A woman, as yet unnamed, has been charged with dangerous driving after she sped up the walkway to the Courtice Community Centre, smashed through the front doors of the building and into the swimming pool. This occurred at 8.40 a.m. Friday. There is no explanation as yet for why the accused, 36, did this. Courtice is a small community between Oshawa and Whitby.
Upper left, there is much-deserved satisfaction among organizers of the Leaside Ladies Night Out last week. The evening raised $7,500, a sum that ensures the The Neighborhood Organization can help as many as six Thorncliffe Park women learn about and establish a business, develop better sewing skills and provide supplies needed to run their businesses independently. Well done all. At right, a reminder of that epic local tradition known as the Leaside Selection Invitational Tournament. It is a thrilling time for hundreds of kids and great fun to watch. Drop in over the weekend, grab a bite to eat from Andy Elder’s concession in the William Room and watch the action. Below that, are reminders of the East York Town Centre Sidewalk Sale now underway and the Davisville Public School Kindergarten Information Night, tonight at 6.30.
Members posting to Leaside Community Tuesday warning of the theft of shovels from front porches. One post from near Rumsey Road and Crofton Road says the perpetrator was caught on camera.
The City says road crews are at work non-stop to clear both arteries and side streets from the overnight snowfall. The prediction of 15 to 20 cm seems to have been accurate. Residents will face bitterly cold weather at least until Sunday they tried to dig out and move around. Weather Network Toronto snow plow map shows where they are located
Monday drive home is shaping up as an epic ordeal. Reports suggest traffic badly slowed or stopped on most arteries. Bayview Ave northbound north of Moore is mostly halted. The City tweeted earlier that based on forecast accumulation, it expected plowing operations might commence between 5 and 7 p.m. and will continue overnight. It advised those on the roads to stay clear of the plows. This enables them to more quickly and efficiently clear the roads. Don’t pass in between plows. Good advice.
#snowTO Bayview & Millwood #leaside #davisvillevillage #toronto pic.twitter.com/yU3xM9EiGb
— SBayview (@SBayview) January 28, 2019
The appalling “honour killing” of Jassi Sidhu will see a day of reckoning in a Punjabi court but there are still those who fear Indian justice is not up to the job. Jassi’s Canadian-naturalized aunt and uncle are on trial there for hiring her killers because she disgraced them in her choice of a husband. Then, US Democrats are jittery at the prospect of Starbucks former chairman Howard Schultz running as an independent. Conventional political wisdom suggests that he would split the anti-Trump vote and ensure a Republican victory in 2020. Below that, a gripping 2017 interview with a flight attendant who figured out that one of her passengers was in trouble. The young woman was in the hands of a human trafficker. Fascinating. And finally, as they would no doubt tell you at Bagel House, bagels are supposed to be hard and chewy not soft and doughy. An interesting New York report on the truth of this food rule.
Snow is expected Monday over Midtown and Toronto. There may be as much as five cm before bedtime with another 15 or 20 oveernight and Tuesday morning.
Yes, of course. A food guide created by health-minded dieticians should absolutely (somehow) bridge the gap between healthy eating and cultural essentials like milk shakes, garlic bread, Eggs Benedict and roasted marrow bone with onion marmalade. CBC
Leaside Junior Wildcats tied the Stoney Creek Sabres 1-1 at Leaside Arena Sunday afternoon. Leaside held a 1-0 lead for the better part of two periods on a power play goal by Erin Arsenault with the help of Alyson Reeves and Lily Lacey in the first. Grace Nelles assisted by Emmy Lou O’Neil tied it for the Sabres at 13 seconds into the third period with a scorching aerial shot into the near upper corner of the net. It was an enjoyable game even for Wildcat fans who had their fingers crossed in hope of a rare win in this difficult rebuilding season for Leaside. The Sabres are contenders in the Provincial Women’s Hockey League, sitting tonight at seventh in the 20-team league. Kayla Kasak showed remarkable skill in net for the Jr. Wildcats. She stopped 47 of 48 shots, many of them in rapid succession at close range. Her opposite, Andrea Fausto, stopped 17 of 18.
The @TPSOperations Marine Unit fan boat is haveing a difficult time reaching this scene due to ice to begin the recovery. @680NEWStraffic @CityNews #video pic.twitter.com/ZcKizKcyv0
— Ken Townsend (@KenTownsend) January 27, 2019
The body of a man believed to be in his 50s has been recovered after a car plunged into the icy waters of Lake Ontario near the Billy Bishop Airport ferry docks. The Police Marine Unit as well as fire crews were dispatched to the airport side of the island shortly after 7 a.m. Sunday. Rescue crews brought the man’s body to the surface more than five hours later. Toronto Fire says according to witnesses on the scene the car went into the ferry channel at a high rate of speed before slipping beneath the water, some 20 feet from the shore — City News
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