Ottawa said Friday that pressure from China will not affect Canada’s decision on whether or not telecom giant Huawei will be banned from supplying technology for next-generation 5G mobile networks. In commenting, Safety Minister Goodale noted that similar threats by the Chinese were made against Australia and New Zealand before they banned Huawei last year.

• British sailor found not guilty in N.S. gang rape case
• Friends of Kirk Woodman remember outgoing, ethical man
• 97-Year-Old Prince Philip Flips Land Rover, Gets Replacement Freelander Delivered

January 24

Dinner for eight

Bill Grill (Andy Elder)

The countdown is on to the Leaside Ladies Night Out next Thursday. It’s sold out but this charitable night at the Leaside Pub offers those present a chance to add to the community outreach that inspired the evening. Organizer Ann Brown is on Leaside Chit Chat (FB) asking: “Do you have your group psyched and ready to out bid your neighbours? She talking about the auction action. One in particular is popular at such gatherings. Andy Elder of Grilltime at 62 Laird Dr. will offer dinner for eight over which Bill Grill himself presides. Says Brown: Bidder beware, have your nails done, your hands ready to throw in the air and WIN this amazing night.

A widespread storm with daytime temperatures as low as 12C may drop ten cm of snow on neighborhoods across Midtown starting before dawn Saturday. There may be more snowfall closer to the lake and to the west of the GTA. Niagara, Hamilton and the escapement may see 25 cm. On the bright side, snowfall here in South Bayview may — may — be more like five cm. Windchill will make it quite dicey to be outside.  The snow is expected to end Sunday morning but the cold and wind will stretch into Monday.

Vehicle described as like a garbage truck ran over man

Bathurst St. and Lennox Ave.

PC Scott Matthews posts photos of the scene of a fatal hit and run Thursday evening at Bathurst St. and Lennox Ave. a man of 60 is dead after he fell and was run over by a green truck. Matthews calls it a green garbage truck. Police say the driver may not know he hit someone.

Danforth Rd and Patterson Ave/City News

Scott Matthews TPS photo/Twitter

A woman, 67, is in critical condition after a hit-and-run accident at Danforth Rd. and Patterson Ave. in Scarborough on Thursday evening. She was crossing at Patterson when she was struck by a dark coloured SUV which had turned off Danforth Road. Police say the driver failed to remain at the scene and was last seen travelling northeast towards Warden Avenue. They add the vehicle will likely have damage to the front left side. The woman’s injuries as life-threatening.

China’s ambassador to Canada warned the Canadian government Thursday to stop recruiting international support in its feud with China and threatened retaliation if Canada bans Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei for security reasons. Ambassador Lu Shaye said last month’s arrest of a top Huawei Technologies executive was an act of “backstabbing” by a friend and he warned of repercussions if Canada bars the firm from its new 5G network. He said it would be a bad idea for Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland to use next week’s World Economic Forum meeting in Davos, Switzerland, to press for support against China.

The sad, frightening and entirely unexplained drama of Rehab Dughmosh has ended in a Toronto court with a conviction for attacking Canadian Tire employees with a golf club and other implements. The case is well known. It seems little can be done to help Ms. Dughmosh free herself from the deep hatred she feels for western society. Among her outbursts was this:  “I would like to revoke my Canadian citizenship that I received. I don’t want to have any allegiance to you.” The status of Dughmosh’s Canadian citizenship is apparently unclear, according to file material. She has status in Canada but it’s not clear if she has Canadian citizenship or has the belief that permanent resident status is one and the same. Flabbergasted Canadians are surely asking how the immigration and citizenship process missed this coming. Strange case of Rehab Dughmosh haunts citizenship process

Ontario has eliminated free tuition for low-income students as it attempts to trim a multibillion-dollar deficit. The previous Liberal government increased the number of grants and made it possible for low-income students to attend college or university free of cost. But the auditor general found last month that costs for that program jumped by 25 per cent and warned it could grow to $2 billion annually by 2020-21. Ontario’s debt was estimated last year to be nearly $350 billion dollars.

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Mike Barry 1938-2018

Mariposa Bicycles 45 Cranfield Rd.

Cycling activists and friends are mourning the death late last year of Mike Barry Sr. Mr. Barry died December 29 at age 80. He was the co-founder, with friend John Palmer, of what has become Mariposa Bicycle Specialties on Cranfield Rd.near Bermondsey Rd. and O’Connor Drive. The men created the first Mariposa bicycle in 1969 from tubing they acquired from the Canada Cycle and Motor (CCM) racing division, which had just closed. In 1972, Mike opened Bicyclesport, a downtown shop where the bikes were made. Mariposa  Remembering Mike Barry

Forest Hill Falcons get family photo treatment at Leaside Cup

Pride of Bessborough Drive Elementary and Middle School

Some ladies wear their hair long on co-ed team

The Leaside Cup senior division for Grades 7 and 8 was won 2-1 Thursday by Forest Hill Junior and Senior Public School in a well-fought match against Bessborough Drive Elementary and Middle School. The co-ed tournament welcomes a varying selection of local school teams. Leaside Cup 2019 was its third year at Leaside Arena.

• Northlea EMS wins Jr. Division Leaside Cup hockey tourney
• Leaside Cup hockey tourney for players from local schools

Granddad recovered

First up Thursday is an engrossing tale of how a Saskatchewan ice fisherman and his friend retrieved a sunken cell phone so that pictures of his late grandfather would not be lost forever. Don’t miss it. Then, a bit of a flutter in five-year mortgage rates at the Royal Bank of Canada. RBC is easing up and others are likely to follow. Below that, a CBC report on the unsinkable Theresa May. Why isn’t she gone? It takes the Corp. a while to name the real reason. Yes, she’s tough, but it’s because no one else wants to deal with the impossible Brexit mess. Lastly, another must-see in the form of a 300-foot-wide whirling circle of ice in the Presumpscot River in Maine. Wild.