The South Bayview Bulldog

The iKeybo “virtual keyboard” is raising money at Kickstarter with a dazzling array of promises — carry the piano in your pocket, write mail in four languages, type more accurately and save time. Bring it on.

Police say that on Christmas Day a man and woman were at Beth Tzedec synagogue on Bathurst Street. They went to the cloakroom and stole “multiple items” before leaving the building. The man and woman were last seen entering a 2010-2015 black Volkswagen Golf before leaving the area. The man is described as 20-25, 5’7″ – 5’10″, wearing a dark winter coat with fur trim, a red sweater, grey pants, and beige shoes. He was wearing red-trimmed glasses. The woman is described 20-25, 5’2″ – 5’5″, wearing a long black winter jacket with fur trim, a black shirt, black leggings, a pink scarf, and purple winter boots. She was wearing large framed sunglasses.

The Morning Glory Cycling Club ladies are getting ready for their social night January 25, 2017 at Gears in Leaside.

MG Ladies Wine, Trip & KIT FIT social at Gears Leaside | Jan. 25th at 7pm | @GearsBikeShop @pearlizumi #babesinbibs 🍷🧀🍇🚴🏼‍♀️ pic.twitter.com/9yaDB6kdOz

— Morning Glory C. C. (@MGridetoronto) January 14, 2017

Dart sticks to car

Launched from front of cruiser

Tag, Track, Apprehend

The City of Delta B.C. is apparently the first community in Canada to employ so-called GPS darts to safely apprehend fleeing drivers. The trial program has seen eight Delta police cars equipped at $1,200 a vehicle by the Delta Police Foundation. The system is made and sold by a Virginia Beach, Virginia firm, StarChase Pursuit Management Technology and is said to provide a safe alternative to the dangerous practice of car chases. Officers launch a GPS dart from the front of their cruiser, it sticks to the rear of the escaping vehicle, police dispatch then monitors the fleeing vehicle and reports its location to nearby units when it is parked. The material online does not appear to state a range for the dart but logically line-of-sight would be required.

A man is dead in a forklift accident in Vaughan Friday afternoon. It appears to be a case of the vehicle tipping over and pinning the operator. The scene is on Highway 7, west of Highway 27.

A woman has made a dramatic complaint about the cost of her hydro bill and imminent carbon tax levies at a town hall type meeting held by the prime minister today on Peterborough. Commentators are calling it a stark reminder of the resentment felt by the public of green legislation hardship imposed by both federal and provincial governments.

Thumbs up from hospital

“My face was a mess”

Cassidy today

Leaside Junior Wildcats re-tweeted story

Cassidy Gordon, 16, plays defense for the Guelph Gryphons girl’s hockey squad and she is a living example of hockey safety. Newly moved from PEI, Cassidy recalls how she escaped serious injury or worse in a recent Gryphons game when a skate slammed into her neck guard. Lying in intensive care she heard the doctor telling her mom that he would have had bad news for her if Cassidy had not been wearing the guard. It was the insistence of coaches for the Red Devils team in Pownal, PEI, that taught Cassidy not to cheat. It was, as she recalled for Nancy Russell of the CBC “a really big deal to make sure we had our necks protected.” The article caught the attention of similarly safety conscious Coach Kim McCullough of the Leaside Junior Wildcats who tweeted a warning to local players  McCullough is the proprietor of Total Female Hockey, a school to teach women to play their best game.

Clothes, phone left behind

Carl Hansske at locked Alphie’s

What’s it all about?

A 16-year-old boy was shot inside Alfie’s Bar and Grill on Queen East near Sherbourne St. Friday morning. Hmm. Sixteen you say. Have your ID ready. All very tragic for sure. The boy has serious wounds to the neck but is in stable condition. As reported by Carl Hanstke of 680 News police are on the lookout for security camera video on Queen of which, one guesses, there might be lots.

Video: Boy, 16, shot in the neck inside Moss Park restaurant pic.twitter.com/zIgsR5Jzye

— CityNews Toronto (@CityNewsTO) January 13, 2017

Modern subways and transit lines, mostly in Asia but also seen in new airport terminals, isolate the tracks from the public saving lives and preventing delays caused by everything from suicide attempts to rescue missions for fallen cell phones. They are seen in cities like Seoul, the capital of South Korea (see video) but are not part of the current program of LRT construction in Toronto. Safety subways and transit systems moving travellers between airport terminals employ two sets of doors. One set on the train and another in the terminal. A computer program coordinate the train so that both sets of door meet when the it stops. People on the subway tracks delayed TTC train service for a total of 26 hours last year. As upsetting as it is, the issue of people on the tracks is common in old-fashioned subway systems like those in Toronto, New York and London.

A long video of proceedings at the City of Toronto budget East York subcommittee consultation is available on YouTube. Many deputations are heard in this four hour and 27-minute video. For those who are interested. It was recorded January 9.

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