Toronto is looking at a week of withering hot weather under a warning for all southern Ontario of humid weather expected to settle on the region. “A hot and humid air mass from the Gulf of Mexico will affect most of southern Ontario from Tuesday through Thursday,” an Environment Canada notice says. Most of southern Ontario could see highs between 30 C and 33 C from Tuesday to Thursday, with overnight lows of 20 to 23 C. But the whole week with the exception of Friday will be very hot. Some showers are expected Thursday.
Postal system to remain open as talks seem to be going well
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Canada Post has withdrawn its threat of a lockout against some 50,000 postal workers in the expectation that this will lead to “serious negotiations.” The lockout deadline had been set for Monday, July 11, 2016. “We are also expecting the union to honour their repeated public statements that they have no plans to issue a strike notice,” says a new release from Canada Post. “Assurance from both parties that the postal system will remain open for business while we negotiate will provide the certainty that Canadians and our employees are looking for.” The Crown corporation’s news release followed a statement earlier Sunday from Labour Minister MaryAnn Mihychuk, who encouraged the two sides to continue discussions beyond a deadline of 12:01 a.m. ET Monday that Canada Post had set.
Murray defeats Milos Raonic in hard-fought Wimbledon
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.@andy_murray celebrates after beating Milos Raonic to win his second career #Wimbledon title and his 3rd #GrandSlamhttps://t.co/DVdEiNhes5
— Voice of America (@VOANews) July 10, 2016
Triathlon is over early and the parkway is open again
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GOOD NEWS:
DVP
-Triathlon over
-The DVP has been re-opened early
-Traffic allowed on
^dh— Toronto Police Operations (@TPSOperations) July 10, 2016
Trudeau makes stop at Auschwitz after NATO meeting
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Premier Kanady Justin Trudeau @JustinTrudeau odwiedził dziś @AuschwitzMuseum pic.twitter.com/5C6fV23i19
— Auschwitz Memorial (@AuschwitzMuseum) July 10, 2016
Mt. Pleasant LRT stop-to-be gets ready for restoration
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The 1920 Imperial Bank of Canada building (later CIBC and Second Cup) is seen in Sunday morning’s sunshine with scaffolds all around. The exterior will be restored as it is transformed into the Mt. Pleasant LRT station. It will be 100 years old by the time the LRT opens. As seen in an artistic depiction the high traffic of the new station will be accommodated by larger doors on the Mt. Pleasant side.
Roxborough parking pad decision within 4 weeks says OMB
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The Ontario Municipal Board (OMB) has reserved its decision on a parking pad at 67 Roxborough Street West. The packed hearing took place Friday, July 8, 2016 and the crowd of opponents and supporters was so large the OMB had to find a bigger room. The hearing officer said a decision will be released within four weeks. The hearing was requested by the owners of 67 Roxborough after the City’s Committee of Adjustment turned down a request for a pad. The case is seen as a possible precedent permitting an open-season for those seeking parking pads if the OMB reverses the City’s decision. Previous
3,200 strip naked and are painted blue in Hull, England
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Volunteers numbering 3,200 have stripped naked and been painted several shades of blue to establish the Humber River City of Hull in east-central Britain as a centre of artistic innovation. For sure guys. In separate civic artistic endeavor, Hull isn’t too far from Sheffield from which the muralist Phlegm originates. Phlegm is painting one of his quirky but complex murals to the west wall of the office tower on the southwest corner of Yonge and St. Clair.
Photo of prime suspect in “man in bedroom” break-in
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A woman who was terrorized in her central Etobicoke home by an intruder she had never seen before now knows the name the prime suspect. He is identified as Brian Eric Rutherford, 38. Police have not said how they came up with a name but a photo lineup of likely perpetrators is a common method. In this case, the woman was sleeping in her Humber Heights home with her child when she awoke to see the man at the foot of her bed. That was some time just before 4 a.m. on Thursday, June 23, 2016. Her screams sent the intruder running. Rutherford is wanted for break-and-enter and failure to comply with recognizance. Police warn that the suspect should not be approached if seen. Anyone with information is asked to contact police at 416-808-2300 or Crime Stoppers at 416-222-8477 (TIPS).
Theresa May seems to be on her way to 10 Downing St.
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UK Home Secretary Theresa May is leading the pack to become head of the majority Conservative Party and ipso facto the next Prime Minister. She will be Britain’s second woman prime minister after Margaret Thatcher.
“Little Alma” Deutscher will lift your spirits
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Alma Deutscher wrote her first opera at the age of seven, a violin concerto at nine and this year her full length opera of Cinderella will be premiered in Vienna. She is just 11. Alma told BBC Today program host Sarah Montague about how she writes music and the comparisons with Mozart — BBC
Woman had 8 lanes to cross at Eglinton and Swift Drive
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Facts are fragmentary in the accident that gravely injured a 33-year-old woman pedestrian at Eglinton Ave E. at Swift Drive (Credit Union Drive on the south side). What is clear is the width of Eglinton Ave. E at the east side where pedestrians are expected to cross. Pictures show it to be eight lanes (with turning lanes). The job of getting across the road in time plus watching for turning vehicles seems to make it especially perilous. And it was at night. The accident occurred about 11 p.m. Thursday. The driver of the SUV is 67. Police are asking for witnesses.