Springsteen at A/C Centre Sept 30 for Invictus Games finale

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Bruce Springsteen will appear at the closing ceremony of the Invictus Games (for disabled veterans) on September 30 at the Air Canada Centre.  He’ll join Bryan Adams, Kelly Clarkson and Coeur de Pirate in the wrap of the week-long games in which wounded, injured and sick veterans compete in a variety of sports. The Games, founded by Prince Harry in 2014, kick off on September 23. The Canadian team is composed of 90 veterans, who will compete alongside troops from 16 other countries.

Bruce Springsteen

 

Local bar throttled Leaf game for Ultimate Fighting sleeper

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Writers Chris Selley and Adam Radwanski were lamenting the way Ultimate Fighting Championship events take over the bar and restaurant television even in the middle of major league hockey and baseball games. Selley tweeted: “Every time I’m out in public when something UFC-related is happening I feel like I’ve been transported to a horrible alternate universe.” Radwanski concurred on the Mayweather-McGregor low-level frenzy saying: “I really underestimated how much this questionable fight between two horrible people would be the talk of the town.” Selley: “My favourite: out with friends at bar, watching Leafs, been there since puckdrop, 90 mins. All TVs switch to UFC. Informed we owed $20.” This was at St. Louis Bar and Grill at 2050 Yonge near Davisville “which is about the Leafiest bar in Leafville” he adds  The manager explained that a sign on the door had been posted that this would happen at 9 p.m.

Presto gate construction at Davsville, other TTC stations

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Here’s some of the stuff that happened here on the weekend

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Hey Meagan, you Rye freshman/City News
Katie cut her hair/Katie Mowbray
Thunderbird on Roxborough/Yonge and Roxborough News
Soy Boy Soiree
Andy Elder birthday card

Some 700 freshmen (you sort out the genders) rushed Ryerson over the weekend to grab rooms in residence. Upper left is Meagan Dickey who drove here from Calgary with her mom and brother. Mrs. Dickey was asking where’s the parents’ crying room. Then there’s ace goalkeeper Katie Mowbray of the Leaside Junior Wildcats. She had her long hair cut as part of the support program that makes wigs for cancer patients. That’s the shortened version top right, long below. Thanks Katie. Below right is a special sort of birthday card received by that happy man Andy Elder surrounded by family and friends. See you at Grilltime on Laird Grill Bill. To the left, a Thunderbird of former times spotted on Roxborough St. West and no doubt seriously coveted by many. Finally, the masked (and probably caped) Soy Boy character is here to remind us that his Third Annual Soy Boy Soiree in aid of the Galactosemia Research Fund at the Hospital for Sick Children will be held at Amsterdam Brewery at 45 Esandar Dr. from 7 to 11 p.m. Friday, September 8.

3 dead in Highway 6 head-on crash south of Tobermorey

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A head-on crash involving two vehicles left three dead with four others suffering serious injuries Saturday on Highway 6 south of the port of Tobermorey at the northern tip of the Bruce Peninsula. The accident occurred close to 8 p.m. on a section of the highway between Lindsay Road 30 and Miller Lake Road. Details are few and names have not yet been released.

 

Fast Food wrap and plates 2 Bros Cuisine open on Bayview

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Space is used very differently
2 Bros Cuisine now open
Hmm

Two Bros Cuisine has opened on Bayview Ave. in the space that was occupied by Rosie’s Kitchen for so many years. The thrust is plainly fast food with the chef working quickly to prepare Shawarma, Kebab, Falafel and other Mediterranean dishes. The food comes in the form of wraps or plated although seating is much diminished from the former restaurant. In fact, customers will be surprised at how space has been configured. A counter runs laterally across the narrow shop, a sure sign that 2 Bros will sell more food out the door than for eating in. Look for Shawarma wraps at 2 Bros. Cuisine on Bayview

Media send in drones to capture Hurricane Harvey damage

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Hurricane Harvey has been ashore in Texas for close to a-day-and-a-half and continues to pour rain on stranded citizens. Hundreds of rescues already have been made in Houston and many more were expected Sunday. Two people are dead and up to 14 hurt. Here are drone missions from NBC and CNN with graphic images. All those overturned trailers.

It’s Sunday and just no way to behave on your way to church

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Police report a fight between a bus driver and a passenger that spilled out onto the street and resulted in minor injuries to the driver Sunday morning. This occurred at Steeles Ave. and Markham Rd. Police arrived and broke things up. The driver was seen by EMS personnel.

30 dead in India where riots greet rape conviction of guru

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Sadder and stranger than fiction is the drama in India where security forces marched through a northern town on Saturday to maintain calm after supporters of a quasi-religious sect leader protested his rape conviction with violence that left at least 36 people dead. Perhaps even more unreal, the matchup of Floyd Mayweather and Conor McGregor in which McGregor, surprisingly, goes the distance. But hey, how about the Tiger cub smuggled into the US from Tijuana? It is now recovering at the San Diego Zoo. And finally, the world air guitar championships have been held in Oulo, Finland. Matt “Airistotle” Burns of the US defended is title followed by Patrick “Ehrwolf” Culek of Germany and Alexander “The Jinja Assassin” of Australia, who tied for second place. Japan’s 15-year-old Show-Show placed third. And below, a bonus to this video wheel on how dogs have changed in a century, Saturday having been National Dog Day.

Throbbing hearts, selfies as PM wins Winona Peach Festival

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Young women gasped and gushed about the “beautiful” and “adorable” Justin Trudeau Saturday when the prime minister visited the Winona Peach Festival in the Niagara Peninsula. As reported by Samantha Craggs of the CBC “Hamiltonians young and old crowded around, phones in hand, extending them when he got close in hopes of capturing their very own selfies. And Trudeau — on brand — posed for hundreds.”

TNO festival tents busy places of learning, entertainment

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Kids mural in progress
TNO Youth Centre
Popcorn and Candy Floss here
Good signs
Music
World’s smallest football pitch

The third in a summer series of “21st Century Village Square” festivals was held Saturday at R.V. Burgess Park in Thorncliffe Park. It is the work of the Thorncliffe Neighbourhood Office, a functional support and planning centre sustained by the City and such charities as the United Way. The TNO’s initiatives were seen at tented venues where women knitted, children drew and painted with supervision, seniors met and discussed accommodation and where young men and women learned about how to advance themselves. The TNO Youth Centre was a crowded place where counselors told of sports programs and a Girlz and Glam program directed at girls. There appeared to be as many as 15 tents offering everything from music and singing to popcorn and candy floss (very busy). A patch of ground the size of a small front lawn serving as a soccer pitch was a place of entertaining play for several young men.

Hapless boy, 15, in Missy carjacking, robbery bids is dead

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A 15-year-old boy who was wounded during a botched robbery at the Credit Valley Town Plaza in Mississauga July 25 has died of wounds sustained when he was shot by police. In the process of attempting several breakins and a car jacking, the boy also tried to hold up a Pizza Pizza shop above. He was subsequently shot by an officer. The death is being investigated by the SIU.