The five-team National Women’s Hockey League in the US will expand to Canada following the announced end of the Canadian Women’s Hockey League. NWHL will expand to Montreal and Toronto, creating a league of seven teams. At present the league is composed of the Boston Pride, Buffalo Beauts, Connecticut Whale, Metropolitan (Newark) Riveters and Minnesota Whitecaps. The CWHL consisted of the Worcester (Massachusetts) Blades, Calgary Inferno, Shenzhen (China) KRS Vanke Rays, Les Canadiennes de Montréal, Markham Thunder and the Toronto Furies
The Toronto Real Estate Board says March home sales were flat compared to last March, some 7,187 down by one home from 2018. The average selling price for March was up 0.5 per cent, or $3,821 from a year earlier to $788,335. “Despite sales being markedly lower than the record levels of 2016 and early 2017, the supply of listings has also receded,” said Jason Mercer, the board’s chief market analyst, in a statement.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has expelled Jody Wilson-Raybould and Jane Philpott from the Liberal caucus, saying that trust with the two former cabinet ministers has been irreparably broken. Trudeau delivered the news to the national Liberal caucus in Ottawa Tuesday night to loud applause. He said the two could not stay on because they could not express confidence in the caucus. “The trust that previously existed between these two individuals and our team has been broken, whether it’s taping conversations without consent, or repeatedly expressing a lack of confidence in our government or me personally as leader,” he said.
Trudeau said it’s wrong for any politician to secretly record a conversation, but called it “unconscionable” that an attorney general would tape a conversation with the country’s top civil servant — a reference to Wilson-Raybould’s release last week of a recording of a phone conversation she had with Clerk of the Privy Council Michael Wernick in December. Under Canadian law, it is legal for a party to a phone call to record the conversation without disclosing that it is being done.
The Toronto Blue Jays have traded centre-fielder Kevin Pillar to the San Francisco Giants for right-handed pitchers Juan De Paula and Derek Law and infielder Alen Hanson. CBC
Tourists fled for their lives when it became apparent that a huge wave might drown them all. It happened in Iceland as reported by the BBC.
Some other videos of interest Tuesday include a pushback by urban voters in Turkey against President Erdogan and how the fascinating Japanese people create a “new Era” with the replacement of an Emperor. BBC Youtube
Naveed Tarani is the new owner of Aroma Espresso Bar in Leaside Village on Laird Drive. His wife Shafrina posted to Leaside Community. Welcome folks. At upper right are the Atom AA Leaside Flames hockey team, GTHL champs in their division. Proud mom Tabatha Bull tweeted this photo. Well done guys. At centre right, Carol Burtin Fripp, co-president of the Leaside Property Owners Association. She has just posted a state of the community report to Leaside Life. Across the bottom, Bennington Heights Tim Magwood plays April 11 with proceeds going to Camp Scugog, a heartfelt charity of the local musician. It gives unforgettable summer recreation and learning to kids who would never receive it otherwise. Check the other bulletins and please give blood at Northlea School on Thursday. .
Sauce-flavoured ice cream not so very hard to believe.
April Fools Day saw the Toronto Public Library venture into fictional cat lending. They called it the Purrfect Pals program. Many commercial firms are especially fond of grabbing a little free attention. Two regulars are Swiss Chalet and WestJet. This year Swiss Chalet announced its Chalet sauce will be available as ice cream. Last year the chicken restaurant said it was installing “sauce fountains” at all its tables. West Jet (as seen in the City News video) spent a dollar or two on its joke. This year the airline got plenty of attention for its music festival in the sky. Woohoo. Hamilton police announced the formation of a feline squad and the TTC promised 24-hour subway service this summer. Not to be unkind, but if they could just run it consistently on weekends it would be a triumph. Subway Sandwich announced a hefty Poutine Sandwich. And so it went. But Microsoft wrote to its employees a few days ago warning them that the firm did not like April Fools. A Torontocentric prank roundup can be found on BlogTO. April Fools Day in the age of fake news
It was a moment in history of sorts as a chirpy young lady clattered into the Hunny Pot marijuana shop at 202 Queen St. E. and ordered a gram of White Widow for $12.08. It must have cost her 12.10, pennies being as obsolete as illegal weed. So, a honey of a deal at the Hunny Pot. Below, Premier Ford vents about the number of illegal pot stores in Hamilton.
Four stories of compelling interest are embedded here from CBC News. Andrew Scheer wants you to know that the carbon penalty in Ontario is a tax grab. Then, Bob Cole retires followed by entertaining people at the Canadian Film Awards. Finally, David Hart has died at 101, nearly 77 years after he and thousands of young Canadians lived and died in a dreadful ordeal that is burned into our history — 916 dead and 1946 into prison camps at the misbegotten invasion of Dieppe.
Tent to protect users awaiting the first day of business at the Hunny Pot.
The first legal pot shop in Toronto is ready to open its doors Monday morning. It’s at 202 Queen East if you’re in a rush. Another such store, Ameri, may or may not open at 20 Cumberland Ave. A Toronto lawyer, Caryma Sa’d, accompanied by colleagues, erected a tent outside the Queen St. address in order to be the first to make a purchase there. BlogTO is a fountain of knowledge about openings and delays.
