Millennials are being sucked in by a phony Instagram “Ugly List” which tells victims they been listed as among the most unattractive people in the world It is a complete fraud but thousands of young people are emotionally hooked and click on a link that hacks their computer. Beware.
Toronto Sun writer Michele Mandel with speculation about the shooting of Annex criminal lawyer Randall Barrs.on Tuesday, Was it a contract, she asks. Toronto Sun
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A London Ontario court has heard the case of a 10-year-old immigrant boy who was denied freedom to play, schooling, adequate food or even. it seems, clean clothes. The Canadian Press story has no information about where the lad was from when he landed in this country two years ago to live with his aunt and uncle. No names of any kind are given. It is another astonishing instance of a child being treated in the most unconscionable way by people who are not the parents. Were they motivated by an aberration? Cruelty, poverty or utter ignorance? We don’t know. The aunt and uncle were sentenced Wednesday to 18 months in jail and two years of probation for their dereliction and abuse. They have apologized to the court and to the boy for his treatment. He was found wearing urine-stained pajama after an anonymous tip brought the CAS to the door. He was seen in silhouette inside and police were called.
Soudan Ave is closed between Mt. Pleasant and Brownlow Ave. Wednesday and the normally friendly patio at Starbucks looks like a bomb crater. It was about 4 o’clock Tuesday when staff and customers heard an enormous “bang” and then saw water shooting up out of the patio. Customers scrambled and water was flooding into the shop through the Soudan Ave door and down the steps into coffee-making land. Thousands have since then seen the video (below) of the unfortunate Starbucks customer (she’s a regular) who lost her footing and fell into what looks like three or more feet of water. People ran to the rescue, including Ryan Dawson, who shot the video. The woman was rescued and will be okay.
Soudan Ave. closed between Mt. Pleasant and Brownlow
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It might not have been unexpected but spectators and fair goers at the annual ploughing match in Thamesville soundly booed Premier Wynne yesterday. Southwestern Ontario has a deep grievance about so-called wind farms and the apparently related cost of electricity. One man said his hydro bills had increased 35 percent since Ms. Wynne assumed the office. CBC
This unfortunate woman was picking her way carefully by a sinkhole on Soudan Ave. at Mt. Pleasant but all her care didn’t avoid a tumble into the deep water. The video was being taken by photo-journalist Ryan Dawson who ran to help the lady, along with others. She is said to be okay. The video was aired on CTV Toronto.
This car was terribly hung up on a wrought iron fence Tuesday evening after a tangle with another northbound car on Avenue Road at Balmoral Ave. It is a scary feeling to walk the Avenue Road sidewalk as cars pound north towards St. Clair. Fortunately no pedestrians were around when this happened.
The Toronto Police Service will ask for proposals from private firms who want to assume the job of handing out parking tickets It’s part of a plan to implement the 24 recommendations outlined in the Transformational Task Force Interim Report, which was released June 17 and aims to address a range of issues, including ways to curb the $1-billion-plus police budget and to foster public trust. How would this scheme benefit the public? Bluntly put, it might not, but the most obvious guess is that a private firm would employ fewer ticket hornets and drive them to issue just as many tickets for less pay. That prospect has raised the concern that the already aggressive ticketing process in Toronto will see cars plastered with citations. The 394 civilian employees of the parking authority are said to be worried for their jobs.
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Boris Cherkassky
Friends and admirers of the long-time crossing guard at St. Anselm Catholic School on Bessborough Drive are mourning the loss of Boris Cherkassky. He collapsed and died Friday while at work. Several tweets remark on the wonderful legacy of service performed at Post #5 (Bessborough Drive and Millwood Rd). One person wrote: “We are all so blessed to have known you.” There will be a memorial mass for Boris Cherkassky on Friday, September 23 at St. Anselm Parish at 9 a.m. St. Anselm is at 1 Macnaughton Rd., Leaside.
Memorial created by school kids, loaded with condolence messages for Boris.
South Bayview and other Midtown neighborhoods need school guards, according to the 53 Division Community Response Unit. Applications are being accepted now for the important job of keeping the children of the City safe while going to and from school. For more information, or to apply, please contact Constable Wai Lau, 416-808-5327 Or by email, Wai.Lau@torontopolice.on.ca Police are asking that people who might apply, are encouraged to try this useful job and of course earn extra money.
