The trial of Jian Ghomeshi will hear from another accuser Monday and as it does so, journalists are pondering the impact of email more than a decade old. Canadian Press calls it “digital debris” in the linked story but it is simply evidence collected by the enhanced new world of forensic science. It was clear almost from the earliest days of “You’ve got mail” that emails are forever. Thoughtful people are careful about what they say in mail mostly so they won’t be embarrassed in minor ways. Others have more to worry about it seems. As a statement of about the facts emails can hardly be refuted. Notably, both of the accusers so far presented with their old mail said merely they forget they said such things.

The CBC has published this glimpse into the merry-making of GTA’s large Chinese population as they get ready to welcome the The Year of the Monkey.  This took place Saturday at the Pan Am Centre in Markham. It is a mark of our changing society that so many English-speaking tongues easily say Gong Xi Fa Cai (Mandarin) or Gong Hey Fat Choy (Cantonese).

The Leaside Invitational Select Tournament was playing out late into Sunday evening at Leaside Gardens. Other rinks have been busy Sunday as well but were finishing  up sooner. Organizers at the Leaside rinks said they expected to see the last contests finished by no later than midnight. Sunday evening saw a happy Whitby Wildcats powerhouse take the Minor Bantam trophy by beating the Ted Reeve Tornadoes 4-0. The Wildcats were decisive champions having earlier defeated Ted Reeve 8-1 and Leaside flames White 10-0. It was one of hundreds of stories out of the Select. The video certainly recalls that old sporting expression about the thrill of victory.

FINDING A TEAM

The enormity of the Select tournament is clear and the Wimgloo site does a valiant job of finding a team. Best to start on the page linked as shown which is Arenas  Go from there to find a particular team and keep clicking to see how it finished.

Lake Geneva​ Fire Department in WI reported that 15 cars fell through the ice during the #Winterfest celebration. pic.twitter.com/QCRc8BCzLN

— WeatherNation (@WeatherNation) February 7, 2016

In Wisconsin, as many as 15 cars crashed through the ice of Lake Geneva Saturday as their drivers and families attended a Winterfest event on the shore which featured the national snowsculpting contest. Luckily no one was hurt or even soaked. It happened about 2 p.m. as the sun warmed the ice. There was a mighty crack heard and cars sank into the lake.

The Italian actor who accidentally hanged himself on stage during a performance has been declared brain dead by doctors.  Raphael Schumacher, 27, was appearing in Mirages, an experimental theatre production staged in Pisa when the incident occurred. Doctors said Friday that the 27-year-old is now clinically dead, after spending nearly a week in a coma. Mailonline

 

No one will ever know exactly what was in the minds of the fathers of Confederation when they decided to create a separate school system for the Catholic church. But nearly 150 years later this quite unusual arrangement continues to be an issue. The linked Canadian Press story tells of how the topic arrived at the very top of an online budget survey sponsored by the Ontario Government. Then, suddenly, it sank to last place — 1715th. Previously aghast MPPs were much relieved see this lump this political gelignite descend softly to the bottom of the ocean. .

Carolyn Ireland writes in chapter and verse form about the dwelling structure at 514 St.Clair Ave. E. That’s the ravine acre that lies at the corner of Harper Ave. and St. Clair in deepest Moore Park. The South Bayview Bulldog tipped you to this property in September when it was listed for $10 million. Now the official asking is $8.8 million. Make an offer. $10 million asking for secret place at the foot of  St Clair E.  Carolyn Ireland, Globe and Mail

The Real Jerk is close to South Bayview in miles and a lot further away in other respects. But the Gerrard St restaurant was focus central as Drake and Rihanna shot a music video there.. The video is said to be for Rihanna’s new single titled “Work.” Courtesy CBC here is the restaurant’s owner who was of course floored by the event.

Enjoy, enjoy, enjoy. CBS, which is originating the game, has programming running all day from noon until well after the actual contest.  SB Nation  All leads 

Critic Martin Morrow has written favorably about a production of Shakespeare’s The Winter’s Tale by the Groundling Theatre Company.  It is being presented now through to February 20, 2016 at the Coal Mine Theatre at 1454 Danforth Avenue east of Monarch Park Ave. Morrow says in his review that the small theatre reminds him of the 487-seat Tom Patterson Theatre at Stratford and that the production “is packed with current Stratford stars and Stratford alumni”. A groundling incidentally is a spectator or reader of inferior taste, such as a member of a theater audience who traditionally stood in the pit below the stage.