Expectant woman badly hurt in head-on crash on Midland

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A pregnant woman in her 20s was among four people taken to hospital following a serious crash in Scarborough. Police were called to the area of Midland Avenue and Treewood Street just after 9 p.m. for the head-on collision. As reported by 680 News a man, a pregnant woman and an infant who were in one car all went to hospital with non-life threatening injuries, although the pregnant woman’s injuries are considered serious. A man in the other car suffered minor injuries.

 

Bayview extension traffic cameras will tip you to flooding

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Camera 8099
Camera 8101

The Bayview extension at the DVP and Bloor Street interchange is among the very first places where flooding will occur, if it does, over the next 48 hours. City traffic camera 8099 is very close to ground zero and camera 9103 fixed on the Bloor Viaduct should also show flooding, and will certainly show traffic backed up. Camera 8101 looks down the hill from below Nesbitt Drive and just above Pottery Road.  Traffic will be backed up there if there is flooding. Camera site

Police seek “persons” in connection with January killing

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Person of interest
Person of interest
Dylan Gill, 24,

Police are seeking help to identify two men who are persons of interest at the scene of the death of Dylan Gill, 24, January 23. He was apparently targeted by a shooter as he sat in a car. The crime occurred as shots were fired from one moving vehicle to another on Islington Avenue near Milady Road. Police say Gill and two women had attended a busy nightclub, the Cameo Lounge, where rapper Robin Banks was filming a music video just 35 minutes or so before the fatal shooting. The persons of interest were there too, say cops.

Media descends on Centre Island, finds it darned damp

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The impending rain has people concerned and reasonably so. Media organizations are making missions to Centre Island where they have found things definitely damp. 40 to 70 mm of rain? Friday and Saturday total washouts.

Can Facebook stifle human perversion to broadcast horror?

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Facebook vows to contain horrifying human behavior on its enormous social media network by hiring 3,000 people to screen what’s happening. It is as much public relations as anything else but we hope it works. These live-as-they-happen perversions are sadly more about the human race and Internet than Facebook. Next, a very funny piece by CNN’s Jeannie Moos on how the “The Donald” keeps talking about himself in the third person. It’s the ego, say psychiatrists. Under that, just be glad you don’t live in Venezuela where the left-over “big-man” politics of the late Hugo Chavez seems set to put an end to democracy for good. And in the UK, Prince Phillip will stand down from dashing about to public events as he approaches his 96th birthday.

40 to 70 mm of rain? Friday and Saturday total washouts

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Friday and Saturday look like total washouts as forecasters say we could get as much as 70 mm of rain in 48 hours. It will probably be less but conditions for more rain of any amount as not helpful. A special warning from Environment Canada notes that the ground is already drenched and more rain can only begin to pool. It recalls the conditions in July of 2013 when several heavy rains caused flooding so serious it stranded a GO train beside the Don River. The emergency evacuation lasted all night.

2013 flooding stranded GO train

This time, the City is planning for local flooding along the Lake Ontario shore where water levels are as high as they have been in 20 years. An island ferry will be on standby in the event that the 700 permanent residents of the islands need to evacuate. Picnickers are warned to stay home. City of Toronto crews prepare for wet weather conditions

Resident builds model of 35 floor tower and Fisher school

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A depiction of the 35 storey apartment next to John fisher School on Erskine Ave. is a stunning reminder of the impact the tower will have on the school environment. It is the work of a resident and was seen at a meeting held at North Toronto Collegiate on Broadway Ave. Wednesday to discuss the impact of the development. Although City Council has accepted a mediation arrangement worked out at the OMB, residents seem to be hopeful they can “make it right” with the help of Ward 25 Councillor Jaye Robinson.

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