It is easy to get caught up in the apparent joy of many that the West has somehow defanged Iran’s nuclear ambition .But others will remind us that there is more negotiation to be done and that the devil is in the details. Keeping in mind that Iran considers the U.S. to be The Great Satan (how baroque) will everyone be able to keep their devils sorted out. Reuters
Man ate raw fish, drank rain water to survive 66 days at sea
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Rescue video of a bearded sailor plucked from his drifting boat is like seeing a man brought back from the grave. This gripping video of Louis Jordan was shot by the U.S. Coast Guard after Jordan was found by a German freighter. Jordan who was reported missing on January 29 told family members he survived by catching fish with his hands and drinking rain water. He was spotted drifting on his stricken sailboat – a 35-foot vessel called Angel – more than 300 km off the coast of North Carolina by the German-registered Houston Express tanker and taken aboard. Frank Jordan, the sailor’s father, told CNN he did not know what had caused his son’s boat to break down. The senior Jordan expressed his thanks to the freighter’s captain by saying: “I do appreciate it sir.” He captain replied: “It is a pleasure for us.”
Former Mayor Ford surgery to remove tumour May 11
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Former mayor Ford will have surgery to remove a cancerous tumour on May 11, 2015. Mr.Ford has a tumour in his abdomen and a small tumour in his back. Both have shrunk considerably over a period of chemotherapy. A team of four surgeons will operate on Ford, who says the entire operation is expected to last eight-to-10 hours. Ford thanked the public for its support. He will have a considerable recovery period lasting perhaps until September.
Hope long since lost, man rescued after 66 days at sea
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Supper Club dinner May 2, 2015 at Manning Canning
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Christine Manning of Manning Canning in Leaside is alerting residents to a supper club event being held at her facility at 105 Vanderhoof Ave on Saturday, May 2, 1015 by O’Brien’s Real Food. Sounds like fun as you get to gather around the chopping block and watch thing prepared. The menu features sustainable yellow fin tuna, organic winter root vegetables, Ontario beef short ribs and more. Check it out.
Martha McCabe wins qualifying event for Pan Am Games
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Martha McCabe
Bennington Heights Martha McCabe has won the 200-metre breaststroke in the qualifying events for the Toronto Pan Am Games which kick off Wednesday June 10 in Toronto. Martha was in the water at the new Pan Am Sports Centre at 857 Morningside Ave. in Scarborough on Wednesday, April 1. Trials run through to Saturday, April 4, 2015. It a qualifying event for both the Pan American Games in Toronto and the FINA World Championships in Kazan, Russia this summer. Martha won the bronze medal for the 200-metre in 2011 the World Championships in Shanghai. The well-known local girl was Leaside’s first Athlete of the Year in 2013. Martha’s life, apart from university in Vancouver, has been here at home near her birthplace. Now she is in Toronto after graduating from the University of British Columbia with a degree in Human Kinetics. Morning heats begin at 10 a.m. each day at the new facility, with evening finals beginning at 6 p.m. Saturday’s finals will be followed by the live announcement of the national team for the Toronto 2015 Pan Am Games and FINA World Championships. Admission to the event is $5 for heats and $15 for finals with children 12 and under free and various packages available. Live webcast is available at: www.swimming.ca/2015TeamCanadaTrials
U.S. declares historic agreement with Iran over nukes
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Moore Avenue westbound closed with a nasty rear-ender
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A nasty rear-end collision on the westbound lane of Moore Ave opposite Bennington Heights over the noon hour has snarled traffic in the area. We forget how much we rely on this lonely south-end link between Moore Park and points west and Leaside until it is all crunched up. No one seriously hurt in this one..
Thumbs up from Don Cherry at Leaside’s Petsmart
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Don Cherry with the staff of the Petsmart in the Leaside Centre this morning. They are celebrating partnership between Petsmart and the Don Cherry Pet Rescue Foundation.
Burnside, Cherry promote rescue plan at Petsmart
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Don Cherry will be at the Petsmart in the Leaside Centre at Eglinton Ave. East and Laird Drive this morning at 10.30. He will be promoting his pet rescue foundation and perhaps showing some Petsmart products. Always fun. John Burnside has tweeted that he will there too.
Toronto wants its police and “carding” to follow the crime
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As a background to carding, the police practice of gathering information to prevent crime, the linked column by Marcus Gee is useful. Still, many of the things which are cited by Mr Gee as newly-agreed upon at the police commission really seem rather obvious. One might have hoped singling out men because of their colour for questioning would long ago have been discarded. What is not mentioned in the column is the geography of carding as explained by the police last year. Carding, they pointed out, goes where the crime is. Maps of serious crime in the city reveal a close overlap with where the cops are asking questions. As has been said in the past, however much some people may dislike carding, there are many more residents of vulnerable neighborhoods who are protected by it. If it becomes necessary to stop and ask questions of young men in Leaside and Davisville Village because of crime, so be it. Globe and Mail
Billionaire Andrew Getty, 47, dead amidst incredible riches
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This is a very complete and well-done report on the unusual death of Andrew Getty at the age of 47, his estranged girlfriend and his famous father and grandfather. Tells a great story.