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Badder Bus twice-daily run from London to downtown TO

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 comes back to life with jets to Ottawa from Toronto

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?”

ATV rider “sent flying” and badly hurt in busy Brampton

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.

Girl, 11, approached by man in car near Main and Danforth

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.

Police seek identity of a woman found in medical distress

Toronto Police are seeking help to identify the woman seen below. She was found in distress Saturday morning near Jane St and Firgrove Crescent in the City’s northwest. She is 70-75 years old, 130-140lbs, 5’4″-5’6″, with shoulder-length black and grey hair, brown eyes, and has a mole on her forehead. She was wearing a black and white patterned shirt over a navy blue and brown patterned shirt, and black flip flops. If you can help call (416) 808-3100