The RCAF’s Snowbirds and the French Air Force’s Patrouille de France teamed up for two passes over Parliament Hill Tuesday. The flyby marked Canada’s sesquicentennial went ahead Tuesday morning after several delays. It was expected at 9.45 a.m. but finally passed over about 11.20 a.m. thrilling the waiting crowd. This was also the day that Ottawa saw a large evacuation of its downtown because of a gas leak.
Toronto Hydro has published this picture of the transformer that didn’t like the rain Monday. It’s a big job to get the burned equipment out of the vault near the RBC building. The power is still off in there. And timing of repairs seems very open. It may not get done today. Traffic is snarled in the Financial District.
A funeral service will take place on Monday, May 8 at 11 a.m. in Yorkminster Baptist Church, 1585 Yonge Street, for Genevieve Kate Dalglish. Genny passed away on Friday with her family by her side. She was the daughter of Peter and Camilla Dalglish, sister of Kim Abell (Martin) and brother Geordie Dalglish (Swith). Genevieve was a beloved aunt to Sarah, Luke, Alexandra, Louisa, Benjamin and Marigold. Genny attended Whitney Public School, Northern Secondary, Bethany College and Humber College for Early Childhood Education. The full obituary may be read at the Humphrey’s website.
Mary the rescue dog has been returned home. Police had feared the dog had been stolen after it escaped but now no criminal element to this investigation. The Jack Russell Terrier rescue dog escaped from her leash at home in the Greenwood Avenue and Gerrard Street East area On Monday, Monday, after the story was told, Mary was returned to her owners.
Toronto Police were warmly welcomed as participants in the annual Sikh festival day marched Khalasa parade along the lakeshore Sunday. Photos courtesy Toronto Police Service
The future of Laird Drive and the south side of Eglinton over to Brentcliffe was discussed at a meeting of the City of Toronto’s Laird in Focus project Monday night in the Lea Room at Leaside Arena. Many Leasiders (and others who patronize the businesses there) may be heard to ask “What wrong with it now?” Sadly our preference for the quite functional (and far from gentrified) business districts represented here will not forestall change. The future is pressure. There’s enormous money to be made now that there’s going to be a rapid transit line along Eglinton. The City’s ceaseless planning is at work. And perhaps the outcome will please everyone. This meeting, which seems to have been lightly attended, was a chance to hear and comment on what might be done. The project is described here.
All buildings around Scotia Plaza being evacuated as smoke continues to billow out from underground vent @CityNews pic.twitter.com/bkfQfzmS6J
— Amanda Ferguson (@ByAmandaFergie) May 1, 2017
We keep hearing explosions now that we've been pushed back @CityNews pic.twitter.com/KiQ49w8vQ0
— Amanda Ferguson (@ByAmandaFergie) May 1, 2017
King St. remains closed through much of downtown Tuesday morning as hydro, fire and police crews face what appears to a complicated, and perhaps a long job, of cleaning up and repairing damage done in the suppertime fire Monday. One report says Toronto Hydro workers were driven out of the underground vault overnight by an unexpected resurgence of smoke.
A loud explosion can be heard in this video from a witness on the scene in downtown Toronto https://t.co/jhAQnZ1c9k pic.twitter.com/IFvX5pHiLo
— CBC News (@CBCNews) May 1, 2017
Hydro crews worked Monday night to assess and repair damage done at an underground vault outside Scotia Plaza on King Street West following a late afternoon series of explosions and fire. Brown acrid smoke and frightening explosions shot out of sidewalk grates (see video) as pedestrians ran for safety. Power was down to two buildings on King and Wellington. The Royal Bank Building was evacuated, streetcars re-routed, the subway bypassed King Station and King Street was closed from Church to west of Bay. Police wore surgical masks to try to protect against the smoke.
Monday’s thundering rain is creeping away to the east after dropping a lot water and creating local flooding. The forecast is a bit uncertain but it appears there will some light rain overnight and tomorrow. In the City of Clarington to the east of Toronto, residents living along Cedar Crest Beach in Bowmanville are filling sand bags to stave off high lake levels.
The Duchess of Cambridge (mom) posts a new picture of Princess Charlotte ahead of her second birthday. Then Aeroflot, the Russian carrier, had some mayhem in the sky when clear air turbulence struck. Next, Mark Zuckerberg drops in on a family dinner Sunday. Apparently he wanted to find out why this family of normally Democratic voters went for Trump in 2016. Speaking of whom, the Donald is such a wild card. He has said today that he could be “honoured” (really?) to sit down with Kim Jong-un.
