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Morning Brew: August 29th, 2008

Posted by Jerrold Litwinenko / August 29, 2008

go lincolnvillePhoto: "601" by mospin, member of the blogTO Flickr pool.

Your Toronto morning news roundup for Friday August 29th, 2008:

Another long weekend is here. Whether you're staying far away from deli meats up at the cottage, avoiding deli meats while watching the CNE Air Show, or eating anything but deli meats at home, enjoy! The Star has a decent what's-open-and-what's-not guide.

Residents who were displaced from their homes following the massive propane blast hydro vault explosion are finally being told that they'll (maybe?) be able to return to their dwellings this weekend. It's been more than 5 weeks since the explosion, and a lot of the victims are really unhappy about how this has all been handled.

A new bridge in Mississauga lends further evidence to the notion that the center of the universe (Toronto) could learn a thing or two from the dreadfully uncool expanse that surrounds it (the 905). LED lighting, super wide pedestrian walkways, and bike lanes - all on one bridge!

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CTV has learned that armed police officers will be stationed at over two dozen Toronto schools this fall, in response to needs pointed out in the report stemming from the killing of Jordan Manners at C.W. Jefferys last year. Let's look at the bright side... this way our youngsters won't be shocked when they visit a bank in Manila or Bogota.

A new GO train station called Lincolnville, which is set to open next week, will serve residents of Stouffville and Uxbridge. The new station touts a mere 150 commuter parking spots, but I guess GO did their research and confirmed that the need was small... which makes you wonder if a station was needed at all.

Discussion

20 Comments

Sandy Kemsley / August 29, 2008 at 08:57 am
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The "residents returning" story is actually about the hydro vault explosion on Secord Ave., not the more recent propane explosion. Hard to keep the explosions in Toronto straight these days. :)
Jerrold / August 29, 2008 at 09:07 am
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I think I need a second coffee this morning. Thanks for pointing out my explosion confusion, Sandy :)
Shannon / August 29, 2008 at 09:35 am
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i heard that many residents want to move out of that building right away, gee i wonder why lol. but the landlord wants 60 days notice and will take any resident to court who don't abide by it. these people just can't get break can they.
Andrew / August 29, 2008 at 10:12 am
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I enjoy reading the Morning Brew in the mornings, but I'm starting to be bothered by the amount of opinion in these postings..

I appreciate the time and effort you put into this, but not every headline needs an opinionated remark attached to it.
Davedavedave / August 29, 2008 at 10:31 am
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"....these people just can't get break can they." I know! If only a bunch of artists and musicians would do benefits and keep it in the media....oh right, that only happens if the victims are from Queen West.
Alhambra / August 29, 2008 at 10:33 am
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I enjoy reading the Morning Brew in the mornings, but I'm starting to be bothered by the amount of opinion in these comments..

I appreciate the time and effort you all put into this, but not every article needs an opinionated opinion attached to it
George / August 29, 2008 at 10:34 am
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Hey Andrew... you do realize this is a blog, right?... not a news website. (well...not like the mainstream media is not opinionated or biased in anyways either)
Angie McKaig / August 29, 2008 at 10:35 am
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Jerrold, for my $.02, I like the commentary. I don't always agree with it personally, but it's what keeps me coming back. If we wanted personality-less news, there's CityTV for that.
Jerrold / August 29, 2008 at 10:54 am
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I don't always agree with my commentary either :P
(a different) Andrew / August 29, 2008 at 10:58 am
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It's not even so much comment, but a slanted bias before I even get to read more.
Christopher King / August 29, 2008 at 11:09 am
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I was kind of surprised that there was less media attention given to what happened to 2 Secord, as opposed to the propane explosion in North York. Ok, admittedly, it was a BIG explosion, and endangered local residents, but they were able to return to their homes after 48-72 hours. These folks were displaced for 5 WEEKS. That's just not right!
Christopher King / August 29, 2008 at 11:15 am
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Also, although I acknowledge that politically, right now at least, posting TPS officers in key schools is a fine idea, when is the City going to install satellite police stations in key communities, where police presence is drastically needed on a daily basis?
Equalizer / August 29, 2008 at 11:28 am
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Maybe we should take a page-book from Italy and employ actual friendly military police in the style of carabinieri, armed with sub-machine or light machine guns everywhere (I'm not being sarcastic). It will probably increase our tourism and interest factor.
News Dude / August 29, 2008 at 11:57 am
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Here are pictures of the <a href="http://galleries.mississauga.com/?view=items&;media_type=PHOTOS&search_date=2008-08-28&category_id=0&from=0&to=9&page=1">Confederation Bridge</a> in Mississauga
Ryan L. / August 29, 2008 at 11:59 am
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Every news outlet is going to have some level of bias. The problem about most mainstream media, is that it is tough to tell what the bias is, what has been affected and what has been conveniently left out.

With Morning Brew, any sarcastic and possibly biased comments are easily identifyable. There is also the comments section, where people can voice their own opinions.
RBeezy / August 29, 2008 at 12:02 pm
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opinions are like assholes, every blog has both.

Jerrold, keep doing what you do when you do it.
Drew Jones / August 29, 2008 at 12:14 pm
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New GO Stations are always welcome news, but this particular one is a head-scratcher, with Goodwood (an established community) just around the corner and Uxbridge (Durham's sixth largest "city/town/village") at the terminus of the rail corridor, "Lincolnville" doesn't appear to make much sense.
AC / August 29, 2008 at 12:33 pm
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This bridge officially became the #1 tourist attraction in Mississauga. Sad, really.
Mark Dowling / August 29, 2008 at 01:14 pm
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Lincolnville is a near-freebie because it is where they store the trains. It also moves the Uxbridge bus drop-off closer to Uxbridge from Mount Joy.
Trev / August 29, 2008 at 09:39 pm
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I'm with the pro-opinion crowd on this.

I don't always agree with Jerrold's views, but then there's a comment section with it. This is blogTO, after all, and not newsTO.

Now, that I've called Citytv "The Trudeau Network" for many years, and not in a positive sense, should be infinitely more troubling. I sincerely worry for Anne Mrozckowski, that when she loses the monthly Miller hour on CP24, what she'll do without the one hour on her knees in front of David Miller.

But regardless, keep up the opinion, Jerrold. This website is better for it.

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