.@KevinFrankish has an announcement to make, to make a move from daytime to primetime with a new documentary series to broadcast on City. pic.twitter.com/uN4ET8tnEn
— Breakfast Television (@breakfasttv) May 29, 2018
Kevin Frankish has read a graceful statement announcing his imminent retirement from the City News morning program Breakfast Television. He has been with City since 1991.
GAS LEAK: Police and fire on scene. Southvale Drive is closed from Rutherglen Road to Millwood Road, @TPS53Div. Please avoid the area. #GO966683 ^CdK
— Toronto Police Operations (@TPSOperations) May 29, 2018
Canada is said to be ready to effectively nationalize the Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain oil pipeline project in the face of unconstitutional obstruction by the BC NDP government. The speculation to this effect is widely reported Tuesday in advance of a statement expected from the government. According to writers like Josh Wingrove in the National Post, buying the pipeline outright has become increasingly likely and is now the most probable option for the Canadian government. Such a plan is expected to be known perhaps after Tuesday’s cabinet meeting in Ottawa.
Opening night of the annual Stratford Festival in southwestern Ontario has been cancelled because of a bomb threat made against the festival’s two main theatres. Both the Avon and Festival Theatres were evacuated about dinnertime and a thorough search conducted. So far, nothing has been found. The threat was made in the form of a phone call to the town police. Festival officials were immediately advised and the two theatres were evacuated as a precaution. Mayor Dan Mathieson spoke briefly about the situation. Al Tucker, 75, was at the festival with this wife and friends. They had just made their way to the balcony of the Festival Theatre, he said, when police yelled, “Everybody out!” “It’s very disconcerting, but with all the things going on around us in the world, we’re not as surprised as we might have, should have been,” he told the CBC.
#BREAKING Threats against Stratford Festival force evacuation of Festival Theatre during opening night, #StratfordON Mayor Dan Mathieson says pic.twitter.com/rG3IWoCSEI
— Juha Jonathan (@Juha_Jonathan) May 28, 2018
Metrolinx was warning that there will be overnight work on water lines related to LRT construction in the vicinity of Eglinton Ave. E. between Sutherland Dr. and Laird Dr. It is unplanned work and the warning is conditional — residents “may be affected by the water shut-off.” The estimated water restoration time is Tuesday May 29, 2018 at 7:00 a.m.
Workmen at the scene of the water main break on Bayview Ave between Balliol and Merton Sts said they were turning on the water Monday night shortly after 8 p.m after a long day for residents. Work saw the old watermain (above) pulled out of the ground and replaced. It may well have been in service when the present St. Cuthbert’s Church across the street was built in 1914.
Family members, friends and his employer are praising Venojan Suthesan, 21, the young man found dead on the property of Lester B. Pearson Collegiate Institute early Monday. His uncle says he believes that the straight-A student at the Schulich School of Business at York University was the victim of a violent robbery. He was found after midnight. Family members said he had just finished work and was on his way to the gym which is across the street from Pearson CI. Suthesan’s cousin Monika Selvarajah said her family is heartbroken and in shock. “He’s a go-getter. He is always positive,” she told CTV News Toronto. “He had such a bright future.” A woman named May, who was Suthesan’s manager at the Pickle Barrel restaurant near Leslie and Finch Sts, said Suthesan was a banquet server at the restaurant and had worked there for the past five years. She is quoted saying, “He is the last person in the world that would have ever deserved this. He was so caring and so kind. It just breaks my heart to see such an innocent, kind person go away just like that,” she said tearfully. “He worked during weekends and weeknights to help support himself and his family so he could take care of them and get a better education to have a better life.”
BMO and CIBC both say they have heard from alleged cyber hackers that personal information has been stolen. But the banks are apparently not quite sure that anything has in fact been taken. BMO said it was working with authorities to assess the situaton and CIBC did not confirm a breach. Both banks said they were contacting customers and advising them to monitor their accounts and report any suspicious activity. What the strategy of thieves might be is a bit obscure.
Large areas of Davisville west of Bayview Ave south of Davisville Ave are without water Monday after an early morning water main rupture on Bayview between Balliol St and Merton St. Homes on Bayview, Balliol and part of Merton over to Cleveland are dry. The ABC Academy on the corner of Bayview and Balliol is carrying water from Starbucks, as are residents. One helpful place still with water is St. Cuthbert’s Anglican Church. Toronto employees suggest it will take the rest of the day to restore service. They said the call came in at 6.30 a.m. The southbound lane of Bayview is closed from Davisville to Merton
A special heat warning is issued for Toronto, the first such event of the season. It will be hot today and tonight as seen in the forecast below. These conditions can pose a health risk when you are not used to the heat.
Shooting: Tapscott Rd and Washburn Way in @TPS42Div – Victim shot in the head and pronounced on scene. Intersection closed. pic.twitter.com/6FYYlOQpKc
— Tony Smyth (@LateNightCam) May 28, 2018
Lester B Pearson High School and Dr. Marion Hilliard School will be closed Monday after discovery of a the body near of a young man on the high school property overnight.. Police say the victim was shot in the head. They are looking for one perpetrator. This is near Tapscott Rd. and Washburn Way.
Yonge St remains closed in both directions at Isabella Av for a crash involving a minivan and motorcycle. Male rider transported to trauma centre with critical injuries. Reconstruction unit on scene. #Toronto pic.twitter.com/2Q16MGUXq5
— Jeremy Cohn (@JeremyCohnTV) May 27, 2018
A man is said to be in life-threatening condition after his motorycle collided with a vehicle at Yonge and Isabella Sts. Sunday about 5 p.m. Yonge St was re-opened to traffic late Sunday.
