Dash-cam video reveals a close call near Buttonville airport Tuesday as a small lane narrowly misses the vehicle with the cam. This was on 16th Ave, near Highway 404 just before 2 p.m. The plane carried an instructor and woman student. Both escaped injury.
Many are wondering what the rest of the world knew that Marc Garneau did not when he insistnetly said Canada would not ground the Boeing 737 Max 8. That was yesterday. Now we have “new information” which is not revealed and the aircraft is grounded here. “There are – and I hasten to say not conclusive – but there are similarities” between the Ethiopian Airlines flight profile and that of a Lion Air flight involving the same aircraft that crashed off the Indonesian coast in October, the minister said. Those similarities, he said, “exceed a certain threshold in our minds with respect to the possible cause of what happened in Ethiopia. This is not conclusive, but it is something that points possibly in that direction, and at this point we feel that threshold has been crossed.” The “safety notice” means none of the aircraft – or a new version, the Max 9, which isn’t as widely used – can fly into, out of, or over Canada, he added: “I will not hesitate to take swift action should we discover any additional safety issues.”
Children are seen being carried out of a collapsed building in Lagos, Nigeria Wednesday. Their bodies were limp after having been found under bricks and other rubble. Fearful scenes were captured in this video which moved on Euronews at mid-morning Toronto time.
Dial-up, plug-in, wi-fi, Netscape, Windows, Yahoo, Google and a million other names and concepts have flooded the world since the creation of the World Wide Web in the early 90s. Most people became aware of the such communication only over time. They say 1994 was the net’s first big year. Before that, it was easy to find lots of people who had never heard of it. The concept and its early parts are said be 30 years old this month. Companies celebrate The Internet’s 30th birthday by sharing their retro origins
Sunwing Airlines says it is “temporarily” suspending flights of its four Boeing 737 Max 8 planes. CBC
Four people were hurt in a head-on tangle of two cars at Sewells Rd and Steeles Ave. before dawn Wednesday. Three men in their 50s have been taken to hospital in serious condition and a woman, 53, was airlifted to Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre with potentially life-threatening injuries, Toronto paramedics confirm. Twitter
HOUSE FIRE
And fire has destroyed an abandoned home near Jane St. and Teston rd. in York Region overnight.
Fallout from the growing concern about the safety of the Boeing 737 Max 8 airliner has led the British government to ban the plane from its airspace. If we read that correctly it means you cannot get on a 737 Max 8 in Toronto or New York and land at Heathrow. Amazing. Then, the Video Wheel visits the rink and finds that the NHL has concluded that Morgan Reilly did not throw the homophobic slur f—-t at a referee. Below that, Harry and Meghan were at Canada House in London to visit with artists and business people. Finally, Vancouver police are dealing with the truth that any dangerous thrill man can conceive he will also perform.
Full House star Lori Loughlin and Golden Globe winner Felicity Huffman are among 46 wealthy US parents charged with mail fraud in an elaborate series of schemes to get their kids into prestigious schools by dodging admission standards. There were reportedly huge payoffs as well as fraudulent test results created by the man running the scheme. According to the New York Post some parents allowed their kids to pose as student-athletes to get into places like Georgetown, Stanford, Wake Forest University, UCLA and Yale.
Around the world Tuesday, Apple has announced a March 25 media event and is hinting at a widely expected plan to unveil its own Netflix-style streaming service with original video. The event at Apple’s Silicon Valley headquarters is expected to reveal details of its efforts in original video and its reported investment of at least US$1 billion. Elsewhere in consumer land, Honda is recalling about 1.2 million vehicles in North and Central America because their Takata air bag inflators can explode and send shrapnel into the passenger compartment. The recall covers many Honda and Acura models from 2001 through 2016. In Britain, a critical Brexit vote is due. Agreement from Parliament on exiting the EU hung in the balance after the government’s lawyer said last-minute “legally binding” assurances won by Prime Minister Theresa May left the Irish backstop “unchanged.” And the last Canadian victim of the Ethiopian plane crash has been identified.
Toronto Zoo has named a new zebra foal Obi in keeping with a pattern it has established of naming baby zebras after ‘Star Wars’ characters. Other zebras born at the zoo have been named Luke, Leia and Rey. See video at Toronto Zoo announces male zebra foal born February 13
Cellphones will be banned in Ontario classrooms during instructional time, starting in September. Education Minister Lisa Thompson said in a statement Tuesday that a formal announcement is coming soon. “Ontario’s students need to be able to focus on their learning — not their cellphones,” she wrote. “By banning cellphone use that distracts from learning, we are helping students to focus on acquiring the foundational skills they need like reading, writing and math.” Some schools already have similar policies, but the province will issue a directive to all public schools for the 2019-20 school year, government sources told The Canadian Press. How to enforce the ban would be up to individual boards and schools. Exceptions would be made for when teachers want to use cellphones as part of their lesson, for medical reasons and students with special needs.
A slight redesign of engine positions and landing gear shape to save fuel on the Boeing 737 Max fortold a slight tendency for the new model to stall during climbs, according to this fascinating analysis by Air Current. To make that chance less likely, according to the website, Boeing added a previously unknown feature to the aircraft. It’s called the Maneuvering Characteristics Augmentation System (MCAS). MCAS apparently overrides pilot commands and suspicion is arising it that may cause confusion. Will a pilot fight back against the automatic stabilizer and either cause a stall or otherwise lose control? Read on.
