The voluminous Ontario budget seems to march across all aspects of daily life in the province and make changes previously unimagined, especially under the fretful Wynne government. Ontarians will be able to gamble on their phones and at desk tops in both lottery form and one-off event wagering. As Cynthia Mulligan reports, the implications of changes to car insurance, health care, transit and much else remain fully unknown until the fat budget book is better understood.
According to accumulated data, more than 30 infants have died in the US in the Fisher-Price Rock and Play sleeper. Growing concern about product, sold first in 2009, has caused the US consumer authorities to issue an urgent recall. Most of the babies were over three months and died when they rolled over and smothered in the vibrating sleeper. The same product is sold in Canada but regulations say it can only be used as a soother, not for unattended sleep. Just how this is policed seems elusive. It’s purpose is to make the infant go to sleep. Health Canada wrote to Mattel Canada in 2011 with concerns about the product, referring to Safe Sleep recommendations from Health Canada, the Public Health Agency of Canada and the Canadian Pediatric Society.
A one-legged man on a scooter apparently fell down an elevator shaft because the door had been vandalized, according to this report from Shauna Hunt of CityNews. The victim fell from the third floor, some 50 feet, breaking his remaining limb. The circumstances are not entirely clear but somehow the man drove his scooter into shaft thinking the elevator was at his floor. Incredible escape as scooter man falls 50 ft. down elevator
Fire has struck parts of Ottawa’s historic ByWard Market Thursday, forcing the evacuation of several buildings. About 40 fire trucks and as many as 150 firefighters were called in to fight the blaze, which the city’s fire chief described as the worst he’s seen in 13 years.
This fine-looking muddy pal (upper left) appears at the Leslieville FB page with much admiration. He heralds Spring as does (upper right) the arrival of Lou Lou’s flower truck at Yonge St. and Roxborough Ave. Rosebuds are ready to burst on Bayview Ave. at McRae Dr. as captured by Rudy Limeback. Thanks for that. Centre left, The Thirsty Duck is a favorite eatery on Queen St. at Carlaw Ave but sadly it will close in days over a rent increase. Below that, a wayback backplay on Leaside Chit Chat where old photos of the swimming pool at the Leaside baronial estate known as Divadale are posted. Diva means the Divine One. Divadale sat at the top of Sutherland Dr. and the gates remain today. Below that, a reminder from friend Wilmar Kortleever about the sale of garden goods this month by the 132nd Scouts. Finally, at bottom right, that esteem-building experience called the citizen clean-up. This one will take place at Ramsden Park on Yonge St. Sadly, it appears the Spring citizen cleanup of Bayview Ave. has been superseded by a commercial firm.
Northumberland emergency personnel report only minor cuts and bruises to those on board a school bus involved in an accident at Cold Spring Camp Road and Ganaraska Road Friday.
Firefighters still pouring water on junk yard fire in Brampton in the Intermodal Dr. and Goreway area. Brampton fire service says tests indicated air quality is within acceptable limits @CTVToronto pic.twitter.com/Rn8LMvjJaX
— Ian Caldwell (@iancaldwellCTV) April 12, 2019
Firefighters in Brampton are seen pouring water on the wreckage left after an overnight fire at a scrapyard on 331 Intermodal Drive. They were first called to the yard near Highway 407 and Goreway Drive at 5:19 p.m. Thursday.
Ontario’s new license plates will remain blue and white but will forgo raised letters so typical of plates around the world. The background is blue, the letters and numerals white. Information on the construction and materials of the plate is not at hand but depictions of it reveal the new motto (A Place To Grow) and a redesigned Ontario Trillium. It’s 60 years since the plates were made with white letters on blue. That was before stickers and the plate background changed to mark a new issuance. The year was printed on the plate as shown by the 1971 plate below.
The Toronto Maple Leafs looked better than many fans could remember Thursday as they whipped the Bruins 4-1 in the first game of their Stanley Cup playoff series at Boston’s TD Garden. Marner scored twice for the Leafs, once on a penalty shot, and Nylander made it 3-1 on a thrilling breakaway seen in the photo above. Here are the NHL highlights.
Scoring
Bergeron scored a power-play goal at 9:31 to give the Bruins a 1-0 lead.
Marner tied it 1-1 at 16:44.
Marner scored a shorthanded goal on a penalty shot at 2:47 of the second period for a 2-1 Toronto lead.
Nylander made it 3-1 with on a breakaway with 1:35 left in the period.
Tavares scored into an empty net with 1:19 remaining in the third period for the 4-1 final.
The PC government’s first budget has been tabled in the:Legislature Thursday.
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex released information Thursday about the royal birth just days away. It will be a bit more private than previous royal arrivals to Harry’s brother William, and his own mom and dad, Diana and Charles. This breezy report from PeopleTV has the story.
