Egg-white McMuffin gets rough reception
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•McDonald’s has announced an egg-white McMuffin as an appeal to those who want to eat healthier. Instant comment to this move has been rough. The new McMuffin avoids the 60 calories contained in the egg yolk, but the egg-white version continues to contain cheese and a slice of lean Canadian bacon. Thus comments like: “It still has pork, hollandaise dressing and cheese, all saturated fat and calories. (expletive)” are understandable. Another said: “McDonald’s will be releasing an egg-white McMuffin in April for Americans to try once, spit out and never buy again.”
Van strayed onto runway as AC jet was landing
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•475 Davisville near Cleveland sold for $730,000
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•Grumpy Cat is star of south-west film festival
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•A Grumpy Cat with some 7.5 million YouTube hits to her name will star this weekend at the South by South-west (SXSW) Interactive Film and Music Festival at Austin Texas. There will be other famous creatures there — films makers, writers etc — but who cares. The 11-month old, mixed breed is the pet of a Morristown, Arizona woman, Tabitha Bundesen. Grumpy Cat’s real name is Tardar Sauce (a.k.a.: Tard), and she’s famous for the pouty “nothing impresses me” face with which she was born. Check the video for the outrageous occupations of Tard and her fans.
Youth has shoes stolen in Kennedy station
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•New streetcars get a test run on Bathurst
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•The TTC’s new streetcars took a brief ride along tracks near the Hillcrest yard on Bathurst Street this morning and it seems to be a case of so far so good. Brad Ross, of the TTC, tweeted that the transit agency is happy with the performance of the new cars, but he didn’t get into just how they fit on the tracks at some of the corners. Today’s route took the streetcar down to Bathurst Station on the Bloor line. Mr. Ross also tweeted pictures of the streetcar which was designed by Bombardier Transportation and made in Thunder Bay, Ont. Previous post
Joyous Canadian tribute to Stompin’ Tom
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•Bright day as Blackberry ships a million phones
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•Jorge Mario Bergoglio becomes Pope Francis I
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•CP24 to carry Stompin Tom Connors memorial
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•South Bayview GPS spots openings and closings
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•At Culinary Arts |
The closing of The Trend Shoppe at 1622 Bayview leaves an attractive and spacious vacancy and there’s a feeling it may soon be taken. Same goes for the smaller location at 1699 Bayview which was occupied for so many years by Smokin’ Cigar. It has a fairly long exposure to the street compared to shallow depth. That can be useful and by the way Smokin’ Cigar is now housed at large new quarters at 1540 Bayview down by McSorely’s. At 1685 Bayview the elegant double-store premises of Detail the home decor business has a large sign announcing the space is for lease. This news seems sad because the store opened barely 18 months ago. The space was transformed from ratty to attractive at no doubt some cost. Space once occupied by the much missed Country Store remains for lease at 1657 Bayview. As to openings, the store known as ZoeII has its sign up and women’s wear stock in place at 463 Manor Road just off Bayview. Curiously, it seems to be closed a lot. Back on Bayview the heroic renovations at the Merchant of Tennis have over-shot the target date for re-opening. The Merchant had posted signs saying he would be back in business by February 15, but the shop is still closed behind plywood hoardings. On a bright note the Academy of Culinary Arts has posted a sign asking for an “enthusiastic , friendly individual with previous retail experience and an interest in food.”