The South Bayview Bulldog

Three people were taken to hospital, one with serious injuries, after a collision involving two pedestrians and two vehicles in Scarborough. Two men were crossing the street at Eglinton Ave. and Danforth Rd. were hit.  A woman in one of the vehicles was also taken to hospital. Police originally believed that one of the cars involved in the accident fled the scene, but later said all vehicles involved have been accounted for.

Wildcats collected 135 pair of socks

LUCY Pizza Party

Free skate

Ladies Night

Selection Invitational

Say hello to 15 rays of sunshine (upper left) who between them gathered 135 pairs of socks to give to those who have none. These shining faces belong to Leaside Wildcats, overseen by a very proud Kerry Collier, peewee and bantam convener of the Toronto Leaside Girls Hockey Association. The program is called Socks 4 Souls and is aimed at helping Toronto’s homeless. More than 20 percent of health care problems among the homeless is related to their feet. Upper right, many went coatless on South Bayview Ave this balmy 10-degree-Celsius Friday. Below that, a reminder of the sweetly named Leaside United Church Youth LUCY Pizza Party. Across the bottom posters for the annual free skate sponsored by Patrick Rocca, the charitable Leaside Ladies Night set for January 24 and at lower right, the 29th Annual Leaside Select Invitational Tournament. What fun.  South Bayview Bulldog Bulletin Board

There was a slight spot of bother in Illinois when a short-circuit in the railway gates allowed this (above) to happen. The driver swerved into the median and survived. Then, a topical CBC take on how busy people are joining the gang at the gym virtually. There’s a ton of money changing hands and the results seem mixed. Below that, do you know where your marijuana is coming from? Many cannot help smiling at how after a lifetime of smoking stuff from God Knows Where, this question is suddenly important. Lastly, the sky over Manhattan was alien blue Thursday night but it was only an explosion at a transformer.

The brains at Instagram launched what they thought was a limited experiment in horizontal scrolling of posts Thursday but it got out of hand. The unannounced refresh, which Instagram has since labeled as a bug, took users by surprise. Instead of scrolling through posts vertically, some people were forced to swipe and tap left and right through their feeds, similar to how the app’s stories feature works. Users went berserk on social media, with #instagramupdate trending on Twitter. Instagram quickly reverted back to the original top-to-bottom scrolling feature even before everyone had seen the update. All just part of the heavy burden of being manipulated by geniuses running your social media life.

Governor General Payette has announced 105 new appointments to the Order of Canada. The new member list includes 3 Companions (C.C.), 20 Officers (O.C.) and 82 Members (C.M.). Recipients will be invited to accept their insignia at a ceremony to be held at a later date.

MARINE RESCUE:
Cherry Beach Park
**4:15 pm**
-Kite surfer knocked off board
-Unable to get back on
-Marine unit officers responded
-Surfer has been rescued#GO2368319
^dh

— Toronto Police Operations (@TPSOperations) December 27, 2018

Undated file of fun at Cherry Beach/Toronto Grand Prix Tourist

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A teen boy has been shot in as yet unknown circumstances in or at a townhouse area at Driftwood Ct and Driftwood Ave. in the City’s northwest around 9:55 a.m. Above are two shots of what appears to be fairly extensive crime scene. A second boy, 17, is in custody.

OTHER HAPPENINGS

Elsewhere, there have been two stabbings in recent hours (video at left) and a TTC bus was stuck in the Warden subway station Wednesday when its roof tank apparently exceeded the ceiling space. Odd.

Sweden’s prosecution authority said Thursday it had charged three men with planning a terror attack in Sweden, warning the plot could have caused serious damage had it not been prevented. The three are accused of “obtaining and storing large amounts of chemicals and other equipment with the aim of killing and wounding other people,” the prosecution authority said in a statement. The men were also charged, along with three other people, with financing terrorism. Prosecutors accuse them of sending money abroad to fund ISIS’s operations. The trial is expected to open on January 7. The men, aged between 30 and 46, come from Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan, two of the five Central Asian countries known as “the stans” tucked between India, Russia and China. The status of the accused in Sweden was not stated.

A Toronto couple, Gerald and Patricia White, have died in a Christmas Day tragedy as they were snowmobiling home from friends near Peterborough Tuesday. Their vehicle crashed through ice on Jack Lake south of the village of Apsley that evening. They were last seen by their friends at about 11 p.m. Tuesday as they left. Mr and Mrs White were 76 and 69 years old. OPP indicate only that they lived in Toronto.

Here are two nice takes by the CBC on how dogs continue to be the faithful friends they have always been.

Jeremy Hunt

Jerald Jeske

Dow Jones joy

British Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt (left) has announced a new effort by the UK government to reverse the persecution of Christians in Egypt and elsewhere in the middle east. The Bishop of Truro will conduct a review, Hunt said. In Chicago, Jerald Jeske (centre) is charged with felony aggravated cruelty for throwing two small dogs off a second floor balcony in a dispute with his wife. At right, the face of this trader says it all as the Dow Jones has its largest single increase in history Wednesday. It was up 1,000 points.

PRP involved Crash – Square One Mall near Holt Renfrew. PRP cruiser in collision with Porsche. Two people transported to hospital. pic.twitter.com/xN2wSFQ94N

— Tony Smyth (@LateNightCam) December 27, 2018

Two people are in hospital with unknown injuries and a Peel Region policeman has minor injuries after a collision between a cruiser and a Porsche at Square One. The incident was apparently preceded by a break-in at Holt-Renfrew. As seen in photos by Tony Smyth, the injured were cared for at the scene. The story is developing.