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Morning Brew: Hundreds rally at Bloor and Christie, air show wows the Ex, a Sun Media mix-up, making a City of Toronto wondermap, and revising the heritage plan
Several hundred Torontonians gathered at Christie Pits Park last night in solidarity against a spate of sexual assaults in the area. With greater numbers than originally anticipated, the group moved south to College Street and back to the park carrying signs of support and condemnation at the approximately 10 attacks being investigated by police. Similar crimes were reported near Kensington Market, but it's not clear if they are linked.
The Canadian International Air Show officially put this year's CNE to bed with its annual acrobatic spectacle in the skies over Toronto. In case you missed it, our Flickr pool is chock full of first-rate pictures of Snowbirds, CF-18 Hornets and all manner of swirling and twirling aircraft.
Here's an idea - if you're going to call someone a moron on television, it's always best to make sure you use a picture of the right person. In his classy "Moron of the Morning" segment, Sun Media reporter David Menzies mistakenly used a picture of award-winning comedian Lauren Ash instead of the Lauren Ash planning a gay pride event at Rob Ford's annual Ford Fest barbecue later this week. There's so much wrong with this story I can't fit it all in.
According to Atlantic Cities writer Nate Berg, residents of the hand-shaped state of Michigan regularly use an upheld palm to give directions and describe landmarks. Berg goes on to suggest several other U.S. areas shaped like hand positions or body parts that could use the same system. Personally, I think the GTA could be the back of a flattened right hand with the fingers pointing left, making the Toronto islands the thumb. Thoughts?
Toronto's oft-criticized heritage plans are up for discussion next Monday and the city wants your input. Up for discussion are beefed-up plans for protecting against "demolition by neglect" and other issues plaguing heritage preservation in the city. Read the full proposal here.
Finally, let's play another round of guess the intersection. Kudos to the person who correctly identifies these streets in the comment section.
IN OTHER NEWS:
- Blue Jays drop series opener against Orioles [CBC]
- Suspect arrested after iPad stolen at gunpoint [The Star]
- University of Toronto libraries third-best in American rankings [The Star]
- Video surveillance sheds light on Empress Hotel's alleged arson case [Globe and Mail]
Photo: "_0016259" by mauriciojcalero in the blogTO Flickr pool.
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Their stupidity doesn't surprise me.
It's DEFINITELY that part of Broadview
When can we have rally's in other neighbourhoods to prevent sexual assault?
Seriously, how about some more cops patroling the area instead of worrying about traffic and parking tickets. I guess stopping rapes aren't revenue generators though.
Also, many thanks for allowing me to comment!
The rally helps to make people more aware that this sort of thing is happening frequently in this area and to keep their eyes open for it.
If cops would have gone through proper education, they would take pictures of the scene, put markings on the ground, move the cars aside and don't cause a 10 kilometer traffic jam for nothing. Even in cases where injuries happened, they don't have to make such a drama out of it.
It would be less traffic jam w/o them being at the scene showing off. Even I could handle these situations more efficiently.
Have you seen any of the Occupy protests lately, where police is beating unarmed civilians with batons or drive police cars into a crowd of people?
You know, I almost wished they would at least have to face armed people for once. Police is only strong, because they are disproportionately armed - automatic assault rifles vs. bare hands. Then they try to enforce the law by breaking it themselves.
I'm impressed how mankind has evolved. It is unbelievable how things like this can happen and everybody accepts them...
Detective issues warning to women living in area of sex assaults (Wellesley & Sherbourne) "Do not go anywhere with anyone you do not know."
(https://twitter.com/CP24/status/243034355214196736)
Excuse me. Is this a joke? Does this so-called detective really think that somebody would do that in the first place? Kindergarden children know that you don't go with anyone you don't know - but we adults need a detective to tell us that?
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