Housing starts in Canada slowed more than expected in May against April as the Canada Mortgage and Housing set the adjusted annual rate at 194,663 units in May compared with 213,498 in April. The figure was expected to be closer to 205,000. The drop came as the pace of urban starts fell 10.2 per cent in May to 178,518. Multiple-unit urban starts dropped 10.8 per cent to 118,694, while single-detached urban starts fell 8.9 per cent, to 59,824.
PEANUT BUTTER PRANK AT SCHOOL
A thorough cleaning is being done at Senator O’Connor College high school at 60 Rowena Drive just west of Victoria Park Ave. after peanut butter was smeared over walls inside the school. The school was closed because of the prank. Toronto Catholic District School Board’s John Yan said a student or students entered the school earlier Wednesday and plastered a mixture “throughout a large portion of the school, including on floors, stairs and doorknobs and handles.”