Road closures and map route for St. Patty’s Parade

Source:  stpatrickstoronto.com

The Toronto St. Patrick’s Day Parade begins on the corner of Bloor Street and St. George Street (near St. George subway station) and heads east on Bloor Street, turns south on Yonge Street and finally turns west on Queen Street, finishing at the parade reviewing stand at Nathan Phillips Square.

The parade starts at 12 noon and the line of march lasts one and a half hours at any given point along the route. Access from the TTC subway can be made at the following stations: St. George, Bloor, Wellesley, College, Dundas and Queen.

Meredith is pitiable but totally unqualified to be Senator

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 meeting in April to discuss coyotes

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.

Bantam A Flames tie series with Don Mills Mustangs

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.

Canada Goose IPO flies above and beyond market guessing

That Canada Goose is one high flyer. The Canadian coat maker boasted a capitalization of $2.3 billion at the end of the first day of its share offering. The stock ended at $21.53, down a bit from mid-day peaks. Canada Goose chief executive Dani Reiss says that valuation was warranted. The firm claims Canada Goose revenue has been growing at a compound annual growth rate of 38.3 per cent for the past three years. “I spend every waking moment of my life trying to earn everything we’ve already accomplished,” Reiss said. “We believe greatness is out there. We want to build an enduring legacy that will last for many, many decades, if not centuries and beyond.” The company plans to develop new products like footwear and bedding to give customers who have already purchased parkas something else to buy, a strategy that could “potentially detract from the appeal stemming from the scarcity of our brand,” according to the prospectus.

CTV video of dizzying rescue through smashed window

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.

Eglinton Ave. a one-lane wonder and related street news

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 rules carry a $3,000 fine, set 75-metre no go zone

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:

  • Higher than 90 metres.
  • Within 75 metres of buildings, vehicles, vessels, animals or people.
  • More than 500 metres away from you.
  • At night, in clouds or somewhere you can’t see it.
  • Within nine kilometres of somewhere aircraft take off or land, or a forest fire.
  • Without your name, address and phone number marked on the drone itself.
  • Over forest fires, emergency response scenes or controlled airspace.

Some of those rules existed only as guidelines before the announcement, Garneau said, with no penalties for breaking them.