Police are hunting through the Orton Park and Ellesmere Rd. area Sunday morning for the occupant or occupants of a wrecked car. The vehicle apparently took out a guard rail and hydro pole. It was left a battered tangle but somehow those who were inside survived to escape. K9 dogs are being used in the hunt.
The Javitz Centre is the scene of the New York Toy Show for 2018 this weekend and through to Tuesday. It is open only to retailers and industry personnel but there are many people attending from Toronto. Take a look.
Toronto Police will not be enforcing the law on Family Day regarding pay-and-display/Metered Areas, rush-hour routes and signs indicating Monday-to-Friday regulations. Bit of a break there. Although most grocery stores will be closed, Summerhill Market will be open Family Day. Banks and government offices are closed.
No Lotto 649 winning ticket and no Lotto Max winning ticket this weekend. There was a guaranteed $1 million dollar prize claimed in Quebec. The Lotto Max jackpot having gone unclaimed for another week meaning it now grows to $60 million.
Danforth Ave. at Dawes Rd. was closed for about ten minutes Saturday night near 10 p.m. for investigation of a suspicious package. The CBRNE service (Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear and Explosive) quickly concluded there was no threat.
Urban Toronto has taken note of the spectacular shape of the tower now rising on Wellesely St West between Yonge and Bay Sts. It is called Wellesley on the Park and will incorporate a 1.6 acre park at the base. It has only recently become part of the local skyline at 15 storeys and will no doubt be a landmark from much further away when it achieves the planned 60 storeys.
A Shoppers Drug Mart in Elmira, a few km north of Kitchener, has filled a prescription for the antidote to fentynal with fentynal itself. The astounding mistake was caught before the prescription recipient had an occasion to need the antidote, which is known as naloxone. The prescription for an overdose kit. This occurred February 5 and the Ontario College of Pharmacists has launched an investigation. “The pharmacy is fully cooperating and we are confident that immediate action has been taken to begin to determine how this happened and how it could have been prevented,” the College said Saturday. Naxolone is administered as nasal spray or injection and is available free at many pharmacies. Loblaw Companies Limited, which acquired the Shoppers Drug Mart pharmacy chain in 2013, called the incident “a case of human error” that “absolutely should not have happened.”“Our local pharmacist-owner took immediate action to ensure consumer safety, visiting the customers to secure the product and provide the correct medication, and to offer a detailed apology,” company spokesperson Catherine Thomas told CTV.
There is a large search underway Saturday in the Brampton area of Peel Region for Carole Berry, 73, who vanished on Thursday in a way which was entirely out of character for the woman. She was driving her 2017 Subaru Outback with Ontario plates ATTV739. Ms. Berry is described as 5’8” tall, 105 lbs, with a slim build and gray ear length hair. She was last seen wearing a light blue/black pants, maroon winter jacket, black gloves, boots, and carrying a black purse. Police and family are concerned for Carole Berry’s well-being and safety.
Prime Minister Trudeau is in India Saturday for a state visit. Check out how Rajya Sabha TV reports the arrival. Then to the right, the Saga of King Street goes on as drivers either ignore, or more likely, can’t make sense out of the festival of no-go signs. Below that, many will consider it a must-see video as ABC News reports how a former Playboy Playmate got $150,000 from the National Inquirer to give them the scoop on her fling with Donald Trump. They didn’t publish it. And finally, what everyone knows about medical marijuana is true. It has burgeoning adherents but hardly no science to justify a single puff, medically speaking. Be happy.
St. Ave W. was partly closed at midday Saturday because of a hydro vault fire Vaughan Rd. and Kenwood Ave. Previously, it was reported as a gas leak. The road may be fully open but TPS operations has not yet tweeted such. It did say that the street was open in one lane east and west.
The US has charged 13 Russians with criminally interfering in the 2016 US election to help Donald Trump, the office of Robert Mueller, the special counsel, announced on Friday. The authorities say the manipulations of these persons did not effect the outcome of the election. The release of information Friday names one man, Yevgeniy Prigozhin, as having organized and paid for these efforts. He is quoted by the Russian news service RT as saying that he doesn’t mind if Americans see him as “the devil.” The names of all those indicted are here. Below is the statement by Rod Rosenstein, United States Deputy Attorney General
A tumultuous day has seen Patrick Brown kicked out of the PC Party of Ontario caucus and then witnessed Mr. Brown file papers just before the 5 p.m. deadline to run for leader of the party in the voting which will take place electronically between March 2 and March 8. What other cards remain to be played before party members actually vote. Global News says it has spoken to an unnamed “senior party official’ who said that while Brown can run as a candidate, his bid will be quashed before the vote. It is unlikely, said this source, that when the party reviews Brown’s application for his Barrie area riding at a later date, that the candidacy will be endorsed. That, said the source, will end his leadership bid. Have his former colleagues conspired at a strategy to get rid of Brown before his candidacy can confuse the voting? Most candidates for leader, Christine Elliott and Caroline Mulroney for two — concentrated on their own ability to defeat the Wynne Liberals. But Doug Ford issued a statement searing the former leader. It said the party was better off without Brown as leader. “This is as distraction, Ontario deserves better,” said Ford. PC leadership hopefuls slam Patrick Brown’s move to join race for top job
