The South Bayview Bulldog

Newer SUVs and trucks with remote starters top the list of the most often stolen vehicles in Canada, the Insurance Bureau of Canada said Wednesday. The group that represents insurance companies across the country said theft from your own driveway using widely available electronic tools is on the rise across the country, as thieves respond to demand from high-end buyers overseas and street racers here at home. CBC

Virtual ER at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre

Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre on Bayview Ave has announced a new virtual Emergency Department (or Emergency Room) as part of a six-month pilot also involving Unity Health and University Health Network. The Emergency Department has seen a decrease in patient visits during the pandemic likely due to patient fears of C-19. Release

Police think Esther Dingley may be victim of “non-accident”

Police searching for British hiker and blogger Esther Dingley are “looking at other options” beyond an accident, her partner has told the BBC. Dingley, 37, last messaged her partner Dan Colegate via WhatsApp on 22 November, when she was on top of Pic de Sauvegarde on the France-Spain border. BBC

The Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp. says a $60 million winning ticket for Tuesday’s Lotto Max jackpot was sold in Toronto. Another lucky Toronto buyer won $100,000 on Encore, as did a ticket buyer in Pickering. The draw’s second prize-winning ticket, worth $521,721.80, was sold in the Parry Sound-Nipissing district, OLG says. Tuesday’s winning numbers, according to olg.ca, were 1, 4, 9, 15, 18, 24, 31 and bonus 43. Encore was 8445323.

Medical Officer of Health Dr. Eileen de Villa

Toronto’s Medical Officer of Health Eileen de Villa says statistics reveal that 21 percent of the City’s current C-19 patients say they caught the infection from a spouse. As many as 35 percent said they think they caught the virus from someone outside their household, possibly a co-worker or friend.

761 cases reported Tuesday

One in five admitted they had been part of a group of less than ten during the time they caught the virus.  Dr. de Villa called the current wave of infections an urgent warning for citizens. C-19 cases in Toronto leaped from 643 on Monday to 761 Tuesday. Please be careful.

Bayview Ave. dressed for bicycles by Hafeez A

A self-styled “infrastructure nerd” is creating images of City streets gussied up with bike lanes and less parking. Here’s his vision of Bayview Ave.  It’s just out of frame to the left but it looks as if this paradise has Belsize Drive in a dead-end at Bayview. Sweet dream or worst nightmare?

CBC’s At Issue panel looks at the political messaging within the Liberal government’s first federal economic update since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Plus, what it could mean for the spring budget and a federal election — CBC

Calls for Netflix to declare The Crown a work of fiction

Actors, politicians (and we suspect royalty as well) are calling for Netflix to slap a disclaimer on The Crown.

Chess frenzy grows with popularity of Queen’s Gambit

The dramatization of a 38-year-old work of fiction has created a fashionable craze for the challenging game of chess. People have been entranced by portrayals of beautiful people engaged in tense mental combat. Who knew?

Waterfront scene/ OLYA @OlyaYousefi1 ·

Good morning. It’s December. And the snow will taper off during the day with perhaps a maximum of 3 cm. The Weather Network is calling for flurries Wednesday.

A woman has died following a fire at Grigg’s Manor 1, 100 Cavell Ave. in Etobicoke. It is part of the Toronto Community Housing Seniors Housing. The woman was pulled from a unit amid heavy flames and thick smoke Monday morning.

Apartment fire at 100 Cavell Ave in #Etobicoke #TorontoEMS #TorontoFire on scene at two-alarm blaze – possibly one victim rescued #SeniorsApt pic.twitter.com/AjKdaPVpRz

— Jack Boland (@TorSunphoto21) November 30, 2020

City’s gift to taxpayers of Toronto and East York

The residential and commercial sidewalks of Toronto and East York will now be cleared of snow on the same general basis as those in Etobicoke, North York and Scarborough. The decision was taken Thursday in a vote of 24 to 1 at City Council. The decision corrects an inequity hangover from amalgamation in 1998. Time-honoured neighbourhoods like Summerhill, Lawrence Park, Leaside Bennington and many others will see this simple municipal service for the first time ever.