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Two people were taken to a local hospital with serious injuries after a rollover on Highway 410 in Brampton.

Another shot of precipitation is expected to move into the Golden Horseshoe area Friday evening. Precipitation will begin as a mix of snow and freezing drizzle before changing over to straight snow by Saturday morning. The snow should taper off in the afternoon with additional snowfall amounts in the 4 to 8 cm range. Motorists should be prepared for poor winter travelling conditions tonight and Saturday — Environment Canada

Another North Korean soldier escaped to the south Thursday amid bullets fired by his own colleagues. He is the fourth defector this year to make the dangerous decision to scramble across the demilitarized zone to freedom. One defector who is now immersed in Western culture tells a tale of how he was required to try to sustain the virility of aging dictators.

For those who didn’t know, the Barrie Police Service is reminding you that the second-hand gold bar market is a place to avoid. It is relatively easy to phony-up bars and make them look like the real thing. A Canadian bank fell for this trick recently. Currently, the regional police service says they’ve received complaints of counterfeit gold bars being sold online through Kijiji. The bars are alleged to appear to be real and are professionally packed bearing an official looking stamp resembling the Perth Mint or the Royal Canadian Mint. Testing has shown the bars are copper plated with gold.

Meridian collected clothing for New Circles Community Services/Meridian CU

Prime Minister Justin/unknown

Congratulations to Ken Comlekcier

Final Day of Advent

Wildcats give to Shoboxes/Wildcats Hockey

Belsize (later Regent) Theatre/Toronto archives

Upper left, manager Shirley Breen (right) and her friends at the Meridian Credit Union branch on Mt. Pleasant Rd at Soudan Ave as they pose with some of the clothing collected for the excellent New Circles Community Services on Bartley Road. Well done all. Then to the right, MP Rob Oliphant offers congratulations to hardware retailer Ken Comlekcier on his retirement. He has run True Value Hardware on Bayview Ave for decades. Lower left, the East York NDP will be forgiven for their cheapish shot at the prime minister in turn for the hilarious wayback photo seen here. It does say quite a bit about our heart-throb PM. He will be 46 on Christmas Day. Lower left, a reminder of the last day of Advent services at Leaside United. Others will be having similar services. To the right, some gifts put together by the Junior  Wildcats for donation by the Shoeboxes charity to women in shelters. Then finally, the Regent Theatre on Mt. Pleasant Rd. is for sale for $9 million which is a hefty price for a heritage building. We show it in its original guise at the Belsize Theatre. The greatest honour anyone could offer this old palace (and the neighborhood) would be the restoration of its proper name and use for a viable commercial purpose.

Mayor from 1991 to 1994

June Rowlands, the first woman mayor of Toronto, has died at age 93 in a long-term care home, her family has confirmed. She was an advocate for North Toronto and the park at Mt. Pleasant Rd. and Davisville Ave. carries her name. Her long career in municipal politics was acknowledged by Mayor Tory and Councillor Josh Matlow (Ward 22) said “I am grateful to her and express my sincerest condolences to her family & friends. We will continue to celebrate her legacy at the park in midtown Toronto that is named in her honour.” CBC

Have tools will steal bikes

Racks outside 777 Bay St.

Mid to late 30s, 6 feet tall

A professional bike thief is at work downtown in these pictures released by Toronto Police. He was at bike racks outside Service Ontario and other offices at 777 Bay St.. It was Wednesday, November 15 when he cut the bike locks with tools and removed two bicycles. On Thursday, November 30, the same man was at the bike racks on the south side of 777 Bay Street where he stole more bikes. He is described as mid-to-late 30s, 5’9″-6″, medium build. He was seen wearing a black winter jacket, black pants, black toque, carrying a black backpack  On Thursday, November 30, 2017, the same man attended the bike racks on the south side of 777 Bay Street

Canada has joined 34 other countries in abstaining on a UN resolution that declares the US decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital to be null and void. The resolution, despite its language, has no power to change the American action. The vote was 128 in favour, nine opposed and 35 abstaining. Among those abstaining were Canada, Australia, Mexico and Argentina. Those opposing the resolution were the US, Israel, Togo, Palau, the Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Nauru, Honduras and Guatemala. “We are disappointed that this resolution is one-sided and does not advance prospects for peace to which we aspire, which is why we have abstained on today’s vote,” said Adam Austin, a spokesperson for Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland. “Canada’s longstanding position is that the status of Jerusalem can be resolved only as part of a general settlement of the Israeli-Palestinian dispute. This has been the policy of consecutive governments, both Liberal and Conservative.”

As many as 10,000 people including the Prime Minister and Premier Wynne attended the funeral Thursday  for Apotex founder Barry Sherman and his wife Honey Sherman. It was held at the Toronto International Cetnreand there are estiamtes of as manyt asz 10,000 present. It will surely rank as among the largest funerals in Canada’s history. It heard from many fmaily members and from Senator Linda Frum, a personal friend of the couple. The service was broadcast live by the CBC and CP24.

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Mourners gather to pay tribute to billionaire couple Barry and Honey Sherman

CGS Christmas wishes

Sarah and Claire

Nancy with travellers

Air conditioner replacement at 1387 Bayview

What’s going on opposite 160 Vanderhoof

Everyone has a smile as Christmas approaches and the lovely card of good wishes from Children’s Garden School has 21 of them by actual count. Thank you all. To the right, Sarah and Claire’s Food Drive has been part of the community for ten years and time is showing how the namesake sisters have grown. This becoming picture taken by dad Mark Jordan was posted to celebrate the successful 100,000 pound food target of this year’s drive. Below that, we have Leaside United Church parishioner Nancy with the Mary, Joseph and donkey toys re-enacting the journey to Jerusalem. On this occasion, Nancy and friends took in the Biblical travellers at the Leaside Curling Club. Ladies of the club offered shelter during the festivities of the Santa Spiel. Lower right, residents at 160 Vanderhoof are curious about the trucks unloading earth in the space east of Leonard Linton Park between Vanderhoof and Research Rd. The Bulldog mailed the picture fo Councillor Burnside’s office to see if there is an answer. And finally, they were changing the air conditioning unit at 1387 Bayview Ave. (at McRae Dr) Thursday morning. McRae was closed for a couple of hours as the workers did some derring-do with their heavy freight around the wires out front.

An arbitrator has given Ontario college faculty the same money settlement that was being offered by the employer after the disruptive and expensive five-week strike that the government force-finished in November. The sum is a 7.75 per cent raise over four years. The rancorous strike interrupted, delayed and in some cases likely destroyed the education plans of young people both foreign and Canadian. Thousands have been handed a full refund of their tuition, a surprise cost of the strike that has run to millions. In the end, the union said the strike was about the right of to “speak freely” on academic matters without fear or reprisals but the nature of the employer-employee relationship leaves this somewhat uncertain. The arbitrator wrote language which is said to please both sides. The colleges said the academic freedom section enshrines policies that “already existed at most colleges.”  An expensive saw-off it seems.