Man struck by car at Mt. Pleasant and Manor Road

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The damage done to a car windshield when hit by a human body is often shocking and an incident Wednesday is no different. It  seems a woman was making a left turn southbound onto Mt. Pleasant from Manor Road when a man crossing was hit. The circumstances of right of way or whether the man was running are not known. Paramedics said he was badly cut and suffering shock but conscious.

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Industrial accident at Mt. Pleasant Rd. and Eglinton Ave.

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Workmen gather for meeting with supervisors

There was an industrial accident at the corner of Mt. Pleasant and Eglinton Ave. Wednesday mid-morning. It is thought to have involved demolition work at the old bank building which is being re-built to serve as the LRT station. Bricks and stone sills are being stored so that the building may be re-built to an appearance similar to its original. Large doors and other necessary features will be installed to permit the crowds which will use the station.

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“Loud noise” and Tesla destroyed by fire during test drive

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Fire has destroyed a Tesla automobile on a test drive near the French seaside city of Biarritz. The car is said to have mysteriously caught fire with a Tesla employee and two potential buyers on board. The driver told the local newspaper Sud Ouest that they had been driving the Model S 90D for about 20 minutes when he heard a loud noise and the Tesla representative told him to pull over. The three got out, and within one minute “the car was ablaze.” Five minutes later it was completely destroyed, according to the driver’s account, but no one was injured in the incident.

Betty Howson was a nurse, volunteer and sportswoman

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Betty Howson

Friends may gather Monday, August 22 at Humphrey Funeral Home between 5 and 8 p.m. to pay respects to Mary Elizabeth (Betty) Pearl Howson (born Willcocks). She died July 30 at 93. Her remarkable life included a career as a nurse (Wellesley Hospital), tennis and cycling (until she was 90) and a lifelong membership and committment to Christ Church Deer Park.  She had seven children and like her husband, the late John Beverly Howson, she worked energetically in support of the Rotary Club of Toronto as a member of the Inner Wheel.

Cabbies protest peacefully at licensing office on Coxwell

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Cab drivers are outside the Toronto municipal licensing and standards office at 850 Coxwell Ave. this morning in a peaceful protest against UberX.

Canadian corner store giant Couche-Tard set to grow

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Couche-Tard, the Quebec gas bar and convenience store giant, seems set to get even bigger. The Wall Street Journal says Couche-Tard (Night Owl) will be the likely winner of an auction of CST Brand Inc, a $3.4 billion convenience store operator with some 2,000 stores in the U.S. and Atlantic Canada. No price is mentioned. CST operates mainly under the Corner Store brand. Couche-Tard owns the name Mac’s, On-The-Run, Circle K and in Quebec, Couche-Tard. It also has large gasbar operations in Europe.

Blue Jay bats re-discover baseball in 12-6 win over Yanks

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Toronto Blue Jays batters re-discovered the baseball Tuesday night as they defeated the Yankees in new York by a clear margin of 12 to 6. Russell Martin homered twice, including a go-ahead shot in Toronto’s eight-run eighth inning, and Troy Tulowitzki had four hits as the Blue Jays erased a six-run deficit to triumph. Edwin Encarnacion hit a tying homer and drove home three runs in the eighth as Toronto took advantage of an unexpected unravelling of the New York’s pitching staff. The win moves the Jays back into the lead in the AL East, just ahead of Baltimore and Boston.

Uber license a political stunt by the City say local cabbies

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Cab drivers call the hurried-up licensing of Uber transportation by Toronto on Tuesday just a political stunt. CBC

Synchro swim duo comes last after “all-night sex marathon”

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OLiveira, Goncalves and Pedroso

Brazilian synchronized diver Giovanna Pedroso is pinning the blame for the miserable showing of she and her partner Ingrid Oliveira on Oliveira’s all-night sex romp with a handsome canoeist Pedro Goncalves. Pedroso, 17, says Oliveira, 20, kicked the younger girl out of their apartment and left her to wander the Olympic Village all night. Next morning, the two exhausted swimmers finished last in the ten-metre synchronized event. Some reports say spectators laughed at the performance. “I have been waiting for four years to be present at the Olympics,” she raged to Brazil’s O Globo newspaper.

 

Windy Tuesday afternoon makes a mess on Bayview

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Debris flying around Bayview / Branch & minor scratches my surprise this car owner

The winds have been just strong enough to irritate some people around South Bayview this afternoon.  It’s recycling night and Mother Nature has decided to mix things up a little before the Waste Management trucks could pick up their loot.  The alarming sound of popping could be heard as cars drove over coffee cups flying down the road.

88 buses diverted as tree blocks Sutherland at Leadale

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One streetcar derails and all the streetcars just stop dead

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Look at the backup of streetcars in this CBC photo

One of the new Bombardier streetcars has derailed on King Street while it was pushing another older model streetcar which had also derailed. A spokesman said the new streetcar derailed because of debris in the tracks left by the morning rainfall. Both streetcars were empty at the time. The lesson for anyone who thinks about this is not so much that streetcars can derail (we wish they didn’t). No, the unbelievable profligacy of streetcars is this. They require an entire stand-by system of buses to take over when one — just one — streetcar blocks the tracks. The shuttle buses were in service Tuesday afternoon. Bus systems are flexible. A bus can sit idle by the side of the road while the others continue service. They don’t require a back-up system of streetcars to replace all the buses.