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An Ontario ticket holder won the $5 million jackpot in Saturday night’s Lotto 649 draw. The draw’s guaranteed $1 million prize also went to an Ontario player. The jackpot for the next Lotto 649 draw on Sept. 11 will again be approximately $5 million.

Bianca Andreescu became the first Canadian to win a Grand Slam singles title, beating Serena Williams 6-3, 7-5 on Saturday in the US Open women’s final. The 19-year-old from Mississauga used her powerful forehand — and was helped by an uncharacteristically bad service game from the veteran Williams — for her third tournament win of the season, and biggest by far of her career, in her first US Open main draw appearance. SportsNet

Highway 401 near Leslie St/Kerry Schmidt OPP

A woman, 86, is dead and 10 other people including three children are injured after a collision of several vehicles on Highway 401 near Leslie Saturday Police said 10 other people suffered non-life-threatening injuries.

Newly-painted home of Mt. Pleasant Piano Piano restaurant

Team Epping is ready for a new season. From left Brent Laing , Mathew Camm, Ryan Fry and John Epping

Leaside Tennis Club scene of Lindsay Dunn’s report on Bianca Andreescu

Colin Mcconnell catches Monarch with camera

Rotary Roast is a week Sunday

Northlea corn roast coming

We love the happy splash of painted blossoms at Mt. Pleasant and Manor Rds where the celebrated restaurant Piano Piano is set to take up residence. It’s their second location as reported here in August. Upper right, the Leaside Curling Club has published a new picture of Team Epping, well known as national contenders among curlers. Go, guys. Below that is a sweet shot taken at the Leaside Tennis Club as City News reporter Lindsay Dunn was preparing her story on Bianca Andreescu. Then, some East York Monarch butterflies captured by Leslieville nature photographer Colin Mcconnell  Lovely. See what he’s posted today. At the bottom, a reminder of corn roasts right around the corner.

On Saturday at 4 p.m. ET, Bianca Andreescu and Serena Williams will take the court at the 23,000-seat Arthur Ashe Stadium in New York City for the US Open women’s singles final. One way or another, history will be made. Either Andreescu will become the first Canadian tennis player to win a Grand Slam singles tournament, or Williams will match the all-time record for major titles. CBC

Malicious false calls to the police are frequently the work of juvenile minds who think it’s funny to terrorize innocent people.

No winning ticket was sold for the $17 million jackpot in Friday night’s Lotto Max draw. That means the jackpot for the next draw on Sept. 10 will be approximately $22 million.

The last two remaining locations of discount retailer Zellers will shutter its doors early next year, says Hudson’s Bay Co. The retailer expects to close the Toronto and Ottawa locations in January 2020. The Zeller’s in the East York Town Centre closed in 2012 followed by the disastrous Target adventure in Canada.

Walter P. Zeller started the chain in Waterloo in 1931

This story was posted first in 2011: The Hudson Bay company has provided a nice history of Zeller’s, the store chain which seems destined to disappear from Canadian streets after 80 years of business. Even though there is a plan to keep some Zeller’s stores operating, the writing seems to be on the wall about the end of the chain. Target stores of the US has bought most of the leases and it seems likely the rest will go shortly. In 1931, a Waterloo County boy named Walter P. Zeller (left) bought the 14 Canadian stores of American retailer Schulte-United. And so was Zeller’s born. Zeller called his concept the Store for Thrifty Canadians and even during the depression his plan worked. All during WWII and into the 50s and 60s the Zeller’s concept thrived and Zeller expanded, And Zeller proved to be a good employer which was unknown at the time, offering a company pension plan and competitive pay.

A local woman has posted compelling video (above) of the theft of her wallet from her purse at Pho King Fabulous restaurant at Yonge and Eglinton. She is unaware of the crime but her friend sitting opposite is suspicious about what has just happened. The woman bolts up in pursuit and catches the guy who throws the wallet to the ground as he flees. Below is video of the two perpetrators and at the bottom is video after the theft. The author is seen returning with her wallet in hand after it was dropped by the thief. In her post, she expresses natural remorse for having left her purse on the back of her chair. The first rule of keeping your purse and wallet safe is to keep them on your lap or any place you see them at all times. Leaside Community