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Metrolinx has announced it will build a large maintenance and service facility (MSF) for the Ontario Line trains on Overlea Blvd near the Thorncliffe Park Costco store and across the road from the East York Town Centre.

Proposed location of new maintenance and service facility for LRT trains

Metrolinx calls the new MSF “a critical component of the Ontario Line.” The chosen site is a 175,000-square metre tract. Once completed, it will become the central location for the upkeep, repair and resting place for the subway trains. Release

A pop-up vaccination clinic at a Thorncliffe Drive mosque Friday ran out of vaccine before closing time at 5 p.m. The clinic had what appears to be a very long lineup and one tweet said people were waiting five hours before the noon start. Saturday, another clinic will take place around the corner outside Iqbal Food Market starting at 9.30.

Two pop-up vaccination clinics are set for Friday (today) and Saturday in Thorncliffe Park. Friday’s site is the Masjid Darusallam Mosque at 4 Thorncliffe Park Drive. Saturday’s is outside Iqbal Halal Foods. Get over there.

Prince Philip, the Queen’s consort of more than 70 years, passed away at Windsor Castle on Friday, Buckingham Palace has announced.

Detour on Lake Shore Blvd Thursday

Traffic is snarled on Lake Shore Blvd Thursday because of a road closure between Newfoundland Drive and New Brunswick Way. Police say a pedestrian bridge has unspecified damage and poses a potential threat to cars below.

Britain’s highest court has awarded a man some £2 million (about $3.5 million Canadian) with costs after a long court case over whether a flaw in a digital blackjack game was enough to negate the jackpot win. The judges said “nope”.

BC cherry blossoms in full bloom

Lada-dee-dah in Havana

Cuba is famous (or notorious) for broken-down old cars but here’s a report on the Havana Lada Club and the love these drivers have for the world’s most unreliable car.

Early Wednesday on Bessborough Drive

A reader at Leaside Community has posted this photo which she says shows a man stealing her husband’s bicycle at their Bessborough Drive home Wednesday morning. An interesting Global News story says there were 4,000 bicycles reported stolen in Toronto last year. FB

Jennifer Tveter of Derry, New Hampshire, fostered and then adopted siblings Jonathan, Madeline and Benjamin. As you watch these children with the woman they now call mom, we think you’ll agree it could not seem more right.

Chevrolet to build electric Silverado

General Motors has announced that it will build an all-electric Silverado pickup truck. It will come from the same EV assembly line in Michigan that will produce the recently-announced GMC Hummer EV sport utility. No on-sale date has been announced for either one, but the Hummer SUV has been tagged with a 2024 model-year and suggestions it could launch early 2023. Chevrolet has yet to release any photos of the all-electric Silverado Driving

World-wide falcon watch at top of UK cathedral

Falcon-watching is a satisfying pastime here in Toronto and all around the world. But the eggs are nearly due at the nest atop Wakefield Cathedral in the UK and the audience is growing.

The government will announce specific restrictions on Wednesday afternoon on just what Ontario will have to live with for a month of stay-at-home lockdown. Grocery stores like Loblaws, Metro and others will likely see limited occupancy depending on the size of the store. Get ready to line up for provisions.

Olde Yorke closes takeout too

Olde Yorke Fish and Chips has decided to close even its takeout service immediately because of the C-19 surge. In a message Tuesday, the owner Olivia Feather, spoke about the personal concern she and others felt for people “in our age group.” She said: “We want to be pro-active to protect all our staff, and our family, who are in the age group that is now more at risk. We hope that the vaccines will be given to them shortly, as they have been on the front lines of exposure all this time. We will open once again when we feel comfortable with the situation ”

The government has decided to re-impose a stay-at-home order that also closes all but essential grocery stores except for takeout. CBC This decision comes the same day that the City of Toronto decided to close all schools and send kids back to virtual learning.

• Toronto’s northwest continues to be stubborn C-19 hotspot

Folded up like a scarf/OPP

A jackknifed tractor-trailer is seen on Highway 427 at Highway 409 Tuesday afternoon. The driver told the OPP that the big rig began to shake as he drove straight ahead and then just folded up like a scarf.

Heavy lift to put trailer back on its wheels/OPP