It’s not unknown for spectators in the gallery of the Legislature to interrupt the proceedings. Sometimes it’s just name-calling but this high school student, apparently one of a number present Monday, wanted to demand faster action on the environment. She was escorted out. The City News tweeted video seen here will be good for Civics class too.
Avengers: Endgame has made box office history by surpassing $1 billion US globally at the box office during its opening weekend. That’s in a span of merely five days. The final film in the blockbuster franchise, which sees superheroes such as Captain America, Iron Man and Thor reunite for one last battle to save the universe together, has reached an estimated $1.2 billion worldwide so far. CBC
Tesla has released a rendering of a showy-looking “cyberpunk” pickup truck with not much indication of why. The firm has promised to build a pickup in the past but no such undertaking seems at hand. Teslati
The Canadian Armed Forces are in Bracebridge Sunday to try to stem the damage of the flooding Muskoka River. City News reporter Erica Natividad is in the town known as the Heart of Muskoka reporting and taking the photos seen in this gallery. Mayor Graydon Smith says a total of 60 reservists from Toronto are being deployed with 30 already in the area assisting with sandbagging and delivery efforts and another 30 on the way. Smith says 27,000 sandbags have been distributed up to this point. “This flood event is not over yet, sadly,” said Mr. Smith.
MAYOR ANGRY AT JET SKIS, TOURIST BOAT
The mayor denounced people on jet skis and a boat at the mouth of the river “touring around” on Saturday. “First of all its very dangerous for them to be doing it due to the massive amount of debris in the water and how fast the water is moving,” explained Smith. “Second of all, there are people down there actively trying to sandbag their properties and then they had to deal with this wake off these watercraft that were going through there.”
Durham police say they have found human remains in a heavily wooded area near the Oshawa Creek. The discovery was made by a fisherman Saturday afternoon. A post-mortem is planned. Anyone with information pertaining to this investigation is asked to call Detective Constable Paul Grigoriou of the Central East Criminal Investigation Bureau at 1-888-579-1520. ext. 2737. Anonymous information can be sent to Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 (TIPS) and tipsters may be eligible for a $2,000 cash reward.
Here are the happy faces of courage, genius and human folly. They are Sara, Avett and Cassidy. Sara Hinesley (left) is 10. She has just won a prize in the 2019 Zaner-Bloser National Handwriting Contest. Sara has no hands. At centre is Avett Maness, 7. Avett is nearly blind but his parents find joy in his unexpected genius as a pianist. At right, Cassidy Valentine, 21, a lovely-looking young woman who needed professional help after disfiguring herself with lip-fillers. It is to cry.
A ticket holder in British Columbia claimed the $7 million jackpot in Saturday night’s Lotto 649 draw. The draw’s $1 million guaranteed prize went to a lottery player in Ontario. The jackpot for the next Lotto 649 draw on May 1 will be approximately $5 million.
Jill Merriman (upper left) was one of an estimated 1,000 volunteers to who scoured the Don Valley Saturday in the epic Don’t Mess with the Don cleanup blitz. Thank you Jill and all the other public-spirited friends of the valley. Sunday dawns with more cleanup challenges including Leaside Gardens team cleanup of Laird Drive. Volunteers meet at 10 a.m. at the gardens. At centre left and right, shots of Saturday’s busy St. Cuthbert’s Spring Fair. Just below that is the pool-sized pothole at Mt. Pleasant Rd. and Davisville Ave. still unfilled but ready for pavement soon. It has taken an eternity to fix. Lower left is a wonderful low-slung 1964 Pontiac Parisienne convertible loafing in the parking lot at the Moore Ave. Loblaws. Lastly, a reminder of the South of Eglinton Ratepayers and Residents Association AGM Tuesday. The Moore Park residents meeting is the same night. Details of both here.
A volunteer confronted Justin Trudeau during a visit to a flood zone near Ottawa on Saturday, accusing the prime minister of holding up the line while people were filling sandbags. Trudeau was in the Ottawa-Gatineau area to be briefed by emergency management officials and help with sandbagging efforts after heavy rain caused water to rise to dangerous levels. He had worked with his son to fill the bags and then took photos with some troops in Constance Bay on the Ottawa River. Then a man who was a volunteer pointed out that it was not possible to pick up sandbags while the PM and his entourage were there. Among other things, the angry man said he would not vote for Mr. Trudeau.
MORE THAN 2,000 COMMENTS IN TWO HOURS
The many comments written in response reveal a lot of interest in the incident. They are a bit conventional however. They range from “Notice how there are less and less Liberal MPs showing up for Justin’s photo ops?” to “Oh look there’s the PM. I will go over a slow things down by complaining to him that he’s slowing things down. And rather than spend time filling more sandbags I’ll stop and complain to the PM. What a silly old man.” Old white men who don’t vote Liberal emerged few times. CBC
Windy weather overnight and early Saturday took down this sign at Queen and Leslie Sts. Car was in the wrong place. Thanks to Scotty Oxenham posted to Leslieville Facebook.
Andy Elder, owner of Grilltime on Laird Dr., is sharing word of a neighborhood scourge both for businesses and homeowners. Grilltime was burglarized by thieves who smashed the door on the parking lot. A cash float and deposit were taken. Andy has heard from businesses all across South Bayview that have been similarly struck. “This is happening frequently in our community and we can’t be quiet about it. Hoping that someone may have seen or heard something. Please share,” he adds.
The South Bayview Bulldog has learned that Summerhill Market will open a grocery store at 1014 Bathurst St. north of Olive Ave in the Annex. The building was previously occupied by a carpet firm. It comes with a small parking lot two doors north of the store. The building is being renovated this Spring and Summer. It appears to be similar in size or somewhat larger than the Summerhill Market at 1054 Mt. Pleasant Rd., remembered by many as the former location of Bilton’s grocery store.
