Teams take to the ice Thursday afternoon at Leaside Arena for the three-day Select Invitational Tournament. As many as 2,000 boys from local and distant teams will compete for supremacy in their division. The games are played at Leaside and several other area arenas. Playoffs take place Saturday and Sunday. Even those without children in the games should drop in to check out the hundreds of silent auction items on display in the William Lea Room. Schedule

GLAZED BACK BACON SANDWICHES

Caterer and Grilltime specialty store operator Andy Elder will serve a tempting menu of dishes featuring Glazed Back Bacon Sandwiches. There will also be smoked brisket and chili as well as hot dogs and a salad option. Hours are Friday and Saturday 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. and Sunday 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.

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Premier Ford seems to be trying to let parents down gently by promising to continue all-day kindergarten into the 2019 school year. But after that, it’s likely that the 2010 Liberal inspiration will end. It has been greatly welcomed by many parents as cheap daycare, but others say it is just too expensive for a province with a debt twice the size of California. Then, Baby Amber is fine tonight but her arrival in a car in bitterly cold weather outside Brampton Civic Hospital caused a stir. Below that, Dr. Max Gomez with hope for desk-bound people who fear for their health. Lastly, it seems the musical group Maroon doesn’t give a fig whether Colin Kaepernick kneels in protest during the US National Anthem. But the media whining because they won’t take a position is hysterical on Super Bowl eve.

Spring Senior Care at 140 Merton St.

The SPRINT seniors care service at 140 Merton St. has been identified by Mayor Tory as one of 11 locations to be redeveloped as new affordable housing units. In a letter sent to City Councillors, Tory listed the addresses of the sites and said he is urging City officials to identify more lands that can be used for affordable housing. The sites identified are:

777 Victoria Park Avenue (Ward 20)
50 Wilson Heights Boulevard (Ward 6)
3741 Bloor Street West and 925 Kipling Avenue (Ward 3)
3326 Bloor Street West and 1226 Islington Avenue (Ward 3)
805 Don Mills Road (Ward 16)
770 Don Mills Road (Ward 16)
140 Merton Street (Ward 12)
705 Warden Avenue (Ward 20)
1250 Eglinton Avenue West (Ward 8)
251 Esther Shiner Boulevard (Ward 17)
3933 Keele Street (Ward 6)

As best we get it, Apple’s Facetime app will malfunction during group calls. It can deliver someone’s audio to the phone party even if they didn’t join it. Shocking? Maybe to some but to others it’s just the scheme of things. Yes, it’s about us, not the phone. Humans conceived it, built it and permitted a failure. It’s been known to happen. Many like to call it a glitch to hide the fact that it’s just garbage in, garbage out.

And it might not be so bad if it weren’t so cold. We’re in the freezer until Saturday when it will warm up to minus 1, three on Sunday and a sweltering 4C on Monday. Weather Network

A recovering alcoholic, David Stephen Young, who disrupted a WestJet flight from Calgary to London earlier this month has been ordered to pay the airline $21,000 for the cost fuel it had to dump to make a return landing at Calgary to throw him off the plane. The UK man was told he could not use the washroom during turbulence but he did so anyway and later became abusive with crew and passengers.

Stole purses, credit cars from waiting room

As a public safety alert, police have released information about two women who entered a University Ave. hospital in December and stole a coat and purse containing credit cards and debit cards from a waiting room. They then attended retail stores and used the cards to pay for multiple purchases. If you know these two, call 52 Division at 416-808-5200.

A woman, as yet unnamed, has been charged with dangerous driving after she sped up the walkway to the Courtice Community Centre, smashed through the front doors of the building and into the swimming pool. This occurred at 8.40 a.m. Friday. There is no explanation as yet for why the accused, 36, did this. Courtice is a small community between Oshawa and Whitby.

Ladies Night Out raises $7,500

Grand Market Mix seen at Longo’s

Leaside Selection Tournament begins Thursday

EYTC Sidewalk Sale

Kindgergarten Information tonight

Upper left, there is much-deserved satisfaction among organizers of the Leaside Ladies Night Out last week. The evening raised $7,500, a sum that ensures the The Neighborhood Organization can help as many as six Thorncliffe Park women learn about and establish a business, develop better sewing skills and provide supplies needed to run their businesses independently. Well done all. At right, a reminder of that epic local tradition known as the Leaside Selection Invitational Tournament. It is a thrilling time for hundreds of kids and great fun to watch. Drop in over the weekend, grab a bite to eat from Andy Elder’s concession in the William Room and watch the action. Below that, are reminders of the East York Town Centre Sidewalk Sale now underway and the Davisville Public School Kindergarten Information Night, tonight at 6.30.

Members posting to Leaside Community Tuesday warning of the theft of shovels from front porches. One post from near Rumsey Road and Crofton Road says the perpetrator was caught on camera.