Biker roars through B.C. mall terrifying shoppers (video)

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Reckless endangerment as motorcyclist imperils shoppers in shopping mall

Police in Surrey, B.C. chased and nearly caught a dangerous biker before he headed inside the Guildford Shopping Mall and terrorized shoppers. The video was released by Live Leak and uploaded to YouTube on March 13. It cuts between police helicopter and cruiser footage and surveillance footage from inside the Guildford mall. Left above, this actor takes his bike down an escalator. In centre picture, two boys are about to leave the Walmart when (right) they see the biker bearing down on them. Video page

March Madness: Cara is ready to play hockey and no fooling

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Oakville Hornet Cara Smith wears her team emblem and is ready to play at Leaside arena.

Hundreds of young women are playing their hearts out for their team this weekend at the Leaside Wildcats March Madness Tournament.  Among them is Cara Smith, 9, sporting her team emblem and her number (also 9) on her face. Cara is with the Oakville Hornets and will no doubt help to rekindle the old rivalry between the Hornets and Leaside Wildcats. The tourney runs tomorrow and Sunday with an expected appearance Saturday by Natalie Spooner, former member of the Canadian Women’s National Team.

Leaside Garden Society saddling up at Canada Blooms

The design team, Joanna, Rick, Karen, Heather and Margaret, tweeted a wonderful photo of their arrangement on display at the 2015 Canada Blooms. This year’s theme is “Horsepower”. According to the Canada Blooms website, the festival was “founded in 1996 by the Garden Club of Toronto and Landscape Ontario. Today, it is the largest flower and garden festival in the country, celebrating the very best in Canadian gardening and floral design!”. Canada Blooms runs from March 13th-22nd, 2015 at the Direct Energy Centre in Exhibition Place.

Desperate search in avalanche snow finds skier still alive

Remarkable sequence sees his friends digging in avalanche snow in the hope that somehow they will find their Australian friend James Mort. This occurred in January at Les Crosets on the French-Swiss border.

Trash tariff reminds us about the cost of burying it

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See capacity figures for these bins at bottom of the post

The new cost of garbage bins in Toronto reminds us once again of the entire chain of trash creation from elaborate packaging to shoving it under the meadows of Ontario. Ugh! Toronto is still burying garbage in landfill, a doubtful act which many would call an abuse of the fertile soil. A lot of people on the staff at City Hall think we should be moving to Energy from Waste, the well-proven and safe system now at work in Durham Region. At home, it seems we can use a smaller bin to the save taxes. It’s up to you. The new higher prices set in this week’s budget are shown in the image above. The sizes need a capacity figure so here they are: Small hold 75 litres, medium 120 litres, large 240 litres and extra large 360 litres 

TFS finds no gas leak at Bennington Heights address

There was a call to a location at Bayview Heights Drive and Heath Street East this evening about a suspected natural gas leak. The fire department has investigated and found no leak. It has cleared the site.

Now video from Kate’s visit today to Downtown Abbey studio

This short video shows the Duchess of Cambridge at her engaging best and happy at whatever the stage of her pregnancy. It looks like maybe seven or eight months. She was visiting the set of Downton Abbey and there were many fine photo ops.

Leaside Arena jumping with NYHL action Thursday night

The Leaside arena was jumping tonight with continuing action on both pads. The new rink was booked right up courtesy of the North York Hockey League. The 7.50 p.m. game was looking good shortly after the opening face off. Vaughan Rangers battled it out with the Leaside Atom Blacks.

Rudy has chat while bus sits out delay at Wicksteed crossing

Loyal reader, naturalist and Leaside gadfly Rudy Limeback is saying tonight that he waited a while for the 88 South Leaside on Overlea Blvd to take him back to Bayview Ave. but he spent the first 45 minutes talking to the driver because of another disruption at the CP Rail mainline crossing on Wicksteed Ave. So the bus was delayed. Those gates can be cranky. Seems we have a diversion of the 88 at least once a month. Tonight it was closed from about 8 to 9 p.m.

Loblaws to sell “naturally imperfect” apples, potatoes etc

The world is imperfect, why not our produce? Canadian Press

 

 

 

Girl, 14, gone ten days, now safely home say Toronto Police

Toronto Police are thanking the public as they report that 14-year-old Jordyn Lyons has been returned home safely. She was missing for ten days. from the Midland Avenue and Lawrence Avenue area.

Ontario gets a measles all-clear as Quebec cases multiply

Ontario is now thought to be measles-free but in Quebec the number of cases has mushroomed from 32 to 119. A serious breach in efforts to protect school children occurred in the town of Joliette when a student who had the disease infected dozens of unvaccinated kids in a single day. All of Quebec’s cases have occurred among unvaccinated children and adults. In Ontario the health department has been counting the days from the last outbreak and now concludes that the incubation period for any more cases as expired. That’s 21 days at a maximum. Unless there are unreported cases somewhere, the outbreak should be over, says Health Minister Dr. Eric Hoskins. In Joliette there are 114 students and 51 staff members at the school who have been identified as not fully vaccinated. Health officials said that parents and staff members have been notified of the exposure and that vaccinations will be offered at the school today (Thursday,March 12, 2015). Those who deny vaccination will be required to stay home for two weeks. All 119 cases are connected to a measles outbreak in California’s Disneyland, which began in December 2014, according to the California Department of Public Health.