TD Bank Moore and Bayview robbed as doors unlocked

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It appears a bank robber was waiting outside for the doors to be unlocked this morning at the T-D Bank at Moore and Bayview Ave. Employees of other tenants in the plaza say the bandit passed a note to a teller. The note read  “Good morning, please pass along $2,000 and no one will get hurt.” The suspect received money in a clear plastic bag and fled towards Loblaws. He is described as white, standing five-foot-eight or five-foot-nine, with short balding hair, wearing black sunglasses and a black t-shirt. He is approximately 25 years old. The bank is now closed as police search for forensic evidence and the main entrance to the strip of businesses is blocked for the time being. But the Rexall pharmacy and the cleaning store are doing business as usual. Shoppers might have to enter by the driveway off Mallory Crescent or drive across Pottery Road from the Loblaws parking lot. This crime does not follow the pattern of Friday afternoon bank robberies and is thus less expected.

Luck (and skill) of the Dutch as jet dipsy-doodles at Schipol

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This KLM Asia jet battles winds as it lands at Amsterdam’s Schipol Airport last week. It’s that last dipsy-doodle to the left with just a few feet between the plane and the runway that is scary.

Toronto heat alert issued by Medical Officer of Health

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Heat alert notice 

No business: Gov’t closes pregnancy clinic in Thorncliffe

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The Government has made a decision to close the Thorncliffe Park Pregnancy Clinic after only five months in business. In fact, it appears there has been very little business. Some 15 women have sought the services of the clinic since February when it was opened to much fanfare by the Premier. The health and community workers who supported the clinic say they are at a loss to explain why more women have not come to the clinic. There do not, however, seem to be known cases of hardship or distress in this area which have not been addressed by other services. The clinic was in the building at Leaside Park Drive where the Thorncliffe Neighborhood Office and a community mid-wives clinic are also housed.

Pan Am Games close with thrilling fireworks show

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Man behind the CN fireworks

Cycling world in orbit as motorized doping fears hit Tour

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The professional cycling world is in orbit this weekend in the wake of an astonishing — and many say absurd claim from three-time Tour de France winner Greg LeMond — that cyclists participating in this year’s competition are using electric motors to get an edge on other riders. It seems beyond belief but as one reads the news stories, and the comments from cyclists, it’s clear there are some who are prepared to believe it. Says one reader: “They (the motors) fit inside the seat frame bar below the seat post. They are essentially invisible and provide continuous power to the rear wheel.” But another rider says “absolutely no pro team would allow such a device near one of their frames; and that means no mechanic would be caught dead installing or servicing one either. LeMond is on drugs.” Wall Street Journal 

Easy win for Mendicino as Eg-Lawrence Liberal nominee

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Long-time Liberal nearly doubles vote on Eve Adams in Eglinton-Lawrence nomination battle. 

Flora MacDonald was first female external affairs minister

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Mt. Pleasant and Moore: Woman seeks safety from cars

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The mother of a 7-year-old daughter was not playing in front of her semi-detached home on Moore Ave. Friday morning (July 24, 2015). That’s when two cars collided at Moore and Mt. Pleasant Rd. sending one of them, a Kia, crashing into the corner the home. It wrecked a brick pillar support of the wooden veranda. There is precious little space between the roaring traffic on Mt. Pleasant and the home. It is like most of the Moore Park homes on Mt. Pleasant between St. Clair and Moore. They all live with the legacy of a decision made more than 65 years ago to widen Mt. Pleasant into a high-speed route to downtown. 

News agencies put brakes on “done deal” Olympics

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Excitement is a wonderful thing. The CBC, Washington Post, ESPN, AP and others declared flatly Sunday morning that the head of the Canadian Olympic Committee was saying there would be a Toronto bid for the 2024 Olympics. That story has now been downgraded to the less than startling news that the COC will support an Olympic bid if there is one.  Olympic bid? Say a prayer for common sense and Toronto.

Small plane crashes into homes in Tokyo, three dead

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Unknown disruption: Rogers wireless “being restored”

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Customers of Rogers wireless network were without cellphone and text messaging service on Saturday (July 25, 2015). .The annoyance and grief was easily seen on Twitter and elsewhere. Most of the failures were Ontario, British Columbia, Manitoba and Alberta. A spokesman for Rogers confirmed that customers may have experienced “intermittent disruption in service.” The spokesman said in an e-mail sent at 5 p.m. that service was being restored and the company has apologized for the inconvenience.