Where is Ying Chun (Annie) Li? The 36-year-old Markham woman.was last seen June 12 near Markham Rd. and Denison St. at 6 p.m. There is also a report she may have been seen an hour later in Richmond Hill. But there has been no sign of her for three weeks causing regional police to have the homicide squad look into this puzzling disappearance. Li is known to visit the Yonge St. and Sheppard Ave. and Fairview Mall areas in Toronto. Investigators are also looking to speak with a woman who may have seen Li and are asking her to come forward to police. Annie Li is described as 5-foot-2 and weighing 120 pounds. She has brown eyes and black hair. Anyone with information is being asked to contact the homicide unit at 1-866-876-5423 ext. 7865 or Crime Stoppers anonymously at 1-800-222-8477.

This is a genuinely shocking story from Indonesia, the more so because it seems neither the authorities nor the boy’s parents have come to grips with the causes behind his weight. Is it a simple case of carelessness on everyone’s part or is there a medical element to it. BBC

 Toronto Blue Jays will be trying to sweep the Kansas City Royals Wednesday at Rogers Stadium. Tuesday, Josh Donaldson hit two solo home runs, Troy Tulowitzki had a three-run blast and the Toronto Blue Jays connected four times to beat the Kansas City Royals 8-3 on Tuesday night.

David Holland will resign immediately as president and chief executive officer of Torstar Corporation. He has worked at the Toronto Star since 1986. Reports have noted that Mr. Holland made no mention of his departure at the retirement of publisher John Cruickshank in early May. Instead he assumed Mr. Cruickshank’s job and spoke of his plan to carry it out vigorously. But things are in flux in the newspaper business. Many wonder how long the Star will be printed on paper seven days a week

TORY FOR POLICE FLOATS

Mayor Tory has written a letter to the Toronto Police Association supporting the presence of uniformed police participation in the Pride Parade. The ever-angry Black Lives Matter (BLM) double-crossed their new friends Sunday by conducting a petulant sit-down demonstration which stalled the parade for half an hour. In the process, BLM bullied Pride boss Mathieu Chantelois into signing a laundry list of things including banning cops from the parade. No one at City Hall apart from the mayor seems to have the interest, much less the courage, to say anything.

HOME PRICES

Resale home prices and  sales in Toronto continued to rise in June even as the number of listings dropped 3.8 percent. The Toronto Real Estate Board recorded 7.5 per cent more sales, 12,794 in all in June. The average home price was $746,546 in June, up 16.8 per cent from the same month last year.

It gives a whole new meaning to the expression “man’s best friend.” Dog trainers and medical experts are predicting an era of trained sniffer dogs ferreting out dangerous and deadly bacteria in hospitals and elswhere in way that has been beyond the reach of man. The living evidence of this is Angus, a two year old English Springer Spaniel who demonstrated his skill in Vancouver this week.

Lawn Summer Nights, the zany costumed lawn bowling benefit to combat Cystic Fibrosis, returns to the Leaside Lawn Bowling Club Thursday, July 7, 2016. The idea is to get together a team and dress it in outlandish costumes. Past teams have been named the Royal Canadian Mounted Bowlice and Guacabowle. You get the idea. Lawn Summer Nights  Previous 

Here’s the 14-day sweating scene.

The Prime Minister is saying that the government will be more hands off than the Conservatives were in 2011 in dealing with a postal lockout. That was the last time there was a stoppage of mail and the Harper regime enacted legislation to send CUPW back to work. This time the Liberal government says there are no plans to send the union members back because he respects labour. “We do not feel, unlike previous governments, that it is the immediate responsibility to be heavy-handed,” he told reporters at a press conference in Quebec City. “We respect labour. We respect the need to come to terms at the bargaining table and that is what we are going to continue to work on.” It was a nice little lecture however sooner or later the government will have to sing a different tune if there is a cessation of delivery.

It looks like the entire population of Iceland (330,000) turned out in Reykjavik Monday to honour their upstart soccer club to a hero’s welcome following a Cinderella run at Euro 2016. The tiny Nordic nation surprised the world with its run to the quarter-finals at the European soccer championships, knocking out England before falling to host France 5-2 on Sunday. It is a nation not known for soccer prowess but it has one dandy sports war chant as seen here.