Neighborhood sources say the police incident on Heath Street E near Welland, and also on Moore where Hudson Drive enters, was related to a party of young people. There was drinking. On Heath, police waited more than half an hour, with a young man sitting on the sidewalk, before departing. They may have been waiting for a relative to take this person home. Heavy police presence on Heath St. E Saturday night.

Toronto Police will launch the one-week  STEP UP and Be Safe pedestrian safety campaign Monday morning. The campaign will try to remind drivers and pedestrians alike about the perils of November darkness. Police officers and parking enforcement officers will be pay attention to those motorists, cyclists and pedestrians who commit offences in the vicinity of pedestrian crossovers, crosswalks, intersections, school zones (particularly primary schools) and crossing areas frequented by seniors. Can you put your phone away when walking. It would be nice to try.

Congrats to our PeeWee A team on their silver medal win at the Waterloo Ravens Fall Challenge Cup! pic.twitter.com/4L6Wvz3MXU

— Toronto Leaside Wildcats (@TorontoLeaside) November 6, 2016

COLLISION
Wicksteed Ave and Laird Dr, report of a pedestrian struck, vehicle has left the scene, minor injuries #1974597 ^cb

— Toronto Police Operations (@TPSOperations) November 6, 2016

Kristyn Wong-Tam (Ward 27) has sent a letter to Toronto and East York Community Council proposing a one-year moratorium on the development of new tall residential buildings in the downtown core. She expresses concerns ranging from a housing oversupply to old and insufficient infrastructure. She cites congestion, pedestrian and cyclist safety and disruption to business as well. The linked story by development site BuzzBuzzNews offers counter opinions from developers. One of the most cogent is that fees extracted from builders for infrastructure have gone into general revenues. These “Section 37” monies are often discussed by Councillors like miraculous manna. This said, Wong-Tam’s plea for a slowdown will resonate with some in South Bayview and elsewhere too, especially along Eglinton most notably Wards 22 and 26. BuzzBuzzNews

Smoke was rolling across the sky Sunday morning from an auto storage or scrapyard fire on Union Street in the west end. For all the smoke however the fire service did not declare alarms for this fire. It was easily handled. TFS sources identify the location as Stark Auto at 160 Union. Union is in the Stockyard District north of St. Clair beside the rail line. The firm is next door to Auto World Auto Wreckers. No one has been hurt and the fire is now under control. Twitter posts of smoke.

https://twitter.com/Colin162/status/795246254145945600

PERSON WITH A GUN:
Mt Pleasant Rd + Whitehall Rd
-Man robbed of personal belongings
-Robbed by group
-Gun indicated not seen
#1971627
^dh

— Toronto Police Operations (@TPSOperations) November 6, 2016

Mt Pleasant and Whitehall

https://twitter.com/tpscalls/status/795133123637968897

After a 3-1 win over Ottawa Lady Sens Saturday, members of the Leaside Junior Wildcats hit Canadian Tire Centre in Kanata for the Ottawa Senators-Buffalo Sabres game. Sunday the tough Nepean Wildcats await Toronto Leaside.

Toronto Police say a three-year-old child was scratched on the hand after coming across a bag of syringes while playing on the grounds of a school in the Trinity-Bellwoods area on Saturday night. Const. David Hopkinson said police were called to the grounds of Charles G. Fraser Junior Public School on Manning Avenue, north of Queen Street West at 6:50 p.m. The child came across the syringes while playing at the school.

It's here! Christmas tree hoisted up in Nathan Phillips Square https://t.co/EfllQ5zgLv pic.twitter.com/jijWyxsWQ6

— CBC Toronto (@CBCToronto) November 5, 2016

Fall backwards. Clockwise that is. Yes, this is the night to grab an hour more in the sack if you have an inclination. The official moment to do it is 2 a.m. EDT Sunday back to 1 a.m. EST. But bedtime will work just fine.