The large parking lot of the Redway Road Loblaws will be the scene of 53 Division’s Cram a Cruiser event tomorrow (Saturday, December 13, 2014) The idea is that you buy the food and the police cram it into one (or more) of their cruisers. Sounds like fun. This Cram a Cruiser runs from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and is in aid of the Daily Bread Food Bank. See you there.
Scribe’s sarcasm for PanAmGames gravy dump
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CTV Queen’s Park reporter Paul Bliss is a tireless observer of the provincial government. Today (Friday, December 12, 2014) his account of a huge late-in-the-day pre-weekend dump of unsavory expense records was the lead story on the CTV Toronto News at 6 p.m. The largess with public money includes everything from personal shirts to trips to Europe. Oh yeah, the House rose yesterday. It all caused Bliss to bristle with sarcasm in a tweet reproduced above. “Liberal transparency”, Bliss snarled. In his report on the arrival of another embarrassing pile of expense documents on another Friday afternoon he said it made him feel like Ground Hog Day. Culture of entitlement runs deep at TO2015
Thousands still without running water in east end
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Wanted for arson in Kensington Market
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Police say this man is their pick for the firebug who set two fires in Kensington Market, one them a multi-alarm blaze in row houses at Oxford St. and Spadina Ave. Here we see him in the neighborhood visiting a convenience store. Cops seem very sure they have identified the arsonist. Many will be watching closely because this excellent depiction would seem to suggest an early arrest. Police say he also set a fire in a garage. Shades of that series of fires in Bennington Heights, a crime that a lot of people in South Bayview take personally. The garage fire was investigated by the Office of the Fire Marshal and is determined to have been set deliberately. Anyone with information is asked to contact police at 416-808-1400, Crime Stoppers anonymously at 416-222-TIPS (8477), online at 222tips.com, text TOR and your message to CRIMES (274637), or Leave A Tip on Facebook. Download the free Crime Stoppers Mobile App on iTunes, Google Play or Blackberry App
Mayor Tory pitches SmartTrack to prime minister
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Air travel in confusion across the United Kingdom
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London airspace closed due to computer failure
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It will be closed until about 2 p.m. Eastern Standard Time. BBC News
Strict milk just too confusing for bureaucrats
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For more than a year the milk bureaucrats in Ontario have been fussing away about whether Mac’s should be allowed to sell milk in three litre containers (jugs?). But now they have given up. Their rigmarole was too much even for them. Soon, three-litre jugs. Woo hoo. Ottawa Citizen
Leaside Wildcat girls to play in university leagues
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Leaside Girls Hockey is tweeting congratulations this morning to five members of the Toronto Leaside Wildcats who have committed to the game either in the NCAA or CIS. They are Kendice Sheriff, who will be attending the Rochester Institute of Technology, Rachel Dowdall at Ryerson University, Jessica Robichaud at the University of Western Ontario, Katie Strain at Carleton University and Hailey Ferrelly at the U of T The NCAA stands for the National College Athletic Association and CIS is Canadian Interuniversity Sports. These are governing bodies for colleges and universities in the U.S. and Canada.
Natural gas break gets temporary fix on Yonge
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A gas line break at Yonge Street and Lawrence Ave was given a temporary fix early Friday after a garbage truck in reverse smashed the above-ground pipe on the side of a building. The accident occurred about 4.30 a.m. and was fixed just before 7:30 a.m. For a while. police closed Yonge from Melrose Avenue to Glenforest Road.
Moses Znaimer seeking control of Sun Network
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The Globe and Mail’s James Bradshaw reports that Moses Znaimer is “hoping to expand his reach on the TV dial by acquiring the money-losing Sun News Network from Quebecor Inc.” “According to a source familiar with the negotiations, Mr. Znaimer is eager to make a deal that would see ZoomerMedia Ltd., a company he controls, buy the news and opinion channel before the year is over. Mr. Znaimer currently has exclusive negotiating rights, and the price of the purchase would be low, the source said,” Bradshaw writes. Full story
414 Manor East sold for $855,000 in 2012
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Many readers locked in on the story posted yesterday about 414 Manor Rd E It was a bungalow but now is a new square-style house full of amenities priced at $2,150,000. How much did it sell for to the builder? It appears to have gone for $855,000 late in 2012. It had been listed for $699,000, so that was nice uptick on the asking.