Bell Canada will buy Manitoba Telecom Services for about $3.1 billion to expand its services in the West.BCE will pay $40 per share, which represents a premium of 22 percent to Manitoba Telecom’s close on Friday. Montreal-based BCE will also assume the company’s outstanding debt of about $800 million. BCE will divest about one-third of Manitoba Telecom’s postpaid wireless subscribers to Telus Corp Bell has its eye on Telus too.
Rare triplets have been born to Sumatran Tiger mom Joanne. They made their debut yesterday. Nelson,.Cathy and Debbie were in good form for their first appearance at the San Diego Zoo. Report by Nikhita Chulani.
A tentative settlement by members of CUPE who work at the City’s libraries has saved the Lea Exhibit event on Life of a Garden City. The exhibit is set to take place Friday May 6 and Saturday May 7 starting at 9 a.m. each day at the Leaside Library. Now it appears to be assured an open library. The tentative settlement comes after the two sides agreed to continue talks past the 12:01 a.m. strike deadline today. There are 2,200 library workers in Toronto represented by CUPE Local 4948.
Ethanol-maker has given $433,000 to the ruling party since 1977. CBC
Prince Harry is in Toronto to open the Invictus Games, a competition for wounded war veterans. Monday morning he will have a private meeting with Prime Minister Trudeau and Premier Wynne at the Fairmont Royal York. CBC
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Lawson Schalm
A 19-year-old volunteer fireman in northern Alberta has been charged by RCMP with setting 18 fires, including the spectacular blaze that destroyed the wooden CN railway trestle at Mayerthorpe last Tuesday. Mayerthorpe Mounties said Lawson Schalm is in jail pending his court appearance Wednesday in Stoney Plain court. His father, Albert Schalm, a former mayor of the community, said his family is shocked by the development. Officials have been suspicious in recent weeks about possible arson in local fires. The destruction of the bridge will temporarily paralyse lumber and oil industry in the area.
Dr. Virginia M. Walley
Virginia M. Walley, the new head of the Ontario Medical Assolcajton, says 34,000 Ontario doctors and medical students will not return to negotiations with the Ontario government until binding arbitration has been put in place. Dr. Walley was named president of the Ontario Medical Association on Sunday. She is Discipline Head of Cytology & Histology and Ontario Medical Director at LifeLabs Inc. She trained at the University of Western Ontario and has held positions in cardiac pathology at the University of Ottawa Heart Institute administratively at the Ottawa Civic Hospital where she spent 15 years.
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Toronto’s Julie Hamulecki and Bryan Rusche have taken the first-place spots in today’s Toronto Goodlife Fitness Marathon for the women’s and men’s categories. Rusche finished with a time of two hours, 35 minutes and 54 seconds. Hamulecki took two hours, 56 minutes and four seconds to finish the race. CBC
Defensive legend Bobby Baun was at the Toronto Sports Card Show held Sunday at the Amsterdam Brewers on Esandar Drive in Leaside. Here he signs one of the many off beat items put before him by fans. Baun played 11 seasons with the Leafs and contributed to victories in four Stanley Cups. (Those were certainly the days). Baun was supposed to have Johnny Bower with him at the card show but the elder statesman of Leaf veterans phoned in with a sore back. He has promised to attend on another date.
WINNING GOAL WITH FRACTURED ANKLE
Baun is remembered as one of the hardest and cleanest hitters of his time. As Wikipedia records it, Baun was not considered an offensive threat as a defenceman but did perform heroically in 1963–64 NHL season Stanley Cup finals against the Detroit Red Wings. On April 23, 1964, having fractured his ankle earlier in the game, he returned in overtime and scored the game-winning goal. The Leafs won the next game 4–0 to win the best of seven series and secure their third consecutive Stanley Cup championship.
The GoodLife Marathon and Walk is underway in Toronto and it is a decidedly damp occasion for the thousands participating. Rain is forecast all day. There are many road closures. Yonge is closed between Finch and Davenport, a decision with effectively cuts the City in half for those using cars. There will also be lane restrictions in a perimeter but perhaps not solely including Bayview Avenue, South Kingsway, Lake Shore Boulevard and Finch Avenue. Road closures from Hell
New photographs of Princess Charlotte are released by her mother, the Duchess of Cambridge, to mark her first birthday. Report by Conor Mcnally.
