Residents find their way out of 260 Wellesley St. with flashlights/CP24 cap

Streaming out/Brittany Du Ly @brittanyduly

Nowhere to go/Brittany Du Ly @brittanyduly

Dozens of residents of the 33-storey St. James Town high-rise at 260 Wellesley St. are out of their homes tonight because of a burst pipe in the building’s electrical room. The situation is being watched by Toronto’s Office of Emergency Management but there is apparently no time-frame for a return of power. CP24 says the building is managed by the same firm that is responsible for an apartment building on Parliament Street that was the site of an electrical fire in September. That fire displaced 1,500 residents and those people have not yet been able to move back into their units. As reflected in the tweets, there is little information available to the tenants.

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A man has died in a fall from a construction site at Yonge and Wellesley Sts. Tuesday. Police said the man is believed to have fallen from one of the higher levels of the building. Sculptured tower emerges on Wellesley between Yonge/Bay

Detroit Eatery at Danforth and Chester

Four alarms

File photo of Detroit Eatery

Toronto Fire Service is cleaning up at Detroit Eatery, 389 Danforth Ave. at Chester Ave. Tuesday after a four-alarm fire hit the small all-day breakfast restaurant. Danforth Ave has been re-opened shortly after 1 p.m. The fire was noticed at after 6.49 a.m. There do not appear to be any injuries. The CBC says that the Children’s Circle of St. Barnabas, a daycare located near the fire, had been closed because of smoke. Parents whose children attend the daycare have been told that the air quality would have to be checked before the daycare was deemed safe for children to return. Becker’s Bridal and another adjacent business also sustained smoke and water damage. Fire authorities said the fire appears accidental.

If you’ve visited me in Toronto, there’s a 100% chance I took you to @DetroitEatery. It’s impossible to categorize. The people – from all walks of life in parallel universes – are what makes Detroit so special. The Danforth will rally to support Chris in a mind-blowing way. pic.twitter.com/2qvPWHxf5W

— John Sharkman (@JohnSharkman) January 22, 2019

The Meridian Credit Union, a rapidly-expanding financial services company based in Niagara Falls, has secured naming rights to the Sony Centre and the Toronto Centre for the Arts in North York. Beginning in September, the Sony Centre on Front St. will be called Meridian Hall and the North york theatre will be called the Meridian Arts Centre. The deal is worth $30.75-million to the City. Civic Theatres Toronto, which consists of three City-owned facilities — the Toronto Centre for the Arts (with four theatres), St. Lawrence Centre (with two theatres) and the Sony Centre theatre — secured the strategic partnership and naming-rights agreement with Meridian Credit Union. Ambitious Meridian CU to spark business on Mt. Pleasant

Dollarama has launched an online store selling its merchandise by the carton, an apparent bid to sell goods to small retailers. The Dollarama website can be used by other consumers but they must buy in bulk.

The founder and former owner of Toronto beauty brand Deciem, Brandon Truaxe, has been found dead. He was 40. Stephen Kaplan, now the firm’s CEO, told Canadian Press that Truaxe, who created the company in 2013, died over the weekend. He did not disclose the cause of death. Truaxe’s relationship with Deciem had become strained in recent months after he closed its roughly 30 stores, citing alleged employee involvement in a “major criminal activity.” In two Oct. court proceedings prompted by Deciem investor Estee Lauder Companies Inc., Truaxe was removed as the company’s chief executive officer and ordered to stay away from Deciem stores and employees. Judge grants Estee Lauder bid to dump erratic Deciem CEO

Sauve Truaxe in advertising

Cats Eye Bridge from Moore Park to Bennington Heights

Sunny but many stayed home

Moore Ave. west of Bayview Ave.

Southlea Ave.

Squeaky Snow Science

Not going anywhere

You have got to love your home turf even when the temperature is more like Siberia than South Bayview. Squeaky? Check the City of Toronto poster in this gallery explaining why we hear this cold weather scrunch underfoot.

The little-known story of how US billionaires have stopped pipeline construction in Canada is told in this CBC report. Then, what the PM wants the PM gets, as Mr. Trudeau picks the Liberal candidate for Milton. Below that, Theresa May has produced what she calls Plan B for Brexit. Others call it Plan A re-booted. And lastly, the astounding case of a Whitby man, the late Robert Hogg, who lost $700,000 to romance scammers in Indonesia. His son says the bank should have done a better job of stopping his dad from this folly.

Glorious moon over Cherry St. (Source: https://www.facebook.com/groups/2253273170/permalink/10156457049863171/)

Tripod started icing up (Source: https://www.facebook.com/aronharris/posts/10161546367130650)

Residents of Leslieville were well-placed to see the Super Blood Wolf Moon rise over Lake Ontario. Many thought it didn’t fully live up to its grand name but here are two shots that are very nice. They appear on the community Facebook page Monday morning. At the left is the scene at Cherry St. and the photographer confesses that she had to correct her driving. She stopped and got out of the car to shoot this. At right is the best of an apparently long and chilly evening shooting the moon. Note the man in sunglasses. #bloodmoon  Wow, is Sunday’s delectable Super Blood Wolf Moon edible?

Monday’s bitter cold will give way to a warmer Tuesday and Wednesday. Then it’s back to very cold days on Thursday and on into the weekend. The high Monday is forecast to be minus 12 Celsius even under sunny skies. Weather Network

Fire on Snowball Cres. in Scarborough/CP24 cap

No one hurt/CP24 cap

Toronto Fre Service is cleaning up after a two-alarm on Snowball Cres. near Mammoth Hall Trail in the vicinity of Sheppard Ave and Markham Rd. in Scarborough The fire appears to have started on upper levels of the home, spreading to the attic. No one was hurt.

Snowball Cres., Scarborough/file