White bread and chips

A teenager is believed to be the first in the UK to go deaf and blind due to his junk food diet, a report has warned. The 17-year-old lived off a daily portion of chips, crisps, white bread and processed meat for around a decade. His poor diet, which resulted in a number of vitamin deficiencies, led to the boy developing a condition called nutritional optic neuropathy (NON). More commonly seen in malnourished children in developing countries, purely dietary causes of NON are rare in the western world. It manifests in damage to the optic nerve, which leads to sight loss and if undiagnosed, blindness. The unnamed patient, from Bristol, also developed hearing loss and bone weaknes– London Telegraph 

The commercial diving boat the Conception was ravaged by flames under a dark sky before dawn on Monday near the coast of Santa Barbara, California. At least five crew members escaped, four bodies were later recovered and the other 29 passengers were feared dead. After five crew members managed to escape to a nearby pleasure boat, U.S. Coast Guard service members asked whether they could reboard the burning vessel to see if they could unlock the passenger compartment where 33 passengers had been asleep and appeared to be trapped. CBC

Boy purposely crushed behind Audi driver’s seat 

A court in London has heard how a man described as “deeply unpleasant” crushed a boy behind the driver’s seat of his Audi because he was annoyed at the lad’s crying. The boy was fatally wounded by the spiteful act.  ITV

20th Century milk bottle/CBC

Butcher bone found near Mt. Pleasant /CBC

Horse clavicle did not require homicide squad/CBC

Work along the Eginton LRT has revealed many bits of City history much as engineers and archeologists suspected it would. We walk on top of our collective history every day. Metrolinx showed off a few items to the CBC as shown above. The early-to-mid-20th Century milk bottle may be quite stylish today in some homes. Centre is a butcher’s bone found near Mt. Pleasant. It’s cleanly sawed edge suggested to workers that it was not part of a crime scene. Further examination revealed it was a cow bone. At right is a bit of what appears to be a horse’s clavicle. That paused work near Kennedy Road for a few hours until a matching hoof was also found. No need to call the homicide squad.

Summer Dog Swim.

The City’s designated summer Dog Swim was held Sunday at ten municipal pools and from all evidence, a barking good time was had. This City News report was done at Monarch Park Pool. Summer Dog Swim at ten selected City pools this Sunday

Leslieville tale

There’s a tale (or is that tail?) of alley-cat style lusty love on the Leslieville Facebook account late Sunday morning. Growing comments follow such as: “I’d be getting my female fixed” and “Will we be seeing kitten pictures in about eight weeks?

Olivia Little with sister

Tara Foley and grandmum

Valerie Harper

We need our eyes to see these wonderful faces, including (left) that of Olivia Little. The Port Elgin girl’s family is trying to deal with a huge increase in the cost of drops that will sustain Olivia’s eyesight. At centre, Tara Foley with her grandmother Stasia. Tara’s moving act of love towards the dying woman may just make you cry. At the right, Valerie Harper has died at the age of 80 from brain cancer. She is memorable to millions from her 1970s portrayal of the tough, funny and decent New York woman Rhoda Morgenstern.

The $9 million jackpot in Saturday night’s Lotto 649 draw will be shared by three winning ticket holders — two in the Prairies and one in Ontario. Each winning ticket is worth $3 million. The draw’s guaranteed $1 million prize went to a player in Ontario. The jackpot for the next Lotto 649 draw on Sept. 4 will be approximately $5 million.

Parents in Spain whose babies and toddlers developed abnormal body hair plan to sue a company that put a hair loss treatment into containers meant for a stomach medicine, a mother of one of the children said on Saturday. Spanish health authorities have blamed the packaging mix-up involving the topical treatment Minoxidil and omeprazole syrup, which is used for stomach problems, on Farma-Quimica Sur. Then, a closer look at the little-understood affliction that has struck many teenagers who vape. Across the bottom, racial offense given by a carefully prepared advertisement and separately by an anchorwoman’s careless remark to a colleague. See her distraught apology.

Scott Greenfield, former chief operator and environmental manager of the Hershey Centre in Mississauga, has been appointed the new general manager of Leaside Memorial Community Gardens. Mr Greenfield has 25 years experience in similar positions. He will oversee staff, make recommendations to the board, ensure proper maintenance and be responsible for objectives set by the City.