Local bird-watcher and photographer Russ Sutherland has taken pictures that are the talk of Leaside Chit Chat this week. There are 19 comments so far. The Baltimore Oriole featured in Mr. Sutherland’s gallery is a newcomer to his cherry tree, he reports.
Dave Bryant, the local fireworks impresario, has posted a thank you to the many people who attended Monday’s show at Leaside High School field. The weather was chilly but everyone bundled up for the evening for colourful exploding rockets. See the message from Mr. Bryant and comments here.
BREAKING: Two children have been rushed to hospital this evening after a two car collision at Pharmacy and Huntingwood. One in life threatening condition, awaiting update on other. @680NEWS @CityNews pic.twitter.com/8wWPpnlL8I
— Ken Townsend (@KenTownsend) May 20, 2019
Meet 6-year-old Salem Sabatka (left). Her face is in the news after she was abducted off the streets of Fort Worth as she walked with her mother. An Amber Albert sent two good citizens described only as church people to the motel district where miraculously they spotted a car that matched the mother’s description. Cops raided the room of Michael Webb, 51, found Salem and brought her home. At centre is Toronto’s Alberta Bakker as she describes to City News how her dog was found after it was stolen off her lap as she slept in the subway. One comment on YouTube asks whether she’s sure the dog didn’t just run out the train door at the Eaton Centre stop. Finally, a charming story of our times as the Sisters of Sainte-Anne in Lachine sell off their artifacts and move out of their Mother House. Sister Céline Dupuis (right) told the CBC that at one time the sisters numbered more than 4,000 but now just 180 remain. Fascinating.
Summerhill Market at 446 Summerhill Ave. is open Victoria Day until 7 p.m.
Donations at the GoFundMe page for Monday night’s Leaside fireworks display have picked up in recent hours. The show is once again put on by Dave Bryant for any and all who make it over to the hill looking down on Leaside High School field tonight. Sundown is 8.41 p.m.
@CityNews South Bound 400 to the Eastbound 401 is closed due to a truck rollover. Air bags are under the truck and a crane is working to right it. #Everywhere pic.twitter.com/GWD51wgRv8
— James (Jamie) E. Tumelty (@QPCamera) May 20, 2019
A 6 a.m. rollover of a transport truck has put two men in hospital with minor injuries police report. The ramps from southbound and northbound Highway 400 to eastbound Highway 401 are closed.
A pedestrian was hit by a ricocheting vehicle after a two-vehicle collision at King St. West and Jameson Ave Sunday about noon hour. The man was pinned under the vehicle. Horrified witnesses tried in vain to lift the vehicle off the man but were unable to do so. The fire service used heavy equipment to free him after which he was quickly taken to the hospital. The man on foot appears to have been crossing Jameson at King. The full nature of his injuries remain unknown but police offered a first impression that they were life-threatening.
There is a Facebook discussion Sunday about an apparently defiant man in north Leaside who will not pick up after his dog. A capture from a video is posted.
There was no winning ticket for the $5 million dollar jackpot in Saturday night’s Lotto 649 draw. However, the guaranteed $1 million prize went to a ticket holder in Ontario. The jackpot for the next Lotto 649 draw on May 22 will be approximately $7 million.
The locked door at 1581 Bayview Ave. tells the story at Refuel Juicery. The business has closed after five years of endeavor at two addresses on the street. Husband and wife Naeem and Abbie Memon (left) are hard-working, experienced and cordial people. It is sad to see them go. Before Refuel, 1581 Bayview was celebrated by many reviewers as an innovative wine bar seldom seen in the City. It was the concept of sommelier Otta Zapotocky (centre). At the time, Zapotocky was a full two years into his successful French restaurant L’Avenue across the street. But the new business, Tinto Bar de Tapas, was not as profitable as hoped and ultimately overextended Zapotocky. At right is Alessandro Settimi and his wife Alana at 1581 Bayview on the night of January 18, 2010 as they opened The Mad Italian. The place was a huge success that summer, especially when Setimmi’s father, Aldo, stood outside offering gelato samples. Then stunning good fortune arrived in a man who offered and paid a sum reputed to be near $1 million for the two-store operation. The Setimmi family took the money, as the expression goes. Ultimately the new owner declared bankruptcy. Fortune’s fickle game.
