A man has been shot several times near Vendome Place and Grenoble Drive west of the Don Valley Parkway in Flemingdon Park on Tuesday afternoon, Toronto police say. Police say the victim is in his 30s and suffered serious injuries. For a short period of time police placed Grenoble Public School in a hold and secure, but it has since been lifted. The search goes on for a suspect.
What a fabulous day to build a snowman in Toronto!
The Bulldog would love to see your snowman, snowfort or any other snow creations you can come up with! (Wonder if anyone will attempt a snowdog!)
Send us your pics at news@bayview-news.com
By 9 am Tuesday, Toronto had already picked up 4 cm of snow, while Kingston and Montreal had reported closer to 10 cm.
“Consider postponing non-essential travel until conditions improve,” warned Environment Canada in a winter storm advisory issued for eastern Ontario Tuesday morning.
Parts of eastern Ontario, including the city of Ottawa, could see 25-35+ cm of snow, with the highest amounts closest to the Ontario/Quebec border.
Norway’s skiing, swimming cat has gone viral. The Bulldog admires his skills. You can follow Jesper’s all-season adventures on his very own Facebook Page.
The average price of homes in Canada is rocketing up but it is really a story of two cities and the foreign money they attract, say analysts. The January value of a re-sale home increased by 17 per cent to $470,297 over a year ago. But this is deceiving because outside of Ontario and B.C. (Toronto and Vancouver) the gains in price are much lower, says the Canadian Real Estate Association. Strip the two cities out of the numbers and the average Canadian home was worth $338,392 last month while the year-over-year gain drops to eight per cent.
Planner Jennifer Keesmaat to reveal more about Toronto’s transit “motherlode.” Rich. Metro
Republished from February 6, 2016: Josh Matlow (Ward 22) will join local parents on Tuesday, February 16, 2016 between 7 and 9 p.m. to keep alive the dream of a Midtown Community Hub at the site of a new Davisville Public School near Yonge St. and Millwood Rd. Several community uses will be discussed that would benefit the wider community at such a recreation and community hub. The meeting will take place at Greenwood College School, Room 103, 443 Mt Pleasant Rd. Who will give Davisville Village a Hub — and a heart?
It’s about five centimetres and it is making a mess of everything. The snow is forecast to end late Tuesday afternoon and it will be mainly cloudy tonight with flurries beginning again before tomorrow morning. The city says it will continue to salt the roads during rush hour this morning.
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The Emergency Department at St. Michael’s Hospital has been closed until further notice as the hospital deals with a flood caused by a broken pipe. It sounds as if the damage is considerable. Patients are being cared for in other parts of the hospital and no new emergency cases are being accepted.
The inquiry into a shooting in which a man was seriously injured in the parking lot of the Toronto Don Valley Hotel & Suites on Wynford Drive is now in the hands of the Special investigations Unit (SIU). Although nothing has been said, this would suggest only one thing — a TPS officer fired a shot or shots in some sort of confrontation. It happened about 4 p.m.
GLASS FALLS FROM FOUR SEASONS
A sheet of glass fell from one of the upper storeys of The Four Seasons Hotel Toronto on Yorkville at Bay Sts Monday afternoon. . Hotel staff says there are concerns that other glass is loose and may also fall. Yorkville Street is closed for this reason as the investigation goes on.
Drake spent Valentine’s Day and the NBA scene with a woman he calls his “favourite person in the world” — a Toronto teacher who helped the rapper graduate high school. He and teacher Kim Janzen took in the East versus West matchup and other festivities. “My date for tonight’s game. Who else but my favourite high school teacher who helped me graduate,” Drake wrote on Instagram. “Happy Valentine’s. Hope everybody is getting love from somewhere,” he said. Drake graduated high school in 2012, just before his 26th birthday.
The Toronto Zoo panda cubs which were born on October 13, 2015, continue to grow. Now just over 4 months old, they have started taking solid steps and are becoming extremely mobile.
