Fire – Harvie Ave at Eglinton Ave. One victim removed by @Toronto_Fire CPR on victim. Now conscious and breathing in care of @TorontoMedics pic.twitter.com/t1TSL7gj0k
— Tony Smyth (@LateNightCam) December 17, 2018
A man has been rescued from a fire at a home on Harvie Ave. southeast of Eglinton Ave. and Caledonia Rd. He was unconscious when found early Monday inside the home but was resuscitated by the fire service. He is believed to be in his 50s.
There were two winning tickets for the $16 million jackpot in Saturday night’s Lotto 649 draw. One was sold in Ontario, the other in the Prairies, and each is worth just over $7.9 million. The draw’s guaranteed $1 million prize was claimed by a ticket holder in Ontario. The jackpot for the next Lotto 649 draw on December 19 will be approximately $5 million. The video reveals another way money can be redistributed.
Large natural gas leak after a minivan hit the side of Popeyes at Danforth Av & Dawes Rd. @Toronto_Fire has evacuated the area and crews are standing by while Enbridge works on the situation. No injuries reported. #Toronto pic.twitter.com/4kxALH7a99
— Jeremy Cohn (@JeremyCohnTV) December 16, 2018
A one-inch gas main that was ruptured when hit by a vehicle has been capped off but repairs remain to be completed, Enbridge sources say. The line on a building on Danforth Ave. at Dawes Rd. was struck by a van as seen in the photos above tweeted by Jeremy Cohn of Global News. CP24 reported that a woman driving the van suffered minor injuries. Apparently the building struck remains without heat late Saturday.
A six-year-old girl is in hospital with serious burns after her clothes caught fire in Toronto’s east end on Saturday. It happened around noon in a highrise apartment on Teesdale Place, near Danforth and Pharmacy Aves. Toronto Fire said the child had burns to the lower body. It wasn’t clear how the fire started. Paramedics took the girl to hospital in serious condition. Her injuries are not life-threatening, police said — CityNews
There was no winning ticket for the $60 million jackpot in Friday night’s Lotto Max draw. There were also 46 Maxmillions prizes of $1 million each up for grabs, and 19 of them were won by ticket holders across the country. The jackpot for the next Lotto Max draw on Dec. 21 will remain at approximately $60 million, but the number of Maxmillions prizes offered will increase to 50.
CTV says Saturday that Toronto Police Superintendent Ron Taverner has asked for and been granted a delay in his appointment as OPP Commissioner so that the Ontario integrity commissioner can review the decision. The NDP asked that the integrity Commissioner examine the role, if any, of Premier Ford in the hiring. Taverner sent email to Community Safety Minister Sylvia Jones asking for a delay. “While the government has full confidence in Mr. Taverner, we will respect his request for a delay in his appointment, until such time as the Integrity Commissioner has conducted a review of the selection process,” Jones wrote in a statement.
The Bayview Leaside BIA Christmas Celebration Saturday was fun. At upper left is a happy family meeting Santa at Millwood Rd and Bayview Ave. More great pictures at the BIA Instagram account. The good times continue next Saturday too and include a Pooch Parade (photo bottom right) outside Big-Stretch Yoga at Bayview and Belsize Dr. Upper right, hey, is that Aunt Nell and her pals dressed up as majorettes on Leaside Fire Prevention Day in 1955? Write if you know. Other pictures can be found at the Sidewalk Old Streets page. Below that are two new “bars” on Bayview but don’t try to order a drink at either. GlamBar is at 1538 Bayview and Blo-Dri-Bar is at 1693B up at Hillsdale Ave. Welcome folks. And that friends, is your South Bayview summary.
The annual Santa Speedo Run in aid of the Hospital for Sick Children will take place in Yorkville starting at 1.30 Saturday. Properly dressed runners should be at Hemingway’s restaurant at 142 Cumberland St. by then.
The Supreme Court Friday stuck down parts of the Criminal Code which require a “surcharge” or fee against petty thieves and criminals as recompense to society for the burden of dealing with them. The decision was seven to two. The majority decision was written by Justice Sandra J Martin and the minority dissent by Justice Suzanne Cote. Justice Malcolm Rowe agreed with her. The surcharge has been in effect since the 1980s and its end comes about because Justice Martin and her six colleagues have redefined the meaning of cruel and unusual punishment. Judges Cote and Rowe say the surcharge is the cost of committing crime. They find it a long way from anything like cruel and unusual punishment as it has been known in Canada.
MIKE DUFFY DENIED RIGHT TO SUE SENATE
An Ontario Superior Court judge has dismissed Mike Duffy’s multi-millon-dollar lawsuit against the Senate of Canada, arguing the Red Chamber and its members are protected by parliamentary privilege, making them immune from this sort of judicial scrutiny. The decision is a blow to Duffy — who still represents P.E.I. in the Senate — as he has sought some financial compensation for his bruising, years-long battle to clear his name following accusations of improper spending. “Allowing a court to revisit the Senate’s decisions at issue here would interfere with the Senate’s ability to function as an independent legislative body, equal to other branches of government,” Justice Sally Gomery wrote in her decision published Friday — CBC
MARKETS DOWN, DOWN ON J AND J TALCUM ADMISSION
Stocks tell dramatically again Friday in the US (Down off 500) and in Canada (TSX off 155) on fears of weakness as the trade dispute between the US and China staggers forward. Johnson and Johnson took a body slam as it admitted that it knew its talcum powder contained asbestos at some point. .
Saturday will be partly sunny and clear for the Bayview Ave. Holiday Sale. It starts at 11 a.m. with carolling, hot chocolate, taffy and fun. Check the poster.
