First draw coming to an end for the @CurlON_ qualifiers – lots of guests! Kitchen is open, bar will open in an hour 😉 pic.twitter.com/ko5vP5rlYk
— Leaside Curling Club (@LeasideCurling) January 4, 2019
Sounds like a fun afternoon is in store at the Leaside Curling Club Friday. It’s at 1075 Millwood in the Leaside Arena. An official tweet (above) notes that the bar and kitchen are open. Curl On gang.
North American markets were having an intra-day high Friday after Thursday’s doomsday performance. Of course, the markets have shown no capacity to hold such highs between noon and the close. But Toronto had posted a gain of 186 and the Dow was up by 660.
Carl Hantske of 680 News recounts wild shooting spree on Walpole Ave early Friday in the Greenwood Ave and Gerrard St. area.
Suddenly no one likes Apple Inc., and even its CEO Tim cook was reducing projected profit and admitting that Chinese buyers, for whatever reason, are losing interest in the iPhone. There are endless reasons flying for the sagging demand. Some say Apple has missed the bus on artificial intelligence. The stock markets collapsed again Thursday with the Dow off more than 650 points. Toronto was down 134. The extended loss of confidence heading into 2019 is fuelling fear of a world recession with all the implications that holds for business, income and pensions.
The Leafs met the Minnesota Wild at an unusually early 2 p.m. Thursday as part of the team’s Next Generation Game. It was billed as a celebration for Leafs fans of all ages with a strong focus on youth and the future of hockey, both on and off the ice. Many parents, schools and amateur organizations tweeted pictures of the day. Leafs lost 4-3
Ontario Superior Court Justice Timothy Minnema has found many of the enforcement powers held by the OSPCA are unconstitutional. He has given the government a year to rewrite laws to remedy the situation. Jeffrey Bogaerts, a paralegal from Perth launched the constitutional challenge five years ago after helping several animal owners who were being investigated by the society including a woman whose pet dog was seized. Justice Minnema found that Ontario was wrong to grant police powers to the OSPCA without also imposing reasonable standards of transparency and accountability. OSPCA is a private charity that receives millions of taxpayer dollars as well as private donations. In recent years its purposes have been questioned. Marineland sued the OSPAC in 2017 claiming it was trying to put the zoo and aquarium out of business to please animal rights groups and raise money. OSPAC has had police powers since it was created in 1919. Marineland says malicious OSPCA was out to destroy it
Leaside resident and entrepreneur Neil McMahon is working hard these days to have his new Freshii outlet ready for a soft opening on Monday, January 21. It is located in the SmartCentre on the Wicksteed Ave side next door to Meridian Credit Union. Mr. McMahon has another Freshii franchise on the Danforth near Logan Ave. He and his wife were intrigued with the Freshii concept when they learned of it from a friend who had already joined the firm. The McMahons live in north Leaside with their two young daughters.
The first meeting of 2019 for the South Leaside Monday Group is January 7 from 9.30 to 11 a.m. in the Trace Manes Field House. Moms, check it out. The Leaside United Church Youth Pizza Party is this Sunday. And Vanessa Rose, along with many friends, is inviting your presence at the Leaside Ladies Night Out for a great charitable cause. Ticket information here.
A City News report shows Mississauga resident Rick Prete at a Husky station where the pump counts his cost without delivering gasoline. Adrian Ghobrial says it is quite common.
Every freedom-loving person in the world must surely admire Taiwan president Tsai Ing-wen Wednesday as she stands up to China’s unelected president-for-life Xi Jingping. Xi has been trying to bully the little democracy into submission He told a typically docile crowd of party members this week that he reserves the right to use force to bring Taiwan under its control. But he will strive to achieve peaceful “reunification” with the self-ruled island that has a bright future under any future Chinese rule. Tsai shot back that it is China which should embrace democracy. It was the Taiwanese who more than 30 years ago set the example of free enterprise prosperity on Beijing’s doorstep. China was finally shamed into adopting the same economics in about 1980. But bitter Communist oligarchs like Xi have no gratitude
Carl Hantske of 680 News summarizes a sad episode of apparent youthful folly overnight in Vaughan. Below is the York Region Police report.
On Monday, January 1, 2019, just before midnight, police responded to a single vehicle collision in the area of King Vaughan Road and Kipling Avenue. Upon arrival officers located a blue Kia Sportage that had left the roadway and collided with a tree, with a driver and four passengers all suffering from injuries. The driver of the vehicle, a 17-year-old female from the City of Vaughan was taken to hospital suffering from minor injuries. One of the passengers, a 16-year-old male was also taken to hospital with minor injuries and a second passenger, a 16-year-old female from the City of Vaughan, was taken to hospital with serious but non-life-threatening injuries. Two additional passengers, a 16-year-old male from the City of Vaughan, a 15-year-old male from the City of Vaughan were taken to hospital suffering from life-threatening injuries where they remain.
