The world is chuckling in viral numbers at the dilemma of Professor Robert Kelly as his children bound into the room where he is being interviewed by the BBC. Very funny. To the right, a pleasant statue is unveiled in Wall Street of a plucky girl, arms akimbo, as a she fearlessly faces down the big bull. Nice. Watch older women pose the same way with her. Lower right, the full speech and question period of Justin Trudeau in Houston, where it is said, he comes off a bit smug. Judge for yourself. And finally, US armed forces veterans have been denied participation in the St. Patrick’s Day Parade. But are they Irish?

Just B Cause Party

Grill Bill aka You Know Who

Andy Elder

Andy Elder, the genial man at Grilltime, 62 Laird Drive (corner Kenrae) invites his many friends to come to his Just B Cause Party where the cause is — well — just because. It features Burgers, Beer, Buttertarts, Bingo and Band (solo act actually). You get the idea.  It’s on Thursday, April 6, 2017 at Amsterdam Brewery, 45 Esandar Drive, starting at 6.30, dinner at 7. $30 per person. Pay in advance at Grilltime or email your reservation and pay cash at the door. Spaces are limited so book early. It promises to be a fun and social evening.

Ramp closure – #Hwy427 NB and SB ramp to #Hwy401 WB closed due to rollover collision
No injuries pic.twitter.com/xnBQ44tqIN

— OPP Highway Safety Division (@OPP_HSD) March 10, 2017

Highway cop and Twitter newscaster Sergeant Kerry Schmidt tells the story.

The twin boy critically injured crossing Sheppard Avenue West at Magellan Drive last Saturday has died police report. The boy and his brother were “attempting to cross north towards the library” and were unaccompanied at the time of the accident. A woman motorist remained at the scene and police say they continue to investigate.

Home safe

Christina Nguyen, 4,

Stolen car where it was found

Christina Nguyen is safe at home on Romanoway Drive in 12 Division after a harrowing morning for her parents and much anxiety right across the City. The child was left by her mother in the back seat of the family car in the driveway of their home while she went to fetch her other daughter. That’s when a target-of-opportunity thief jumped into the running vehicle and drove off. From about 6 a.m. to sometime after 9 a.m. police and public were galvanized by an Amber Alert to find Christina. Reports flowed in from across the GTA of car sightings, some of them saying the vehicle was speeding and weaving erratically. Police believe, in fact, that the thief soon realized the problem he faced and dumped the car, with Christina inside, in the parking lot of a townhouse development in Weston near Church St and Rosemount Ave. The location was less than two kilometres from her home. Who found the vehicle and phoned in the plate number is as yet unknown. But there seems little doubt that the car was there for most of the time the search went on. After paramedics checked the child for any injury, she was released to her parents and driven home by police. Christina’s state of mind seemed quite good from evidence at a distance as she was calm and gave both police and paramedics a high-five as she left the scene.

A welcome reminder of Spring comes this Sunday at 2 a.m. as the province officially moves back to Daylight Saving Time. The change means it will be brighter in the evenings. The extra daylight comes midway through the big Leaside Wildcats March Madness girl’s hockey tournament held across the City this weekend.

Mulling

The Ontario Finance Minister has dropped a bit of a warning that the government is still thinking about bringing in a foreign buyers’ tax. A similar tax in BC has thrown cold water on the Vancouver market and many think the raging demand in Toronto has increased because of it. The critical words to weigh from Finance Minister Charles Sousa, as quoted by Canadian Press are these:  “A year ago I was thinking, ‘Let market forces prevail,”‘ Sousa said. “But now I’m concerned about…the ability of people to enter the marketplace. (There are) bidding wars everywhere you go, it appears, and I’m sensitive to that. I’m sensitive to the degree of fast appreciation in the short-term and what will that do over the long-term.” Sousa said he is considering a number of options for next steps, and “a foreign tax is just one.”

Sunrsie Recrods has revealed the location of 29 new stores across Canada but so far there are none in Toronto. The company plans to release more locations soon however. Sunrise is comitted to assuming 70 of the locations recently vacated by HMV when it went bankrupt. BNN

Mayor calls 35-storey tower preposterous

A little fun before class

Kids at John Fisher PS protest 35 storey bldg planned next to their school. pic.twitter.com/DRyPSgJDKJ

— Linda Ward (@LindaWardCBC) March 9, 2017

These are images of a demonstration at John Fisher School on Erskine Ave against a 35-floor apartment tower already approved by the OMB. Earlier Thursday

Empty cars derail

Job to do

GO service unaffected

GO train service is detouring around Etobicoke station following the derailment of ten boxcars adjoining the station. It is expected to take the rest of the day to clear facilities for trains to return. The derailment took place on the CN tracks adjacent to GO’s Etobicoke North station before the start of Thursday service.