A widespread outage in Twitter service struck the northeast US and southern Ontario Friday morning. By shortly after 10 a.m. however, it appears that service has resumed. See the pattern of complaints at Downdetector
Police have found the beaten body of a Caledon woman in a suitcase on Keele St. near Hillary Ave in northwest Toronto. The victim is identified as Varsha Gajula, 41. Anyone who may have seen Varsha Gajula, have heard, or witnessed anything suspicious, is urged to contact Homicide detectives.
Women’s minister Maryam Monsef has dropped a clanger as she appealed to the Taliban to respect women’s rights. She called the Taliban brothers. A lot of people are trying to spit out that bad taste Thursday. Pitooey
Toronto woman crochets her way to good business
Then there’s Toronto woman Jess Papp who appears to be on the road to business success with her crochet creations at her firm, HotPot Variety. Holt Renfrew liked her work and gave Jess a call. She’s building a new Shopify site and has a chance to make a real success. It would never have happened in Kabul. Instagram
Tomato capital creates food bank
City News hoofer Audra Brown reports from Leamington, Canada’s Tomato Capital, on how irregularly shaped veggies are providing perfectly good food
Eating a hot dog could cost you 36 minutes of healthy life, while choosing to eat a serving of nuts instead could help you gain 26 minutes of extra healthy life, according to a doubtful study at the University of Michigan. Yeah. That would be 36 minutes from what? Here’s the whole thing, scholarly mustard and all.
The City of Toronto and the Government of Ontario have agreed on a plan to incorporate the old Dominion Foundry buildings on Eastern Ave into any new residential development on the site. The property is owned by the province and was the subject of intense community resistance to demolishing the historic factories. No proposal has yet been made for the site. Images released this week from CORE Architects Inc. depict a structure in which the exteriors walls of the building form the first floor of a development. Another image (below) depicts a public space inside a former industrial structure. Urban Toronto
The Weather Network is saying Wednesday may well be the hottest day of the year with a high of 33º Celsius. It will be just as hot Thursday too. Stay cool in all ways. There’s a risk of a severe thunderstorm across parts of southern Ontario. Weather Network
President Biden has rebuffed appeals from G7 leaders to stay in Kabul, the Afghan capital, long enough to get refugees out of the newly conquered country. His answer: “The sooner we can finish the better.” He said that “each day brings added risk to our troops” and warned of the growing threat of an attack from ISIS-K — ISIS in Afghanistan — on the Kabul airport. All of this is what has the world deeply concerned for further suppression of personal freedoms, the abuse of women and the creation of a simmering new centre for terrorist plotting. Will coming months see horrors even worse than those of 9-11? It isn’t silly to worry about another convulsion of young men on a mission to kill for God.
Metrolinx has issued an alert that a new traffic configuration will be implemented at Yonge St and Eglinton Ave possibly as early at Monday. Traffic on Yonge will be shifted to the west side and traffic on Eglinton will remain on the south. The east-west crosswalk on the south side of Eglinton Avenue will close, and the crosswalk on the north side will be relocated slightly south. This configuration will be in place for approximately two weeks. Release
Toronto Fire Service has extinguished a midday fire on a balcony at a condo building on Merton St. The location was between Pailton Cres and Al Green Lane. There are no reports of injuries. David Garcia tweeted three pictures
Polls, polls, polls. Here are stories on two recent soundings — Ipsos and Nanos. They appear to show a tighter race but CPC leader O’Toole continues to trail Prime MInister Trudeau in personal popularity. And then there’s Toronto. Polls here suggest that the Liberals will easily win the City. Proof again that the Ontario capital is not Canada. Some say it’s not like anything they’ve ever seen.
Dr. David Fisman has resigned from the Ontario Government’s advisory body known as the Science Table alleging political interference in the kind of information the board is making public. He also says there is a “grim” forecast circulating among Science Table doctors. Others deny that and Dr. Fisman doesn’t say just what he means by grim. Most laymen will find political interest in what the doctors are doing to be understandable. It’s an enormous issue of public importance. And very few people like the shutdown, even those who understand why it’s necessary. The most critical issue is Dr. Fisman’s “grim” alarm bell. What’s it mean? CBC
