Trump’s vulgar “locker room” tape new campaign bomb

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An audio recording of Donald Trump in what might be called vulgar locker room talk with other men has been released and published in the Washington Post. The language is quite lewd for those who may not wish to listen. Here is an excerpt from the program Outfront with Erin Burnett in which a woman who works for Trump makes a valiant attempt to defend him, and here a link to the audio recording itself.

Construction at Bayview and Moore continues into the night

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Friday night was an all-nighter of sorts as the reconstruction of Bayview Ave and Moore Ave continues into the darkness. Road repaving extends north to Sutherland and sidewalk construction extends north past the Hasty Market and east past Loblaw to Pottery Road. Parking is tricky. In the video above, traffic both north and southbound was compressed into the lanes on the east side of Bayview. There’s a lot of impatient horn-honking and construction workers are telling motorists stuck in the middle of the intersection on a red light to back up. What fun.

Macaroni and jello treats in a pumpkin delight everyone

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The Cincinnati Zoo began Halloween celebrations by giving its gorillas jack-o-lantern pumpkins filled with cooked macaroni and Jello. The treats went down very well with the big hairy primates and it was fun for the kids to see the gorillas eat out of pumpkins. Probably no complaints either that the animals got to keep this odd combination for themselves. You know how picky kids are.

Osuna shuts down Rangers as Jays win 5-3 in Game 2

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Roberto Osuna pitched two tense regulation innings to shut down the Texas Rangers 5-3 in Game Two of their ALDS series in Arlington. The Blue Jays had home runs from Troy Tulowitzki, Kevin Pillar, Ezequiel Carrera and Edwin Encarnacion on their way to victory.
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Fire chief Jim Sales retires after four-month absence

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J.W. Sales

Toronto Fire Chief Jim Sales has announced his retirement from the office. Sales made the announcement Friday at the end of a largely unexplained four-month leave that began in May. Details remain unclear but Mr. Sales said he was proud of his time as chief. J.W. (Jim) Sales was appointed Toronto’s new Fire Chief in a City Council vote in 2012. He had extensive fire department experience, coming to Toronto from the City of Barrie’s Department of Community Operations. Then he had been chief of fire departments in both Markham and Edmonton. Sakes was scheduled to return to work on September 27. He had been drawing his salary of more than $222,000 a year during while off work.

Pusateri set to re-open on Avenue Rd. on Thursday, Nov. 17

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Those awaiting the re-opening of Pusateri’s on Avenue Road at Lawrence Ave will want to mark Thursday, November 17, 2016 on the calendar. Sources around the newly-renovated store name this date, a jump ahead on the company’s website which is still saying only Fall of 2016. Work has gone slowly it seems in recovery from the fire of summer 2015 and there will be further interruptions along the way as the redevelopment of the entire corner finally get underway. That could be years away. So for now, Pusateri fans can count on shopping for Christmas and New Year’s at the Avenue Road store.  “Pusateri Corners” will transform Lawrence and Avenue

New accident and traffic reports from TPS Operations

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As of 11.10 a.m. Friday, October 7, 2016.

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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.

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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?