Two workers on scaffolding on the east side of Stantec Tower were left dangling as high winds descended on downtown Edmonton Friday afternoon. Edmonton Fire Rescue Service crews responded to the scene just before 1 p.m. to perform a high angle rescue. Fire rescue officials weren’t entirely sure why the two were up there but they believe it had something to do with maintenance work. Fire said one of the two was lowered to the ground and was looked after by EMS. The second worker was successfully rescued just before 2 p.m. The video is from Yongshuai Liu. Edmonton Journal

The Annual Greek Day Parade will take place Sunday and road closures will be in place for most of the day. The parade will go northbound on Euston Avenue from Donlands Avenue (full closure) and then westbound on Danforth Avenue from Donlands Avenue to Broadview Avenue (full closure) The parade will end at Broadview Avenue at approximately 3 p.m. Organizers say the parade will take place regardless of weather conditions. The Weather Network is forecasting 15 to 20 mm of rain.

John Epping and Ryan Fry chat with Peter Steski/Team Epping

LHS 75 committee/Leaside High School@tdsb_LeasideHS

Subway outcasts fill street/Wes Chiasson@wes_chiasson

Free skating

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Leaside’s Team John Epping is busy at the Grand Master Tournament in North Bay this weekend. Epping and Ryan Fry sat down with curling master of ceremonies Peter Steski for a wide-ranging chat which can be seen on YouTube. Upper right, stalwart LHS alumni cooking up plans for the school’s 75th anniversary set to be celebrated October 22-24, 2020. Centre-right, another of many shots showing the chaos caused this week when an outside contractor blew a hole in the tunnel wall on Line 1. That’s Yonge and Davisville, of course. Down at the bottom, there’s free skating Halloween-style at Leaside Gardens tonight. Above all, don’t forget to give blood next Tuesday at the Northlea Blood donor Clinic.

Margaret Atwood receives Order of the Companions of Honour for her services to literature. (Facebook / @TheBritishMonarchy)

Margaret Atwood has been awarded membership in the Order of the Companions of Honour for her services to literature. Atwood, a native of Bennington Heights, met and shook hands with her majesty, who is 93, as she accepted the award at a ceremony Friday at Windsor Castle. The CBC says the author of The Handmaid’s Tale was attired in a dark dress, brightly multicoloured scarf and a wide-brimmed red hat. The 79-year-old author told British media that she felt “a bit emotional” in the presence of the queen.

ATWOOD RECOUNTS PAST EXPERIENCES IN ENGLAND

Listen to British High Commissioner to Canada, Susan le Jeune d’Allegeershecque, sit down with Canadian literary legend, Margaret Atwood to discuss tea, Atwood’s experience living in the UK and the future before us. (June 2019)

Car into a pole on Laird Drive at Lea Ave/CP24 Twitter

Impact of collision with median/Bulldog

The driver of a southbound car got a little too close to the median that divides Laird Drive opposite Leaside Centre Thursday night. The result was a wrecked car and a lot of work to repair the median. Three people were injured and one of them, a man in his 20s, is reported to have been quite traumatized.

York Regional Police have released video of a man stealing a wallet from a purse that had been hung on the back of a chair in a restaurant patio. It is one of the most common distraction crimes. This occurred September 25 near Highway 7 East and Woodbine Avenue. The technique is very similar to that seen in a video posted to Leaside Community Facebook from an incident at Yonge and Eglinton. In that case, the victim was alerted by her tablemate and dashed off after the thief. He threw the wallet away and she was able to recover her valuables.

The TTC and Metrolinx continue to have an uneasy relationship, especially when it comes to the provincial transit authority’s quirky fare system Presto. Then, Global News says Prime Minister Trudeau may have to appoint unelected ministers to the new cabinet since not a single Liberal got elected in Alberta and Saskatchewan. Below that, former TTC chief executive Andy Byford now runs New York’s transit system where one rider is a dangerous customer. Finally, City News reports on Elton John’s admiration of The Beaches.

Postmedia Network Canada Corp. has earned its first quarterly profit in nearly two years. The firm says it generated $7.9 million as journalism tax credits, lower expenses and higher digital advertising sales offset declining revenue at its newspaper operations. Postmedia publishes the National Post, Toronto Sun and numerous daily newspapers across Canada. The quarter ended on August 11. Last year Postmedia lost $22.9 million in the same quarter. The last profit was earned late in 2017.

Amazing escape from death

OPP say five people in as many as four cars escaped serious injury on the QEW near Oakville Thursday when a tractor-trailer hurtled across several lanes and pinned a car against the median wall. The ensuing fire destroyed the car but the driver was able to crawl out a window to safety.

680 News reporter Carl Hantske was on the scene of a high-speed folly in Thornhill where the driver was so badly burned that rescuers could not tell if the body belonged to a man or woman.

44th Trinity Book Sale

Poking around the Trinity Book Sale

The Annual Trinity College book sale is underway until next Monday. Time to poke around and see what’s there.

Bessborough Drive

The orange cones were out early Thursday on Bessborough Drive to reserve parking for the CBC film shoot of the mystery program Coroner (Season 2). Fortunately, it looks like the garbage truck came by before the production vehicles arrived. The shoot will take place today and vehicles are expected to be gone by late Thursday.