We’ll see you on South Bayview where you will be sure to find a green beer or two. Lá fhéile Pádraig sona duit!
Happy #StPatricksDay to everyone in Toronto and around the world! See you at the parade on Sunday!! 🇮🇪
— St Patricks Toronto (@StPatricksTo) March 17, 2017
Video: Senator Don Meredith says he is "deeply sorry," for sexual relationship with teen — but won't resign https://t.co/9mBjy5uoAx pic.twitter.com/JPhUNGkB0y
— CityNews Toronto (@CityNewsTO) March 16, 2017
The sad lament of Senator Don Meredith yesterday seems like an attempt to pull every stunt known to man for a little sympathy as he hangs on to a position which he has no right to hold. The pentecostal minister’s shenanigans with a teenage girl has totally disqualified him from sitting as a Senator. He should be expelled at the earliest opportunity by the other members.
MR KARIM
“Mr Karim” will appear by video link in a Hamilton court Friday in connection with attempts by the US government to extradite the 22-year-old. Karim Baratov was indicted for computer hacking, economic espionage and other criminal offences in the 2014 Yahoo hack which saw millions of accounts compromised. .
MAN IDENTIFIED
And police have identified the dead man found in a parking lot in northeast Scarborough Thursday as Dylan Greenaway, 21.
Toronto Animal Services will hold a “resident information session” April 10 at East York Civic Centre 850 Coxwell Ave. at which Lesley Sampson from Coyote Watch Canada will speak. The notice was re-posted to the Sunnybrook Dog Park Association Facebook account by Sue Coules. Dog owners are always on the alert for the coyotes who share that free-range space. They may wish to hear Ms Sampson on how best to deal with coyotes. The meeting begins at 6 p.m.
The hotly-contested playoff series between the Leaside Flames and the Don Mills Mustangs for Minor Bantam A supremacy in the GTHL East Conference is now tied following the 2-1 victory by Leaside Thursday night at Don Mills Civitan Arena. It is a points series with the first team getting six crowned the champs. There have been three games so far with the Mustangs jumping out to a 3-1 lead in points on a tie and a 3-1 win (which Leaside notes included a gimme into an empty net). Thursday, Callum Thomson scored both goals for Leaside. Assists went to Ethan Angus and Ben Popper on the first goal and to Ethan Angus on the second (and winning) goal. Max Dizy played goal for Leaside. Don Mills tied the game early in the third when McDonald scored assisted by Mrouegh. Zach Hughes tended goal for Don Mills. The next game is Sunday starting at 4.25 at St. Micheal’s College School Arena, 1515 Bathurst St.
OPP have laid 844 charges of distracted driving in less than a week into their campaign called “One Text or Call Could Wreck It All.” OPP Sgt. Kerry Schmidt said despite warnings people continue to use cell phones while driving. The video is shocking but useful too because it shows the many ways we are distracted
Toronto Fire rescue workers stuck for three hours outside downtown high rise building https://t.co/x88BPS1J8F pic.twitter.com/w66ciibcnX
— CTV Toronto (@CTVToronto) March 16, 2017
Window washers have been rescued from near Bay and Adelaide Sts. when their platform stopped functioning. Firefighters smashed a window opposite the men and brought them safely inside after a three hour wait.
People may read between the lines as police say two men have been taken to hospital with bullet wounds at a Burlington chiropractic clinic. Cops say they are not looking for a suspect and there is no threat to public safety. The two are being treated at Hamilton General Hospital.
The preparations for excavation at the site of the Leaside LRT Station has created a true one-lane wonder on Eglinton both ways to well beyond the Sunnybrook Plaza on the corner. This day saw the single line of traffic blocking cars with the green signal on Rumsey Road more than half a kilometre away. At the plaza, business is still underway despite the difficulty getting in. A new jewellery store is opening and rumour around the plaza says the corner store (former Mac’s) will be taken by a manicurist. Thursday saw a visit from a Barrie Taxi driver, putting in time while a patient from his City was treated at the world-class Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre. The return fare for this passenger in need of care was $300.
Drone owners who fly them for fun face new restrictions on where and when they can send their remote-controlled devices under rules announced Thursday by Transportation Minister Marc Garneau. The rules are effective immediately and mean recreational users will face a fine of up to $3,000 if drones weighing more than 250 grams are caught flying:
Some of those rules existed only as guidelines before the announcement, Garneau said, with no penalties for breaking them.
The driver of a Prevost model highway bus that rolled over on Highway 401 was ejected from the vehicle with such force it caused him to slide along the pavement on the windshield, according to police. The bus struck a divider known as a jersey barrier (named in New Jersey but also known as an Ontario Tall Wall) which separates lanes of traffic at approaches. In this case the empty bus was heading onto the westbound 401 near Avenue Road but didn’t quite make it into the full collector lane.
Have we finally figured out that we shouldn’t trust Russia? The excellent NBC story on yesterday’s revelation of Moscow’s dirty dealings in the Yahoo hack of 2014 is chilling. To the right, a look at Beauty and the Beast, an old fairy tale which some find charming and others suggest is about old men controlling young women. Lower right is a story of a couple of enterprising guys who created the “Rothy” — it’s a casual shoe for women that is sweeping the market. Finally, the misery of a Quebec winter as it has been known to happen when traffic gets piled up on a road with no exits. Many sat for 12 or 13 hours in their cars.
