The 2021 Royal Agricultural Winter Fair will not take place in person this Fall. The organization is looking forward to welcoming guests to its 100th anniversary celebration in 2022. Release
Vaccination is changing countless lives for the better and now we hear that Sunnybrook Veterans are able to board their excursion buses again under safe conditions. That means places like the mall, sporting and cultural events and longer getaways to places like Niagara Falls and Lake Joseph are back. If you see the bus out on the road, be sure to wave hello and tag Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre to let them know you saw Canada’s beloved vets. Facebook
The Yonge subway (Line 1) will be closed this weekend between Lawrence Ave and St. Clair Ave. as work continues on the LRT station at Eglinton Ave. TTC Line 1 Closure for Eglinton Crosstown LRT Construction Work
The London Free Press is reporting that the charter firm Badder Bus has begun a twice-daily service from the Flying J Truck Stop in London to the Union Station Bus Terminal on Front St. The daily schedule will see a bus depart London at 6:30 a.m., arriving in Toronto at 9:30 a.m., and a second departure at noon arriving at 3:30 p.m. For the return trip, a bus will leave Toronto at 10:45 a.m., arriving in back in London at about 2 p.m., with a second departure at 4:30 p.m., arriving at about 7:30 p.m.
Porter Airlines has announced it will fly Embraer jets from a Toronto to Ottawa. Flights to the capital typically take off to the east and north over the City but Porter says the flights will not take off from the Island Airport. The airline has been shut down during the pandemic and this is the first word that its resumption of service includes jets. Ottawa Business Journal
2015 promise to prevent jets from the Island Airport
Residents recall the vow made by then transportation minister Marc Garneau to prevent jet travel from Island Airport over Toronto. Garneau asserts Liberals will not re-open island jets At that time The Bulldog asked, “Is this the end?”
First Capital REIT, owners of the Leaside Village shopping centre have posted the opening dates for two new stores. Shoppers Drug Mart will open July 22 and the PetSmart store will open August 2. Other tenants are Kids Physio Group and First Capital.
This charming scene was shot by Darcie Lynn Osborne Card at the edge of the Don. Did you know that ducks (and many other birds) have a special skill called preening? They activate a preen gland which releases an oily substance all over their body for feather cleaning. We all feel better after a good clean.
Reporter Carl Hantske has posted a tweet of the busy roads where a young man was critically injured when he was struck as he rode an ATV vehicle. Hantske says the ATV collided with a motor vehicle near Airport Rd and Bovaird Dr. in Brampton. The ATV rider was not wearing a helmet and “was sent flying through the air”. All-terrain vehicles are not allowed on city streets. “There are wooded areas/trails nearby”.
Cyclist seriously injured Tuesday on Jarvis near Gerrard
A cyclist has been seriously injured in a collision with a vehicle early Tuesday on Jarvis St. Little is known of the details but it is all too easily imagined. The photo below was taken by @joebyer from a highrise.
Officials in BC say that more than one worker has died in a “catastrophic failure” of a construction crane in downtown Kelowna Monday. Construction firm the Mission Group said the collapse happened at the downtown Brooklyn building on Bernard Avenue.
Italy has won the European Championship for the second time by beating England 3-2 on penalties on Sunday. The match finished 1-1 after extra time. CBC
Police say a girl of 11 was approached by a man in a car near her home in the east end neighbourhood of Barrington Ave and Balfour Ave Friday afternoon. That’s near Main St and Danforth Ave. The child fled home as the man tried to entice her into his car. The man is described as older, with a heavy build. He was driving a newer model black import car. Call (416) 808-5500 with information.
A ticket holder in the Prairies won Saturday’s $18.6 million Lotto 649 jackpot. And the draw’s guaranteed $1 million prize went to a lottery player in British Columbia. The jackpot for the next Lotto 649 draw on July 14 will be an estimated $5 million.
