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Morning Brew: Toronto councillors want the Raptors to get back to work, more on the possible 2024 Olympic bid, ball-ban at Toronto school, Ontario has (relatively) safe water, and the Leafs lose in a shootout
This ought to get NBA players back playing basketball: because Toronto city councillors want them to. They join a legion of politicians who've been vocal about the NBA lockout because they fear the economic implications on the city. Toronto councillors, like Josh Colle, worry the Raptors could go the way of the Blue Jays after the baseball strike in the '90s, and that would really suck for Toronto sports.
Speaking of Toronto councillors and sports, it turns out a couple of them are quite interested in the Olympic bid we touched upon yesterday. No word yet on how far the support extends (everybody seemed to have their minds on Occupy Toronto).
That probably don't impress her much. Shania Twain's creepy stalker, Giovanni "John" Palumbo, was released from the Don Jail yesterday. A justice decided the mentally disturbed man to time served and three years probation with strict conditions to stay half a kilometre away from Twain and to not contact her or her family.
It's "No Balls Allowed" over at Earl Beatty Public School, which is obviously bumming the kids out pretty hard. Soccer balls, footballs, volley balls, and even tennis balls are banned at the school because of a "few serious incidents," including a parent suffering a concussion from a flying soccer ball. I guess if the kids can't play sports at recess, they'll just text and stuff, which is better.
Well, this is surprising and disturbing news. Turns out that much of Canada's tap water runs the risk of contamination. The upside is that the Ontario government received an A for its water-protection efforts; however the federal government got a big fat F, so that's not too encouraging.
IN BRIEF:
- Leafs lose to Coyotes in shootout
- Occupy Toronto is failing the homeless
- Engaging youth in local politics
Photo by Adrian & Thomas Photography in the blogTO Flickr pool
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I can see the Feds getting bad marks for water protection, what with their encouragement of the tar sands and all. Aren't there major rivers in Alberta being contaminated or drying up because of that? I hope Ontario continues to look out for our water, it's kinda important...
here here! i agree, no one is talking about the yrt strike. like, wtf! i moved out of that shit hole last year, but seriously, york region has got to get it's act together. last time the ttc striked it lasted one day, an everyone freaked out. The yrt strike is going on a month now! noone up there cares, cus everyone that has a voice in that region also has 6 hummers. maybe blogto could do an expository project on the month long yrt strike, and the fact that no buses have been running for so long, effecting the po' people!
i also heard that the reason they're striking is because the workers are getting paid a lot les, have no sick days etc, but the fares are higher than ttc, and its subsudized 4x more than ttc, but its because its run by a private company, which made 50B profit worldwide last year. heinous.