Power back on for most Toronto homes
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•This afternoon brought blessed relief for families in the southeastern Toronto neighborhood of Leslieville where everyone had been wearing winter clothes indoors. Power was off for some 12 hours in frigid temperatures. Late today, Toronto Hydro said that it had restored power to all but a few customers. They were working furiously into the night to get those homes back on line. Across the city, last night’s howling winds blew away garbage cans and paper boxes, knocked down electrical wires and brought down a few big trees. One of them blocked traffic on Rosedale Valley Rd all day (inset upper). On Blythwood Road (inset lower) Toronto urban forestry crews were summoned to get rid of a lofty Spruce tree. They stripped its boughs and then cut down the trunk. Toronto Hydro tweeted that its crews “continue with power restoration efforts to last 100 customers who remain without power.”
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•Keep score of Leafs game secret pleads spaceman
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•Nice summary of the return of hockey excitement to Canada from the CBC. High points include the return of the Vancouver Canucks “Green Men” and the picture inset which was tweeted from space by Astronaut Chris Hadfield He shared a photograph of our town calling it “home of my favourite team, the Maple Leafs,” he wrote “as seen from the International Space Station.” He also had a request for NHL fans: “I won’t get to see the Leafs-Habs game on the Space Station until it’s sent up to me tomorrow,” he wrote. “Can you keep the score a secret?” CBC