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The 519 area code will be further supplemented by the 548 code this weekend. Then there will three codes in the southwestern Ontario phone district — 519, 226 (added in 2006) and the new 548. It is all about how so many of us now own more than one phone and the growing population of Ontario. The region served by these codes stretches from Windsor, to Brantford to Tobermory.
PC Zoran Ivkovic is Toronto’s police officer of the year for his rescue of a badly burned boy during an Etobicoke apartment fire on March 31, 2015. As he arrived, Ivkovic was told there were children inside the unit. He faced heavy smoke as he crawled along a hallway banging on doors as he passed. The last unit was fully engulfed in flames and despite the effects of the smoke and heat Ivkovic forced open the door and crawled in. He used his flashlight to find what appeared to be a human figure. It was a severely burned boy. The PC held the boy as he ran out of the apartment. Today the 49th annual awarding of police officer of the year was made to Ivkovic with his wife and daughter present.
An Asian collector has paid the equivalent of nearly $400,000 Canadian for a matte white Diamond Himalaya Niloticus crocodile diamond Birkin 30 with 18K white gold and diamond hardware by Hermes at Christie’s Hong Kong Monday. It is the most expensive handbag ever sold according to news sources. The posh purse crafted from pale Himalayan crocodile leather and encrusted with 245 diamonds was originally produced in 2008 and sold in 2009, and remains one of the rarest and most desirable bags in the world.
At 68, guitarist Ronnie Wood has become dad to twin girls, Gracie Jane and Alice Rose. The Rolling Stone guitarist is married to Sally Humphreys, 37. She is a theatre producer. Ronnie Wood has four other youngsters and nine grandchildren. Wood has lived a long life and beyond his music is recalled for the 1977 “relationship” with the newly-separated Margaret Trudeau A 2007 autobiography by Wood revealed details of his encounter with a “lovely, dark-haired woman” at a Toronto hotel who happened to be Margaret Trudeau.
Depositors and stockholders at Scotiabank are looking at news stories about the bank’s “restructuring” costs and digital plans for what it all means Scotia hinted at the restructuring charge earlier setting aside money for bad loans apparently largely related to the energy (oil) sector. Profit for the quarter was down nearly 12 per cent compared to $1.80 billion of net income during the same period last year. After adjusting for the $278-million restructuring charge the bank’s second-quarter profit rose four per cent to $1.86 billion, or $1.46 per share. The president, Brian Porter, said loan losses in the energy sector are expected to decline next quarter. He says: “Customer behaviours and preferences continue to evolve, and Scotiabank is driving a digital transformation across all customer touch points in order to deliver a consistently excellent customer experience.” Touch points? Hope there are still a few left.
Any day police can return a stolen puppy to its 12-year-old owner is a good day. Let’s count this to be the case as Peel cops somehow tracked down a youth who snatched Junior, an American Bulldog, away from the lad as he and another boy played with their dogs in a park. Police are expected to have more to say about this Tuesday.
The broken subway car door which stayed open even after it had been reported to the train guard has cost a TTC employee his job, the transit union says. Bob Kinnear acknowledged that incident was very serious but he said management should release audio of the guard speaking with transit control to make sure no undue pressure was placed on the employee. Failure to lock the door shut led to an exciting and dangerous ride across the Don Valley with the door wide open. It happened as the eastbound subway train left Castle Frank Station. The ride was captured on video by rider Kamel Javed and is seen as the link below. Brad Ross of the TTC said there are mechanisms and protocols that must be followed to deal with doors. “Close, lock, isolate them and then barricade them,: said Ross. See the thrilling Open Door ride
Appletree Farmers Market will set up this summer on Wednesdays in Trace Manes Park. The first will be Wednesday June 8, 2016 from 3 to 7 p.m. They will continue through to August 24, 2016. This market will complement several others locally as shown.
The hugely popular and very dangerous Cooper’s Hill Cheese Chase in Gloucestershire, England has been held, an annual event possibly rooted in pagan fertility beliefs. It is so dangerous it is banned — after a fashion. The chief constable always issues a warning that the foolhardy cheese chasers who tumble down the steep 3 in 1 hill do so at their own risk. There are always some injuries but nothing recently like the 1993 toll of 15 people to hospital. Since the early 1800s the game is to run or fall down the 200-feet course to capture a 9 pound round of Double Gloucester Cheese. The cheese roll is a dangerous object at 110 km or so. The hill chase is said to have originated in pre-Christian chasing of firewood down the hill which was somehow related to fertility. Who knows.
For the first time ever, women have placed one, two, three at the top of the Toronto Fire Service Academy’s graduating class. Here they are: Annemieke Struyk, Katherine Shirriff and Whytney Hooker in this late video from the CBC.
Leaside Volleyball 15U girls a have won the silver medal at the Penn State University tournament over the weekend. Great season ladies and welcome home.
Leaside 15u girls grab silver at #pennstate tournament. Great season ladies! #proudclub https://t.co/qIcDucwbD1
— Leaside Volleyball (@leasidevbc) May 30, 2016
This video was taken down. Previous: This trailer park-style confrontation in the parking lot of the Mississauga Costco at Dundas and Dixie has revealed again the dangerous underbelly of ordinary folks in hot weather. Or maybe all the time. The police have cautioned them all which is sensible.
