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Air Canada crew see you as everyone but still dress like ladies and gents/Air Canada

Air Canada has changed its greeting for passengers from “ladies and gentlemen” to “everyone” in a stated attempt to be more inclusive. Aircrew remain distinctly identifiable in traditional terms as seen in the corporate photo above.

Harley Davidson stops production of electric bike

Harley-Davidson has stopped production and deliveries of its first electric motorcycle after discovering a glitch in the final quality checks. The motorcycle maker said it has discovered a “non-standard condition” with LiveWire, which it began shipping to its dealers late last month, prompting additional testing and analysis. While the company said its testing is progressing “well,” it did not offer a timeline as to when the production will resume.

2021 Hyundai Tucson at Nurburgring

New spy photos of the next-generation Hyundai Tucson are in and this time we can see the South Korean crossover testing around the Nurburgring. That’s obviously not the natural habitat of a compact high-riding family vehicle but these days automakers want to ensure their new products are capable of dealing with all kinds of driving situations, including dynamic cornering and high-speed braking.

2021 Hyundai Tucson at Nurburgring

At Dufferin and Finch/Priya Sam @PriyaSam/Priya Sam @PriyaSam

A boy of 13 was driving an SUV belonging to his friend’s dad when it tangled with a GO bus and tanker trailer truck about 5 a.m. at the corner of Dufferin St at Finch Ave Tuesday. The owner’s son, also 13, took the keys from the man’s pocket in an early-morning escapade according to the father, who was interviewed by City News. The dad says his son was a passenger in the car and that surgeons have told him they are trying to save the lad’s leg. A release issued at mid-morning says the vehicle was travelling at a high rate of speed when it struck the tanker and careered into the bus.

Suspect leaving hit and run SUV abandoned near O’Connor and St. Clair

Seen on surveillance video

Police have recovered the Dodge SUV involved in Sunday’s hit-and-run incident in which an infant and two women were mowed down on the sidewalk at Ellesmere Road and Pharmacy Avenue. A man, seen above, abandoned the vehicle near O’Connor Drive and St. Clair East in East York. It was found about 6 p.m. on Monday. Three named, hunted in hit and run of toddler, two women

The vivid reflection of ordinary people and their problems (big and small) was seen again Monday as a woman posted a now-deleted warning to a parent who she says took (or stole) a tin of valuable Pokemon cards and a slinky toy as they sat unattended on a bench at Trace Manes Park earlier in the day. There were no fewer than 45 comments in barely three hours. Many posts sympathized with the woman but others ridiculed her for posting the matter, and of attempting to communicate a warning to the alleged thief by Facebook. As noted, the thread has been deleted.

Margaret Atwood and British writer Bernardine Evaristo/Twitter @margaretatwood

Margaret Atwood and British writer Bernardine Evaristo have split the Booker Prize Monday when the judging panel named two winners of the renowned fiction prize. It was the first time the prize has been split. Chairman Peter Florence said the five judges simply couldn’t choose between Atwood’s apocalyptic thriller The Testaments and Evaristo’s kaleidoscope of black women’s stories, Girl, Woman, Other. Partly inspired by the environmental protesters of Extinction Rebellion, who were demonstrating near the prize ceremony’s venue in London’s financial district, Florence said the judges refused to back down when told the rules prohibit more than one winner. “Our consensus was that it was our decision to flout the rules,” he said. “I think laws are inviolable and rules are adaptable to the circumstance.”

Organizers insist it won’t happen again

Prize organizers didn’t see it that way. Gaby Wood, literary director of the Booker Prize Foundation, said prize trustees repeatedly told the judges they couldn’t have two winners, but they “essentially staged a sit-in in the judging room” as deliberations dragged on for five hours. Wood insisted the decision “doesn’t set a precedent.” It means Atwood and Evaristo will split the 50,000 pound (around $83,000 Cdn) Booker Prize purse — with CBC.

Leslieville photographer Colin Mcconnell has posted this sweet pup in recent hours. He remarks Dogs in the Hood…..WHAAAT….guilty Also from Mr. Mcconnell are some Thanksgiving creatures doing dinner.

A post at Ann Brown’s Leaside Chit Chat page remembers the long work of David (Sandy) Sandquist, operator of Sandy’s Bikes and Books at 95 Research Rd. It closed when the lease expired on September 30. Mr. Sandquist and his wife have bought a home in Stratford where he expects to find work in an existing cycle business. Leaside readers remark on the specialized nature of the business. There was a section for old bikes and tools that no one else seemed to have. Mr. Sandquist’s interesting amalgam also extended bikes and books to old records and recordings from time to time. Lorna Krawchuk’s interesting profile of the business and both David Sandquist and his father Thayron is at Leaside Life.

A man named James Brown of the protest body Extinction Revolution was shouting that London City Airport (and others) should simply be shut down in the name of climate change during a recent demonstration. Mr. Brown climbed on top of a British Airways jetliner on which he was booked to fly. CNN’s Jeanne Moos reports that he had been among the first passengers to board because of vision disability.

There was no winning ticket for the $22 million jackpot in Friday night’s Lotto Max draw. That means the jackpot for the next draw on Oct. 15 will grow to approximately $27 million.

Force of rear-end collision demolishes front of SUV/Mark Douglas City News

The driver of an SUV has died when his vehicle slammed into the rear of a gravel truck on Islington Ave at Van Dusen Blvd Friday shortly after 4 p.m. The man was declared dead at the scene.

Linda O’Leary

Reports Friday state that federal prosecutors concede they were wrong about the penalty facing Kevin O’Leary’s wife Linda if she’s convicted under the Canada Shipping Act of careless operation of a vessel. The Public Prosecution Service of Canada says it has “reconsidered” a previous statement that the charges carry jail time. In fact, it says, the maximum sentence is a fine of $10,000. The PPSC said last month that Mrs.O’Leary could face a million-dollar fine and 18 months in jail if convicted. The trial will be closely watched as her lawyer, Brian Greenspan, will know that the other boater, Richard Ruh, 57, of Orchard Park, NY, is charged with failing to exhibit a navigation light while underway. A 64-year-old man from Florida and a 48-year-old woman from Uxbridge died in the collision at about 11:30 p.m. on August 24 on Lake Joseph in Muskoka.