John Lennon’s first wife Cynthia dead at age 75 from cancer

John Lennon’s first wife Cynthia died today aged 75 at her home in Spain following a short battle with cancer. A message on her son Julian’s website said he was at her beside throughout, and the family ‘are thankful for your prayers’. Cynthia Lennon, nee Powell, married Lennon in 1962 and stayed with him as he rose to global stardom with The Beatles until the couple divorced in 1968.

Parking lot swallows car near Todd Bayliss Blvd.

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Thanks for the parking!

A car has been swallowed up by a sinkhole in a parking lot in the city’s west end. It happened off Todd Bayliss Boulevard near Black Creek Drive and Eglinton Avenue West early today (Wednesday, April 1, 2015). Metrolinx has looked into the big hole in case it was caused by the Crosstown LRT digging. But they say it was not.

TTC asks Toronto cops to investigate scuffle after Leafs game

The TTC has asked Toronto Police Service to investigate the circumstances of the scuffle at Union Station  following a Leafs game. The above video posted to YouTube shows an incomplete sequence of an altercation which so far appears to have no clear cause. Fans may have been disruptive. They are certainly argumentative. At one point a TTC officer delivers a few punches to a man who apparently refuses to accept that he is under arrest. The TTC says this was not about fare-jumping. It probably happens after many Leafs game but it isn’t recorded.

Hopson-Grace tabletop to open at Yonge-Macpherson

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Andrea Hopson

Andrea Hopson, a former vice president of Tiffany’s in Canada and her business partner Martha Grace McKinn,  will shortly open a new shop featuring tabletop items. They have chosen to locate at 1120 Yonge (at Macpherson) formerly occupied by the Patachou Patisserie. Ms. Hopson is quoted extensively in Canadian Jeweller Magazine about this new venture. She says that after 21 years with Tiffany & Co. has joined the Advisory Board at Mindham Fine Jewellery and other jewellers. But it appears her real focus a “niche luxury retail bricks and mortar and on-line business in Toronto’s Rosedale neighbourhood.” Hopson Grace will focus on entertaining with a highly curated merchandise offering of largely exclusive tabletop designs from around the globe. We will extend an elevated customer experience as we encourage Torontonians and Canadians to “‘come back to the table”. Hopson Grace plans to open in the early Spring of 2015.