Jennifer Tveter of Derry, New Hampshire, fostered and then adopted siblings Jonathan, Madeline and Benjamin. As you watch these children with the woman they now call mom, we think you’ll agree it could not seem more right.

Chevrolet to build electric Silverado

General Motors has announced that it will build an all-electric Silverado pickup truck. It will come from the same EV assembly line in Michigan that will produce the recently-announced GMC Hummer EV sport utility. No on-sale date has been announced for either one, but the Hummer SUV has been tagged with a 2024 model-year and suggestions it could launch early 2023. Chevrolet has yet to release any photos of the all-electric Silverado Driving

World-wide falcon watch at top of UK cathedral

Falcon-watching is a satisfying pastime here in Toronto and all around the world. But the eggs are nearly due at the nest atop Wakefield Cathedral in the UK and the audience is growing.

The government will announce specific restrictions on Wednesday afternoon on just what Ontario will have to live with for a month of stay-at-home lockdown. Grocery stores like Loblaws, Metro and others will likely see limited occupancy depending on the size of the store. Get ready to line up for provisions.

Olde Yorke closes takeout too

Olde Yorke Fish and Chips has decided to close even its takeout service immediately because of the C-19 surge. In a message Tuesday, the owner Olivia Feather, spoke about the personal concern she and others felt for people “in our age group.” She said: “We want to be pro-active to protect all our staff, and our family, who are in the age group that is now more at risk. We hope that the vaccines will be given to them shortly, as they have been on the front lines of exposure all this time. We will open once again when we feel comfortable with the situation ”

The government has decided to re-impose a stay-at-home order that also closes all but essential grocery stores except for takeout. CBC This decision comes the same day that the City of Toronto decided to close all schools and send kids back to virtual learning.

• Toronto’s northwest continues to be stubborn C-19 hotspot

Folded up like a scarf/OPP

A jackknifed tractor-trailer is seen on Highway 427 at Highway 409 Tuesday afternoon. The driver told the OPP that the big rig began to shake as he drove straight ahead and then just folded up like a scarf.

Heavy lift to put trailer back on its wheels/OPP

City News reports on plus-women who say they have been kicked off Instagram for no apparent reason except perhaps that they don’t have the designer’s notion of the perfect female body. The story talks about the company’s algorithm. But of course, that’s created humans isn’t it. Remember GIGO?

5G fun for hockey jocks

It’s being reported that TSN and Bell are bringing a new 5G immersive viewing experience to Toronto on April 15 during coverage of the Toronto Maple Leafs game against the Winnipeg Jets. The new 5G View feature, which is available on iOS and Android on the TSN app, will let fans control how they view different angles of the game on their smartphones. Read more at MobileSyrup

Vaccine milestone as 10 million doses delivered

The Toronto Real Estate Board says Tuesday that home prices in the City continued to climb in March while sales were almost double that of the same month a year earlier. Sales in the area reached a record 15,652 last month, up 97 percent from 7,945 during the same time last year. TREB says the sales growth was so dramatic because it compares with March 2020, when the first economic effects of the pandemic took hold and both buyers and sellers were wary of the market.

Tom Gibney/CFTO News

Tom Gibney, 84, the long-time anchor of CFTO-TV News has died. Mr. Gibney was a native of Yorkton, Saskatchewan and worked at CFTO from 1973 until 2007, retiring when the news department was known as CTV Toronto. Wikipedia

Former @CTVToronto anchor Tom Gibney has died aged 84 https://t.co/wuAxwHfDlo pic.twitter.com/oKrOnrrp23

— CTV Toronto (@CTVToronto) April 6, 2021

Anya Taylor-Joy is telling Entertainment Tonight that she could never have guessed that Queen’s Gambit would make her the biggest thing since Doris Day, but hey, you gotta love it.

Mummies on the move in Cairo

There’s no better place than Cairo for a parade of mummies and On Demand News has lived up to its reputation for off-beat happenings by sending this report on a cavalcade of 22 prized and embalmed royals. The mummies were taken from downtown to their new resting place further south in the capital. The vehicles were designed to resemble the ancient boats used to carry deceased pharaohs to their tombs. The 18 mummies – including Ramses II and Queen Hatshepsut – were originally buried 3,000 years ago.

April Fools “concert” excuse for a riot

The “La Boum” festival in Brussels’ Bois de la Cambre park was a total hoax. Nevertheless, as many as 2,000 people showed up and of course, did not go home quietly.

Hope the animals enjoyed this Easter Enrichment Hunt as much as we did.

Good Friday lineup for take out at Olde Yorke Fish and Chips on Laird Drive/Kris McCusker

A photo tweeted by Kris McCusker of 680 News shows the Good Friday lineup at Olde Yorke Fish and Chips. Some things remain happily the same. Lineups are not uncommon at Olde Yorke even in normal times. This photo recalls the lines outside Penrose Fish and Chips (below) on Mt. Pleasant Rd. now long gone and greatly missed.

Last lineup at Penrose Fish and Chips on Oct 8, 2014/Bulldog

Well-known Bayview Ave businessman Leslie Szimeiszter has died from complications of C-19. Mr Szimeiszter, 90, was the owner of Express Travel at 1569 Bayview. He was a lively, congenial and much-liked figure on the business strip. Notice