Dupont-Lansdowne neighbourhood
The Ministry of the Environment completes testing of soil samples around the GE-Hitachi uranium processing plant on Lansdowne and concludes that uranium concentrations are “within the range of background concentrations typical in Ontario soils.” Residents just want the facility out of the neighbourhood.
Bike memorials
Council passes Mike Layton’s motion to treat ghost bikes as lasting memorials and art instead of abandoned bikes.
Hockey talk
Puck legend Bobby Orr releases his memoir and scores with a sharp message for parents. Orr advises them to lose their obsession with their kids’ playing in the big leagues and encourage them to just have fun. Splendid.
Loblaw
Workers from the grocery chain in Quebec descend on stores in the 416 and 905 Tuesday to highlight labour strife at three stores in La Belle Province, where some workers have been on strike or locked out for 14 months.
Conservative fear-mongering
The House of Commons is back in session after an extra-long summer break. And in the lead up to Wednesday’s Throne Speech the HarperCons refry their “prosperity in uncertain times” shtick from post-9-11 days to distract us from Senate scandals.
Political opportunists
Council rejects the mayor’s choice – onetime PC house speaker, now lobbyist Chris Stockwell – and votes instead to appoint former salesman Peter Leon to fill the Ward 3 seat vacated by ex-Ford deputy Doug Holyday.
