Ultima Foods has recalled seven Iogo yogurt products because they may contain pieces of plastic. The products include six 93-millilitre Iogo Nano packs of strawberry, raspberry, vanilla and banana drinkable yogurt. They also include one-litre Iogo smoothie protein packs with mango, strawberry-raspberry and strawberry flavours. Ultima triggered the recall and the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) is now investigating.
Roads downtown and along the waterfront will be closed Saturday to accommodate the 25th annual Toronto Challenge Run and the Enbridge Ride to Conquer Cancer. Check your route.
Badly weakened but with command of the House of Commons, Theresa May’s Convervatives will hold a voting majority of 328 seats to 308 seats against the combined opposition. Without the Democratic Unionist support, the HOC would be have a combined opposition of 328 against the Conservative caucus of 318.
TTC frontman Brad Ross has said something that rational thinkers know and have insisted on for decades. Buses make far more sense than streetcars. This blasphemy will deeply offend the high priests of Toronto’s state rail religion. It will not go down well with those whose lives revolve around the care and feeding of streetcars. But the TTC is removing trams from the long Queen Street line this summer and putting buses in their place. With buses there are many fewer detours and when they do occur they’re easier. There are no traffic backups, no stalled streetcars and the buses are air conditioned. Oh wait, what about the old chestnut that streetcars carry more people. Of course they do but so what. They are also less frequent because of it and their purchase and upkeep make the cost of buses look like pin money. Here’s what Ross had to say: “You know, it was a bit of a shock to everybody. ‘My goodness, you are removing all the streetcars from Queen. How could you do that?’ Well, frankly, I think this is probably the better option,” he said.
Live feed ended.
Hudson’s Bay will cut some 2,000 jobs across North America in a major restructuring. Cananda’s oldest retailer said the move will help the company save more than $350 million annually. “We know we can do better and we are taking bold decisive action,” Chief Executive Jerry Storch said in a statement. Retail in the Age of Amazon.
Other News:
A museum opened this week in Springfield, Massachusetts to honour the work of the legendary childrens author Theodor Seuss Geisel. Geisel adopted his “Dr. Seuss” pen name during his university studies at Dartmouth College and the University of Oxford.
The bizarre hit-and-run death on Eglinton West at Black Creek Drive has resulted in charges of manslaughter, impaired driving (over 80mg) and fleeing the scene against Anthony James Kiss, 31, of Wasaga Beach. It happened Wednesday at about 4:45 a.m. when a Jeep Cherokee ploughed into a man as he argued with a woman in the middle of the eastbound lanes of Eglinton west of Black Creek. The Jeep had turned onto Eglinton and headed west in the eastbound lanes, hitting the victim. The driver fled the scene but the vehicle was quickly recovered and a man taken into custody. The dead person is Dario Humberto Romero, 37 of Toronto. The woman with whom he was arguing is 59. She has not been identified and is recovering in hospital.
Six notable Canadians saw their names forever embedded in Toronto sidewalk history on the King Street West Walk of Fame Tuesday. City News.
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre at 2075 Bayview Ave. continues to be the place where the most parking tickets in Toronto are issued each year. This continued to be true in 2016 with 8,966 tickets issued on the hospital’s campus –some might call it a crazy quilt parking lot. But nonetheless, the urgency of a driver’s visit to hospital (got to see a doctor, or keep an appointment) means people frequently find themselves leaving their cars where they probably would not in other circumstances. Many might just forget the trip altogether if conditions were the same for visiting a grocery store, or similar routine errand. According to Veronica Appia in the East York Mirror infractions include parking on private property, parking without a permit and parking on the street during prohibited times. Julia Saca, supervisor of parking and transportation at Sunnybrook, told Appia there are specific steps the hospital takes to ensure visitors know where they are able to park and where they are not. But none of this changes the urgency felt by people who park there. It is common for patients to contest their tickets. Says Ms Saca: “Even though we do issue a lot of tickets to the patients, we probably cancel half of them.” Another high ticketing spot locally is 40 Orchard View Blvd. (Toronto Public Library – Northern District Library, 1 block north of Yonge St. and Eglinton Ave. W.)
Striking workers have reached a tentative agreement with their employer, the Toronto Zoo. This suggests that the popular attraction will re-open soon. About 400 members of CUPE Local 1600 walked off the job on May 11 after last-minute negotiations ahead of a midnight strike deadline failed to lead to a negotiated settlement. It appeared during negotiations that the issue related to how soon temporary employees might be permitted to claim permanent employment status, an issue that the union described as job security.
The Carlaw Ave firm will be in Liberty Village this time to show Gucci, Prada, Miu Miu and similar chic brands (see interactive poster). It’s at the e-gallery. 117 Jefferson Ave. Instagram
