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No winning ticket was sold for the $5 million jackpot in Saturday night’s Lotto 649 draw. But the guaranteed $1 million prize was claimed by a ticket holder in Ontario. The jackpot for the next Lotto 649 draw on March 28 will be approximately $7 million.

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A two-car collision at Jane St. and Shoreham Dr. has sent occupants of the vehicles to hospital. The injuries are said to be serious but probably not life-threatening.

The March for Our Lives events in Washington and elsewhere will be examined and the impact followed in coming days. Is it a Vietnam War moment where a generation facing the peril of bloody death in a meaningless struggle create real change? Many would like to think so. However the fight this time is not about a foreign war but the home-grown culture of gun possession.

Don Mills Flyers teammates of Roy Pejcinovski hug outside St. Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church on Thorncliffe Park Rd/Chris Donovan CP Twitter

Mourners at funeral for Krassimira, Roy, and Venallia Pejcinovski outside St. Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church on Thorncliffe Dr/Chris Duncan CP

Pallbearers at Pejcinovski funeral at St. Demetrius Greek Orthodox Church on Thorncliffe Park Rd/Chris Donovan CP Twitter

The funerals of Krassimira Pejcinovski, 39, and her two children, Roy, 15, and Venallia, 13, were held at St. Demetrius Greek Orthodox Church on Thorncliffe Park Drive Saturday. Fatima Sayed, Toronto Star Father, ex-husband expresses “deepest gratitude” to public  Friend and employer tells fearful story of Krissy’s last days

Krassimira, Roy, and Venallia Pejcinovski

The March for Our Lives event in Washington Saturday is intended to bring greater gun control to the US. It is said to be a generational signal that will be determinative on public opinion. But that is not entirely clear. Beliefs about gun ownership for self-defense are deeply ingrained. A great irony is that continued gun violence reinforces this view among many. City News has a report on Toronto marchers and there will be live coverage seen at the Washington times link.

A ticket sold in Ontario will claim Friday night’s $15.5 million Lotto Max jackpot. The exact location of where the ticket was purchased has yet to be revealed. The jackpot for the next Lotto Max draw on March 30 will be about $10 million.

There will be a meeting at 3 p.m. Sunday in Corks lounge overlooking Longos on Laird Drive to discuss plans to redevelop the property at 16 Kenrae Rd. That’s  just around the corner. Geoff Kettel reports that the owner of 16 Kenrae is looking to redevelop this property which currently has a small bungalow on it. It is next to a three-storey apartment and backs onto properties that on are the west side of Laird. They are contemplating the development of a semi-detached dwelling or a possible residential building that would contain four rental units built in a single detached housing form. Prior to submitting an application to the City, they would like to discuss the potential development with the Leaside Property Owners Association (LPOA) and nearby neighbours.

What She Said with Christine Bentley and Kate Wheeler can be heard weekends at noon on www.1059theregion.com

Rebecca and infant Ingrid

Samantha Estey, 22

Vanessa Biron, 10

At left, two-day old Ingrid in the arms of her adoring mother Rebecca with father nearby at a Florida hospital. Parental bliss until police from the Miccosukee Tribe arrived and took the child away. Rebecca is a Miccosukee, her husband white, and Rebecca’s mother is alleged to have trumped up a story because she did not want a white man for a son-in-law. They say that this obscene matter is being sorted out and the infant will be returned to its parents. Centre is a forlorn Samantha Estey, 22, of New Brunswick, deeply regretting a naked picture she took and sent to someone in a private message when she was 17. Five years later it has appeared with similar pictures of other women on a website on a server in Russia. There is no lesson more difficult it would seem. Finally at right, Vanessa Biron, 10, of the Montreal suburb of Longueuil, was mauled by a pit bull-type dog in 2015 and left with permanent facial and cranial damage. Friday, a court sentenced the dog’s owner, Karim Jean-Gilles, to four years in prison for the attack. The judge concluded that Jean-Gilles knew his dogs were  dangerous and did nothing to control them. His honour added a year to  the Crown’s proposed sentence of three years.

Leaside Presbyterian Church holds its book sale Saturday, March 24 from 9 to noon at the church at 670 Eglinton Ave.E. at Hanna Rd. Parking on Eglinton, (416) 422-0510.

Locals are mocking the alleged allure of far-flung places to pre-sell condominiums in the huge development at 939 Eglinton East at Brentcliffe Rd.  Wilmar Kortleever was observing on Facebook that “New York’s red brick architecture, Tuscany’s picturesque archways and Spain’s cobblestone walkways” did not sound a lot like Leaside. The information is in flyers dropped off at doorsteps in the area for the development newly designated as Upper East Village. As is common in such pre-sells, it is a challenge in the promotional material to winkle out the actual address of the spot that is offered for sale. Location, location, location. If you can find it.

Promotional depiction of Upper East Village / Camrost Felcorp