Police are reporting that on Thursday two men became involved in a shouting match from the driver’s seat of their vehicles as they drove west on Lake Shore Boulevard West. When traffic stopped at Strachan Avenue, one of the men (seen above) got out and struck the passenger-side mirror of the other man’s vehicle with a baseball bat. He then got back into his car, a white Acura, and was last seen travelling north on Strachan Avenue
Woman at Keele and Annette streets rushed to trauma centre after crash closed intersection. https://t.co/kEJSMWhZLY @TorontoPolice #Toronto pic.twitter.com/EXc8OD7cKf
— InsideToronto (@InsideTOnews) August 6, 2017
A woman said to be in her 60s was struck and seriously hurt by a vehicle that careered onto the sidewalk after right-of-way collision at Keele St.and Annette Ave. Sunday. As seen in photos sent to Twitter by InsideToronto a silver car heading northbound on Keele Street and a red SUV eastbound on Annette Street slammed together at the corner. The SUV veered into the pedestrian. Several other persons have minor injuries.
Sunday has seen a return to somewhat warmer temperatures. Civic Holiday (Simcoe Day) Monday will be an off-seasonal 21 degrees with a predicted 70 percent chance of rain.
Video on YouTube shot by a poster identified as Roxy Haung showing an unknown woman with a small dog has been viewed more than 118,000 times in 24 hours. The woman is clearly upset with the animal and slaps it several times. A man who intervened with the woman is more or less told to mind his own business. TTC personnel are called and the woman is spoken to but the staff concluded the dog was okay. Tonight CP24 says that the OSPCA has been called by police about the matter. TTC spokesperson Brad Ross said the incident occurred on a Line 2 train at 4:21 p.m. as it entered St. George Station. TTC staff stopped the train and a supervisor eventually escorted the woman off of the train, Ross said. The YouTube video is intense.
CP24 reports that Toronto police bicycle officers were able to find a $17,000 engagement rings which had been lost Saturday along the route of the Caribbean Carnival Grand Parade on Saturday. PC Quinton Malfara said he and some other officers were approached by members of a bachelorette party who said a woman in their group lost an expensive engagement ring. The cycle cops swung into action and in due course one of them spotted the ring. “It was a combined effort between me and my colleagues and also some of the members of the bachelorette party,” he said. Chief Mark Saunders is quoted as telling parade-goers “That’s the stuff we do.”
This remarkably well-preserved late 1970s Cadillac was under a tree at the Laird Automotive Services lot at Laird Dr. and Kenrae Rd. Saturday.
Thousands have taken part in the 50th Caribbean Carnival Grande Parade along the waterfront. It is the culmination of a summer marathon once known as Caribana. The event continues to draw lovers of Caribbean music and fun from all across North America. The CBC’s Ieva Luos has written a thoughtful and entertaining story containing historic examples of the music and performances off YouTube. Worth a read
The UN Security Council unanimously approved tough new sanctions on North Korea on Saturday including a ban on exports worth over $1 billion US — a huge bite in its total exports, valued at $3 billion last year.U.S. Ambassador Nikki Haley praised the new sanctions, telling council members after the vote that it is “the single largest economic package ever levelled against the North Korean regime.”
FOX ANCHOR SUSPENDED
Eric Bolling, host of the shows The Fox News Specialists and Cashin’ In, has been suspended from the American cable network following a Huffington Post article alleging he sent lewd photos to co-workers. According to a statement from Fox News to the CBC, an investigation into allegations against the television host is underway.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is in Victoria for a meeting with indigenous leaders but while he waited, Mr. Trudeau went kayaking. The PM took a spill trying to get aboard and quipped that he was glad the national media were present to record the moment. A higher tone was set with the arrival of newlyweds Heiner and Michelle Gruetzner, perhaps looking for that contradiction in terms, a selfie with Justin. Trudeau kissed the bride twice, presumably once on each cheek.
Ian McTavish, a Huntsville school teacher, snapped the wood pile scattered everywhere by strong winds that swept across his area. Upper right, Andrew Collins filed this picture of a collapsed roof at Rebecca Lake in Muskoka/Lake of Bays. Kyle Robertson tweeted the stunningly beautiful but threatening sky over an Ontario farm.
Toronto Police are on the lookout for a bank robber who makes his demands dressed in clothes and accessories bearing names like Burberry, Lacoste and Gucci. It is reported that he first robbed a bank on June 23 at Bloor West and Spadina Ave. His note to the teller demanded cash. He got some and left. On June 30 he entered a bank at Avenue Rd. and Davenport Rd. The same method was used. The man is described as being in his 30s or 40s, 5’9″, 140 lbs., clean shaven with short black hair. He was wearing a Burberry golf shirt, black pants, white leather Lacoste shoes, and Gucci sunglasses. A thief of distinction, by all means.
The rattling storm that swept across Toronto late Friday caused a power outage extending south from Danforth Avenue to Lakeshore Boulevard and west from Greenwood Avenue to Victoria Park Avenue according to Toronto Hydro. A large number of people were affected. There were delays getting around and flights were slowed greatly at the airport. The CBC’s John Lancaster is on vacation in Muskoka and sent pictures to Twitter of the savagery of the storm up there. Environment Canada spotted funnel clouds in the Muskoka and Parry Sound areas, prompting a tornado warning on Friday afternoon, which was later cancelled.
