The City of Toronto has pulled the emergency cord as the City sinks into abnormally cold weather for the first time this year. The order directs shelters to relax their normal rules to accommodate those seeking a little warmth. It adds some beds to the roster of places for people and extended an urgent outreach hand to those on the streets. On the bright side, this approach has over the years been remarkably effective in saving lives. The cold weather hit Eglinton Ave. E. and Dunfield Ave with a broken water main vengeance this afternoon. There was also a watermain break at the Lawrence station on the Yonge line closing that stop to commuters. Among the many Tweets beefing about this break was one of a lighter tone from a cheery person named Steph who rattled out this message: “Yay a water main break at Lawrence station. Yay shuttle buses. Yay early morning exams.” To which we add: “Yay Steph’s sardonic good nature.”
