The South Bayview Bulldog

Blanks Finland 5-0

Joel Hofer, 19

Canada and Russia will meet at noon (ET) Sunday in the Czech Republic with that embarrassing 6-0 defeat in the preliminary round still stinging the Canucks. Today’s match will decide World Junior Hockey supremacy. Much hope rides on goaltender Joel Hofer, 19, a 6-foot, 5-inch kid from Winnipeg. TSN

No winning ticket was sold for the $21 million jackpot in Saturday night’s Lotto 649 draw. However, the draw’s guaranteed $1 million prize went to a ticket holder in Quebec. The jackpot for the next Lotto 649 draw on Jan. 8 will be approximately $25 million.

Looking north to Roehamton from traffic camera

A man in his 60s has been struck by a car on Bayview Ave at Roehampton Ave Saturday evening shortly before 7 p.m. The victim was said to be conscious and breathing. He was taken to Sunnybrook Medical Sciences Centre. The motorist remained at the scene. Bayview was closed in both directions between Roehampton and Eglinton.

Revelers at Piano Piano/Davisville Eye Care

Earring plea on Roxborough West/Yonge and Roxborough News

Hanukkah on Yonge/Dr. Jill Andrew Twitter

Iron Horse at night/John O’Hearn Twitter

North wall of Davisville Animal Hospital will carry mural/Google

The much-awaited opening of the second Piano Piano location at Mt. Pleasant and Manor Rd. has seen revelers from Davisville Eye Care post this photo (upper left) of their crowd. Best wishes to this enterprising restaurant. Upper right, the plaintive plea posted on Roxborough St. West (and elsewhere in Summerhill) from the owner of a lost earring. An elegant bauble for sure. Below that, the Bulldog catches up with a joyous event marking Hanukkah. This Menorah Lighting took place on December 23. There are more pictures tweeted by Josh Matlow (Ward 12). Lower left and still in Midtown-Yonge BIA territory, a night shot of the recently dedicated Iron Horse sculpture on the Kay Gardner Bridge. At lower right is the Mt. Pleasant Rd. location where a mural will be painted. Entries closed September 15 so it seems the City and BIA folks are in a huddle making a final decision. The devil is often in the detail.

Saturday activity at the Leaside Curling Club/LCC

The Leaside Curling Club tweets a Saturday flash that there’s another full day at the Millwood Rd. stand. The Ontario Curling Association Senior Men’s Qualifier is underway as well as the Ontario Winter Games U18 Playdowns. Oh yes, admission is free and the bar and kitchen are open.

An elderly woman was rushed to hospital after being stabbed near Pape and Queen. CITYNEWS/Ryan Belgrave

A woman suffered a medical emergency in or near Carl Stryg Lane between Heward and Pape Aves early Saturday. The matter is the subject of a substantial thread on Leslieville FB.

The richest prize in Canadian lottery history remains up for grabs. No winning ticket was sold for the $70 million dollar jackpot in Friday night’s Lotto Max draw. The draw also offered 26 Maxmillion prizes of $1 million each, and eight of them were won. They will be split amongst 13 winning ticket holders — eight in Ontario, two in the Prairies and one each in Quebec, Atlantic Canada and British Columbia. The jackpot for the next Lotto Max draw on Jan. 7 will remain at approximately $70 million and there will be 25 Maxmillion prizes.

The union representing Ontario high school teachers has announced plans for another one-day strike set for next Wednesday, January 8th, at a select number of school boards that include Peel and Niagara. Other boards to be hit are Algoma, Huron-Superior Catholic, Greater Essex County, Avon Maitland, Limestone and Renfrew.

New CPC leader to be chosen in June at unstated location

Federal Conservatives will gather in Toronto on June 27 to pick their next leader. Oddly, there is no information published so far as to the City or public building where this will be done. An earlier announcement said a policy meeting would be held in Quebec City in April. CBC

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Attack on postal delivery man

North Face jacket

Police continue to pursue a suspect in the mugging of a postal worker on November 27 inside a condominium building at Bathurst St. and Lake Shore Blvd. during the noon hour. The suspect is described as a man, 5’9”, unshaven, with dark short hair. He was wearing a black North Face jacket, blue pants and black/white running shoes. Someone knows this guy.