Police say a woman sustained minor injuries in a two-car collision early Sunday at Jarvis and Carlton Sts. One vehicle then struck a utility pole.
No winning ticket was sold for the $5 million jackpot in Saturday night’s Lotto 649 draw. However, the guaranteed $1 million prize was won by a ticket holder in the Prairies. The jackpot for the next Lotto 649 draw on Mar. 6 will be approximately $7 million
A woman, 24, has died in a fall while was hiking with her boyfriend on the shores of the Etobicoke Creek Saturday. She apparently slipped and fell from what is described as a naturalized trail. of Etobicoke Creek. Police say the fall was accidental, they do not believe it to be criminal and are currently investigating. Her boyfriend called authorities around 2:46 p.m.
Teen boys quickly improvised a rescue plan for an 8-year-old boy hanging off a ski tow at Grouse Mountain in North Vancouver. They use what appears to be a length plastic netting or fencing to catch the lad. Fascinating tale is told below.
A power outage from about 1 until 2 p.m. darkened parts of Moore Park Saturday. The Toronto Hydro Outage Map indicated the failure was confined within an area bounded by Moore Ave., Hudson Dr., Inglewood Dr. and Mt. Pleasant Rd.
Halton police say a three teens, 13, 14 and 16 were in the car that crashed on the Queen Elizabeth Way in Oakville early Saturday. The 13-year-old was at the wheel, say cops. The genders are unstated but the passenger of 14 is in critical condition. A third passenger, a 16-year-old, has serious injuries but is in stable condition. The crash happened just before 5 a.m. Police say that the SUV was travelling southbound on Eighth Line near North Service Rd. when it lost control, crashed through a chain-linked fence, and drove onto the Westbound lanes of the QEW. The vehicle then hit the centre median. All three teens are from Oakville. Earlier
It looks a bit as if the snow was falling faster than crews were picking up on Rykert Cres. Saturday morning. The revised forecast is for as much as 4 cm. Frigid temperatures are coming tonight. Snow removal has begun in Leaside.
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The QEW is closed westbound at Trafalgar Road because of a collision. A car is seen on the highway and details of its trajectory are unknown at present. OPP say three people were taken to hospital.
There was no winning ticket for the $10 million jackpot in Friday night’s Lotto Max draw. The jackpot for the next Lotto Max draw on Mar. 8 will be approximately $16 million.
Heroes will gather at Northlea Elementary and Middle School on Rumsey rd. Monday to kick off the annual Capes for Kids fund raiser on behalf of Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital. Northlea will have an abundance of praiseworthy people of all ages in the battle. Northlea students and Holland Bloorview staff and ambassadors will all be wearing capes. At 10 a.m. a large, collaborative cape built by Northlea students will be shown and MP Rob Oliphant will attend, no doubt in cape. Sounds like fun.
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Some people make it a point when buying a home to avoid a utility pole out front. That was the case of a Carlaw Ave woman who complained to Toronto Hydro in 2017 as the utility upgraded power delivery on the street. In fact, Hydro failed to notify 28 homeowners about plans to replace poles in the City right-of-way at the front of their properties and when those residents complained, Hydro called the police. In a report issued Thursday Toronto Ombudsman Susan Opler called the overall reaction of Toronto Hydro “late, incomplete and sometimes rude.” See her report
