Informative graphs reveal that Ontario hospital intensive care units are so far coping with the pandemic of the unvaccinated. Above, a graph showing that more than 80 percent of ICU cases are among those without vaccine protection. Cases by vaccine status in Ontario have seemed consistent. Below, overall infection is running two out of three unvaccinated and general hospitalizations are three out of four unvaccinated.
A man is dead in an early morning fire on the seventh floor of the apartment at 77 Huntley Street Wednesday. Temporarily displaced tenants huddled outside the building as firefighters extinguished the blaze.
Papers please, Mr and Mrs Ontario. Word is emerging Wednesday that the government will create an app with QR personal ID that you will need to flash to get inside restaurants, theatres, gyms and the like, but not stores. City News
Tuesday has dawned with Covid-age excitement focussed on that oh-so-essential pandemic curiosity the vaccination passport. The government was said to be ready to announce such a scheme this morning but CTV is saying that the cabinet was unable to agree upon a scheme presented to it Monday evening. As a result, Premier Ford is said to have asked that changes be made to the certificate plan. It is now said to be unclear when the program could be rolled out, CTV says.
Quebec passport hacked
Meanwhile, there’s been a cyberattack targetting Quebec’s digital vaccine certificates. This may portend challenges ahead for the upcoming Ontario vaccine passport, and others. The Journal de Montreal reported that hackers obtained some QR codes tied to Quebec’s vaccine passport campaign, including those belonging to Premier François Legault and Health Minister Christian Dubé. Quebec’s vaccine passport is scheduled to roll out on Wednesday. Did someone say Covid is running humans like a lawnmower?
A motorcyclist died Monday evening in a collision with a truck on Bloor St West near Indian Rd in Roncesvalles. Twitter
Come Tuesday night, the on and off-ramps at the eastern end of the Fred Gardiner Expressway will be permanently closed and torn down. The ancient, unsightly but for many deeply-valued old road across downtown is now more than 60 years old. In 2015, the City decided to remake it before it starts falling down. The work will take until 2024 (ouch). CTV reports on the complicated and much slower passage about to befall motorists
A lottery player in Quebec won Saturday’s $11 million Lotto 649 jackpot. The winning ticket for the draw’s guaranteed $1 million prize was also sold in Quebec. The jackpot for the next Lotto 649 draw on Sept. 1 will be an estimated $5 million.
Environment Canada has issued a special alert as severe thunderstorms capable of producing strong wind gusts, up to nickel size hail roll across southern Ontario. The Weather Network says we could be in for the same thing Sunday. Radar
People who live in the midst of the concentrated construction frenzy we know as Midtown Yonge and Eglinton may lose track of how unique (not to say miserable) their lives are because of it. Just as Toronto has more construction cranes at work than any other City in North America, Yonge-Eglinton is the crucible of this furious activity. Here we see a crane awaiting erection (top) on Broadway Ave. while another comes down (below) at nearly finished rental Tower, The Parker, at Broadway and Redpath Ave. More cranes in Toronto than any other City on the continent
Did dad tell you men are from Mars and women from Venus? Looks like he was right again as polling numbers reveal a large split in sentiment between the sexes.
Crosstown cars roll daily on Eglinton East
Metrolinx is warning people to watch out for heavy LRT cars rumbling along Eglinton Ave E these days as daily testing of the new line continues.
Chopper-cows-in-Switzerland time again
The annual airlift of cows down from their summer alpine vacation is underway in Switzerland. Not surprisingly, some cows are left lame from their rocky summer.
Carlos Murudumbay happily took a moment from his run on Wednesday in Serena Gundy Park to snap these lovely residents. FB
The board of governors of Ryerson University has voted to change the name of the school because of so-called connections to the residential school system, as reported here by City News. There’s a good deal of skepticism in the comments section about the wisdom of what the governors say will be a bright new world of education at Rye High. One suggestion for the new name is Schooly McSchool-Face.
