A driver has been taken to hospital with serious injuries after a car crashed into the front stoop of two homes on Woodbine Ave in the Beaches. Toronto police were called to the scene near Lake Shore Boulevard around 7:30 a.m. Sunday. The vehicle had crashed into the steps leading up to one residence and struck a gas line at the neighbouring home.
Fraser Institute ranking of elementary schools published
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The Fraser Institute ranking of elementary schools has been published. The website is overloaded Sunday making analyses slow work. This pdf may be the fastest way to look. Below is a partial list of area schools with their rankings, which are based mainly on the average level of achievement in Grade 3 and Grade 6 province-wide reading, writing and math tests. In Toronto, these schools achieved a ten rating: Avondale Alternative Elementary School, Havergal College, the Islamic Institute of Toronto, Northmount School, Sathua Sai School of Toronto, and St. Sebastian Separate School received top marks.
Whitney 9.5
John Ross Robertson 9.3
Blythwood 9.1
Withrow Avenue 9.0
Bessborough 8.8
St Clement 8.8
Rosedale 8.7
Davisville 8.6
Forest Hill 8.6
OLPH 8.6
Northlea 8.3
Pape 8.0
Rolph Road 8.0
Bennington 7.7
St Anselm 7.2
Deer Park 7.2
No winning ticket for Saturday’s $17M Lotto 649 jackpot
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No winning ticket was sold for the $17 million jackpot in Saturday night’s Lotto 649 draw. However, the guaranteed $1 million prize was claimed by a ticket holder in British Columbia. The jackpot for the next Lotto 649 draw on Jan. 23 will be approximately $20 million.
#ONstorm is just another snowy day in sheltered Midtown
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St. Clair and Mt. Pleasant looking south Sunday morning
Lake Ontario Sunday morning/#ONstorm
Woofer is okay/CBC
Hamilton mountain/Twitter
Yes there’s shovelling to be done but the forecasts of five to ten cm. for Midtown seem correct. Upper left, that’s the scene Sunday morning at St. Clair Ave. and Mt. Pleasant Rd. (looking south) at what seems to be a newly-installed traffic camera. Check the other local cameras. At upper right is a nice shot of Lake Ontario from the west end of Toronto seen on #ONstorm. Below that, black and white woofer Charlie and the deeply-buried family car are from Hamilton where there is always more snow, especially on Mt. Hamilton. Stay warm.
Woman, 89, hit in low-speed accident at Soudan and Holly
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Police are looking for witnesses or video that will help them explain a low-speed accident at the corner of Soudan Ave and Holly St. Friday in which a woman, 89, was badly injured. It is the kind of traffic incident that seems little understood. They say a man drove southbound on Holly to Soudan, a three-way stop intersection. He stopped but then somehow stuck the woman who was crossing Holly from east to west right in front of him. It was 9:49 a.m., full daylight. The driver was a man, 57. He apparently remained at the scene. Police are asking local residents, businesses, and drivers, who may have security or dash-camera footage of the area or incident, to contact investigators.
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Cruiser demolished in unexplained New Year’s Day incident
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What happened here?/Courtesy Toronto Sun
Two Toronto police officers are being investigated after their cruiser was demolished in an unexplained incident in a parking lot at Markham Rd and Sheppard Ave on January 1. Whispers in the department hint that the two officers in the vehicle were performing so-called “donuts” with the vehicle. This is a manoeuvre to make the car skid in circles.
Kathleen Wynne Levee is Saturday at Botanical Gardens
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An annual New Year’s Levee will be held Saturday by Don Valley West MPP and former Premier Kathleen Wynne at the Toronto Botanical Gardens, 777 Lawrende Ave East. The event is scheduled to run from 1 to 3 p.m.
Millwood Rd. re-opened after car hits rail bridge abutment
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Millwood Rd. has re-opened following the collision of a car with the side abutment of the rail underpass heading into East York. The road was closed from 5.30 a.m to after noon hour on Saturday. One man is said to have serious injuries and another man lesser. Watermain break floods Millwood Rd. at railway underpass
Car into abutment/Sean Cowan City News
Old underpass is trouble
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No winning ticket sold for $10 million Lotto Max jackpot
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No winning ticket was sold for the $10 million jackpot in Friday night’s Lotto Max draw. The jackpot for the next Lotto Max draw on Jan. 25 will be approximately $17 million.
Wow, is Sunday’s delectable Super Blood Wolf Moon edible?
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With a name like Super Blood Wolf Moon it could be a dessert. Either way, it’s interesting. For those with a taste for spooky moon stuff there is a huge list of sorcerers, witches and soothsayers with forecasts for the Super Blood Wolf Moon.
Nominate a worthy person for the Agnes Macphail Award
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The deadline for receipt of nominations for the Agnes Macphail Award is February 7, 2019. The award ceremony will be held on Sunday, March 24 at 2 pm at the East York Civic Centre. A kit for nominations may be seen here.
She tidies up, old con men never die and the lure of doll love
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Marie Kondo
Jim Bakker
Can rubber be sad, sultry?
Marie Kondo (left) has turned tidying up into a therapeutic treatment. She rules a special realm of neatness on Netflix and social media. Now they say her influence has become a boon to thrift stores. At centre is Jim Bakker, who with wife Tammy Faye, ruled 80s television raising money in the name of God. He went to jail. The money vanished but now Jim is baaack! Amazing. At the right, an (um) intimate examination of sex doll love as seen in most parts of Europe and, we’re guessing, available in Toronto too.