Porter flight from Newark to Billy Bishop lands in Poconos

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A Porter Airlines flight carrying about 30 passengers from Newark to Billy Bishop Airport has made an emergency landing at an airport in Pennsylvania’s Poconos Mountains. WNEP-TV says all passengers and crew are fine after the plane landed at the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport. Airport executive director Carl Beardsley tells the news station the Porter Airlines plane had engine trouble and landed safely.

Thursday is final day for nominations for Macphail Award

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Thursday is the final day for nominations to be made for the Agnes Macphail Award (2019). Agnes Macphail Award nominations open, deadline Feb. 7

Leafs earn fourth straight home win beating Senators 5-4

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Sybil Marie Hicks candid obit reveals honest, funny woman

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Sybil Marie Hicks
Living life at Madeira Beach, Florida
Sybil posted this shot of Melissa McCarthy with her obit

Sybil Marie Hicks, a Hamilton-area mother and nurse who died Saturday, wrote her own positive and funny obituary. It is drawing much admiration from ordinary readers across the country. Among her candid thoughts in advance of her passing Sybil Hicks said: “I finally have the smoking hot body I have always wanted…having been cremated.” She recalls her family and remembers her graduation from Waterdown High School “with honors while wearing my shiny bright saddle shoes.”  Comments on Twitter include that of Judy Deane who says simply: “Sybil, you rocked your obituary.” A service for Mrs. Hicks will be held Thursday in Bracebridge.

Sales up a sliver year over year but not for detached homes

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Home sales in Toronto saw a small increase in January. The Toronto Real Estate Board reports that there were 4,009 home sales recorded though its Multiple Listing Service (MLS) system in January, up 0.6 per cent compared with January 2018. On a seasonally adjusted basis, sales were up by 3.4 per cent versus December 2018. The board says the average selling price for all property types was $748,328 last month, an increase of 1.7 per cent from the same month a year ago. TREB reports that the more affordable condo segment led the price growth, up by 7.9 per cent in January. Semi-detached and townhouse properties also saw increases, while the price of detached homes fell by 2.8 per cent in January year-over-year.

“Ice accretion” the byword for 24 hours of freezing drizzle

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They’re saying Toronto can expect 4 to 8 mm of ice accretion during Wednesday and through to Thursday morning. It will come in the form of freezing drizzle, according to the alerts. Driving will be tricky and no doubt many will wish to simply stay home if they can. Some 300 cancelled arrivals and departures have been posted at Pearson Airport. Weather Channel

10 a.m. snap of Bayview and Eglinton seems to show light traffic

Some are asking if it’s Air Canada policy to fib to passengers

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Yes, it’s harsh. But time and after time the national carrier has told its customers apparent untruths about things over which it has absolute control. This isn’t whether a captain gets sick or an aircraft breaks down. It’s about factual stuff like how much it will compensate a passenger for giving up his seat and its obligation under the law.




Collision at Bayview/Nesbitt snarls rush hour traffic Tues

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Collision of two cars at Bayview Ave. and Nesbitt Rd. Tuesday evening/Rudy Limeback@rudydotca

A two-car collision at Bayview Avenue and Nesbitt Drive just before 6 p.m. on Tuesday evening knocked down a utility pole and snarled homebound traffic. Wires were strewn around the intersection but there were apparently no injuries worth reporting. It appears that the 28 Bayview bus  short-turned at Millwood Rd. Photos by Rudy Limeback.

Winter Weather Travel Advisory in effect for Wednesday

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Issued at 15:18 Tuesday 05 February 2019

Winter Weather Travel Advisory in effect for Wednesday.

Ice pellets are expected to begin over the area Wednesday morning. A risk of of freezing rain or freezing drizzle will accompany the ice pellets. Ice pellet accumulations of 2 to 4 cm are expected before the precipitation comes to an end Wednesday evening or overnight.

The Wednesday morning and evening commutes will likely be affected due to accumulating ice pellets and the potential for untreated surfaces to become icy.

Hamilton vinyl holdout Sunrise Records does HMV rescue

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Hamilton-based Sunrise Records has apparently acquired bankrupt retailer HMV in Canada. The deal, according to CTV, will safeguard some 1,500 jobs. However administrator KPMG says 27 stores will close immediately, resulting in a loss of 455 jobs.  In 2017, Sunrise chief Douglas Putnam took over 70 leases from HMV. The company seems to follow a careful policy of suburban locations. It has 85 stores nationally with only three stores in Toronto, one in Scarborough and two in Etobicoke.

Many parents in large fight at kids hockey game in Simcoe

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Norfolk County OPP are investigating after close to 30 parents got into a brawl following a youth hockey game Sunday afternoon in Simcoe. Police say they were contacted by a resident about 5 p.m. who was reporting a large fight at a Talbot Street North address, which is the street where one of the town’s two hockey arenas in the town is located. Police say the incident began as an argument involving several parents and then turned into a fight involving close to 30 people. When police arrived, however, the crowd of parents had already dispersed and there were no reports of injuries, police said — London Free Press

Recycler says big retailer to use returnable containers here

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Recyclable Haagen-Dazs containers
How it works
Just like milkman

A US recycling firm TerraCycle Loop says a major Canadian retailer is about to sell food in reuseable containers. The so-far unnamed retailer is said to be slated to launch a test of reusable packaging in Toronto. It’s identity is expected to be unveiled this spring, with online operations starting by year-end, says TerraCycle’s founder. Toronto shoppers would buy Unilever, Nestle, Procter & Gamble goods with Loop packaging in late 2019. The scheme is often compared to the glass milk bottle of 70  or 80 years ago. The milkman delivered his goods and took away empties. In the new model, as seen in the schematic upper right, Loop picks up collected containers and organizes them for-use by manufacturer. CBC