Starting tomorrow (December 14, 2015) children from Maurice Cody Public School will be popping in and out of the Bayview Ave. Starbucks in small groups with their teachers to sing Christmas carols and maybe a Hanukkah song too. The unscheduled appearances will take place just as the school work allows and are expected to run from Monday to Thursday. Watch for the Cody carollers.
Leaside dispatches lowly Ice Wolves in Sunday afternoon match at home. PWHL account
Inglewood is Kringlewood as a great retinue of Santa Claus balloons once again lights up this Moore Park street. The community event born out of a whimsical idea to place the inflated Santa balloons on the lawns all down the street has caught on. Crowds of residents and visiting friends filled a closed off portion of Inglewood Sunday night to meet and socialize. Many present talked of their good fortune at living in such a fine place. One organizer, Amy Westin, had the idea to add a food drive to this year’s gathering. At least three SUVs were loaded to the windows with bags of groceries which will be donated to the Daily Bread Food Bank. Last year a number of Inglewood homeowners took the lead of one among them and purchased a large fan-inflated and electrically-lighted Santa Claus balloon from Canadian Tire. Before Christmas arrived, almost every lawn on the street had a Santa, aided by an alert public relations hand at Canadian Tire. This year organizers got permission to close the street between Sighthill and McLennan Aves. The relatively mild weather made for a pleasant evening. Two food trucks, Food Dudes and Cafe du Monde Creperie were doing brisk business. Kids street hockey added a lively background to neighbourhood chat.
Cédrika Provencher
The remains of Cédrika Provencher have been found in Quebec more than eight years after the 9-year-old girl disappeared in July of 2007 from near her home in Three Rivers. The disappearance triggered a huge search including hundreds of police and members of the public. The bones, which have now been confirmed as belonging to the girl, were found in woods in nearby St. Maurice. The case has remained open.
There was alarming mayhem associated with a baby shower in an apartment recreation room at 2480 Eglinton Ave. West Saturday. Four people were shot and three remain in hospital with non life threatening injuries. An indelicate picture of someone without bottoms taken at the scene is causing readers comments to the CBC
Driver missed the turn at Oriole Parkway and hit UCC gatehouse
Two people were injured after a car crashed into the gatehouse at the entrance of Upper Canada College about 2.45 a.m. early Sunday morning. It appears the vehicle was northbound on Avenue Rd. and simply missed the turn to continue north on Oriole Parkway. The car and building caught fire and suffered heavy damage. The old gatehouse serves as a daycare centre. It was badly damaged. The driver, a man, and a passenger presumed to be a woman, suffered non-life-threatening injuries.
It appears that Tokyo Sushi, which closed its doors in recent days, is about to be re-born as Hashi Sushi. The former Tokyo store at 1614 Bayview Ave. now carries a sign to that effect. It suggests a Korean influence as well. Tokyo Sushi suffered a fire last year and was many months re-opening.
Wildcats (in black) try to centre puck in front of Lancer net
Leaside Wildcats lost a tough one to a surprisingly strong Kitchener-Waterloo Lancers team Saturday night at Leaside Arena. It ended 1-0 Lancers after Sammy Burbridge scored the only goal for K-W at 11.18 of the second period. She was assisted by Sarah Rettingger and Brooklyn Cole.The loss demotes Leaside to seventh in the 20-team league with a record of 12 wins, five losses (one in overtime) and two ties. Sunday afternoon Wildcats meet the Kingston Ice Wolves in Leaside.
The annual madcap dress-up (in not much) run was held Saturday in Yorkvile where participants collected money through pledges for the Hospital for Sick Children. Such things make us great. Video courtesy CBC
The challenge presented by the task of holding the global temperature increase indefinitely at less than 2 degrees centigrade is no doubt well understood by those who have now agreed to try to achieve this remarkable goal. It seems even more daunting to help underdeveloped countries re-tool away from fossil fuels. They are the least able to apply solar and wind power and the most likely to see the billions given to them disappear into the black hole of corruption. CBC
Lithium-battery powered two-wheeled hoverboards have swallowed up the youth market whole. But some of them catch fire. Air Canada and a number of U.S. carriers now refuse to take them on board.
The Leaside Jr. Wildcats of the Provincial Women’s Hockey League plan a busy weekend, facing off against Kitchener-Waterloo Rangers at 7.40 tonight (Saturday, December 12, 2015) and then tackling Kingston Ice Wolves at 3.40 Sunday afternoon. Both games are at the Leaside Arena. The Leaside women currently claim sixth place in the 20-team PWHL with 12 wins in 18 games compared to the league-leading Durham West Lightning who have 16 victories for 21 games.
