Many tweets reveal the peril caused by Sunday’s wind. A kiteboarder apparently tried to ride the waves and was rescued unconscious. ONstorm.
High winds Sunday afternoon have caused power outages in Davisville Village apparently on either side of Cleveland St between Davisville Ave. and Merton St. as well as a large blackout along the Danforth. There is also a small outage in the Beaches where pictures posted by Diane Walton show the fury of the storm on the waterfront. She was caught in the gusts. Outage Map
A security camera has recorded four vandals damaging a parked car on Rolph Rd. early Sunday morning. They deface the vehicle by scratching the paint with a key and damaging the tires. Note the reflective shoes on one of them Born to be stupid. FB
The Toronto Star has published an editorial urging City Council, when it meets Nov 25 and 26, to approve snow clearance for all sidewalks across Toronto. Right now, sidewalks are cleared in Etobicoke, North York and Scarborough but not in Toronto and East York. This unfair arrangement is a hangover from the days of Metropolitan Toronto and more than 20 years later is an offense to taxpayers of the inner City.
Environment Canada has issued a warning of strong winds gusting up to 90 km/h Sunday afternoon and evening. It says a strengthening low-pressure system is forecast to track across northeastern Ontario. This system is expected to bring southerly winds gusting up to 70 km/h Sunday morning. Winds will then shift to the west and strengthen with isolated gusts up to 90 km/h beginning late Sunday afternoon. Winds are expected to ease Sunday evening.
What’s the best mask? CBC Marketplace consulted the U of T school of public health and found that one of the best is the cheap, replaceable surgical kind you can buy at the corner drugstore. Then, President Trump has not conceded the US election but he at least alluded to a future administration at a subduced news conference. Below that, the infamous Yorkshire Ripper has died in prison apparently from Covid-19. Finally, you may be happier in isolation with a pet. Who knows.
Authorities say a so-far unexplained explosion has collapsed the wall of a unit in an apartment building near Rathburn Road and Fieldgate Drive in Mississauga Friday. Peel Regional Paramedic Services told CP24 they assessed several people at the scene but no injuries have been reported by mid-morning. More as available.
On scene at a building near Rathburn Rd and Fieldgate Drive in Mississauga where residents have been evacuated after an explosion on the third floor around 9:30 am. You can see the window blown out where the blast happened. @Peel_Paramedics say 7 people are being assessed. pic.twitter.com/KXuNUbJoDA
— Catherine McDonald (@cmcdonaldglobal) November 13, 2020
MSGA EXPLOSION: @MississaugaFES & @PeelPolice have evacuated a high-rise apt bldg on Rathburn Rd near Fieldgate #Msga following reported explosion with windows blown out on 3rd floor, no initial reports of injuries. pic.twitter.com/3E0g2oPybc
— Graham Paine (@GPmedia_24) November 13, 2020
The City will hold a Webex virtual meeting November 17 from 6 to 8 p.m. on the application to build a 13-storey condo at Yonge St. and Marlborough Ave. That’s the site of Staples (now closed) in the historic one-time Pierce-Arrow auto showroom. Many want the project lower at more like nine storeys. The street address is 1134-1140 Yonge and registration for the meeting is here.
Fire has destroyed a mansion-sized home under construction on Greenbrooke Drive between Weston Rd. and Pine Valley Drive in Vaughan Thursday. Many photos of the raging blaze were posted by the Vaughan Fire Department and area residents. Stunned neighbours watch the fire with familiar expletives. No one was hurt.
New statistical modelling from government wonks (educated guesses really) paints the darkest kind of picture of the winter months in Ontario. The vile choice is between a society overwhelmed with raging C-19 or the wreckage of a closed economy. Cynthia Mulligan with this widely foreseen and foreboding look into the next few weeks.
