Motorcycle lays in a bicycle lane/City News

A motorcyclist died Monday evening in a collision with a truck on Bloor St West near Indian Rd in Roncesvalles. Twitter

Ramp to the Gardiner Expressway at Logan Ave.

Come Tuesday night, the on and off-ramps at the eastern end of the Fred Gardiner Expressway will be permanently closed and torn down. The ancient, unsightly but for many deeply-valued old road across downtown is now more than 60 years old. In 2015, the City decided to remake it before it starts falling down. The work will take until 2024 (ouch). CTV reports on the complicated and much slower passage about to befall motorists

How it began in 1958

A lottery player in Quebec won Saturday’s $11 million Lotto 649 jackpot. The winning ticket for the draw’s guaranteed $1 million prize was also sold in Quebec. The jackpot for the next Lotto 649 draw on Sept. 1 will be an estimated $5 million.

Canada Radar as seen at about 7.30 p.m. Saturday

Environment Canada has issued a special alert as severe thunderstorms capable of producing strong wind gusts, up to nickel size hail roll across southern Ontario. The Weather Network says we could be in for the same thing Sunday. Radar

Hail tracking into Toronto at 7.30 p.m.

Crane awaits erection on Broadway Ave

People who live in the midst of the concentrated construction frenzy we know as Midtown Yonge and Eglinton may lose track of how unique (not to say miserable) their lives are because of it. Just as Toronto has more construction cranes at work than any other City in North America, Yonge-Eglinton is the crucible of this furious activity. Here we see a crane awaiting erection (top) on Broadway Ave. while another comes down (below) at nearly finished rental Tower, The Parker, at Broadway and Redpath Ave. More cranes in Toronto than any other City on the continent

Tower at The Parker

Rental building topped off

Did dad tell you men are from Mars and women from Venus? Looks like he was right again as polling numbers reveal a large split in sentiment between the sexes.

Crosstown cars roll daily on Eglinton East

Metrolinx is warning people to watch out for heavy LRT cars rumbling along Eglinton Ave E these days as daily testing of the new line continues.

Chopper-cows-in-Switzerland time again

Annual lift of lame or slovenly cows in Switzerland

The annual airlift of cows down from their summer alpine vacation is underway in Switzerland. Not surprisingly, some cows are left lame from their rocky summer.

Serena Gundy Park treat/Carlos Murudumbay Facebook

Carlos Murudumbay happily took a moment from his run on Wednesday in Serena Gundy Park to snap these lovely residents. FB

The board of governors of Ryerson University has voted to change the name of the school because of so-called connections to the residential school system, as reported here by City News. There’s a good deal of skepticism in the comments section about the wisdom of what the governors say will be a bright new world of education at Rye High. One suggestion for the new name is Schooly McSchool-Face.

A widespread outage in Twitter service struck the northeast US and southern Ontario Friday morning. By shortly after 10 a.m. however, it appears that service has resumed. See the pattern of complaints at Downdetector

Varsha Gajula, 41

Police have found the beaten body of a Caledon woman in a suitcase on Keele St. near Hillary Ave in northwest Toronto. The victim is identified as Varsha Gajula, 41. Anyone who may have seen Varsha Gajula, have heard, or witnessed anything suspicious, is urged to contact Homicide detectives.

Industrial Keele St near Hillary Ave

Women’s minister Maryam Monsef has dropped a clanger as she appealed to the Taliban to respect women’s rights. She called the Taliban brothers. A lot of people are trying to spit out that bad taste Thursday. Pitooey

Toronto woman crochets her way to good business

Deal with Holt Renfrew seems to herald a bright future for Jess Papp

Then there’s Toronto woman Jess Papp who appears to be on the road to business success with her crochet creations at her firm, HotPot Variety. Holt Renfrew liked her work and gave Jess a call. She’s building a new Shopify site and has a chance to make a real success. It would never have happened in Kabul. Instagram

Tomato capital creates food bank

City News hoofer Audra Brown reports from Leamington, Canada’s Tomato Capital, on how irregularly shaped veggies are providing perfectly good food

Worth 36 minutes you won’t notice?

Eating a hot dog could cost you 36 minutes of healthy life, while choosing to eat a serving of nuts instead could help you gain 26 minutes of extra healthy life, according to a doubtful study at the University of Michigan. Yeah. That would be 36 minutes from what? Here’s the whole thing, scholarly mustard and all.