Toronto Police have found Martin Tang, 11, and he has been re-united with his family.
CNN “explainer” of what’s happening at Google
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This is an informative explantion of what is happening at Google from CNN
Architect’s drawing of Loblaws 1928 warehouse recreated
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Further to the announcement made last week, this depiction of the development that will be known as West Block has been released. This is at Bathurst St. and Lakeshore Rd. It shows the facade of the 1928 Loblaws warehouse and headquarters building forming the base of a larger residential and commercial project. It is said the present dilapidated warehouse will be taken down more or less brick-by-brick and then applied to a modern structure to give the appearance shown. Very nice Earlier post.
Health minister must speak about cost of air ambluance
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All Ontarians are looking to Health Minister Eric Hoskins for a better understanding of the case of Amy Savill. Ms. Savill is the Alberta woman who gave birth two months early in Timmins a few days ago and was then flown to Sudbury with her newborn baby where the hospital was better able to care for the infant. As most people know, the government has delivered a bill of several thousand dollars to Ms. Savill for that air ambulance ride between the two hospitals. It appears both Alberta and Ontario have turned their backs on the woman, saying, in so many words, it’s not our problem. But it is their problem and sooner or later both governments will have to face up to it For citizens who would like to know the rules and reasoning in this case the Minister’s silence over the best part of a week is disturbing. What are the specifics by which an emergency ambulance flight goes from being a part of Canada’s health care canopy to a cash-on-the-barrel-head business transaction? There have been suggestions that if the flight had originated by the side of a highway it would have been covered. Mr. Hoskins, the member for St. Pauls, is not an insensitive man. We cannot believe that he is not properly concerned about this case. Did the medical staff at Timmins hospital urgently recommend that Ms Savill and her infant be transferred? These questions must be answered.
Beat up A320 puts down in Denver after brutal hail storm
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The damage done to an Airbus A320 is so alarming one can hardly imagine how the aircraft survived. But the passengers on Delta flight 1889 from Boston to Salt Lake have the experience burned in their minds forever. Alarmed pilots urged air traffic controllers to get them out of the sky. They had no radar left after the ice battering and their shatterproof windshields were cracked and useless. The plane landed at Denver and only one person went to hospital. Astonishingly, passengers on board with mobile phones were able to see the storm coming when the crew could not. According to Captain Sully Sullenberger, the hero of the Hudson, commercial jets do not normally have the Internet in the cockpit.
Morphine pills forgotten in taxi trunk after 4-block ride
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Unmindful on Mt. Pleasant
A funny thing happened on a four-block taxi ride on Mt. Pleasant Rd. last Wednesday (August 5, 2015) Someone put morphine medication in the trunk of a taxi and completely forgot about it. He, she or they got into the cab near Mt. Pleasant and Davisville and drove to Mt.Pleasant and Eglinton Ave. E. They paid, presumably, and the cab drove off with the drugs. The cab driver forgot too. Or so the story goes, as told to 53 Division Police. Naturally the cops are eager to find the drugs. The lost medication was in a bag which contained four morphine pills. The pills could be harmful or fatal if ingested, especially to children. Anyone finding the medication is asked not to handle it, but to contact police at 416-808-5300, Crime Stoppers anonymously at 416-222-TIPS (8477), online at www.222tips.com, text TOR and your message to CRIMES (274637). Download the free Crime Stoppers Mobile App on iTunes, Google Play or Blackberry App World.
What? Google creates Alphabet to (gasp) own Google
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The owners of Google, Larry Page and Sergey Brin, haven’t really made it clear what they are they doing. Google will go public. Okay. But then there are yards of rather oily non-goals like “getting more ambitious things done.” Sure guys. Wake us when you take over Toronto. CBC
Megan gets apology and says “that’s good enough for me”
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Megan Batchelor gets an apology from the teen who ran into her space and kissed her on the cheek while she was trying to do a report. She carried on gamely but then complained to the police. Here she says the apology was a thorough one and says what the kid told her is good enough for her. Of course, for the CBC type with her, this is a story not a personal embarrassment, and he presses on with questions about what it felt like when when she was kissed. Pooey. A sincere apology may be enough for Megan but not for the grinding mills of 24 hour news, it seems.
Telus boss Joe Natale gives up job to stay in Toronto
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Joseph M. Natale, Chief Executive Officer and President of Telus Corporation has decided he would rather live in Toronto than be president of the phone company. That’s the decision announced this morning. Mr. Natale, known universally in the firm as Joe, has turned down a direction by the board to move his family to western Canada (Vancouver). His replacement will be former president Darren Entwistle. It is barely a year since Natale, 51, was given the position of president but one supposes that with an annual estimated income of $9 million and the Jays on a run, hey, who wants to move.
55 Pontiac Star Chief awaits funeral cortege on Bayview
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This spectacular 1955 Pontiac Star Chief hardtop was parked outside Humphrey’s Sunday with a funeral card slipped between the fender and the hood. It has no doubt been an old friend to someone and vice versa we suspect.
Murray Koffler and the origins of Shoppers Drug Mart
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This is a nicely written column by Toronto architect Angus Skene on the origins of Shoppers Drug Mart and its creator, Murray Koffler. Angus Skene in The Toronto Star
Man runs into frame and kisses CBC reporter on cheek
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A CBC reporter in B.C. has been quickly kissed on the cheek by a young man while she was delivering a live news insert. Reporter Megan Batchelor says she was rattled by the brief incident and has made a complaint to the RCMP about it. The kiss — a phenomenon once known as a stolen kiss — occurred during the Squamish Music Festival north of Vancouver. Reports called it a “jarring distraction” Batchelor was doing a live hit for the network’s 6 p.m newscast when a man ran up from behind, kissed her on the cheek and took a selfie. The CBC quotes Batchelor as saying she was “rattled” by the encounter and felt like the unidentified man was trying to interfere with her ability to do her job. The CBC said in an emailed statement on Sunday that Friday’s incident is another example of a disturbing trend and the network will do everything it can to ensure its journalists are safe when reporting from the field. In May, City News reporter Shauna Hunt slapped down a much more vulgar form of interference from male bystanders and ultimately one man, an employee with the Ontario electrical utility Hydro One, was fired.