A New York-based cybersecurity firm, Gemini Advisory, has said that three Canadian branches of Saks Fifth Avenue stores were exposed to a data breach of customer information. Gemini found that the stores are Sherway Gardens, Bramalea City Centre and Pickering Town Centre. Word first came Sunday from Hudson’s Bay Co. which said customer payment information may have been stolen from shoppers at certain Saks Fifth Avenue, Saks Off Fifth and Lord & Taylor stores in North America.
It’s past noon so no more jokes but early Sunday and late Saturday the world was treated to some enjoyable and apparently fake news. Swiss Chalet trumpeted the non-stop and possibly unhygienic “sauce fountain” on each table. And Burger King announced the all-chocolate Whopper. One comment on YouTube regretted that it was a joke because “It’s really what I want.”
STILL JOKING:
Wednesday the Leaside Blood Donor Clinic takes place at Northlea Elementary and Middle School at 305 Rumsey Road. Please give.
No winning ticket was sold for the $5 million jackpot in Saturday night’s Lotto 649 draw. But a total of 26 guaranteed prizes of $1 million each were handed out with 17 in Ontario. The jackpot for the next Lotto 649 draw on April 4 will be approximately $7 million.
It will be a cool sunny day for the Beaches Easter Prade Sunday. The parade will start at Queen Street East and Munro Park Avenue and continue along Queen Street East and Woodbine Avenue. Police advise Queen will be closed in sections.
Road closure: 10 a.m. to 12 p.m.
– Queen Street East, from Munroe Park Avenue to Fallingbrook RoadRoad closure: 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
– Queen Street East, from Munroe Park Avenue to Fallingbrook Road
– Nursewood Road, from Queen Street East to #24 Nursewood RoadRoad closure: 1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
– Queen Street East, from Fallingbrook Road to Woodbine AvenueRoad closure: 2 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
– Woodbine Avenue, from Queen Street East to Lake Shore Boulevard East
– Lake Shore Boulevard East, from Coxwell Avenue to Woodbine Avenue
Peel police have released video of two burglars recorded March 10 near Eglinton Ave West and Dubonet Dr. in Mississauga. The video is here and shows the lead perpetrator carefully removing shards of glass from a smashed sliding door. He then enters and poses for this apparently quite good likeness. As posted to CP24 the perp speaks in Spanish after spotting the camera pointed right at him. He grabs it in an apparent effort to disable it. He asks the other suspect named Carlos for assistance. But it was all too late. The two made off with jewelry and various electronic items. Investigators are appealing for witnesses, or anyone who may have information concerning this investigation to contact 11 Division Criminal Investigation Bureau at (905) 453-2121 Ext 1133. Information may also be left anonymously by calling Peel Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477), or by visiting www.peelpolice.ca.
The TTC has announced that service has resumed at the Yonge and Bloor Line 1 and 2 stations after a three-hour delay related to a package. TTC official tweets are here.
ALL CLEAR: The delay at Bloor and Yonge Station has now cleared and full service has resumed on the Line 1 and Line 2. #TTC
— TTC Service Alerts (@TTCnotices) March 31, 2018
The flattering story published by Toronto Life of the Leaside Airbnb couple known in the article only as “Paul and Meg” has drawn mixed reaction from other Leaside homeowners in posts at Leaside Community. One has calculated that the home would have had to be rented 65 nights a year in order to earn the stated income of $60,000 at $925 per night. “Not sure I’d be thrilled to be their next-door-neighbor,” he says. Patrick Rocca adds: “Their crazy to have done this interview.” He gives reasons and they aren’t hard to guess at. But others ask why the two should be embarrassed to be Airbnb renters. As The Bulldog said earlier, this will not be everyone’s cup of tea.
Environment Canada has issued a special weather statement for a wide swath of the region, including Hamilton, Caledon and Orangeville. They say that strong southwesterly winds will develop this afternoon ahead of the arrival of a cold front. According to the special weather statement, gusts will reach 70 kilometres.
NO WINNING LOTTO MAX
No winning ticket was sold for the $10 million jackpot in Friday night’s Lotto Max draw. The jackpot for the next draw on April 6 will be approximately $15 million.
Hundred of children foraged for 3,000 hidden eggs in Davisville (June Rowlands) Park Saturday. The event was sponsored by Meridian Credit Union on Mt. Pleasant Rd. and organized by Lesley Stoyan of AppleTree Markets. Husband Chris Trussel is known to transform into the Easter Bunny.
Mary Fragedakis, the two-term Councillor in Ward 29 (Danforth) will contest the newly-created Ward 34 in the 2018 Toronto municipal election. Ms. Fradedakis won both the 2010 and 2014 elections handily (about 40 and 60 percent of ballots respectively) and is a personable and energetic politician. Her political sympathies seem eclectic although she has in the past been said to have NDP inclinations. All of this will be reviewed by voters in Moore Park and Rosedale who now become part of the horizontally-postioned ward. It stretches from the Yellow Creek, Yonge St and Rosedale Valley Rd on the west to Coxwell Ave (with variations) on the east. Before her entry into politics, Fragedakis was involved for nine years with Open Dialogue, a conference and seminar organizing company. She is also one of the founders of the Broadview Community Youth Group. Fragedakis graduated from the University of Toronto in 1996 with a Master of Arts in political science. Ward tutorial for voters, politicians as OMB okays new map
OTHER NEWS
Brisk but bright weather prevailed for the Saturday afternoon Easter Egg Hunt at June Rowlands Park at Mt. Pleasant and Davisville Ave. It following a screening of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory at 11 a.m. in the Regent Theatre. Later post
