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How are we smelling today?/TTC archives

An indignant post at BlogTO has retold with its own special spin how a TTC operator used the public address system to explain that there was very little he could do to remove a passenger who “smelled bad.” His comments were translated by one passenger and the blog as “shaming.” Maybe. But comments on the post reveal overwhelming support for the operator. There’s no way of knowing just how filthy this passenger really was. All sorts of images can be conjured. But the operator’s broadcast appears to have been in response to complaints from other passengers. Will he now fall victim to cancel-culture vengeance? Among comments vindicating the operator are:

“If you smell bad, do something about it”
“Good for the driver”
“A big no to bad smells on the subway”

Oh, unfeeling Toronto. Why can’t you just cuddle up to filthy people next to you on the subway?

The Dow slumped more than 600 Friday, apparently driven by coronavirus fears. Toronto was down about 172. CBC

The UK has at long last ended its nightmare of indecision about Brexit. The country formally left the EU at 11 p.m. Greenwich time (midnight in Brussels). This is a streamed special broadcast from Friday night.

The case of coronavirus (2019-nCoV) has been confirmed in a patient in London, Ontario bringing the total in the province to three. Toronto Medical Officer of Health Eileen de Villa said the news does not change the situation in Toronto where two cases are confirmed. “I will let you know directly if this changes,” said the MOH. “I want to remind Toronto residents that, at this time, the risk to our community remains low.”

Geoff Kettel, co-president of Leaside Residents Association, says that RioCan Inc. will give $19 million to the City as a form of compensation for its large development planned at the southeast corner of Laird Drive and Eglinton Ave. The area has been known as RioCan Leaside Centre and among other businesses contains a Canadian Tire store. The money will be spent to build a daycare centre for the area and other as-yet undecided services to support the increased population in east Leaside caused by the development. The cash is part of an overall settlement resulting from mediation which saw two towers originally planned at 36 and 38 storeys reduced to 34 and 29 storeys. The development will contain increased commercial space and parkland.

Select Tournament runs this weekend

Lunch from Grill Time

The Leaside Hockey Association’s Select Invitational Tournament is underway this weekend at the Leaside Arena and nearby rinks. As many as 2,000 boys from local and distant teams will compete for supremacy in their division. The action at Leaside’s Millwood Rd. arena is fun for families too. Have Saturday or Sunday and browse the silent auction and concessions.

Three boys aged 16, 15, and 15 are under arrest after what police say was a string of violent bank and retail robberies across the GTA between January 14 to 27. The three were captured Monday when police interrupted a bank robbery at Eglinton Ave. and Weston Rd. One boy, armed with a gun, was nabbed in the bank while two others were found nearby in a stolen getaway car. Release

2020 additions to Emojipedia

There are 117 new emojis for 2020 to help decorate, clarify and generally brighten your mail. Emojipedia.

Easy to start/Audi

Picked up woman;s and drive off/TPS

Eglinton and Keele

Toronto Police tell the story Thursday of how a woman dropped the fob to her nice white Audi Q3 SUV only to see another woman stoop down and pick it up. Finders keepers apparently. The second woman leaped into the Audi and drove off, nearly hitting the frantic owner. We see the alleged SUV thief in a security capture released by the TPS. The vehicle was recovered but a wallet with cash and credit cards was gone. The woman is described as being in her 30s with a slim build. The incident occurred back in April near Eglinton Ave and Keele St. The delay in publishing the picture is not explained.

5G comes with more ugly towers

As we know, super-fast 5G cell service is coming, with or without Huawei. But as we hear in the linked CBC report, there are questions and some absolute drawbacks. In order to deliver this new era, a whole raft of ugly new towers is required. CBC

Tim Hortons has issued a release to say it has stopped selling Beyond Meat products at its coffee and doughnut shops across Ontario and BC. Reports are a little vague but it appears that demand can no longer justify the meat substitute burgers at the chain. Tim’s has been serving both the Beyond Burger and a Beyond Meat breakfast sandwich made with the company’s imitation sausage products. While the items had originally been available across Canada at nearly 4,000 locations, they were scaled back in September to just Ontario and BC. Now they’re gone completely.