The 114th Toronto Santa Claus Parade has rung in the Christmas season. More photos and videos here.
Police report a man has died on the pavement at Jarvis and Shuter Sts. Sunday morning. He was apparently found sometime after 9 a.m. in what was called “obvious distress.” The Toronto Police Operations Twitter account confirmed just before 11 a.m. that the death is not suspicious.
Body found on north side of Shuter just west of Jarvis. at Mutual St. More to come on @CityNews tonight. #toronto pic.twitter.com/8rcRLRRYTB
— Craig Wadman. (@craig_wadman) November 18, 2018
Police say the driver of a car that smashed into the front of a Subway store on Saturday may have suffered a medical incident. His vehicle also hit other cars in the parking lot at Woodside Square mall at Finch Ave. and Sandhurst Circle. The driver was admitted to hospital with serious injuries while a woman with him was assessed at the scene.
CAR INTO CHURCH OF THE REDEEMER
Two people were said to have serious injuries after a car smacked into the Church of the Redeemer at Bloor West and Avenue Rd. about 7.15 Sunday morning. A third person was also treated at the scene.
Street closures are in effect Sunday in preparation for the 114th annual Santa Claus Parade. The parade starts at 12:30 p.m. at Bloor and Christie streets. It then heads down Bloor to Queen’s Park Crescent East, University Avenue, and ends at Front and Jarvis streets between 3 and 4 p.m. Ahead of the parade, runners will spread their merriment in the Holly Jolly Fun Run. The five-kilometre run starts at 11:45 a.m. on Bloor Street between Manning and Euclid avenues, and ends at Maple Leaf Square. This year, everyone who finishes the run will receive a medal.
No winning ticket was sold for the $9.3 million jackpot in Saturday night’s Lotto 649 draw. However, the guaranteed $1 million prize was claimed by a ticket holder somewhere on the Prairies. The jackpot for the next Lotto 649 draw on Nov. 21 will be approximately $12 million
Mayor Tory said Saturday that he will getting answers about the state of the jointly owned pedestrian bridge that crumbled before dawn, leaving a gaping hole in the crossing between a condo and Crescent Town Elementary School in East York. Investigation indicates that the collapse occurred on the side of the bridge owned by Pinedale Properties. Fire officials said it appeared there had been previous additional support given to the bridge. The undamaged half of the bridge is owned by the Toronto District School Board. The Star reports that the fire service was called after 6 a.m. about concrete that had fallen from the underside of the bridge. When they arrived, there was a hole in the bridge, which stands 5 metres off the ground The bridge is used by students to and from get to the school. Mr. Tory visited the school and tweeted later that it was a miracle no one was hurt. “I will be making inquiries of (TDSB and Pinedale) as to how the bridge got into this state including a review of repairs done in the past year,” he said. “I will also be asking questions about inspections done on this bridge (and) others like it.”
COMING UP | Parents breathing a sigh of relief, that no one was injured after pedestrian bridge — used mostly by kids getting to school — collapses. What the property owners have to say in their defence. Tonight on @globalnewsto at 6. pic.twitter.com/SPYzK2VsoZ
— Kamil Karamali (@KamilKaramali) November 17, 2018
Holly Berry Fair at Rosedale United Church was packed Saturday with buyers, sightseers and fans of those hearty ham sandwiches. Always great fun.
UPDATED: Pedestrian bridge near Crescent Town elementary school partially collapses https://t.co/NEFeBlTKBt pic.twitter.com/LITEwketA6
— CP24 (@CP24) November 17, 2018
Crumbling infrastructure at Victoria Park and Danforth Aves. as a pedestrian bridge used daily by school kids starts to fall apart. No one was hurt but a man about to walk underneath narrowly missed getting hit by falling concrete. CP24
No winning ticket was sold for the $55 million jackpot in Friday night’s Lotto Max draw. However, three of the draw’s Maxmillions prizes of $1 million each were claimed by ticket holders in Ontario and the Prairies. The jackpot for the next Lotto Max draw on Nov. 23 will be approximately $60 million, and there will be 21 Maxmillions up for grabs.
There seems to be some fretting about a possible coverup regarding the bullying video described by police as pornography. The video does indeed sound terrible but that definition seems unlikely to have occurred to the youthful perpetrators who have now been expelled from St. Michael’s College School. The administration learned of the video on Monday and called police Wednesday. Information provided today tells of eight explusions, not ten as rumoured among students.
An early snowfall is all in the game for Toronto. Remembrance Day flags at Sunnybrook’s Veterans Centre and a lonely pumpkin outside de la mer seafood on Bayview Ave. remind us that we must adjust. This gallery also contains pretty shots taken during a Thursday evening walk in South Bayview and a welcoming snow-covered trail at Downsview Park.
