A long thread on Facebook reveals interest in the visit of two RCAF F18 jet fighters to Toronto this week. According to aviation journalist Tom Podolec two F18s arrived in Toronto Sunday with one taking off over Midtown Wednesday. Podolec says the planes were on what the RCAF calls “Instrument Flight Rules training”.

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Police say a man in his 40s was struck and seriously injured at Bayview Ave and Eglinton Ave E. This is the location of the highly-disrupted site of the Leaside LRT stations. The call was posted Wednesday to the Toronto Police Operations Twitter account. The intersection was cleared shortly before 11.30 a.m. 680 News

Police clashed with encampment fighters Wednesday leading to the arrest of several people as they cleared them from Lamport Park at 1155 King St. West. The scene above is from the Twitter video (below) from 680 News showing the battle. The removal is being decried by the NDP which says there are “much better solutions”. Tweets here do not specify just what they would prefer.

Toronto has launched what it calls the restoration of Alexandra Park on Bathurst St. but advocates for those camping there in the rough call it an attack on the homeless. There are many tweets raging about the right of homeless people to live in public parks.

Vehicle fire on Glenavy this morning 😳 https://t.co/ltIkHy4A5u pic.twitter.com/jSScTcU2cg

— SBayview (@SBayview) July 20, 2021

There are hundreds of forest fires burning in Canada and the smoke is finally drifting east and south to Toronto.

After you’ve conquered the world by shipping boxes to homes ad nauseam, it’s time to conquer space. Yippee. He traveled to space and returned Tuesday morning.

A man who fell from the escalators at 10 Dundas East Plaza Monday is now said to have very serious injuries. Paramedics found signs of life after police at first believed the man has no vital signs. The plaza is closed for the investigation,

He’s 41, single and $65 million richer. Now Jansen Ng of East Grwiminbury, a former member of Canada’s armed forces, says he has a number of charities in mind which will benefit from his good fortune. Adam Atkinson of CHCH News reports.

Tornado force winds have caused heavy damage in the Barrie and Lake Simcoe area. Photos and videos show a lot of destruction. According to the Environment Canada alert issued just before 2:50 p.m., meteorologists were tracking a severe storm near Innisfil. The storm was reported to be moving east at around 65 km/h. Also Barrie Today

City Council has voted to re-name Dundas St. and all other City places and things so named. This will be done, as a Wednesday evening news release says, to confront anti-Black racism, advance truth, reconciliation and justice, as well as build a more inclusive and equitable Toronto. “The City is committed to taking steps to right wrongs, challenge systematic institutionalized racism and build a more inclusive Toronto for all, in keeping with the City’s motto Diversity our Strength. Addressing the historical legacy of Dundas Street is one of these steps, alongside the implementation of other Council-approved strategies to combat racism and discrimination.”

60 more streets in question

There does not appear to be a cost or time frame stated for this change. A committee “made up of Black and Indigenous leaders and representatives from the diverse communities living and working along Dundas Street, including Business Improvement Areas and resident associations” will advise on a new name. The ultimate outcome of this process may see Toronto very much changed from how current residents know it. There are said to be 60 more names to be studied by City staff with the prospect of a recommendation for a name change.