Chrystia Freeland is Canada’s new finance minister following the abrupt resignation and departure of Bill Morneau Monday. Great intrigue roars in Ottawa Tuesday that former Bank of Canada and Bank of England governor Mark Carney will be the real backroom minister. He has recently been hired as a Trudeau aide. Some say Carney will run in Morneau’s riding of Toronto Centre when the minority Trudeau regime calls an election.

Finance Minister Bill Morneau has quit his portfolio as well as the House of Commons as scandal swirls around he and the prime minister over government dealings with the WE charity. The CBC says Monday night that Mr. Morneau, of Bennington Heights, will bid to be the next secretary-general for the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) with headquarters in Paris.

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Carlaw Ave. north of Eastern Ave reopened at the dinner hour Monday after all-day repairs to fix a gas leak.

The six members of the Canoe4Covid team arrive on the shores of Lake Nipissing Friday afternoon. Photo Chris Dawson/BayToday.

Six young men from South Bayview are canoeing their way from Northern Ontario back to Toronto to raise money for Food Banks Canada. They call their charitable odyssey Canoe4Covid. The modern-day voyageurs are Jacob Heisey, Tim Mulligan, Georges Kirijian, Nolan Aziz, Cailan Robinson and Will Vyse. As best we can estimate, the men are somewhere south of North Bay as Day 52 (Monday) dawns. According to its website, Canoe4Covid has raised nearly $70,000 against a target of $60,000. Go, guys. Website

Donna Williamson and David Overall/Toronto Sun

Long-time friends Donna Williamson, of Thornhill, and David Overall, of Oakville, liked to joke about their “short-term investment strategy” buying Lotto Max tickets. Guess what? CTV Toronto Sun

Apple and Google are playing hardball with the maker of the enormously popular Fortnite game. Then, Amazon is being investigated by the Competition Bureau for doubtful practices. Did someone say “monopoly”? Below that, Scotland’s famous Ballet West school for aspiring ballerinas is embroiled in a shocking sex scandal involving the pupils. Finally, jazz goes on in the Toronto Beaches and that’s a good thing.

Shoppers Drug Mart and Petsmart will open in Leaside Village

Retail and commercial building at 25 Industrial St. looking east southeast (top) and west southwest (bottom) toward Laird

First Capital Reit, owners of Leaside Village at Laird Drive and Esandar Drive, has announced that Shoppers Drug Mart will indeed open in the centre next spring. A new PetSmart store will also open in a building now under construction to the north of Longo’s. Retail and office building on Industrial to house a Shoppers

A fire has engulfed a home on Glencoyne Crescent near the main intersection of Pharmacy and Steeles Aves. Friday night. Early reports to Toronto Police Operations called it a backyard fire.

Premier Ford was visibly angry Friday as he chastised “the bigwigs” at the Ontario Lottery Corporation for authorizing bonuses during the layoffs and hardship caused by the C-19 pandemic. Underlying the appearance of such largess is the monstrous Ontario debt. It stands at a groaning $348 billion. There may be tough days ahead. In a first-quarter financial report released Wednesday, the provincial government revealed the expected revenue from the OLG has declined to $600 million from an expected $809 million.

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This is a tremendously inspiring rescue story from California.