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
Scenes familiar from walk with Mojo early on snowy Sunday
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Kayla Kasak stops 47 as struggling Wildcats tie Sabres 1-1
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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.
Car with person inside plunges into lake at Billy Bishop
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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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Is wind chill just a way to make cold sound worse than it is?
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Maybe. Thoughtful folks have long questioned the validity of the media standby “wind chill.” Something to ponder with perhaps 50 days left til the official end of winter. David Phillips, the silver fox of Environment Canada comments on it in the CBC video (left) and then recounts the weather of 2018 in the video at right. The forecast for this week below says snow Monday (as much as 15 cm) and cold at mid-week. Video map.
No winning ticket for Saturday’s $24.3M Lotto 649 jackpot
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No winning ticket was sold for the $24.3 million jackpot in Saturday night’s Lotto 649 draw. The guaranteed $1 million prize was claimed by a ticket holder in Quebec. The jackpot for the next Lotto 649 draw on Jan. 30 will be approximately $30 million.
Ryerson Student Union spent $250,000 at bars and movies
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Ryerson University has called for a meeting with the leadership of the Ryerson Student Union over allegations that its executive used the union’s credit card for as much as $250,000 over the past eight months, including at bars, nightclubs and the LCBO. According to the school newspaper, The Eyeopener, the spending includes $2,600 at the Cineplex Rec Room last October, $700 on AirBnb, and more than $2,000 at a downtown nightclub. Eyeopener
Poisoned with Lysol, stuck in a box and a Mandarin marvel
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For months Matsa Beliashvili (left) has been sipping bottled water at her workplace downtown and wondering why it tasted odd. The answer is that a colleague was slipping Lysol into the bottle. Sort of defines twisted. At centre, Luca Choe, 20 months, is free again after the fire department broke the toy box in which he had become totally stuck. And at right is Christine Welch, an all-American girl who decided to study Mandarin at Northwestern University. She was so good at the language that (wait for it) she is now a popular music star in Beijing. Remarkable.
Friends, students fondly recall LHS art teacher Ana Divic
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Members of Leaside Chit Chat are writing Saturday about the death of Ana Divic. She was for many years a much-loved art teacher at Leaside High School. Among the numerous posts is one from a woman who recalls that her was Ana’s student in Grade 13 and was inspired to succeed in a career as a medical illustrator. Yet another posted the 1978 photo below of Ana Divic and Jennine Dubois in Ana’s backyard in Moore Park at a year-end art party.
Police ask drivers to avoid corner Mt. Pleasant and Merton
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Police were advising motorists to avoid the intersection of Mt. Pleasant Rd. and Merton St. late Saturday morning because of a two-car accident. Minor injuries were reported but congestion was expected. This is the corner where the large Esso station is located.
Police search underway for Alice Wolski, 59, in Etobicoke
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The Toronto Police Service are searching for Alice Wolski, 59, was last seen on Friday at approximately 8 a.m. in the Martin Grove Road and Cowley Avenue area. She is described as 5’7″, with a slim build, long dark brown hair past her shoulders, and green eyes. She was wearing black leather boots. No other clothing description is available at this time. Police are concerned for her safety.
Young men dead in unexplained 4 a.m. shooting in Vaughan
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Two men in their 20s were shot dead in a so-far unexplained incident at the Dream Palace Banquet Hall and Restaurant near Keele Street and Rivermede Road in Vaughan. The gunfire occurred around 4:15 a.m. Saturday. Among many questions, police are unsure if the two victims were known to each other or if this was a targeted shooting. Police say there are a number of surveillance cameras in the area.
