East York’s Penny Oleksiak has dropped in virtually on a young Toronto admirer who hopes to compete in Tokyo this summer.

Toronto is getting a slight splatter of rain as noon approaches this Wednesday. The forecast suggests a mixed-weather weekend. The entertaining Weather Network “Storm Hunter” Mark Robinson comments on the dry May we’ve had as he walks in the Guelph rain this morning.

OPP are reporting Wednesday on a 4 a.m. chase and crash on Jane St courtesy of two guys in a Mercedes. Before it was over they whacked a police car pretty good.

Update from Jane and Falstaff after officers from #TorontoOPP attempted to stop a vehicle for a Highway Traffic Act violation. pic.twitter.com/RUO6aAOgIN

— OPP Highway Safety Division (@OPP_HSD) May 26, 2021

The Super Flower Blood Moon over Leaside, Davisville, Moore Park and the rest of Midtown was an entrancing sight for anyone on an evening walk Tuesday. It’s a worldwide sequence and these New Zealanders talk about it quite informatively.

Leaf goalie Jack Campbell picked up his first playoff shutout as the Toronto Maple Leafs beat the Montreal Canadiens 4-0 to go up 3-1 in the series Tuesday night. The series now returns to Toronto.

Wayne Gretzky has resigned from his post as vice-chairman of the Edmonton Oilers after five years, he announced Tuesday via Twitter, and will join TNT as an analyst, according to Andrew Marchand of The New York Post. “The Oilers, their fans, and the city of Edmonton have meant the world to me and my family for over four decades – and that will never end,” Gretzky wrote in a statement. “Given the pandemic and other life changes, I realize I will not be able to dedicate the time nor effort needed to support this world-class organization.”

Metrolinx has announced the transfer of LRT cars to the east end of the Eglinton line for testing beginning in June. You’ll soon see these trains on the line between Science Centre Station and Kennedy Station. Release and video

Thousands of Toronto homes were without power from shortly after 6 a.m. until after 8.30 a.m. Tuesday because of an unexplained power outage in Midtown. The boundaries as given by Toronto Hydro were: Balliol south to Summerhill and Yonge east to Bayview.

Two people were thrown from a motorcycle on the Niagara stretch of the QEW near Sodom Rd Monday. They suffered unknown injuries and are being treated in hospital. OPP say the unusual accident occurred when the tire of the bike’s rear wheel became detached from the rim.

Police in Gloucester England are hammering through sidewalks and pavement in the hope of finding the remains of Mary Bastholm who disappeared in 1968, the apparent victim of the serial killer Fred West (now dead). ITV News

June 14 a tentative day of patio joy

Canada’s summer of hope is fast approaching with millions holding their breath to see if the vaccine dream will really come true. Inimitable TV presenter City Cynthia Mulligan summarizes the government’s plan to re-open.

Oh, to wander Winners again

CBC fashion writer Jacqueline Hensen says that there’s a blip in jean sales with the coming summer season. Don’t you want to shuffle through the clothes hangers at Winners?

A woman employee at Toronto General Hospital left an overnight shift last Friday and found herself in a very unpleasant confrontation with an unkempt man who was exposing himself. The woman locked herself in the bicycle cage and called the police. When cops arrived at the Elizabeth Street garage the man was gone but pictures show this guy with a beard, an apparent can of beer and shoes with the laces hanging loose. Lovely. Call 52 Division at (416) 808-5200 if you see him.

People across Canada are quietly expressing their love and goodwill to their fellow citizens by placing a heart (or hearts) in their windows. There’s a lively discussion in Leaside about the movement this very morning. It was inspired by the decision of a Nanaimo woman, Natasha James. She doesn’t take credit for the idea but there is no doubt that the Facebook page Natasha started has been the catalyst for a nationwide movement. That was March, 2020. The membership is now more than 152,000. CTV

Showing the love. @mossled creates glowing neon hearts that are being displayed on windowsills in Toronto homes as a tribute to our front-line heroes. @cbchh #CBCNN pic.twitter.com/QZXgwCbkY7

— CBC Morning Live (@CBCMorningLive) December 4, 2020