The miserable weather has slowed traffic to very nearly a stop through Eglinton Ave. East and Bayview Ave. Monday night and early Tuesday. According to Toronto Police Operations (TPS Ops) the large vehicles are sliding on icy roads and are stuck on the Eglinton hill. The buses are unable to turn around.
TFS CALL: Fire on Rosedale Heights Drive at Sighthill Ave.
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Toronto Fire Service is reporting a fire at a home on Rosedale Heights Drive near Sighthill Ave. in Moore Park. It has six units on the scene but the alarm level has not been activated indicating any fire is under control.
Snow and sleet tonight with forecast high of 6 Tuesday
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The Weather Gods seem to be offering a bit of a break for tomorrow (Tuesday, December 29, 2015) as we dig out of tonight’s sleet and snow. A high of six is forecast. After that it seems fairly clear right into next week according to the Weather Channel. The roads are very treacherous tonight. PC Clint Stibbe of Traffic Services tweeted about 10 p.m. that there had been 66 property damage traffic accidents since 3.30 Monday.
Gloomy forecast calls for heavy snow and wind tonight
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New Yorkers hope to create large underground park
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Police officer bitten by raccoon near Sherbourne and Bloor
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A police officer has been treated for a series of nasty bites from a raccoon Monday. It happened during a call for an animal in distress in the area of Sherbourne and Howard around 12:18 p.m. This is just south of Bloor Street and the Rosedale Ravine, one of many happy hunting grounds for raccoons. This animal was acting strangely and police have speculated that it might be blind.
East York home develops crack on side during renovation
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A semi-detached home at 77 Corley Ave in East York shifted during renovations and a large crack has appeared across the side of the home diagonally from top to bottom. Parts of the building at the rear have collapsed. But the Toronto Fire Service told CBC it appears that a total collapse is not likely. Corley is north of Kingston Rd and east of Woodbine Ave.
Brickwork for Heath St . home on former Worthington site
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Work has gone quickly on the construction of the large new home on Heath St. E. between Welland Ave. and Hudson Drive. This is in the short block of Heath just before it leaps the Moore Park ravine to Bennington Heights. The structure replaces the original stucco finished house (inset) which was the home for many decades of Peter and Yvonne Worthington. This one will be finished in an elegant brick which is already seen on the east side.
END OF CASH? Can’t seem to find anyone who refuses it
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Far be it from The Bulldog to rain on anyone’s parade, but the end of cash as predicted by the credit card processor Moneris seems a bit over the top. It’s like General Motors saying cars are better than ever. The online survey of 1,000 people conveniently released during this slow news week has lots of broadcasters hopping on the Moneris wagon. The survey found that 77 per cent of respondents preferred to pay for purchases by debit or credit card and 65 per cent said they rarely buy anything with cash anymore. Is that so.
TAP HERE TO END YOUR CASH
Ask your cleaning lady and pedicurist what they want. Gift envelopes for kids? That would be real money and nothing but thanks a lot. A very nice Chinese restaurant has a way of saying the gratuity should be in cash. If they can get away with it, fine. You may be sure the owner doesn’t give Starbucks $100 in advance so he can tap to buy his coffee. Real men at the bowling alley or cineplex rarely venture there without at least a hundred dollars in paper money in their pocket. Thing is, while Moneris is making cash disappear, cash is the only thing you can be sure everyone will take. We will definitely let you know when we find anyone who refuses it.
Blowing snow, ice pellets possible in parts of Toronto area
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Monday may see blowing snow for the Toronto area which might leave as much as 10 centimetres on the ground as well as ice pellets. In fact the next three days seem likely to be unpredictable with the possibility of freezing rain in some parts early Tuesday. Winds may gust up to 70 kilometres per hour.
Urgent tweet to Grilltime chief produces Christmas turkey
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Urgent Christmas Day tweet produced life-saving turkey
Kim Diamond and her mom had a bit of a mix up over who would buy the turkey for Christmas. Christmas Day came and when they connected again, the ladies found that neither had. So it was that Kim urgently tweeted Andy Elder, owner of Grilltime meat shop at 62 Laird Drive to see if he knew where they could get one. As luck would have it, Andy had decided to wait a day or two before freezing the few birds that he had left. Above we see the joyous connection as Andy hands over the holiday-saving Hayter Farms turkey.
Postal clerk saves immigrant woman from phone scam
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Woman feared she and child would be deported if she did not send $2,400 to U.S. location. CJAD Radio