Police have named the man wanted for the 12.30 a.m. stabbing death of Russell Sahadeo two days ago in Noble Park in North York. He is Ton Quoc Hoang Ngo, of Toronto, also known as Tommy Ngo. The incident occurred as Mr. Sahadeo walked in the summer darkness with men friends and a girlfriend. An incident occurred which ended in knife-play. Sahadeo was injured and died soon after in hospital. Hoang Ngo is described as Asian, standing five-feet-seven inches tall, with a slim build. He has short black hair cropped in a brush-cut, possibly with spikes on the top.Police warn that the suspect should not be approached. Anyone with information regarding this incident is asked to contact police at 647-801-6813, or Crime Stoppers at 416-222-8477 (TIPS).
Apparent case of mistaken identity at Yonge and Birch
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Here we get a glimpse into police activity as this 53 Division “ghost car” stops, handcuffs and and searches a man on Yonge St. at Birch Ave before letting him go. Curious, except it seems almost entirely a case of mistaken identity, and equally a misapprehension that this man was quite dangerous. A search of his knapsack and, as reported by our sister blog Yonge and Roxborough News, much talk on two cellphones. Then the man is released (with an apology we hope) and sent on his way.
Pretend bomb on a plane? This young man could not resist
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A teenager packed a clock designed to look like a bomb into his luggage in Toronto this week and is now charged with mischief after he tried to get on a plane with it. The product is marketed by a U.S. company Nootropic Design and is called the ‘Defusable Clock.’ The “clock” is designed to start a frightening tick tick countdown just like a real bomb. The charge against the young man is mischief. The clock carries a warning, which many will call entirely disingenuous. ‘Don’t bring this to school or to work, and certainly don’t bring it anywhere near an airport! ‘Seriously, don’t get yourself into trouble.’ Sure, that will stop every immature or nutty kid right in his tracks. Not
3-hour Leaside, Davisville blackout a “feeder” line failure
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A three-hour blackout in Leaside as far east at Laird Drive and across large parts of Davisville Village put a damper on Sunday night activity beginning shortly after 6 p.m. South Bayview business was in darkness. McSorley’s Wonderful Saloon closed early. But by 9 p.m hydro crews had restored power after performing a series of checks and re-checks to find alternate routing. It was a process of elimination according to the hydro men at the corner of Manor Rd. and Bayview. They say they still don’t know exactly where the problem lay. The fix was not without problems. There was a repeat 15-minute blackout along Bayview at 10.20 p.m. The blackout hit sometime after 6 p.m. and caused stomach-churning traffic conditions at corners like Bayview and Manor Road “Drivers (expletive deleted) just blundered through intersections.” said a woman trying to get down to Bayview and Millwood Rd.
PEOPLE SURGE BACK
When power did resume it caused a resurgence of activity along the street with Hollywood Gelato filled in moments. The feeder failure is only part of how the outage spread and was then fixed. In Moore Park, there were tell-tale mini blackouts during the hour before the outage. This indicated the feeder (or wires) were under pressure of breaking from something, perhaps a tree branch. When power finally did fail in the south end, the Hydro switching office was able to route power to some areas sooner than others merely because of their location. Video: The South Bayview Bulldog at Manor Rd. and Bayview Ave. about 9.15 p.m.
South Bayview’s north block has renewal and challenges
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South Bayview’s north block (north of Manor and Fleming) features numerous dynamic businesses that provide stability for business generally. Dolly Jewellers, the Academy of Culinary Arts, Parallele Interiors and the enormously busy Nail Studio next to Leo’s Barber Shop, all are great assets. We’re cheering for Never Grow Up as well. But there are changes. The north block continues to show us renewal and challenges. Upper left is the new sign for Amaya’s new eatery, yet to open, called Indian Street Food Co. Many are excited about that. Down at Manor Road and Bayview work continues on the new West Coast Kids space. This large four-store space previously was leased by Moms-to-be-and-more. It is really good news that Karen Becker, long-time owner of Moms, will be the manger at the new West Coast location. As expected, the Stop and Shop Pop-Up store will soon move out and the Mode Suzan space remains vacant, We miss it. The Brick is looking to move as well. They have not had much interest in the street since Sleep Country moved out down the street.
Power out Sunday night in South Bayview is restored
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City withdraws 880,000 stale-dated parking tickets
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City of Toronto has withdrawn some 880,000 parking tickets in order to meet the requirement that trials be held within a reasonable time. This happened in court on Friday but was announced today (Sunday, September 6, 2015). The court backlog of tickets has led to these stale-dated tickets being suspended in the legal process until they had little or no chance of obtaining a conviction under the charter.
TOO MANY REQUESTS FOR TRIAL
The charter ensures the right to a trial within a reasonable amount of time, historically 12 to 16 months for parking tickets. Withdrawing the tickets ensures compliance with the charter and avoids pursuing tickets that have exceeded the time frame and have no reasonable prospect of conviction. The City says it prioritizes the scheduling of trials in its courtrooms to accommodate more serious charges first although it a would appear that parking ticketS surely fall to the bottom of any such list rather quickly. The high volume of parking ticket trial requests made between 2012 and 2014 greatly exceeded courtroom capacity and availability of justices of the peace to hear the cases.
LIKE AN HOUR OR TWO IN JAIL
It is also evidence that those who say one should never plead guilty to a parking ticket but rather always request a trial are right. That would no doubt be a more popular option if it were not for the required process of standing in line in certain unfortunate City-owned rooms to register such a request. Some people have called this experience a lot like being in jail for an hour or so.
Bennington Rolph soccer season kicks off Sunday night
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Sunday September 6, 2015 will see the first game of the Bennington Rolph Road Soccer Association season. Teams will gather at Rolph Road School (Hanna Rd side) about 6 p.m.
Warm weather watermain break at Richmond and Duncan
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It’s a frequent issue at this corner, Rchmond West at Duncan. Winter, summer — the water mains break.
3-alarm fire sends smoke into landing paths near airport
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A three-alarm fire has destroyed an auto repair shop on Kelfield St. Saturday night. This remarkable picture was taken by freelance journalist Monika Moravan who tweeted that she had to leave the scene because of heavy smoke. The blaze is at A1 Auto Repair near Dixon Rd. and Highway 27. There are apparently no injuries. Toronto Airport has been radioing aircraft about the smoke in their flight paths. Monika on Twitter
Four babies by 40 for Duchess declares online gossip snoop
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According to HollywoodLife.com Kate MIddleton, 33, “can’t wait” to have a third child before she is 35, so she can have “even more” babies before she 40. As inside information goes, this purported peek into the royal psyche is a doozy. Of course, it may just be more “rubbish” as the rival gang called Gossip Cop like to say. “Kate has only just had her second baby, but she’s already thinking about number three! She definitely wants a third baby by the time she’s 35. That way she can have even more before she’s 40,” a royal insider tells HollywoodLife.com. “Kate grew up with two siblings, so she likes the idea of having another soon. But to be honest, she doesn’t want to stop there and has talked about having four children before she’s all done” We’ll keep that in mind.