The South Bayview Bulldog

Premier Ford has angrily criticized the Pfizer laboratory for a delay in deliveries to Canada announced Monday. Canada will get no deliveries of the vaccine next week. Ford’s response seems like inevitable vaccine politics, a response to the knowledge that people are waiting anxiously for any idea of when they may get protection against the C-19 infection. More of the same sort of foot-shuffling was going on in Ottawa in this uninformative news conference by federal officials. Pfizer says the delay at its plant in Belgium is a result of a move to increase production there.

Hydro Outage Pam at 3.30 p.m. Tuesday

Earlier Tuesday

Toronto Hydro and Hydro One have restored power to parts of Leaside and East York after a fairly widespread disruption. Earlier Tuesday afternoon, there were outages in Sherwood Park, North Leaside and Lawrence Park as seen on the map image at right. The outage down into the Don Valley lasted somewhat longer but has now also been repaired

East York outage update: Crews are currently on site and we're working together with @HydroOne to restore power as quickly and safely as possible. https://t.co/TQHH470535

— Toronto Hydro (@TorontoHydro) January 19, 2021

Work continues Tuesday to demolish old industrial buildings on Eastern Ave. despite lengthy petitions and political efforts to save them. The decision to replace the Dominion Wheel and Foundries Company buildings at 153-185 Eastern Ave was taken by the Ford government. Plans call for the construction of high-rise residential towers on three provincially owned sites. City officials have pleaded with the province to reconsider the demolition and more than 8,000 people have signed a petition calling on the province to consult the community. FB  Friends of the Foundry

Played same numbers for 20 years

A Toronto woman, Deng Pravatoudom, 57, has won the $60 million Lotto Max prize with numbers she has been playing for 20 years — and which came to her husband in a dream. It won’t work for everyone of course, but it is quite a story. Ms Pravatoudom is a married mother of two adult children and two grandchildren. She picked up her cheque at the Ontario Lottery and Gaming (OLG) prize centre on Monday. Pravatoudom came to Canada with her 14 siblings from Laos in 1980. She said one of the first things she and her husband will do is buy a home. City News

Travelling south on 404 at John St. overpass

Driver judges he is “lucky to be alive”

CTV says a driver had the sunroof of his car shattered Sunday morning as he drove southbound on Highway 404 under the John St. bridge in York Region. Pictures taken by the driver show the damage. He was alone in the car. It looks as if anyone in the rear seat would have faced a torrent of glass pellets. “As I passed underneath, I heard a loud smashing sound,” he said. “As I looked at my roof, I saw that my glass is broken.” OPP have been notified. CTV

Much of the new reality in Washington after Joe Biden is president will be related to killing off every pipeline project around. Word has leaked that the planned Keystone line intended to carry Alberta crude to US ports will be stopped by the new president. The diverse and deeply held opinion on this subject is seen in the long string of comments to this story as posted by City News.

Circle K giant rebuffed in France

BNN says the bosses at Quebec corner store giant Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc. “stumbled into the quagmire of French politics” with their attempt to take over a French counterpart Carrefour SA. Now, says BNN, a Monday meeting in Quebec will require the firm to explain what it was doing to shareholders. Couche Tard is most famous in Ontario for changing the time-honored name of Mac’s to Circle K. Yahoo pardner depanneur.

Betty White, 99, staying up as late as she likes

The indefatigable Betty White has turned 99. She’s told fans that she enjoys staying up as late as she likes.

Still a City within a City more than a century later

The Leaside Heritage Preservation Society (LHPS) is asking area friends (that’s you) to help it create a logo for this new local endeavor. LHPS announced its arrival in December and now chair Ann Brown is seeking ideas. “Would you like to be part of history and part of contributing to our new logo or better yet creating our new logo?” she asks. Ideas, input and submissions should be sent to LHPS by 11.59 p.m. January 25. That’s just a week away so don’t delay if you have something to contribute. Please submit ideas/design to Leasideheritage@gmail.com The winner will receive a one year LHPS membership

Former music producer Phil Spector has died in a US prison from a coronavirus infection. Then, Canada’s ambassador to Washington assesses just what a Biden administration will mean for this country. Below that, Premier Ford and Mayor Tory were at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre Sunday morning to check out the soon-to-open vaccination centre. And lastly, a summary of the tragic circumstances leading to the death of Toronto influencer Nikki Donnelly.

Rev. Miriam Spies

Stand Failthfully

Under Eglinton Ave. East

Davisville Aquatic and Community Centre

Brown, black and white charmer/Colin Mcconnell

A friendly picture of Rev. Miriam Spies leads off photos gleaned digitally for this weekend gallery of local interest. Rev. Miriam is an ordained minister and PhD student guest preaching at Leaside United Church for a while. Her current work in disability studies looks at how congregations can best support disabled leadership. At the upper right is a new floor application marking the 75th anniversary of Leaside High School. Seas Gu Dileas is Gaelic for Stand Faithfully. Below that, Metrolinx has posted a fascinating peek down the newly-finished rails of the Eglinton LRT somewhere near Sutherland Drive. At the lower left is an aerial view of the location of the City’s soon-to-be-built Aquatic Community Centre. It will sit beside the new Davisville Public School, set to open in September. At the lower right is a sweet multi-coloured dog in the hood snapped recently by Leslieville photographer Colin Mcconnell. Such a brown, black and white charmer.

A Toronto woman, Nikki Donnelly, 21, has died from exposure in BC while on a hike. The woman was able to make a heartbreaking call to her boyfriend telling him she was lost before the signal failed.

Mantas wins Ward 22 with less than 27 percent of vote

The byelection in Scarborough’s Ward 22 to replace Jim Karygiannis has seen his aide Nick Mantas win the contest with less than 27 percent of the vote. This rather sad result appears to be a function of voter apathy and a horde of 30 candidates, typical of elections where there is no incumbent. Manna Wong was a close second with slightly more than 25 percent of the vote. Mr. Karygiannis was removed from office for violating spending rules during the last general election. See the full results here.

New York City bus hangs off overpass as riders scream

Woman who escaped home is seen with police

A man is in custody Saturday after a nearly 10-hour stand-off at home on Lakeshore Rd. in Oakville. a woman escaped the home safely Friday afternoon. It began at the residence near 4th Line around 1:20 p.m. Friday. Police made contact and successfully waited out the person inside. City News

Unspecified “production issues” are cited for what Procurement Minister Anita Anand says is a temporary problem delivering the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine to Canada. Anand said Friday the US drug-maker is temporarily reducing deliveries because of issues with its European production lines. She said that while the company says it will still be able to deliver four million doses by the end of March, that is no longer guaranteed.