The CBC reports that NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh has claimed victory in the riding of Burnaby South byelection Monday. The win will permit Mr. Singh to lead the party from the House of Commons.  Conservative candidate Scot Davidson has claimed victory in the federal byelection in York-Simcoe, while Liberal Rachel Bendayan was projected to take the Montreal riding of Outremont away from the NDP. Results from Burnaby South show Singh leading with 37.7 per cent of the vote to the Liberals’ 26.4 per cent and the Conservatives’ 22.3 per cent, with 120 of 196 polls reporting. The Conservatives were polling over 50  per cent of the vote in York-Simcoe.

Friends and admirers of the Honourable J. Trevor Eyton, may pay their respects Thursday, February 28, between 2 and 4 p.m. and 7 and 9 p.m. at the Humphrey Funeral Home A.W. Miles – Newbigging Chapel, 1403 Bayview Avenue (south of Davisville Avenue). A celebration of Mr. Eyton’s life will be held Friday, March 1 in Rosedale United Church, 159 Roxborough Dr. at 2 p.m. Mr. Eyton died Sunday with his family present at Toronto General Hospital. Obituary

John Tavares, Auston Matthews and Frederik Gauthier scored three quick goals in the second period and the Toronto Maple Leafs held off the Buffalo Sabres for a 5-3 win on Monday night. Tyler Ennis had the eventual winner in Toronto’s (38-20-4) four-goal second period and Kasperi Kapanen added some insurance with a short-handed, unassisted goal in the third period. CBC

City News prepared this report with video shot by a citizen showing a man engaged in dangerus ice hopping across Toronto Bay Sunday.

There’s much excitement and admiration expressed in a video published over the weekend for a hooded man who fills a bundle buggy bag with liquor from a LCBO store in Scarborough and then leaves without paying. James A Hess posted the apparently anonymous video to his Twitter account. Comments heard on the video range from “this guy is brilliant” and “that’s (big F) hilarious bro” and an admiring “Wow.” Mr. Wonderful and the videographer did however create some good material for the police. Let’s see if anyone knows the thief.

Eglinton and Midland/CityNews

A woman has received leg injuries when she was aparently hit intentionally with a car by another woman with whom she had had a fight. This occurred outside a bar at Eglinton Ave. E. and Midland Ave. around 4:30 a.m. Monday. A witness told 680 NEWS that after the driver struck the woman, she reversed and tried to hit her again. The car then struck two other vehicles and a building before speeding off.

Among the most vivid images of Sunday’s wind storm is video showing huge chunks of ice tumbling up onto the Niagara Parkway off the Niagara River near the Peace Bridge. The road had to be closed for several hours near Mather Arch. Witty social media comments like “construction of the wall between Canada and the U.S has began” were seen on social media.

Perfect for climbing/Wikipedia

Now charged with mischief/CityNews

Lots to hang onto/Scotiabank Arena

A man climbed one of the 70-foot decorative towers in the Fane Zone of Scotiabank arena Sunday and had to be brought down by the fire service. He has been charged with public mischief. Reporters are asking why he did it. Because he could. The call came in about 5 p.m.

Son of Mother Russia

MPP Lindsey Park

Jason Dalton

Faces, faces and first off this stoic gentleman (left). He’s a young soldier-son of Mother Russia, guarding the Putin victory train. It rolled out this weekend to show fellow Slavs some 500 EU and US weapons and other exhibits taken from Syrian rebels fighting against the wonderful president-for-life, Bashar al-Assad. Sheesh. Then at centre, MPP Lindsey Park (Durham) is a Golden Girl of sorts for insisting that self-sufficient elderly people should be permitted to live together in single family homes. Finally at right is Jason Dalton of Kalamazoo. His story is that the Uber app took over his body and made him kill six people.

What can we say?

A young reporter chirps out more than four minutes of news about the new $3,500 (US?) Huawei phone called the Mate X. It debuted at the Mobile World Congress event Sunday in Barcelona. This video was posted a short time ago and it already has nearly half a million hits.