Bitter cold until Sunday as Toronto shovels, plows itself out
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The City says road crews are at work non-stop to clear both arteries and side streets from the overnight snowfall. The prediction of 15 to 20 cm seems to have been accurate. Residents will face bitterly cold weather at least until Sunday they tried to dig out and move around. Weather Network Toronto snow plow map shows where they are located
Monday afternoon drive home gripped in snarling snowfall
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Monday drive home is shaping up as an epic ordeal. Reports suggest traffic badly slowed or stopped on most arteries. Bayview Ave northbound north of Moore is mostly halted. The City tweeted earlier that based on forecast accumulation, it expected plowing operations might commence between 5 and 7 p.m. and will continue overnight. It advised those on the roads to stay clear of the plows. This enables them to more quickly and efficiently clear the roads. Don’t pass in between plows. Good advice.
#snowTO Bayview & Millwood #leaside #davisvillevillage #toronto pic.twitter.com/yU3xM9EiGb
— SBayview (@SBayview) January 28, 2019
Justice for Jassi, Starbucks boss ponders run against Trump
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The appalling “honour killing” of Jassi Sidhu will see a day of reckoning in a Punjabi court but there are still those who fear Indian justice is not up to the job. Jassi’s Canadian-naturalized aunt and uncle are on trial there for hiring her killers because she disgraced them in her choice of a husband. Then, US Democrats are jittery at the prospect of Starbucks former chairman Howard Schultz running as an independent. Conventional political wisdom suggests that he would split the anti-Trump vote and ensure a Republican victory in 2020. Below that, a gripping 2017 interview with a flight attendant who figured out that one of her passengers was in trouble. The young woman was in the hands of a human trafficker. Fascinating. And finally, as they would no doubt tell you at Bagel House, bagels are supposed to be hard and chewy not soft and doughy. An interesting New York report on the truth of this food rule.
Snow beginning Monday with possible 20 cm by Tuesday
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CBC worries that food guide doesn’t “bridge cultural divide”
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Yes, of course. A food guide created by health-minded dieticians should absolutely (somehow) bridge the gap between healthy eating and cultural essentials like milk shakes, garlic bread, Eggs Benedict and roasted marrow bone with onion marmalade. CBC
Scenes familiar from walk with Mojo early on snowy Sunday
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Here are scenes familiar to all of us from a morning walk Sunday. These shots are from the streets of Sherwood Park northwest of Eglinton and Bayview Aves and Davisville Village. Friend Mojo the Tibetan Terrier enjoyed it too. Bulldog photos by Sue Byford
Kayla Kasak stops 47 as struggling Wildcats tie Sabres 1-1
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Leaside Junior Wildcats tied the Stoney Creek Sabres 1-1 at Leaside Arena Sunday afternoon. Leaside held a 1-0 lead for the better part of two periods on a power play goal by Erin Arsenault with the help of Alyson Reeves and Lily Lacey in the first. Grace Nelles assisted by Emmy Lou O’Neil tied it for the Sabres at 13 seconds into the third period with a scorching aerial shot into the near upper corner of the net. It was an enjoyable game even for Wildcat fans who had their fingers crossed in hope of a rare win in this difficult rebuilding season for Leaside. The Sabres are contenders in the Provincial Women’s Hockey League, sitting tonight at seventh in the 20-team league. Kayla Kasak showed remarkable skill in net for the Jr. Wildcats. She stopped 47 of 48 shots, many of them in rapid succession at close range. Her opposite, Andrea Fausto, stopped 17 of 18.
Car with person inside plunges into lake at Billy Bishop
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The @TPSOperations Marine Unit fan boat is haveing a difficult time reaching this scene due to ice to begin the recovery. @680NEWStraffic @CityNews #video pic.twitter.com/ZcKizKcyv0
— Ken Townsend (@KenTownsend) January 27, 2019
The body of a man believed to be in his 50s has been recovered after a car plunged into the icy waters of Lake Ontario near the Billy Bishop Airport ferry docks. The Police Marine Unit as well as fire crews were dispatched to the airport side of the island shortly after 7 a.m. Sunday. Rescue crews brought the man’s body to the surface more than five hours later. Toronto Fire says according to witnesses on the scene the car went into the ferry channel at a high rate of speed before slipping beneath the water, some 20 feet from the shore — City News
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Is wind chill just a way to make cold sound worse than it is?
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Maybe. Thoughtful folks have long questioned the validity of the media standby “wind chill.” Something to ponder with perhaps 50 days left til the official end of winter. David Phillips, the silver fox of Environment Canada comments on it in the CBC video (left) and then recounts the weather of 2018 in the video at right. The forecast for this week below says snow Monday (as much as 15 cm) and cold at mid-week. Video map.
No winning ticket for Saturday’s $24.3M Lotto 649 jackpot
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No winning ticket was sold for the $24.3 million jackpot in Saturday night’s Lotto 649 draw. The guaranteed $1 million prize was claimed by a ticket holder in Quebec. The jackpot for the next Lotto 649 draw on Jan. 30 will be approximately $30 million.
Ryerson Student Union spent $250,000 at bars and movies
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Ryerson University has called for a meeting with the leadership of the Ryerson Student Union over allegations that its executive used the union’s credit card for as much as $250,000 over the past eight months, including at bars, nightclubs and the LCBO. According to the school newspaper, The Eyeopener, the spending includes $2,600 at the Cineplex Rec Room last October, $700 on AirBnb, and more than $2,000 at a downtown nightclub. Eyeopener
