A sun-kissed South Bayview Valentine’s Day Wednesday will play an even warmer encore Thursday with a forecast high of 7C. Gotta love it.
The accused in an apparently berserk stabbing attack with an ice pick on the subway Monday has been identified by police as Thomas Sommerville, 27, of Toronto. It all occurred as a train was arriving at College Station about 12.40 p.m. A man produced an ice pick and attacked another person who appears to have been a total stranger. The victim, 60, was taken to hospital with face wounds as witnesses struggled with the stabber until police could subdue him.
Carol Burtin Fripp has been named the 2018 recipient of the Agnes Macphail Award. The annual award is given to an East York resident who exemplifies the values championed by the progressive politician who was most notably Canada’s first woman MP. Ms Burtin Fripp is the co-president of the Leaside Property Owners Association and has been active in issues related to the integrity of Leaside. The award was approved by the North York Community Council February 5 and will be presented on March 24, 2018, which is the anniversary of Agnes Macphail’s birth. It will be the 25th occasion on which the award has been made. Here are previous winners. Asterisk indicates deceased.
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Rev. Jim Parker 2017
Patrick Rocca 2016
Muhammad Masood Alam 2015
Sheila Lacroix 2014
Alan Redway 2013 Alice Carriman 2012 John Carter 2011
Bill Pashby 2010
Patricia Moore 2009
Geoff Kettel 2008
Lorna Krawchuk 2007
Shamsh Kara 2006
George Hurst 2005
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Vi Thompson* 2004
Dorothy Rivers-Moore* 2003
Bob Hart * 2002
Grace Stephens 2001
Audrey Tobias* 2000
Barbara Thompson 1999
Elisabeth and Robert Lister 1998 Ruth Goldhar 1997 Marjorie Lewsey * 1996
Eileen Morris Adams 1995
J. Edna Beange 1994
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Thrilling championship curling from Canada’s Kaitlyn Lawes and John Morris. Enjoy.
Area churches and those all across the country have marked Shrove Tuesday. Here are scenes from Leaside United Church where Councillor Burnside and Mayor Tory were present. The event raised money for LUC’s ongoing support of El Hogar, the Honduran home and educational centre for needy children. Pancake dinners were held at St.Cuthbert’s Anglican Church, Northlea United Church and many others.
Meghan Markle has dazzled Edinburgh in a trip to the righteous capital of the Scots tribe. A Shetland pony tried to take a love-nip at Prince Harry’s bride-to-be but she eluded the creature. To the right, Mike Wilner talks of Jerry Howarth’s decision to retire. Below that, a BBC report asks the question why does high fashion like to portray women as dead. Good question. Finally, Susan Wojcicki, head of YouTube, defends the firm’s ongoing business relationship with the young nitwit-genius-millionaire Logan Paul. Video Wheel compliments to all.
Toronto police have said Tuesday that no human remains were found buried in the back yard of 53 Mallory Crescent, the property where landscaper Bruce McArthur worked and stored landscaping equipment. This finding was separate from the discovery of remains of at least six people in planters on the property. It appears that there is still work left for the forensic anthropology teams. Detective Hank Idsinga of the homicide squad told CBC police “will have a second run at some of the properties” when the ground thaws.The report below contains news from late Tuesday as police decided to dig up the drain at the home.
Jerry Howarth will retire from his play-by-play duties calling Blue Jays games immediately, he has announced. Howarth, who joined original Blue Jays announcer Tom Cheek in 1981, says his health, stamina and continuing voice issues dictated the move. “Who knew that I would spend more than half my life in Toronto with my wife, Mary, and our two sons, Ben and Joe, doing what I love to do most, reaching out to friends and fans alike across our great country to talk baseball?” he told Canadian Press. Howarth has broadcast an estimated 7,500 professional baseball games in his career. A native of York, Pa., who was raised in San Francisco, Howarth began his broadcast career in 1974 with the Tacoma Twins of the Pacific Coast League. Howarth called Toronto’s back-to-back World Series victories in 1992 and 1993 with Cheek, who died in 2005 from brain cancer. The radio audience for Blue Jays games has shrunk over the years with the elimination of television blackouts, but there may still be a need for such a service among commuters. Still, it may also be possible to simply simulcast TV broadcasts to radio. Time will tell.
Congratulations on a wonderful career, Jerry!
We wish you the best in retirement. #ThankYouJerry pic.twitter.com/bHI6dpUKgH
— Toronto Blue Jays (@BlueJays) February 13, 2018
Police have issued a special clarification about the address of the police culture meeting Thursday in Thorncliffe Park. It offers apologies for an incorrect address published in a release Tuesday and states the correct address as 1 Leaside Park Dr, Toronto on Thursday, February 15, 2018 – 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.
A heartbreaking story is coming out Monday night about the death of Avery Kernaghan, 13, of Mt. Brydges near London. Friends at Leaside Memorial Community Gardens have sent condolences to Avery’s family. She was part of the synchronized skating family. Avery died in a car accident Sunday during a break in the Provincial Skating Championships in nearby Komoka. Her dad was seriously hurt. We may wish to say a prayer on Shrove Tuesday as families gather at area churches. There are dinners at Leaside United, St.Cuthbert’s, Northlea United and many others. To the right, the Winterfolk Blues and Roots Festival at the Black Swan Tavern on the Danforth. Lower left, a new business will open downstairs at 1560 Bayview. That’s at the corner of Belsize Drive. And right, an invitation to Family Day Skating on February 19.
