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A single ticket purchased in the Prairies won Saturday night’s $7 million Lotto 649 jackpot. And the draw’s guaranteed $1 million prize went to a ticket holder in Quebec. The jackpot for the next Lotto 649 draw on Jan. 22 will be approximately $5 million.

Maurice Cody parents warn of Monday strike in Instagram post

ETFO President Sam Hammond calls five strikes for coming week

Sam Hammond, head of the Elementary Teachers Federation of Ontario, has called a fifth one-day strike for Friday. This one will be at the Ontario North East District School Board in the far north and the Bluewater School Board in southeastern Ontario.

Toronto schools out Monday

The first one-day strikes are set to take place at York Region, Toronto and Ottawa-Carleton on Monday. More school boards will strike on Tuesday in Grand Erie, Trillium Lakelands, Renfrew and Superior-Greenstone on Tuesday. Teachers at Thames Valley, Rainbow and Rainy River school boards will strike on Wednesday and at Avon-Maitland, Halton, Niagara and Lakehead on Thursday.

Saturday’s heavy snowfall began tapering off as evening hours approached. A weather bulletin at shortly after 7 p.m. said snow will end tonight.

US authorities are on alert over a spreading respiratory condition apparently related to SARS (severe acute respiratory syndrome). A strain of SARS entered Canada from China in 2002 with frightening impact. Business was badly hurt and people stayed home to avoid contact. Widespread isolation was required and special wards were created for SARS victims across the GTA.

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex will no longer use the titles His and Her Royal Highness after announcing they would step back from their roles as senior members of the royal family, Buckingham Palace announced Saturday. Prince Harry and Meghan are no longer working members of the royal family and will repay the Sovereign Grant funds they recently spent to renovate their official residence, Frogmore Cottage — £2.4 million (about $3 million) of British taxpayers’ money — the palace said in a statement — CNN. Also CBC and CBS

Gustav Klimt’s Portrait of a Lady

A much-loved masterpiece of the Austrian artist Gustav Klimt has been found in the exterior wall of the gallery in Northern Italy from which it was stolen nearly 23 years ago. Portrait of a Lady is among Klimt’s many depictions of women. They were his favorite subject. The work was found by gardeners digging near the wall.

Developers of a proposed condominium at 110 Bradway Ave. have put forward a US singer and songwriter Pharrell Williams as the inspiration for the project. Mr. Williams used expressions like “I’m an Aries” and “God is the greatest” in his praise of the plan.

A single winning ticket was sold in Ontario for the $50 million jackpot in Friday night’s Lotto Max draw. The draw also offered two Maxmillion prizes of $1 million each, but neither were won The jackpot for the next Lotto Max draw on January 21 will be approximately $12 million.

Snowplow winter snowstorm

All shovels, snowploughs and salters are at the ready as Toronto awaits a heavy fall of snow Saturday. An estimated 15 cms is forecast. City Hall is calling it “an all hands on deck storm.” According to Environment Canada, a low-pressure system will move through the region beginning early Saturday morning.

On the topic of storm preparedness, a man was caught on video using a FOLDING CHAIR to shovel the snow in Vancouver this week. Don’t be that guy!

He's shoveling snow with a folding chair. If this ain't west coast I don't know what is. #vancouversnowstorm2020 pic.twitter.com/CDs0yxWqda

— Kahlil Ashanti (@kahlilashanti) January 14, 2020

A Leaside woman has gone online to see if anyone wants the old audio cassettes being thrown out by her 90-year-old neighbor.  From the reaction to the Facebook post, there’s a lot of interest. “I told her I would find a place that they could be used and loved,” the poster writes.  Among the names seen in a photo are Glenn Miller, The Beach Boys, Sir Harry Lauder and Willie Nelson.

Premier Ford has insisted that the government will stick to the one percent limit it has set for teachers’ pay raises. And as is usual, the issue breaks down along lines of defending education versus reckless spending.  Such things as class size and the $300 billion provincial debt are talking points.