A woman was rescued from an apartment fire with minor burns because a man who had just had breakfast at an east-end hostel across the street saw the smoke and ran to the rescue. He is identified by the CBC as Leo Meawasige. He was came out of Margaret’s east end drop in centre at All Saint Church to see the apartment at Dundas and Sherbourne Streets. His dramatic tale is told in the video below
The well-known closures on Family Day are in effect — banks, government and big supermarkets — are shuttered. The movies are open and there will be skating available free at the Leaside Arena. Summerhill Market will be open on Mt.Pleasant and on Summerhill Ave. Monday.
Here we see the victorious Atom B girls of the Leaside Wildcats Association @TorontoLeaside proudly chomping down on their gold medals after winning the Orangeville Tigers Tournament over the weekend. Nice going ladies.
Adolf Hitler’s personal telephone, which he used to dictate many of his deadly World War II commands, has sold at auction in Washington on Sunday for $243,000. The auction house of Alexander Historical Auctions kept the name of the buyer secret. And in Russia, the deepest freshwater lake in the world hosted a freezing endurance race on Sunday. More than 40 Russians and 30 Dutch nationals competed in an ice skating and cycling contest at Lake Baikal in Siberian Russia.
Chris Messina, the creator of the hashtag on Twitter, is interviewed by BNN reporters.
A quaint commercial property at 1555 Dundas Street East on the corner of Hastings Ave is listed for $998,000. The offer sells the business as well — a “spa” of some type which is said to generate about $3,000 in business per month. It is a modest but no doubt proud neighborhood and it will be interesting to see if this remaining storefront from another age and the living quarters behind it can fetch a million dollars. Listing
The Family Day morning of Monday, February 20, 2017 will be the time for many police officers to launch the distracted driving campaign called “That Text or Call Could End It All.” This one-week initiative will highlight all dangerous activities associated with drivers who talk, text, type, dial or email using hand-held communication and entertainment devices. This campaign will incorporate the use of a hearse and both stealth and fully marked police vehicles. The young shown above are a wrenching reminder of the dangerous use of phones. She is now gone and he lives on in deep remorse for the romantic text session they share until her car slammed into the back of a truck on a Quebec highway. Read it here. Starting tomorrow, police will be looking for hand-held communication and entertainment devices in use on Toronto roads.
Former prime minister Brian Mulroney has sung When Irish Eyes are Smiling at a cancer charity event at Mar-a-Lago, the private club owned by Donald Trump. Mulroney was urged urged to go onstage by musician David Foster who played the piano for the former prime minister. The offering is seen in out of focus video posted to YouTube. It is said to have inspired favorable comments from the crowd about Canada and the current PM Justin Trudeau. The Saturday evening event recalled a much more rehearsed Mulroney vocalizing of Irish Eyes with then President Reagan in the 80s. On that occasion the warbling diplomacy was seen as evidence of the enduring (and favorable) relationship enjoyed by Canada with the US.
Parkdale explosion caused by chemicals used to produce drugs, say police https://t.co/SlnPm0nuvE pic.twitter.com/ar7GKjAume
— CBC Toronto (@CBCToronto) February 19, 2017
Police have recovered the body of a 68-year-old Hamilton man who fell through ice https://t.co/IXZ8JFcWTi pic.twitter.com/RQGUPPi0lq
— CBC Toronto (@CBCToronto) February 20, 2017
Rescuers have recovered the body of a Hamilton man, 68, who fell through ice while fishing at the Waterford Conservation Area between Brantford and Port Dover west of Hamilton.
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Chelsey Watters makes this complaint about a driver on the Bayview route that short turns at Sunnybrook Hospital.
The Leaside Junior Wildcats defeated the Barrie Sharks 2-1 at Leaside Arena Saturday night. Sunday, the Wildcats meet the Toronto Aeros at the Millwood Rd rink. The games bring to a close the regular season of the Provincial Women’s Hockey League. The Wildcats are 10th ranked in the 20-team conference. Te Wildcats organization also celebrated “Seniors Night” at Leaaside arena. See the pictures here. Game Boxscore
