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The little-known story of how US billionaires have stopped pipeline construction in Canada is told in this CBC report. Then, what the PM wants the PM gets, as Mr. Trudeau picks the Liberal candidate for Milton. Below that, Theresa May has produced what she calls Plan B for Brexit. Others call it Plan A re-booted. And lastly, the astounding case of a Whitby man, the late Robert Hogg, who lost $700,000 to romance scammers in Indonesia. His son says the bank should have done a better job of stopping his dad from this folly.

Glorious moon over Cherry St. (Source: https://www.facebook.com/groups/2253273170/permalink/10156457049863171/)

Tripod started icing up (Source: https://www.facebook.com/aronharris/posts/10161546367130650)

Residents of Leslieville were well-placed to see the Super Blood Wolf Moon rise over Lake Ontario. Many thought it didn’t fully live up to its grand name but here are two shots that are very nice. They appear on the community Facebook page Monday morning. At the left is the scene at Cherry St. and the photographer confesses that she had to correct her driving. She stopped and got out of the car to shoot this. At right is the best of an apparently long and chilly evening shooting the moon. Note the man in sunglasses. #bloodmoon  Wow, is Sunday’s delectable Super Blood Wolf Moon edible?

Monday’s bitter cold will give way to a warmer Tuesday and Wednesday. Then it’s back to very cold days on Thursday and on into the weekend. The high Monday is forecast to be minus 12 Celsius even under sunny skies. Weather Network

Fire on Snowball Cres. in Scarborough/CP24 cap

No one hurt/CP24 cap

Toronto Fre Service is cleaning up after a two-alarm on Snowball Cres. near Mammoth Hall Trail in the vicinity of Sheppard Ave and Markham Rd. in Scarborough The fire appears to have started on upper levels of the home, spreading to the attic. No one was hurt.

Snowball Cres., Scarborough/file

A driver has been taken to hospital with serious injuries after a car crashed into the front stoop of two homes on Woodbine Ave in the Beaches. Toronto police were called to the scene near Lake Shore Boulevard around 7:30 a.m. Sunday. The vehicle had crashed into the steps leading up to one residence and struck a gas line at the neighbouring home.

The Fraser Institute ranking of elementary schools has been published. The website is overloaded Sunday making analyses slow work. This pdf may be the fastest way to look. Below is a partial list of area schools with their rankings, which are based mainly on the average level of achievement in Grade 3 and Grade 6 province-wide reading, writing and math tests. In Toronto, these schools achieved a ten rating: Avondale Alternative Elementary School, Havergal College, the Islamic Institute of Toronto, Northmount School, Sathua Sai School of Toronto, and St. Sebastian Separate School received top marks.

Whitney 9.5
John Ross Robertson 9.3
Blythwood 9.1
Withrow Avenue 9.0
Bessborough 8.8
St Clement 8.8
Rosedale 8.7
Davisville 8.6
Forest Hill 8.6
OLPH 8.6
Northlea 8.3
Pape 8.0
Rolph Road 8.0
Bennington 7.7
St Anselm 7.2
Deer Park 7.2

No winning ticket was sold for the $17 million jackpot in Saturday night’s Lotto 649 draw. However, the guaranteed $1 million prize was claimed by a ticket holder in British Columbia. The jackpot for the next Lotto 649 draw on Jan. 23 will be approximately $20 million.

St. Clair and Mt. Pleasant looking south Sunday morning

Lake Ontario Sunday morning/#ONstorm

Woofer is okay/CBC

Hamilton mountain/Twitter

Yes there’s shovelling to be done but the forecasts of five to ten cm. for Midtown seem correct. Upper left, that’s the scene Sunday morning at St. Clair Ave. and Mt. Pleasant Rd. (looking south) at what seems to be a newly-installed traffic camera. Check the other local cameras. At upper right is a nice shot of Lake Ontario from the west end of Toronto seen on #ONstorm. Below that, black and white woofer Charlie and the deeply-buried family car are from Hamilton where there is always more snow, especially on Mt. Hamilton. Stay warm.

Police are looking for witnesses or video that will help them explain a low-speed accident at the corner of Soudan Ave and Holly St. Friday in which a woman, 89, was badly injured. It is the kind of traffic incident that seems little understood. They say a man drove southbound on Holly to Soudan, a three-way stop intersection. He stopped but then somehow stuck the woman who was crossing Holly from east to west right in front of him. It was 9:49 a.m., full daylight. The driver was a man, 57. He apparently remained at the scene. Police are asking local residents, businesses, and drivers, who may have security or dash-camera footage of the area or incident, to contact investigators.

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• • Public Safety Alert, Stolen Medication, Victoria Park Avenue And Danforth Avenue Area

What happened here?/Courtesy Toronto Sun

Two Toronto police officers are being investigated after their cruiser was demolished in an unexplained incident in a parking lot at Markham Rd and Sheppard Ave on January 1. Whispers in the department hint that the two officers in the vehicle were performing so-called “donuts” with the vehicle. This is a manoeuvre to make the car skid in circles.

An annual New Year’s Levee will be held Saturday by Don Valley West MPP and former Premier Kathleen Wynne at the Toronto Botanical Gardens, 777 Lawrende Ave East. The event is scheduled to run from 1 to 3 p.m.

Millwood Rd. has re-opened following the collision of a car with the side abutment of the rail underpass heading into East York. The road was closed from 5.30 a.m to after noon hour on Saturday. One man is said to have serious injuries and another man lesser. Watermain break floods Millwood Rd. at railway underpass

Car into abutment/Sean Cowan City News

Old underpass is trouble

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