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Canadian Press says the Ontario government is considering allowing realtors to tell prospective home buyers the prices of other offers in bidding wars. Such a change would put an end to so-called blind bidding wars. This occurs when competing buyers guess at how much to offer bewcause they don’t know how much hs been bid. Queen’s Park launched a consultation Thursday examining the Real Estate and Business Brokers Act and that’s one rule they’re looking at changing.CP says the Ontario Real Estate Association has been pushing for a change to that rule and a broader review of the act, and they say they are thrilled consultations are underway.

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Police graduation Thursday

PC Alain Arakaza (left)

The graduation of 55 new police officers took place at noon Thursday at Toronto Police College, 70 Birmingham Street in New Toronto. It was attended by Mayor Tory, police services board chair Andrew Pringle, Chief Saunders and others. One officer, PC David Hopkinson, tweeted saying he was “so proud” to be at the graduation of his friend Yoko Maliszewski. Well done Constable Maliszewski and all others. A news release says the graduating class is “representative of Toronto’s diverse cultural community and brings a superior level of varied knowledge and abilities to the Service, including language skills, previous military or policing experience and post-secondary education.”

Josh Matlow, Ward 12, has posted a Facebook assurance that the City intends to find a temporary home for the Senior Peoples Resources In Toronto (SPRINT) during development of 140 Merton St. and to return the service to that address on completion of the work. It is one of eleven sites allocated to affordable housing construction. Matlow says he has been able to “ensure that when 140 Merton Street is redeveloped, and no matter what is ultimately approved, SPRINT will continue to be there to provide vital seniors services to midtown residents for many years to come.”‬

Teams take to the ice Thursday afternoon at Leaside Arena for the three-day Select Invitational Tournament. As many as 2,000 boys from local and distant teams will compete for supremacy in their division. The games are played at Leaside and several other area arenas. Playoffs take place Saturday and Sunday. Even those without children in the games should drop in to check out the hundreds of silent auction items on display in the William Lea Room. Schedule

GLAZED BACK BACON SANDWICHES

Caterer and Grilltime specialty store operator Andy Elder will serve a tempting menu of dishes featuring Glazed Back Bacon Sandwiches. There will also be smoked brisket and chili as well as hot dogs and a salad option. Hours are Friday and Saturday 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. and Sunday 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.

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Premier Ford seems to be trying to let parents down gently by promising to continue all-day kindergarten into the 2019 school year. But after that, it’s likely that the 2010 Liberal inspiration will end. It has been greatly welcomed by many parents as cheap daycare, but others say it is just too expensive for a province with a debt twice the size of California. Then, Baby Amber is fine tonight but her arrival in a car in bitterly cold weather outside Brampton Civic Hospital caused a stir. Below that, Dr. Max Gomez with hope for desk-bound people who fear for their health. Lastly, it seems the musical group Maroon doesn’t give a fig whether Colin Kaepernick kneels in protest during the US National Anthem. But the media whining because they won’t take a position is hysterical on Super Bowl eve.

Spring Senior Care at 140 Merton St.

The SPRINT seniors care service at 140 Merton St. has been identified by Mayor Tory as one of 11 locations to be redeveloped as new affordable housing units. In a letter sent to City Councillors, Tory listed the addresses of the sites and said he is urging City officials to identify more lands that can be used for affordable housing. The sites identified are:

777 Victoria Park Avenue (Ward 20)
50 Wilson Heights Boulevard (Ward 6)
3741 Bloor Street West and 925 Kipling Avenue (Ward 3)
3326 Bloor Street West and 1226 Islington Avenue (Ward 3)
805 Don Mills Road (Ward 16)
770 Don Mills Road (Ward 16)
140 Merton Street (Ward 12)
705 Warden Avenue (Ward 20)
1250 Eglinton Avenue West (Ward 8)
251 Esther Shiner Boulevard (Ward 17)
3933 Keele Street (Ward 6)

As best we get it, Apple’s Facetime app will malfunction during group calls. It can deliver someone’s audio to the phone party even if they didn’t join it. Shocking? Maybe to some but to others it’s just the scheme of things. Yes, it’s about us, not the phone. Humans conceived it, built it and permitted a failure. It’s been known to happen. Many like to call it a glitch to hide the fact that it’s just garbage in, garbage out.

And it might not be so bad if it weren’t so cold. We’re in the freezer until Saturday when it will warm up to minus 1, three on Sunday and a sweltering 4C on Monday. Weather Network

A recovering alcoholic, David Stephen Young, who disrupted a WestJet flight from Calgary to London earlier this month has been ordered to pay the airline $21,000 for the cost fuel it had to dump to make a return landing at Calgary to throw him off the plane. The UK man was told he could not use the washroom during turbulence but he did so anyway and later became abusive with crew and passengers.

Stole purses, credit cars from waiting room

As a public safety alert, police have released information about two women who entered a University Ave. hospital in December and stole a coat and purse containing credit cards and debit cards from a waiting room. They then attended retail stores and used the cards to pay for multiple purchases. If you know these two, call 52 Division at 416-808-5200.