Eglinton Ave. east of Mt. Pleasant Rd. re-opened late Wednesday afternoon after a watermain break flooded the street and closed it to traffic for several hours. It appears the rupture was related to radical LRT construction on the south side of Eglinton between Mt. Pleasant and Taunton Rd.
A boy of 16 is on the run Wednesday after he accidentally fired a gun through the bedroom wall of a sibling. The slug landed in the mattress in the room next door where the sibling slept.
An incident in which a black youth apparently challenged a white TTC fare inspector and was shoved to the ground has been investigated and will be investigated again. It seems a sad example of the white-hot tension the City endures between some young men and uniformed persons who have the most perfunctory of jobs (fare inspector) The account of this trifling incident is here and you may watch the flash-point in video here. It is classic male/male chemistry which starts with “staring” or “smirking” turning into an explosion.
FORCED OFF PLANE BY SMOKING BRAKES
Passengers on an Air Canada flight from Toronto to North Bay were forced to get off before take off as the plane began to issue smoke from one of its brakes. Here
TTC DRIVERLESS SHUTTLE BY 2020?
A driverless shuttle now in use in the US could serve to move people from local stops to rapid transit lines. According to a report that will go before the public works committee next week, the City is planning to experiment with autonomous vehicle technology by launching a pilot project for the operation of a driverless shuttle sometime in 2020.
Shoppers Drug Mart is revealed as a tenant among the commercial doors at the Hill and Dale Residences now being built at Yonge St. and Roxborough Drive. Picture above was snapped by Yonge and Roxborough News. Then down at Charles St., the 1889 Robert Barron Building on the southwest corner is being re-built retaining the original edifice. When done, it will again house a Shoppers. The firm has held a lease there for most of this century. The photos at right are (top) an architect’s rendering of the finished building and (below) Shoppers in 2014. Urban Toronto
Roger Petersen, City News reporter, will become co-host of Breakfast Television it is announced Wednesday. This coy picture was released. Story
Fire of so-far unknown origin has destroyed two homes under construction on Southlawn Drive near Kennedy Road and Finch Avenue in Scarborough. No one was hurt.
STREETCARS NEED STRUCTURAL REPAIRS
Some 67 Bombardier streetcars newly-delivered to the TTC will have to be returned to the factory to repair structural flaws relating to poor welding the transit agency confirms. Mayor John Tory says the TTC is working to make sure that there will be little to no impact on service following news that most of the new streetcars delivered by Bombardier will need to be sent back to Quebec for repairs. Trusty buses will be used to replace streetcars wherever there are too few trams to do the job.
SOMEWHAT COOLER THEN HOT AGAIN NEXT WEEK
Temperatures in Toronto will be cooler this weekend but are predicted to be back on the 30 degree Celsius range by next week. The current heat wave will end Thursday night.
Police are returning to Mallory Crescent Wednesday because of new information related to the charges against alleged serial killer Bruce McArthur. A notice on the TPS website Wednesday says that on “July 4, 2018 the Toronto Police Service in partnership with the Centre of Forensic Sciences, will continue with a search of a property on Mallory Crescent. The property has been identified as a place where Bruce McArthur is alleged to have done landscaping work. The property has previously been searched, planters seized and areas of the backyard excavated. It is within the seized planters that investigators are alleging to have found the remains of seven men.” It was less than a month ago that police returned the home to the owners after extensive searching done in May and June.
A post to Facebook says that a child has suffered second degree chemical burns from his Skechers S-Light shoes. The cause is said to be leakage from batteries when they get wet. The shoes are very popular with toddlers and tweens. Facebook Also here.
This costly curiosity occurred on St. Clair West at Spadina Saturday morning. Yes, you must pay close attention on St. Clair West. Signs and signals tell of the many options. Pick the wrong one and this is what happens. Apparently no one was seriously hurt.
A large charity in the UK devoted to improving health generally has concluded research which seems to suggest that the normal consumpton of coffee may be related to a longer lifespan. The organization Biobank is a major national and international health resource and a registered charity. It’s findings are sumarized in JAMA, the Journal of the American Medical Association. The Biobank conclusion states: “Coffee drinking was inversely associated with mortality, including among those drinking 8 or more cups per day and those with genetic polymorphisms indicating slower or faster caffeine metabolism. These findings suggest the importance of noncaffeine constituents in the coffee-mortality association and provide further reassurance that coffee drinking can be a part of a healthy diet.” JAMA
Fire – @MississaugaFES on scene of a fire on Watersedge Rd in Clarkson (Southdown and Lakeshore) Home under construction destroyed. Two other occupied homes damaged. No injuries reported so far. pic.twitter.com/as93PxbBm2
— Tony Smyth (@LateNightCam) July 3, 2018
A home in Mississauga was levelled by fire early Tuesday at Watersedge Road near Lakeshore Road West and Southdown Road around 4:15 a.m. It was under construction. It’s estimated that more than $500,000 in damage was done. Officials said the home was being rebuilt after a previous fire some two years ago.
OPP OFFICER RUN DOWN BY HIT AND RUN SPORTS CAR
An OPP officer was run down by a sports car which he had stopped on Highway 400 near Finch Avenue early Tuesday. City News says the officer was conducting a traffic stop when the incident happened. As the officer walked up to the car, the driver hit the gas and the vehicle sped off dragging the policeman a short distance. He is recovering in hospital.
