Metrolinx has issued a notice that crews are doing roadway surface reconstruction on Eglinton Avenue East between Brentcliffe Road and Leslie Street. During this work, Eglinton Avenue East will be reduced to one lane only for both directions of traffic. Paid Duty Police Officers (PDOs) and/or flagmen will be employed to control traffic at each end of the work site. Release
Timothy’s Coffee closed at Mt. Pleasant and Soudan
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Readers report that the Timothy’s Coffee location at. Pleasant and Soudan is now closed permanently according to the sign on the door. This outcome was anticipated as the struggling Timothy’s franchise dealt with the new (2012) Starbucks on the opposite corner.
London ties best-of-five playoff series with Leaside 1-1
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London Deviletttes have tied the best-of-five playoff series with the Leaside Wildcats, defeating Leaside 4 to 1 at the Gardens Sunday afternoon.The series now moves to London for two games. If a fifth game is necessary, it will be played at Leaisde Gardens. The Wildcats were a different team from the one which battled to a 3-2 victory Saturday night. The Devilettes scored quickly twice in the first period Sunday and got two more in the third. The Leaside goal came courtesy of Megan Pardy at 15.33 of the third with an assist from Olivia Kariunas.
CORRECTION
Incorrect information was published previously on Saturday’s winning goal for Leaside. It was scored by Siobhan Birch with assists from Bronte Mutukistna and Cynthia Cavanagh The Bulldog regrets the error.
Snow-melting time as temperatures rise in week to come
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It will be snow-melting time all this week as South Bayview begins to zero in on Spring. The temperature is forecast to reach a high of 9 C on Monday and will continue to rise on Tuesday and Wednesday with daytime highs of 12 C and 13 C. Weather Network
Hyundai Iconiq is a triple-pronged environmental car
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Hyundai is showing a triple-pronged bid for the environmentally friendly car market at the Geneva Auto Show. The Hyundai Ioniq is poised to be a bold vehicle — a sedan sold with drivetrain options that can turn it into a gasoline-hybrid, a plug-in or a fully-electric car. Jim Drury of Reuters reports.
Photographer fascinated with freckles phenomenon
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A London-based photographer Brock Elbank is on a mission: to photograph as many freckled people as possible. A self-confessed lover of the skin feature, he wants to celebrate freckles in all their glory. For #Freckles he has so far photographed 90 people from around the world — BBC
Dion Phaneuf teary-eyed then combative in return to ACC
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Dion Phaneuf was honoured by Leaf fans last night and he responded to the message of gratitude by applauding back in a brief skate of acknowledgement during a television timeout. “I just want to thank the fans for what they did. It meant a lot to me. That was some good closure. Real classy by them.” This slightly tearful moment lasted not very long as the former Leaf captain went on to drop the gloves in a scrap with one of his former teammates.
No winner in $7 million Lotto 6-49 jackpot draw Saturday
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There is no winner of the $7-million Saturday night Lotto 6-49 jackpot. The jackpot for the next draw on Mar. 9 will be approximately $9-million.
Wildcats and Devillettes at Leaside Gardens tonight
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Leaside Wildcats hit the playoff trail tonight at home against the London Devilettes. The teams will meet in a best of five preliminary series. The Cats finished sixth in regular play in the Provincial Women’s Hockey League and the Devilettes eleventh. The puck drops at 8.15 at Leaside Gardens. The second game goes Sunday at 3.30 also at home.
Paddle the Don planning begins for May 1, 2016 voyage
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Registration for the annual conservation exercise known as Paddle the Don opens next Tuesday, March 8, 2016. The event is set for Sunday, May 1, 2016 when some 600 canoe and kayak savvy paddlers will find their down the river into midtown Toronto. Floodgates are opened a bit just before the paddle to make the ride smoother and faster. Paddle the Don is no spur of the moment adventure. It requires planning and on the day of the event there are federal officials present to make sure you have things like a whistle, emergency rope and life vest. But for those who can do it, Manulife’s Paddle the Don is an exhilarating rite of Spring and tribute to the natural lands that run through our neighborhoods.
GTA woman ferries bottled water to Flint in pickup truck
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Jessica Dalessandreo
In what seems like an act of unmatched human kindness, a Mississauga woman is driving a pickup truck loaded bottled water to Flint, Michigan where the population can draw only polluted water out of its taps. The Flint story is known around the world. Whether City officials are criminally guilty of poisoning taxpayers or just monumentally stupid — or both — remains an open question but Jesssica Dalessandreo wants to help her fellow humans and is prepared to ferry clean water to them “until run out of money.” CBC
Scotiabank pays $20.6 million to settle overtime class action
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An Ontario judge has approved a revised agreement which will allow 1,600 employees of Scotiabank receive $ 20.6 million for overtime for which they were not paid. The judge, Edward Belobaba of the Superior Court of Ontario, said he will release his reasoning in coming weeks. A class action against Scotiabank was originally settled in 2014, and since that time, nearly $ 18.7 million has been distributed among 600 members of the appeal. But 1,600 of the 2,200 employees who had filed a claim had them reduced or rejected. These people will now share the 20.6 million. The bank is said to have paid another 12.5 million in legal costs to come to these two agreements.