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Those Crazy Animals, We Bid on More Events and Crazy Gas Prices
Contrary to popular belief Torontoist actually likes a good animal story. So we’re really happy to see not one but two of ’em this morning. A protective pair of Canada Geese has taken up residency outside Sherway Gardens mall in Etobicoke. The male and female are protecting a nest of eggs and will hiss and attack shoppers who get too close.
Every six months or so there’s a really great raccoon story in this city and we’re about due for another. This time a 20-lb raccoon was stuck up a lamp post in the Annex for 30 hours. City officials weren’t sure how to get him off the pole without further endangering its life.
The two men found in rivers near North York probably drowned and police don’t suspect foul play, one of the men found even suffered from schizophrenia.
A Chicago police officer wants the Canadian government to extradite a Toronto-area librarian that took a shot at him in the 1960s.
Community AIR, the citizen’s group fighting the island airport and Porter Air, one of the airlines operating out of very same airport are having a shouting match on whether the airport’s main runway is long enough for its Dash 8 turboprop planes. We know it’s not just about the length of the runway, it’s also about the weather, location and surroundings not to mention the airplane weight. Torontoist wonders, isn’t this the kind of thing that Canada’s Transportation Safety Board deals with?
The city is bidding on the 2009 World Junior Hockey Championships. Most of the city is behind the event according to the Post, probably because it’s a relatively small affair compared to the other major event we’re considering having the 2015 World Expo. The Star questions whether an expo is worth having and still relevant in this day and age. We asked this same question last year.
Oil prices spiked to more than $70 US per barrel. Unrest in Nigeria and tensions with Iran are blamed for the high prices.
Photo from the Star.