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When work crews found water leaking into the new tunnel of the Midtown Power Corridor on Wednesday they were tangling with one of Toronto’s many usually unseen and often underground rivers and creeks. In this case, it was the venerable Yellow Creek which stretches from Yonge Street through the beautiful Avoca Ravine and crosses Mt Pleasant just about where the tunnelling is going on. Mt. Pleasant Road was closed overnight and Toronto Fire Services helped pump out the tunnel. According to Toronto Fire Services district chief Paul Halls, crews had tunneled about 48 metres underground when they ran into trouble. About three-quarters of the way down, minor water leaks were detected. However, technicians were able to inject concrete into the tunnel walls to stop the leak. They continued digging, but ran into a major leak further down, which they were unable to plug with concrete. The Toronto Fire Service was then called to the scene to begin filling the tunnel with water — a technique used to reduce pressure and prevent a collapse. Once the water rises to the level of the leak, pressure coming in from the leak subsides and the tunnel walls typically stabilize.d The Yellow Creek is on an important nature walk through what is known as the Park Drive Reservation. It has been closed to the public since 1973. and was used to access the network of roads in the Don valley prior to construction of the Don Valley Parkway and the extension to Bayview Ave. The picture is courtesy of rudy.ca and shows the Yellow Creek at it’s most picturesque. and non-threatening. City of Toronto, CTV, Rudy.ca
A man using what’s being described as a butter knife robbed the Royal Bank branch near Wynford Dr. and Eglinton Ave E on Tuesday, September 25, 2012. He held the knife to the back of a bank employee while instructing a teller to fill a plastic bag with cash. There is a good security camera shot of the man and police are thinking that someone will recognize him. Can you help catch the Butter Knife Bandit? 
Three pictures of a lovely-looking young woman who was in fact desperate for friends and an escape from Internet bullying. Amanda Todd, 15, of Vancouver, took her life Wednesday a few days after she used YouTube to share her heart-wrenching story of being bullied online and beaten at school. Her simple, touching video is seen here..
Kellogg’s is recalling certain types of its Mini-Wheats breakfast cereal over fears that it could contain metal fragments from a faulty manufacturing part. The recall is said to affect at least three million boxes of Mini-Wheats cereal. The products were sold in Canada, the United States and Mexico. In Canada, the recalled cereals include: Mini-Wheats Original Frosted cereal Mini-Wheats Brown Sugar Flavour Frosted cereal Most of the products have best-before dates between April 1, 2013 and July 29, 2013. Kellogg’s has warned that tiny pieces of “flexible metal mesh” could be in the cereal. Concerned consumers in Canada can call Kellogg’s at 1-888-876-3750. The line is open between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. from Monday to Friday. Former Toronto Mayor Mel Lastman has pronounced on the current mayor, Rob Ford. “I’m not a genius, obviously, but he makes me look like one. I know him, he’s stubborn and stubborn sometimes is good, but not constantly. You can’t be that stubborn and run a city.”
What the Crown calls an honour killing in a Toronto apartment. National Post
