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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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Howard Talbot Park is waiting/CBC

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 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 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

• Minister Phillpot’s limousines and the heady lure of OPM

Matsa Beliashvili

Luca Choe

Christine Welch

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.

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.

Ana Divic and Jennine Dubois at year end art party in 1978/Facebook

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.

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.

Dream Palace Banquet Hall and Restaurant/City News Twitter

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.

No winning ticket was sold for the $17.4 million jackpot in Friday night’s Lotto Max draw. The jackpot for the next Lotto Max draw on Feb. 1 will be approximately $26 million.

The heating system is again working at 260 Wellesely St. where 1,000 people have been without heat and power for four days. Power is being slowly restored to common areas and dwelling units under the guidance of the Electrical Safety Authority. Care must be taken to make sure that applciances that were left on when power died don’t start a fire. Utilities were turned off in the wake of a burst water pipe Tuesday.

Atom BB Wildcats win Gold at Girls Gateway Cup in St. Louis, Missouri/Wildcats photo

One for the album. Ryan O’Reilly with friend/Wildcats photo

Exhibition game during intermission in Blues/Sens game

Wildcats and Ryan O’Reilly/Wildcats photo

Wildcats and McKendree D1 Womens Team/Wildcats photo

The photo story is now available on the thrilling weekend enjoyed by members of the Atom BB Leaside Wildcats in St Louis. Oh yeah, the 10U Wildcats won the gold medal for their class at the Girls Gateway Cup Tournament too. Their romp included a three-game sweep of their division, a St. Louis Blues vs Ottawa Sens game, an exhibition match during the first intermission of that NHL game and a feature on Hockey Night in Canada. Then they met Blues centre Ryan O’Reilly. The Clinton, Ontario native donned a Wildcats jersey for pictures. The girls also met and spent time with the McKendree University Women’s D1 hockey team. What an exciting experience. Thanks to Joe Mazzocco for story, pictures and video. He is co-head coach with Garrett Gilroy.