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CTV Toronto newscast contains Austin Delaney’s account of the most shocking testimony in the matter of the former deputy education minister.

Transformer blows near Yorkdale Tuesday. Courtesy Tom Stef @vaughanweather

Ice and snow caused transformers to overload across North York tonight. Yorkdale Shopping Centre has regained power but remains closed Police say many traffic lights are out and that roads are treacherous. Tom Podolec of CTV notes Toronto Fire responding to dozens of hydro calls. Use caution near downed wires

There was a time, ten years or so ago, that it was not possible for a jerk to defame respectable people because he had no megaphone. Now every jerk has got one. It’s called Twitter. Leaf captain Dion Phaneuf and his girl friend, Elisha Cuthbert and fellow Leaf Joffrey Lupul. were subjected to a despicable defamation during last night’s hockey game. Unfortunately, the guys at TSN thought it would be a great idea to just run the tweets unedited and unchecked. Now the parties are suing TSN, which is owned by Bell media. Bell also has an interest in the Leafs. Did we say that Bell is too big?. “We have sent a letter to TSN demanding that TSN issue a formal apology and pay a significant amount of damages to each of our clients for broadcasting a false and defamatory tweet during their trade deadline show yesterday,” lawyer Peter Gall says in a statement. During the broadcast on Monday, TSN was airing tweets at the bottom of the screen with the hashtag #TradeCentre. One of the tweets that made it to air mentioned Phaneuf, Cuthbert and Lupul. TSN’s director of communications later tweeted an apology to the Toronto Maple Leafs organization and those impacted, saying that the tweet “should have never, ever gone to air.” Gall says that his legal team has also sent out a similar letter demanding an apology and damages to the author of the tweet, Anthony Adragna. “It is bad enough that there are people who spend their time using social media to publish such false and malicious stories, but it is made much worse when a reputable media outlet like TSN gives broad circulation and credibility to these false stories by republishing them as TSN did,” Gall’s statement says.

Captures from CBC video show kids in frame as woman tries to cover herself

A woman is using Windsor public library branches to stream video to  paying customers as she exposes herself and does other lewd things. It is apparently the availability of the computer equipment and cameras that prompts the woman, known as Little Secret, to use the libraries for this purpose. Otherwise, it would seem there must be a better place. Everyone is shocked and it is especially concerning to see children bouncing around in the background trying to get the woman’s attention while she covers up.  CBC Video

Misguided Leonard Nimoy fans have been defacing the Canadian five dollar bill to turn it into a look-a-like of his Star Trek character First Officer Spock. It’s gotten so bad that the Bank of Canada is asking fans to please stop. A drive was apparently launched in the aftermath of Nimoy’s death on Friday to ink the features of his most famous character on the Beaverbuck five because the original face there belongs to a similar looking gent named Sir Wilfrid Laurier. He was our seventh prime minister. Large numbers of the notes in circulation now show Laurier with Spock’s pointy ears, trademark haircut and eyebrows, a Star Trek badge and the character’s mantra “live long and prosper”. The stunting is not illegal but — please, says the bank — it’s Canadian money. Marking the bank note may interfere with the security features and reduces its lifespan. The Bank of Canada feels that writing and markings on bank notes are inappropriate as they are a symbol of our country and a source of national pride.”

Scientists in the U.S. are showing a hand-held device called the SCiO which can psych out that bowl of punch (what’s in there really?) and tell you the content of a canned drink with the push of a button. The new pocket scanner promises to deliver that power by giving the user an instant breakdown of alcohol, sugar, or calorie content before they consume. The USB-shaped SCiO device was launched through a Kickstarter campaign earlier in the week and reached its target within 24 hours, with devices available for as little as $149. The product of Israeli start-up Consumer Physics, it uses spectrometry to read the “molecular fingerprint” of an object, shining near Infra-Red light on it which stimulates the molecules and then records their reactions. An accompanying app then displays the nutrient values on a smart phone, measuring fat, protein and carbohydrate levels to the milligram, as well as overall quality.

Service Ontario has opened in the Dawsco Group offices at 939 Eglinton Ave. E. The place takes a bit of finding but the parking is easy in the lot  that sits with the strip mall on Brentcliffe Rd. at Eglinton. To get to the Service Ontario office enter the Dawso Group entrance at the north end beside the Select Sandwich and find your way down a hallway. The office is Unit 102 and is fairly obvious.