Is horse racing the Sport of Kings or the Sports of Cheats? The world is wondering as Kentucky Derby winner Medina Spirit fails early drug tests. The steed could be disqualified and lose the title if further testing confirms the results.
Woman with open bottle, stack of 20s has threats for cops
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Hmm/OPP
Stopped by OPP
OPP have tweeted that a woman driver stopped on the QEW in Mississauga refused a breath test and had threats of some type for the police. The car contained a mostly-consumed bottle of something and a stack of 20s. Hmm. OPP
Bright Mother’s Day sees busy “safe distancing” on Bayview
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Wilmar Kortleever
Wilmar Kortleever was out early this Sunday and noticed lots of activity on sunny Bayview Ave. There was much patient and good-humoured safe distancing, apparently. Below, Daniela Tixi has posted this giggly cartoon to do justice to every mom’s essential sense of humour.
Don’t look down, airmen honoured and our password curse
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Next time you cross the wide Cats Eye footbridge between Moore Park and Bennington Heights, just savour how safe it feels. In Portugal, they’ve just opened a mile-high 175 metre-long, four-foot-wide pedestrian bridge. Most people think it’s pretty scary.
Dutch honour Canadian airmen lost in 1943
The 75-year bond between the people of the Netherlands and Canada continues as two Canadian bomber crew are honoured after the discovery of their long-lost aircraft off the coast of Holland. The Canadian army was assigned the task of liberating the Netherlands and other low countries in 1945. The Dutch have never forgotten those who helped them restore their freedom.
Make your password so hard you can’t remember it
That incidental curse of the Internet age never goes away. There was a time when only you and your bank manager knew where your money was. Now, anyone who can peek into servers can rob you. Sigh.
Two found dead early Saturday in burned car in Mississauga
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Burned out vehicle at Burnhamthorpe and Promontory/CITYNEWS/Ryan Belgrave
Peel Police say two people have been found dead in a vehicle that burned, apprently after crashing early Saturday. It happened in Mississauga at Burnhamthorpe Rd and Promontory Cres at around 7:18 a.m.
Opioid death toll spike as addicts, other users die in Toronto
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A potent opioid more lethal than fentanyl has made its appearance on City streets as Toronto witnessed five apparent overdose deaths on Wednesday alone. There were 13 such deaths between May 2 and May 6. The drug is called etonitazene and is said to have been first synthesized 70 years ago The victims and neighbourhoods of these deaths are not described but the pattern of ongoing fatalities indicates that lethal artificial drugs continue to dominate the habits of addicts and other careless users. Etonitazene identified in Toronto’s unregulated drug supply
Accident at Mt. Pleasant and Hillsdale sends two to hospital
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Two car collision at Mt. Pleasant and Hillsdale/Bulldog
A woman and a child have been taken to the hospital from the scene of a two-vehicle accident Friday at Mt. Pleasant Rd and Hillsdale Ave during the supper hour. The condition of the woman was said to be serious but not life-threatening while injuries to the child were called minor. Mt Pleasant was closed between Manor Rd and Soudan Ave.
Goat kid stolen from City’s Riverdale Park in Cabbagetown
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Young goat seen with mother at Riverdale Farm/TPS
Thieves have stolen a kid goat from Riverdale Farm on Winchester St. The theft occurred at the Cabbagetown public farm sometime Wednesday or Thursday. The three-month-old animal is named Juniper. It has an identical twin which was not stolen. The creature weighs 30 lbs. with black and silver fur, brown legs and white ears. Detective Constable Graham Ellis from 51 Division’s Major Crime Unit said the Riverdale Farm staff are understandably upset and concerned about Juniper who, they say, would not leave the pen without her mother and would have likely cried out during the incident. “We’d urge anyone who knows anything about this incident to contact us immediately so we can find her and safely return her to the farm,” he said.
Daughter follows her mother into the Toronto Police Service
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Charlotte Morehouse and mother Rita
Toronto Police have published an enjoyable story about a mother and daughter who were both inspired to join the service.
Elon Musk SNL weekend and hilarious Mother’s Day clone
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This weekend will see Elon Musk host Saturday Night Live. Many are asking “WHAT?”
Hilarious Mother’s Day clone to make things perfect for mom
Have no fear — Chinese rocket space junk unlikely to hit you
So far as we can tell.
Yonge line closed this weekend from Lawrence to St Clair
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The Yonge subway (Line 1) subway will be closed between Lawrence and St. Clair stations on Saturday and Sunday this weekend. The TTC will perform TTC platform relocation and other track-level work. Work will take place 24-hours a day. Berwick Ave will remain open during this work. Release
City sends scorching letter to TDSB over slurs on Chief Pegg
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Karen Falconer, Interim Director of Education, TDSB
Fire Chief Matthew Pegg
The City has sent an indignant letter to the Toronto District School Board over accusations in a lawsuit that Fire Chief Pegg was somehow negligent at the scene of the York Memorial Collegiate fire two years ago. The letter is sent to Karen Falconer, Interim Director of Education at the TDSB and is signed by City Manager Chris Murray copying Mayor Tory. It is scorching in its condemnation of the board for the lawsuit.
I am compelled to express my extreme disappointment in the baseless and irresponsible allegations made against Fire Chief Matthew Pegg. I am also appalled at the calculated public release of the claim yesterday by the TDSB, which contained these allegations. In my view this could have only been intended to cause unwarranted harm for some undisclosed strategic benefit.
Mayor Tory is seen in 2019 in a City News report shortly after the fire asking why “fire watch” personnel apparently employed by the TDSB did not call the TFS when smoke emerged during the night.