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Police say the drivers of a BMW, Audi and a Mercedes turned Don Mills Rd into a speedway Saturday night. (No, really?) These negligent hijinks caused the teen driver of the BMW to lose control of his car and hurtle into a bus shelter. A young man of 19 waiting for a bus is said to have been critically hurt. The driver of the Mercedes and Audi high-tailed it south on Don Mills and police are appealing for public assistance in finding them. Release
Two ticket holders in Ontario will share the nearly $9 million dollar jackpot in Saturday night’s Lotto 649 draw. Each winning ticket is worth just over $4.43 million. Meanwhile, a lottery player from the Prairies won the draw’s guaranteed $1 million prize. The jackpot for the next Lotto 649 draw on May 26 will be an estimated $5 million.
SERRA, the South Eglinton Ratepayers and Residents Association, has sent mail to the North York Community Council objecting to the proposed redevelopment of the ValuMart site at Bayview and Davisville Aves. The concerns were cited and refined as a result of a recent meeting with residents. In the letter, SERRA president Andy Gort says the association finds that plans for the site represent an overdevelopment.
Too tall, no transition
SERRA says the proposed building at 1466-1500 Bayview is too tall at nine storeys and lacks setback and transitioning to the west. It also questions the design in the context of the historic Garden Court site across the street. The letter also says SERRA is concerned about excessive noise of commercial vehicles in a proposed laneway behind the site and traffic congestion at the Davisville Ave/Bayview Ave intersection.
SERRA wants professional offices above ground floor
“We also have questions about the retail uses intended for this site. The grocery store is an important part of the community which should be encouraged to return (or another grocer to fulfill the community need).” “Lastly, we encourage additional commercial/institutional use of the building above the first floor such as for medical offices, etc. SERRA would welcome an opportunity together with other stakeholders to work with the developer to create a mutually satisfactory, community-appropriate application for this site.” SERRA
The Leafs tromped Montreal Saturday night winning Game 2 of their first-round series against the Habs by a commanding margin of 5 to 1. And there was good news earlier Saturday that Captain John Tavares will recover from his injuries suffered Thursday night when the Habs took a 1-0 game lead in their first-round series with the Leafs. Tavares has a knee injury as well as a concussion after being stretchered off the ice following a scary collision in Game 1 of Toronto’s first-round playoff series against Montreal. But general manager Kyle Dubas says the veteran centre avoided any structural damage to his head, neck and spine after taking an accidental knee to the face from Canadiens forward Corey Perry.
The remarkable career of Rosalie Abella has closed another chapter as she retires from the Supreme Court of Canada. Abella’s history is legendary. She was born in Germany to Jewish parents in a camp for survivors in 1946 and went on to become a force of nature in the Toronto legal community. She was appointed to the Supreme Court in 2004, the first Jewish woman to assume the role. An ongoing social concern of the judge is populism. Her interview with CTV does not delve too deeply into details however.
A man has died after Toronto Police Marine Rescue officers pulled him from the lake at Queens Quay and Lower Simcoe St Saturday morning. He was taken to the hospital with vital signs absent and subsequently declared dead. The incident appears to have occurred off of a footbridge at Ann Tindal Park. It’s unclear if the man was swimming or simply fell into the water. A woman was present and apparently leaped into the water in an effort to save the man. She received medical attention and is said to be safe.
CN Rail seems set to become the most influential railway in North America with the decision Friday by the Kansas City Southern Railroad to terminate a tentative takeover deal with Canadian Pacific. As reported in April, CN disrupted the pending CP-KCS deal by offering a whopping $325 US a share for the midwest and Mississipi Valley line. When consolidated into the CN network, the KCS tracks will give CN a transcontinental network stretching from the Yukon to Mexico.
In a bilingual country it might well have been called Merde Creek but the titillating variation in English has served Schitt’s Creek well. It is very popular. Star Catherine O’Hara has again won the Canadian Screen Award for best lead actress in a comedy series — her sixth in a row. The CBC show also won best comedy series for the third year in a row.
Vanishing PC Tomato soup at Loblaws
For years Loblaws put its PC brand tomato soup in the first row of the canned borscht dispenser ahead of all those Campbell’s imposters. But then it vanished. No one knows why. Things vanish at Loblaws.
Was there free speech before Twitter?
Okay, gird up for a rather wordy discussion of the Liberal’s Bill C-10. Depending on who you listen to it’s about Canadian content or maybe the crushing of free speech. We live in an age when you can watch Czech drama on a foreign streaming service or launch a powerful Twitter campaign against your neighbour. Long live the cause of freedom.
Photographer Colin Mcconnel has posted his latest picture from Dogs in the Hood.
