We’re told this car slammed into a building at Victoria and Richmond Sts. just before 9 p.m. Trying to catch the start of Game 6? Just asking. No one was hurt.
Toronto Raptors are NBA champions after a hard-fought Game 6 loaded with turnovers in the lead but ending 114-110. TSN summary
Hamilton Police say a young man, 21, crashed into a utility pole at a rural intersection northwest of the City near the hamlet of Lynden (pop 500). He escaped injury in the 3.30 a.m. single-car crash but died instantly when he unknowingly touched or stepped on a high-voltage wire that had come down in the crash. This occurred at the remote intersection of Woodhill Road and Concession 4 West in Flamborough Township, part of Hamilton. The victim has been identified as a resident of Lynden. No cause is given for the accident.
A committee of MPs who probed bus-passenger safety in Canada has decided not to call for seatbelts to be installed on school buses, urging further study instead. The committee heard evidence about the cost of seat belt retrofitting (between $8,000 and $20,000 a bus) the cost of time making sure belts are fastened in a group of children and the liability of drivers if a child is somehow unbuckled, even of his own doing, while the bus is rolling. But on the topic of whether belts will actually save lives, the MPs choked. They said vaguely that seat belts are “not the only solution to ensuring safety.” The CBC story here does not name what, if anything, the MPs had in mind.
Emily Seal, a Grade 12 student at Northern Secondary School, has been awarded the 2019 Ian Shaw Memorial Scholarship by the Leaside Wildcats. The $500 prize, to be used against the cost of advanced education, was given in acknowledgment of Emily’s maturity, commitment, and dedication to the sport and community. Emily played for the Wildcats in Grade 12 while also refereeing and supporting her school as an executive member of the Girls’ Athletic Association and as a member of the Student Council. “Emily has always represented the Leaside organization well, with her enthusiasm for the game and her respect for other players, coaches and officials,” said Emily’s coach, Matthew Brandt.
MLSE says it will make a determination at 5 p.m. this afternoon whether or not to move Jurassic Park indoors to Scotiabank Arena due to weather conditions. 680 News’ Momin Qureshi is on the scene and has tweeted that “The lineup to Jurassic Park is now completely empty!” (4:47pm) CBC tweeted “Raptors fans had waited hours for a spot in Jurassic Park for Game 6. Now the lines have been shut down with Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment suggesting the die-hard Raps fans may instead be allowed into Scotiabank Arena.”
UPDATE: MLSE is moving ahead with the Game 6 Raptors Tailgate viewing party at Jurassic Park. Gates open at 7 p.m. Staff will continue to monitor the weather situation and Scotiabank Arena will be used if there’s lightning.
Fans back in line rain or shine. #JurassicPark #WeTheNorth pic.twitter.com/KLpggZqfcx
— Mark McAllister (@McAllister_Mark) June 13, 2019
THIS JUST IN: MLSE says it is going ahead with outdoor viewing of Game 6 in #JurassicPark #Raptors #WeTheNorth pic.twitter.com/5ehlBzJqBO
— NEWSTALK1010 (@NEWSTALK1010) June 13, 2019
People were treated to the wonderful sight of orcas on Wednesday afternoon in the city’s most inner waterway. The Vancouver Aquarium said this is the first reported sighting of killer whales in False Creek since it began collecting data in 2000. Jeff Wilson tweeted a fabulous photo documenting his “epic” day. More
Epic day in False Creek today 1430 pic.twitter.com/9dyStroEzZ
— Jeff Wilson (@JeffRollout) June 12, 2019
Fingers crossed and all that. Mayor Tory has released this photoshopped image of him mimicking Drake’s iconic 2016 Views album cover with the mayor himself on top of the CN Tower in his Raptors jacket. A map of Game 6 road closures is available at http://bit.ly/MLSEPlayoffs2019. MLSE says it will make a determination at 5 p.m. this afternoon whether or not to move Jurassic Park indoors to Scotiabank Arena due to weather conditions.
The mayor also revealed he will need Achilles tendon surgery for an injury suffered about six weeks ago. The temptation to discuss this in context with basketball prevailed. “I just found out yesterday that I am going to have to have surgery on it so I was thinking that I am going to have to go down and talk to KD and see if I can get the same surgeon and just do a two for one deal. I figure any doctor that fixed his Achilles tendon would be the right doctor to go to and that is no offense to our doctors here,” Tory said.
We just know that this lost bank card and phone will soon be back in the hands of its owner with the help of good neighbours in Leslieville. The post went up late Thursday morning. What a sweet pudding is pictured among the life essentials in this phone. Postscript: For sure, the owner caught wind of the Good Samaritan fury on Facebook and is on her way to pick up the card and phone. Hooray!
The annual Taste of Little Italy street festival begins Friday and runs to late Sunday this weekend. It is expected to draw as many as 250,000 people to College Street. College will be closed from Shaw Street to Bathurst St at 6 p.m. and will reopen on Monday at 3 a.m. Also, Palmerston Ave, Clinton St, Montrose Ave just North of College will also be closed. TTC will not be operating within these boundaries during the road closure times specified. Drivers are advised to plan alternate routes.
Authors of a study at the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario in Ottawa say that 2009 was a turning point for increased self-harm among teens in Ontario. Since then, says Dr. William Gardner, the incidence of cuts and ingestion of drugs has increased 78 percent against previous years. The statistics represent visits to emergency departments. In a Canadian Press story Thursday, Dr. Gardner pondered the impact of such things as the cell phone, which arrived in 2007, and social media cyber-bullying. “Engagement with social media could lead to increased rates of self-harm, at least for vulnerable adolescents,” Gardner said. “This could happen in several ways: by normalizing self-harm, by triggering it, by getting teens to emulate self-harming peers, or by exposing youths to cyber-bullying.” However, he said, social media may also benefit some struggling teens by providing them with a way to “escape social isolation or find encouragement to seek treatment.” It could also be that efforts to destigmatize mental illness in the period studied have encouraged teens and their families to seek help when they need it, Gardner said. “We have to say that if kids who are in trouble are more likely to come to seek care, that’s good. It’s sad that there’s all those kids (who are struggling) but better to know about it than not,” he said.
