This parade of four Hydro bucket trucks is finishing up the connection of new, taller hydro poles that were planted throughout Midtown (and South Bayview) last summer. Welland Ave in Moore Park appears to be one of the last streets to be fully converted.
The Blue Jays will introduce flex pricing to season ticket holders next year. That’s a system by which the price of games go up according to demand. Toronto Sun
Councillor Jon Bunside has sent a reminder to constituents about the Ward 26 Community Environment Day to be held on Sunday, August 28. Come by Leaside High School between 10:00 am and 2:00 pm. You can drop off electronics, household hazardous waste, fluorescent bulbs, unused medications, oils, solvents, pesticides, propane tanks, and batteries. Please note that the following items will not be accepted: construction waste, gasoline, garbage, wood, cassette and videotapes, commercial/industrial hazardous waste, and scrap metal.
When: August 28, 2016
Time: 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Location: Leaside High School, Parking Lot, 200 Hanna Rd.
Toronto Police are alerting the public to the loss of medication. It occurred Saturday about 10 a.m. when two bottles of liquid (each containing 140 mg) methadone were lost in the parking lot of 396 St. Clair Avenue West.
A handful of protesters blocked traffic Monday at Yonge and Dundas Streets to “make demands” after the death of a black man in Ottawa July 24. The group known as Black Lives Matter briefly shut down the intersection. Social grievances face to face in arrest-death of Ottawa man
Environment Canada has issued a special weather statement for Toronto ahead of what it calls the “most significant widespread rain in many months.” It is expected to arrive Tuesday and might drop as much as 40 millimeters of rain. It is a slow-moving low pressure system making its way up from Texas and is supposed to combine with the tropical moisture causing flooding in Louisiana. A further warning from EC is promised if 50 millimetres or more is in the forecast. Weather Network
Usain Bolt has became the first person to win three straight Olympic 100-metre titles, finishing the breathtaking dash in 9.81 seconds at the Rio Olympics. Bolt defeated American Justin Gatlin by .08 seconds for his seventh Olympic gold medal. Andre De Grasse of Markham won bronze with an impressive 9.91-second finish. The Canadian sprinter kept Canada’s medal streak alive. Canadian athletes have won at least one medal on every day of competition and sit 11th in the total medal standings with 13 (two gold, two silver, nine bronze).
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Andre De Grasse wins #100m bronze; Derek Drouin advances to high jump final #Rio #yyjsports https://t.co/xbWx1PgLYY via @ISN
— ISN (@islandsports1) August 15, 2016
Vanessa Marcotte
Massachusetts police say Google manager Vanessa Marcotte fought fiercely against her attacker last Sunday and must surely have left the man scratched. And, say police, they know it was a man. That may seem like a given for many people but the unspoken suggestion in this assertion is that cops have DNA. In fact, Boston station WCVB is saying that DNA from a known person is being tested. The attack occurred Sunday between 1 and 3 p.m. as Ms. Marcotte was jogging alone near her mother’s home. Worcester District Attorney Joseph Early Jr. asked for the public’s help Thursday identifying a man with scratches, scrapes or bruises known to informants. Victim Vanessa Marcotte was a 27-year-old Google account manager. She was found dead Sunday night hours after she went for a run near her mother’s home in Princeton, a rural town west of Boston. Police have said they have many tips from the public.
INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENT: Castle Frank Subway, not an employee, unknown injuries, @TPS53Div investigating. #1434263 ^CdK
— Toronto Police Operations (@TPSOperations) August 14, 2016
Reminder Service suspended Line 2 St George to Pape due to scheduled track repairs. Shuttle buses operating. #TTC https://t.co/kKPraFEiPz
— TTC Service Alerts (@TTCnotices) August 14, 2016
Police have been assigned this weekend to try to educate pedestrians and cyclists about how to stay safe as they navigate the redesigned “multi-modal roadway” at Queen’s Quay. It is more than a year since the elaborate streetcar, automobile, pedestrian, cyclists speciality street opened too much excitement. Since then the roadway has seen accidents involving all these “modes” and most people agree it is confusing. Drivers and streetcar operators also get into trouble. It is an improvement that just seems to be too much for little prehistoric minds. Training needed? Two streetcars collide on Queen’s Quay.
MEDAL ALERT | Brianne Theisen-Eaton takes #bronze in women's heptathlon: https://t.co/ZhGgQfGFuq #Rio2016 pic.twitter.com/TiToPDW6ED
— CBC Olympics (@CBCOlympics) August 14, 2016
