A woman has pleaded guilty to the deadly oversight which caused the death of a child in her charge on a hot summer day in 2013. Olena Panfilova was operating an unlicensed daycare in York Region when she unloaded children from her van and forgot that Eva Ravikovich, 2, was still in a car seat inside the vehicle. It was not until eight hours later that the child was discovered dead from the heat. The case is more egregious because Panfilova lied to authorities that Eva had died in her sleep. She will face sentencing for the criminal negligence charge on May 19. In an email to The Canadian Press, a lawyer representing Eva’s parents said now that the criminal proceedings have concluded, the lawsuit against the daycare operators and the Ministry of Education can move forward.

The new advertisement for Pepsi Cola is making a lot of people angry. Or maybe that should be some people very angry. It seems to be going down especially badly with those who have a lot invested in protest (you pick the cause). It might be said that you dislike the ad according to just how angry you are about everything. Is it a shallow rip-off of protest culture. For sure. Do you care one way or the other? Or do you just prefer Coke or Asparagus juice?

This day, April 5, 2017, has the vitally important semi-annual Leaside Blood Donor Clinics set for NorthLea Public School on Rumsey road. Please make time for this live-saving act. Parents are encouraged to ask their healthy teen kids, 17 and over, to do a good deed. It begins at 2 p.m.

GEORGE TURRELL

The Premier will be looking in as will many other friends of long-time Leaside Arena volunteer George Turrell Wednesday night at the Lea Room. All are invited.

EAST YORK HISTORICAL

And the East York Historical Society will be celebrating 35 years Wednesday evening. All are welcome. 

The Toronto area saw real estate prices soar again last month, with the average jumping 33.2 per cent from the same time last year. The Toronto Real Estate Board says the average price in the area rose to $916,567 — up from $688,011 in March 2016. CP

The North York Community Council voted unanimously Tuesday to defer granting a demolition permit to permit construction of the 35-storey apartment next door to John Fisher School on Erskine Ave. Councilor Jaye Robinson (Ward 25) was in a fighting mood over the high-rise development. “I think it speaks volumes that every single City Councillor voted to defer this item,” she told the CBC. It is unclear however just where Robinson and other opponents can take their cause. They have deferred the permit twice before. The development has already been approved by City Council — unanimously — according to a statement from the developer, KG Group. Each has a different version of just what happened when the Ontario Municipal Board approved the development. The OMB and KG Group characterize the 2015 mediated settlement as a victory for both sides. But opponents say the City clearly opposed the project — planning papers show this — and mediation was a lesser evil than the outcome if opposition continued.

Chemical weapons have again been used in Syria against rebel populations including children. This horror comes four years after the US and Russians did a deal to supposedly see such weapons removed from Syria. In Hong Kong, the Pink Star diamond has sold at auction for $490 HK dollars. That’s something like $85 million Canadian. Below that, the latest in the current genre of animated movies for grownups and kids is Boss Baby. Alec Baldwin is the voice of the intolerable infant. And then finally video of a woman escaping from police which is both scary and a bit funny all in once. She is said to be fleeing from a kidnapping attempt in Detroit.

The recall of Robin Hood brand flour because of an E. coli outbreak in the four western provinces has been extended to Ontario and the rest of Canada to the east. The original recall issued last month by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency on 10-kilogram bags of flour was limited to B.C., Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba. One illness has been confirmed from consuming the flour, and 24 other cases are being investigated.​Several of those who fell ill reported having contact with Robin Hood flour. Food inspection agency officials say any 10-kilogram bags of Robin Hood brand all-purpose flour with a best-before date of April 17, 2018, should be thrown out or returned to the store where they were purchased. The recalled product’s UPC is 0 59000 01652 8.

#TTC 56 Leaside: s/b via Duplex, Orchardview, Yonge, Roehampton, Redpath; n/b Redpath, Soudan, Berwick; 9 pm-5 am. Tunnel borer removal.

— Transit Toronto (@transittoronto) April 5, 2017

Transit Toronto details of closures on Eglinton between Dunfield and Holly

Rapper Robin Banks

Rushawn Anderson

Nicholas Rhoden

Honda Accord BZMX845

Police said Wednesday that one of the suspects that one suspect in shooting at a Vaughan club, Rushawn Anderson, 19, has surrendered to police. York Region Police have a warrant fora second man, Nicholas Rhoden of Toronto for a shooting at the Cameo Lounge, located on Steeles Avenue West in Vaughan early Sunday. A victim of the gun play was a 22-year-old rapper named Liban Randall — but more widely known by his stage name, Robin Banks. He is now in stable condition in hospital after critical injuries along with another man following the shooting. Randall was identified online by a number of fans and friends who are pulling for his recovery on social media and beyond. On Twitter the hashtag #PrayForBanks is being used by some. As well, a 26-year-old woman from Aurora suffered non-life-threatening injuries. He remains in hospital in stable condition. The two were seen in a 2013 Honda Accord Plate: BZMX845

A teenager was fatally struck by a subway train after she went on the tracks to retrieve her phone Sunday afternoon, police say. Deena Kadribasic, 13, was struck by a southbound R train at the 63rd Drive-Rego Park subway station on 63 Drive and Queens Boulevard. ABC

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In Streetsville, the driver of this SUV tapped the gas while waiting for a GO train to pass early Tuesday. It sent his vehicle through the barrier and into the side of the train. The driver had only minor injuries. City News

The East York Barbershoppers 49th Annual Auction and Sale will take place Friday May 5, 2017, at Harmony Hall, 2 Gower Street, just west of Dawes Rd. between Danforth and Victoria Park Aves. All proceeds will benefit the not-for-profit EYBS Chapter, enabling it to continue its support of Harmonize 4 Speech and the Harmony Hall Centre for Seniors in East York. The auction features household goods, tools, theatre and sports tickets, golf foursomes, frozen meats, hanging baskets and plants and more. Renowned live auctioneer Matt Penstone will preside. The sale features fruits and vegetables generously donated by merchants of the Ontario Food Terminal, along with household goods all at unbeatable prices. Admission entitles the bearer to a hot dog, snacks and refreshments in a family atmosphere where some singing usually breaks out. Start time 7 p.m. EYBS