LHS students were part of the TDSB East Combined Band Thursday when they performed at the 68th annual Sound of Toronto concert at Roy Thomson Hall. Trustee Shelley Laskin was among those tweeting to the TDSB music account
OPP say they just don’t know what prompted a woman driver, 31, to try to cross the collector lanes of Highway 401 near McCowan Rd. at the scene of an accident Friday. They say her car had collided with another vehicle hauling a trailer in the westbound express lanes near McCowan Road sometime after 11 p.m. Tow trucks arrived on scene a short time later and their operators were speaking with the involved drivers when the woman attempted to cross over into the collector lanes of the highway. She was struck by a westbound vehicle in the collector lanes and pronounced dead on scene. Following the crash police decided to shut down the westbound express lanes and the westbound collector lanes on Hwy. 401 at Markham Road but Schmidt said that several drivers blew through the closure. Sgt. Kerry Smith tells what happened in Twitter video.
MAN ON BIKE ATTACKED AT YONGE AND CUMMER
A man has been attacked whle riding his bicycle in a plaza on Wedgewood Dr. near Yonge St. and Cummer Ave. about 11:15 p.m. Friday. The assailant apparently struck the victim as he rode his bike. The cyclist is said to be critically injured.
There is one winning ticket for the $55 million jackpot in Friday night’s Lotto Max jackpot, and it was sold somewhere in Ontario. There were also eight Maxmillion prizes of $1 million each up for grabs and two of them were claimed, with one winning ticket purchased in Ontario and the other in Atlantic Canada. The jackpot for the next Lotto Max draw on April 12 will be approximately $16 million — CP
BC will place tampons and other menstrual products in washrooms in all high schools, it was announced this week. Makes sense. Then, Mick Jagger has had a heart valve replacement and is on the mend at an unnamed New York Hospital. Below that, City Cynthia Mulligan with some context on the government’s scheme to save money by eliminating some procedures that may be unnecessary. Lastly, a close up of tennis sensation Bianca Andreescu, 18. She comes across as a likeable and down-to-earth teen.
Many Canadians will wonder just who the “malign foreign actors” will be trying to elect if, as the foreign minister fears, they try to meddle in Canada’s general election this fall. Chrystia Freeland made the warning at the G7 foreign ministers meeting in France. “We are very concerned,” the minister said in reply to a question. “I think our judgment is interference is very likely and we think there has probably already been efforts by malign foreign actors to disrupt our democracy.” While Freeland did not specifically mention Russia, Trudeau unloaded on the country when asked about the issue at an event in Toronto. “We have seen over the past number of years an increase in the interference or the implication of foreign actors in democratic processes. We saw very clearly that countries like Russia are behind a lot of the divisive campaigns, a lot of the divisive social media,” the prime minister said. Or, maybe Canada should be concerned about the old problem of Russian bum-shuffling its way to control of the Arctic Circle.
As the weekend approaches, proud mom Lan Phuong has posted this lovely picture of the family on the 10th wedding anniversary of she and her husband. They operate Lan Vietnamese Restaurant at 755 Queen St. E. Much good luck and success to the Lans. Below, a number of important things happening this weekend and next week. The blue jay is a bonus.
It's official: Metro Vancouver has shattered its all-time highest gas price record. This Esso at Austin Ave & Poirier St. in Coqutilam was selling fuel for $1.67.9 around 10 a.m. on Thursday. The previous record was $1.63.9 pic.twitter.com/zKCnoaZaOn
— Global BC (@GlobalBC) April 4, 2019
Carbon taxes of all sorts plus plain old taxes and summer change-over costs are driving up the price of gasoline. GasBuddy predicts that prices will continue to rise in Vancouver. Regular is 126.9 at Mt. Pleasant Rd. and Merton St. on Friday.
Canada’s job market shrank by 7,200 positions in March, but the jobless rate held steady at 5.8 per cent. Statistics Canada reported Friday that most provinces lost jobs, especially Quebec (down by 12,900 jobs) and Ontario (down 8,800 jobs). British Columbia added 7,900 jobs, Saskatchewan added 3,900 jobs, New Brunswick added 3,100 jobs and Prince Edward Island added 2,000. Everywhere else, the job market was flat The monthly decline comes on the heels of the best two-month start to the year for Canada’s job market in almost 40 years, with 66,800 new jobs in January and 55,900 in February.– CBC
City News morning summary includes statement by John Filion (Ward 18 Willowdale) about shots fired at his home. He believes he is being targeted for his work as a City Councillor.
SNC-Lavalin has signed a deal to sell about 10 percent of 407 International Inc. to the Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement Service, OMERS. According to a story by Canadian Press Friday this means the firm will now have four owners: Ferrovial S.A., a Spanish multinational out of Madrid at 43.23 percent, the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board with 40 percent, OMERS with 10.01 percent and SNC with 6.75.
The Ontario government has a roomful of number-crunchers working with a panel of doctors from the Ontario Medical Association on ways to save money. This report tells of tentative plans to limit coverage for sedatives and pain killers, ideas that are unsettling for many. But this report in the National Post suggests the CityNews story here may be exaggerated. Then, a visit with Giselle Smith, 2, and her mother Liz Smith, director of nursing at Franciscan Children’s Hospital in Boston. You will be touched. Below that, Filippino pride and appetite has fuelled the arrival of Jollibee fast food in Toronto and there is more to come. Finally, hilarious happenings with Madison Phelan and her dog as they prepare to enter the World’s Most Amazing Dog Contest. Shoot high we say.
