The South Bayview Bulldog

Dollarama has launched an online store selling its merchandise by the carton, an apparent bid to sell goods to small retailers. The Dollarama website can be used by other consumers but they must buy in bulk.

The founder and former owner of Toronto beauty brand Deciem, Brandon Truaxe, has been found dead. He was 40. Stephen Kaplan, now the firm’s CEO, told Canadian Press that Truaxe, who created the company in 2013, died over the weekend. He did not disclose the cause of death. Truaxe’s relationship with Deciem had become strained in recent months after he closed its roughly 30 stores, citing alleged employee involvement in a “major criminal activity.” In two Oct. court proceedings prompted by Deciem investor Estee Lauder Companies Inc., Truaxe was removed as the company’s chief executive officer and ordered to stay away from Deciem stores and employees. Judge grants Estee Lauder bid to dump erratic Deciem CEO

Sauve Truaxe in advertising

Cats Eye Bridge from Moore Park to Bennington Heights

Sunny but many stayed home

Moore Ave. west of Bayview Ave.

Southlea Ave.

Squeaky Snow Science

Not going anywhere

You have got to love your home turf even when the temperature is more like Siberia than South Bayview. Squeaky? Check the City of Toronto poster in this gallery explaining why we hear this cold weather scrunch underfoot.

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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