Canadian Press is saying the federal food inspection agency has backed off a decision to deny Israeli wine access to markets here because the grapes were grown in the west bank. The wine, made by the Psagot and Shiloh wineries, is labelled Product of Israel. The agency has now explained that it had not fully considered the Canada-Israel Free Trade Agreement when dealing with the matter. Under the agreement, Israel refers to any territory where the country’s customs laws are applied. The reversal also comes after vigorous complaints from Jewish groups and the embassy of Israel.

Engaged gallery

All courts in use

Girded

There was lively play on all the tennis courts at Davisville Park Thursday evening. There was an engaged gallery as well for several of the matches from the heights looking south from Millwood Road.

Injured?

“Gimme some justice and I’ll take it in cash” is the righteous demand of Canadian society as seen this week on both sides of the 88 Leaside bus. The wallpaper ads for Diamond and Diamond personal injury lawyers are hard to miss.

The Hondy Indy starts Friday with road closure near Exhibition Place. Toronto Police

Like a junk yard

A massive rear-end collision on the QEW at Cawthra Rd. has injured at least seven people, one of them, a 12-year-old boy was airlifted to the Hospital for Sick Children in serious condition. The scene of the series of collisions left the highway looking like a junk yard. OPP Sgt. Kerry Schmidt said the crash happened before 11 a.m. Thursday when as a driver was unable to stop for slowing traffic. That vehicle spun out around hitting a transport truck. The truck driver lost control and hit two other vehicles. The highway has since re-opened.

Collision – #QEW westbound at Cawthra – Mississauga closed for serious collision investigation – expect delays https://t.co/7Pi5TCUiyz

— OPP Highway Safety Division (@OPP_HSD) July 13, 2017

Health Canada is recalling President’s Choice chicken nuggets over possible Salmonella contamination. It says PC brand pub recipe chicken nuggets should not be consumed and should either be thrown away or returned to the store. No illnesses have been reported.

At Dentonia Park August 7

Celtic fiddler at market

Scallions

The Canada-Bangladsh Festival will be held on Civic Holiday (Monday, August 7, 2017) at Dentonia Park from noon to 9 p.m. Facebook The East York Farmers Market continues its summer run each Wednesday at the Civic Centre at 850 Coxwell Ave. It is always a lively scene.

A service will be held at the Humphrey Funeral Home on Bayview Ave. on Wednesday, July 19 for former Crown Attorney Llewellyn John Applegath. Mr. Applegath led a distinguished life as a lawyer, husband and attentive father to his three sons. He was a skilled poker player among many interests. His obituary notes his father’s business known as Applegath Hats, a firm which did business in the Hobberlins Department Store at 155 Yonge St starting early in the 20th Century. Obituary

Thursday will be chillier in the morning but warm weather will return for the weekend. Weather Network.

The sound and fury at the Pizza Pizza near the corner of Queen St. and Broadview Ave. signifies impaired pizza complaining. Public intoxication is alleged. Video #2 as taken by late night spectator Paul Michaels shows the theatrical nature of the moment as customers enjoy their pizza while the struggle goes on in the pizzeria doorway. Mr. Michaels, 23, reportedly said the melee began when a woman entered the store and complained that her pizza was late. Video #1 has 165,000 views Wednesday evening.

New research seems to indicate that coffee is quite good for you. In studies led by the Imperial College of London and the UN International Agency for Research on Cancer, 520,000 people in 10 countries were tracked for 16 years. Some 200,000 of these were in the US. They found that men who drank three cups of coffee per day were 18% less likely to die during the study period than people who drank no coffee. Women had an 8% reduced chance of death. As in all things, the addition of cream and sugar would be cause for concern. Also, in this day of promoted research and fake news, skepticism is present. However there is no evidence that this research is sponsored by Starbucks.

As expected, the Bank of Canada has raised its overnight rate by 0.25 percentage points to 0.75 per cent. It is the first increase in seven years and will impact, however slightly, all forms of borrowed money including mortgages, lines of credit and credit cards