Fears of terrible damage as Hurricane Matthew hits Florida

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The “monster” storm Hurricane Matthew is hitting Florida Friday bringing fears for human lives and a terrible toll in damage. The governor’s news conference (below) catches the concern. Below that is a video of a reporter doing a classic “out in the weather” report which appears to get cut off when the audio fails.

Shuttle bus distress for riders during Summerhill outage

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Subway service on the Yonge line (1) is running again after power was turned off at Summerhill station when someone got on the tracks and was hit by a train about 9 a.m. Friday. It stopped traffic between Eglinton and Bloor. In the delicate language of the TTC: “A person has made contact with a train.” There is no information as to motivation or reasons for this. But as is almost always the case, the stoppage threw passengers into a state when shuttle buses were late and/or unable to park.

Net increase of 67,200 jobs in September in Canada

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There was a net increase of some 67,200 jobs in September, but most of them were part-time and self-employed work, Statistics Canada has announced. Job losses are not  stated but the cumulative number of jobs created are stated by StatsCan (and reported by Canadian Press) as 44,000 part-time, 50,100 self-employed and 23,000 paid positions. Because of the expected fall rush of people entering the job market, the unemployment rate remained the same at seven peer cent, the same as in August. Bloomberg — Canada Churns Out Most Jobs Since 2012 to Shake Off Oil Woes

Thomson Reuters to build technology centre downtown

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Thomson Reuters has announced in a release that it will open a technology centre in downtown Toronto expected to create 400 high-quality technology jobs in Canada over the next two years. The Toronto Technology Centre would grow that number to about 1,500 over an unspecified period..The company applauds government efforts to create jobs and says the Toronto-Waterloo Region Corridor is one of the largest technology clusters in the world. It says it offers a “rich mix of emerging and mature technology talent and a robust pipeline of development graduates from local universities”. Thomson Reuters says that proximity to large and strategic customers will also enable rapid, customer-driven innovation, particularly in Toronto’s fast growing fintech community.

BACKGROUND

From Wikipedia: Thomson Reuters Corporation is a major multinational mass media and information firm founded in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Its operations are headquartered at 3 Times Square in Manhattan, New York City while its legal domicile offices are located at 333 Bay Street in Downtown Toronto. Thomson Reuters was created by the Thomson Corporation’s purchase of British-based Reuters Group on 17 April 2008,[7] and is majority owned by The Woodbridge Company, a holding company for the Thomson family Thomson Reuters was ranked as Canada’s “leading corporate brand” in the 2010 Interbrand Best Canadian Brands ranking. Thomson Reuters operates in more than 100 countries, and has more than 60,000 employees around the world. Release 

Engineer hit the brake less than one second before impact

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Thomas Gallagher

Authorities say the engineer of the New Jersey Transit commuter train that crashed into the Hoboken Terminal last week hit the emergency brake less than a second before the train slammed into the bumpers at the end of the line. They say the train was travelling 21 miles an hour, more than twice the speed permitted and in fact it seemed to be accelerating. The engineer, Thomas Gallagher, claimed he was travelling ten miles an hour entering the station and fully aware of circumstances.. But the stunning revelations from the sole functioning black box on the train suggest no one was paying attention. Do they have his iphone?

Jays beats Texas 10-1, largest margin in playoff history

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The Toronto Blue Jays have beaten the Texas Rangers 10-1 in Game 1 of the American League Division Series. Marco Estrada allowed one run on four hits and struck out six over 8 1/3 innings as Toronto took a 1-0 lead in the best-of-five series.

Six celebrities are inducted into Canada’s Walk of Fame

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Waxman, Sittler, Beker, Mehta, Hart, Priestly

Six Canadian celebrities each with extraordinary public accomplishments were inducted into Canada’s Walk of Fame in Toronto today. The late actor Al Waxman was in this year’s class, which was made up of NHL Hall of Famer Darryl Sittler, Jeanne Beker, fashion maven and writer, filmmaker Deepa Mehta, singer-songwriter Corey Hart and actor-director Jason Priestley. The newest inductees were honoured at the Allstream Centre in Toronto and the event is slated to be televised December 18 on Global.

Salt Caramel craze sneaks into South Bayview Apple Fest

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Present and former women Mounties to be compensated

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The RCMP are said to be ready to announce the settlement of major harassment claims today that would see hundreds of current and former female Mounties compensated tens of millions of dollars. The national police force has agreed to settlement terms in prospective class-action lawsuits brought forward by former RCMP members Janet Merlo and Linda Davidson.

Too old to quit, Stones to release new album December 2

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The Rolling Stones will put out their first record in over a decade on December 2, 2016 with the release of the album Blue & Lonesome. The 12 tracks, recorded in three days at London’s British Grove Studios, all cover songs by classic bluesmen, including Howlin’ Wolf (“Commit a Crime”), Little Walter (“I Gotta Go”) and Jimmy Reed (“Little Rain”). Eric Clapton guests on the group’s cover of Little Johnny Taylor’s “Everybody Knows About My Good Thing” and Otis Rush’s “I Can’t Quit You Baby.” The album doubles as a nod to the band’s formative years, when the band would play covers by their favorite blues artists.

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Liberals vow “pay equity” in federally-regulated industry

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The Federal Liberals will enact legislation to compel all employers in federally-regulated sectors to ensure men and women receive equal pay for work of equal value. That’s more than just equal pay for equal work, remember. It sometimes means an employer has to try to figure out whether a foreman should be paid the same — or more — than a personal assistant. How do you do that? And the statements yesterday follow a pattern of bold declarations followed by a sober warning about just what might work.  Don’t forget union contracts. Employment Minister MaryAnn Mihychuk declared the government will be “proactive” in this matter followed moments later by Status of Women Minister Patty Hajdu saying what a devilishly tricky business it is to actually decide what equal value really means. So stay tuned for change but remember the excited announcement about the legalization of marijuana which appears to now be deep in the Liberal freezer. Canadian Press 

Doubts shadow beer-can allegation but police are firm

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The question of whether Ken Pagan is the person who threw a beer can onto the field at the Blue Jays-Orioles game Tuesday night continues to generate both contrary statements and huge public curiosity. Here are a few tweets among the many offerings on social media which call the police interpretation doubtful. But police say they have satisfactory evidence for their allegation that Mr. Pagan is responsible. He is expected to meet cops sometime today with his lawyer. Man in police release is Toronto Sun employee Ken Pagan  Who is Ken Pagan?

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