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Proud Canadians from all over are expected to gather at Mississauga Celebration Square at 300 City Centre Drive Sunday afternoon to honour Bianca Andreescu. Here are the details:

The City of Mississauga is proud to be welcoming home-grown tennis star, Bianca Andreescu with a She The North rally at Mississauga Celebration Square on Sunday, September 15. The rally will celebrate the recent accomplishments of Bianca Andreescu who became the first Canadian to win a grand slam singles title after winning the U.S. Open last weekend. Andreescu has been a resident, student and athlete in the City of Mississauga and began her career at Mississauga’s Ontario Racquet Club.

Schedule:

4:30pm to 5:00pm

Pre-Show Entertainment
DJ Andre 905 and Tej Hunjan World Percussionist Live will entertain the crowd
Hosted by Selena Singh and Mariah Sousa-Sampson

5:00pm to 6:00pm

Official Event
Introduction of Bianca Andreescu
Key to the City Presentation
The unveiling of “Andreescu Way” street sign

Friday’s Lotto Max jackpot worth $27 million jackpot will go unclaimed. The jackpot for the next draw on September 17 will be about $32 million.

Two recently-built homes were gutted by fire/CP24 capture

Neighbors tell fire officials that at least one man was seen running from two recently-built homes on Westbourne Ave. in Scarborough moments before they erupted in flames and were gutted. The call came in about 4 a.m. to the site near Victoria Park and St. Clair Ave. The homes were unoccupied and had no power connected. They stood on a lot which until recently held a brick bungalow at 57 Westbourne.

WiFi in subway was final blow

Jeff Bezos’ subway tabloid The Express has bid a bitter farewell to Washington commuters with a headline reading “Hope you enjoy your stinkin’ phones.” Circulation had dropped from nearly 200,000 in recent years to about 130,000 copies a day prompting the paper’s corporate owner, The Washington Post, to stop publication of the tab. Of course, there will be no tag days for Mr. Bezos, owner of that scary Amazon thing which is currently eating the world. 

Roots stock falls as store traffic light

Roots Corp. saw its stock fall as much as 17 percent this week as the Canadian retailer lowered its end-of-year sales target following slow traffic and distribution issues that left some shelves empty. The retailer reported a net loss of $9.7 million in the second quarter of 2019 on Wednesday, while comparable sales – a key metric in the retail industry – were down 2.9 percent.

Farm Boy helping Empire find its way back

Earnings by Empire Co. Ltd., the parent of the Sobeys, Farm Boy and Safeway grocery chains, jumped by more than a third in the first quarter as improved sales and cost-cutting efficiencies took hold while the company expands. The popularity of organic grocer Farm Boy is said to have helped. Its new store in Leslieville has proven popular. Adjusted net earnings for the three months to August 3 rose by 34 percent to $133.9 million or 49 cents a share compared with $100.2 million or 37 cents a share during the same period last year, the company said in a statement. Same-store sales excluding fuel increased by 2.4

Police spent Thursday afternoon rallying up at least a dozen horses and a couple of donkeys who had briefly blocked a roadway in the Township of King https://t.co/ziwIcTfzJm pic.twitter.com/j2A9ixsjxb

— CTV Toronto (@CTVToronto) September 12, 2019

In a survey of 1,001 Canadian voters Wednesday, Forum Research found that 36.3 percent would support the Conservatives if a vote were held today, while 32.4 percent would vote Liberal. The Greens continue to poll ahead of the NDP with 11.6 percent, compared to 8.6 support for the New Democrats. Toronto Star

Regions will distort popular sentiment nationally

At the same time, the CBC is reporting on the well-known regional voting patterns of a multi-party parliamentary system. CBC

The RBC Run for the Kids Supporting Youth Mental Health at Sunnybrook will take place on Saturday. The race will consist of two distances, 5 km and 10 km, which will begin and end in the area of Mel Lastman Square. The two distances will have various road closures and lane restrictions associated to them. Motorists can expect delays.

The 5-km route:

– Southbound Beecroft Road from Park Home Avenue to North York Boulevard
– Eastbound North York Boulevard from Beecroft Road to Yonge Street
– Southbound Yonge Street from North York Boulevard to Sheppard Avenue West
– Turn around on Yonge Street at Sheppard Avenue West
– Northbound Yonge Street from turnaround to Turnberry Court
– Southbound Yonge Street to North York Boulevard

The 10-km route:

– Southbound Beecroft Road from Park Home Avenue
– Out and Back loop around York Cemetery
– Eastbound North York Blvd to Yonge Street
– Southbound Yonge Street from North York Blvd to Upper Madison Avenue
– Turn around at Upper Madison Avenue
– Northbound on Yonge Street toward Finch Avenue
– Westbound on Finch Avenue toward Talbot Road
– Northbound Talbot Road to Finch Hydro Corridor
– Westbound Finch Hydro Corrido toward Bathurst Street
– Southbound Bathurst Street toward Finch Avenue
– Eastbound Finch Avenue toward Yonge Street
– Southbound Yonge Street toward North York Blvd