A woman has died in a house fire on Elmhurst Ave. in North York. The victim, 47, was discovered in the home when firefighters arrived to deal with a two alarm fire. Her age had previously been estimated to be about 70. The fire marshal is investigating. No cause has been given.

 

The BIA's winter planters have arrived. We will have solar lights on the planters soon too. pic.twitter.com/4BCVcsCUgi

— Bayview Leaside BIA (@LeasideBIA) November 30, 2016

The aircraft that crashed in the Colombian mountains killing 77 people apparently ran out of fuel before reaching its destination, the capital of Medellin. The pilot of the chartered plane carrying a Brazilian soccer team told air traffic controllers his tanks were empty. AP says a chaotic audiotape from the air traffic tower records the pilot of the British-built jet repeatedly requesting permission to land due to a “total electric failure” and lack of fuel. Investigators find it a likely explanation because the plane did not explode or burn on crashing

Parks will be created from land acquired after the demise of the Glebe Manor Lawn Bowling Club and from half of the property once owned by Manor Road United Church. The date of the meeting at Maurice Cody gymnasium is Tuesday, December 6, 2016

MPP Sam Oosterhoff, 19 years, met the media at Queen’s Park Wednesday. Osterhoff is the PC member for Niagara West-Glanbrook and he has social conservative roots. Now it seems he will become the party’s unwilling poster boy for everything that many deeply oppose. The Toronto Star reports that Oosterhoff insisted he believes in evolution and denied adamantly that he is a homophobe. He may have trouble with how that word is defined. Then there was the question that signals there will be no peace for the kid from Niagara: “Will it be your position not to take a stand.”  Maybe. Nice picture though.

An eastbound driver got too far into the bike lanes the other night and bounced up onto the extended sidewalk at Moore Ave and Lumley Ave. The result is all too clear.

November being November, it was a pretty darn nice one. Whether you were growing a mustache or getting a pedicure on Bayview Ave., it was easy weather to take. Thanks November and Mr. December, try to do as well. You are off to a good start from the look of the Weather Network forecast below.

Metallica rocked the Opera House last night and while the music (below) may not be everyone’s cup of tea, it yielded a nice bit of cash for the Daily Bread Food Bank. The fans ate it up. The Opera House sits 950 with some tickets selling for $100. Audience members were encouraged to bring food donations for the food bank. The Christmas Drive is on at DBFB with a goal of 1.5 million pounds of food, as well as $1.5 million.

Opening with Breadfan at the Opera House in Toronto, Canada! #MetInToronto #WorldWired pic.twitter.com/z71dumXKD3

— Metallica (@Metallica) November 30, 2016

The Liberal government will acknowledge the hard truth of modern economics and build pipelines to move Alberta oil to the Pacific as well as to the head of the Great Lakes. Does government, society and the pipeline industry need to be exceedingly careful about putting this in place? Naturally. But then, we risk danger to life and limb every day from other things we would never give up because of the superior life they give to Canadians. The CBC story linked here has the Prime Minister saying all these things in the constipated language of politics. Take a look. CBC

A trucker in Manchester, England goes berserk for reasons unknown and among other things attacks another driver with a shovel, drives his truck into the one behind and then grapples with the police.  In Tennessee, co-workers will split $421 million from the Powerball Lottery. The reaction of those interviewed is charming. And in Minnesota, Halima Aden has become the first contestant to wear an Hijab in the Miss Minnesota contest.  Go Halima.

Mayor Tory is tweeting an appeal normally left to the police Tuesday morning as he asks citizens to report any leads in a minor hit and run accident at Yonge and College Streets.

Too many people are getting hit by cars in our city. It needs to stop. If you witnessed this, please contact @TorontoPolice. https://t.co/AuIAknlov1

— John Tory (@JohnTory) November 29, 2016

Six people are said to have survived the crash of the chartered plane in mountainous reaches near the Colombian capital.  TSN  CNN CBC