave Bryant for any and all who make it over to the hill looking down on Leaside High School field tonight. Sundown is 8.41 p.m.
Traffic snarled at Highways 400 and 401 by truck rollover
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@CityNews South Bound 400 to the Eastbound 401 is closed due to a truck rollover. Air bags are under the truck and a crane is working to right it. #Everywhere pic.twitter.com/GWD51wgRv8
— James (Jamie) E. Tumelty (@QPCamera) May 20, 2019
A 6 a.m. rollover of a transport truck has put two men in hospital with minor injuries police report. The ramps from southbound and northbound Highway 400 to eastbound Highway 401 are closed.
Citizens try in vain to lift vehicle off pedestrian in Parkdale
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A pedestrian was hit by a ricocheting vehicle after a two-vehicle collision at King St. West and Jameson Ave Sunday about noon hour. The man was pinned under the vehicle. Horrified witnesses tried in vain to lift the vehicle off the man but were unable to do so. The fire service used heavy equipment to free him after which he was quickly taken to the hospital. The man on foot appears to have been crossing Jameson at King. The full nature of his injuries remain unknown but police offered a first impression that they were life-threatening.
FB posts about man who defiantly will not pick up after dog
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There is a Facebook discussion Sunday about an apparently defiant man in north Leaside who will not pick up after his dog. A capture from a video is posted.
No 649 jackpot (again) is a lesson in how gambling works
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There was no winning ticket for the $5 million dollar jackpot in Saturday night’s Lotto 649 draw. However, the guaranteed $1 million prize went to a ticket holder in Ontario. The jackpot for the next Lotto 649 draw on May 22 will be approximately $7 million.
Fortune’s fickle game of chance for tenants at 1581 Bayview
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The locked door at 1581 Bayview Ave. tells the story at Refuel Juicery. The business has closed after five years of endeavor at two addresses on the street. Husband and wife Naeem and Abbie Memon (left) are hard-working, experienced and cordial people. It is sad to see them go. Before Refuel, 1581 Bayview was celebrated by many reviewers as an innovative wine bar seldom seen in the City. It was the concept of sommelier Otta Zapotocky (centre). At the time, Zapotocky was a full two years into his successful French restaurant L’Avenue across the street. But the new business, Tinto Bar de Tapas, was not as profitable as hoped and ultimately overextended Zapotocky. At right is Alessandro Settimi and his wife Alana at 1581 Bayview on the night of January 18, 2010 as they opened The Mad Italian. The place was a huge success that summer, especially when Setimmi’s father, Aldo, stood outside offering gelato samples. Then stunning good fortune arrived in a man who offered and paid a sum reputed to be near $1 million for the two-store operation. The Setimmi family took the money, as the expression goes. Ultimately the new owner declared bankruptcy. Fortune’s fickle game.
Aussie Conservative leader a believer in election miracles
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Flying SUV wheel injures 400 driver, stops Saturday traffic
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Saturday brought serious injury to a young driver on Highway 400 near Highway 89 when his car was shattered by a flying wheel off of an SUV heading the other way. The man, 20 or so, suffered serious injuries to his head and internal organs and was airlifted by Ornge air ambulance to Sunnybrook Medical Sciences Center. A woman passenger was taken to a hospital in Barrie with minor injuries. The unidentified victim was heading northbound when the southbound SUV suddenly lost a front wheel. The highway re-opened about 2.30 p.m.
Video captures reveal Brampton shooter man in full flight
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These enhanced images produced by The Bulldog from video released by Peel police are said to show a man who was carelessly firing a gun in and around a Brampton business May 8. No explanation is offered as to what that was all about. A video of him fleeing is here. He is described by police as bearded, wearing a hooded sweatshirt, grey pants, a scarf across his face and gloves.
