news
Newsstand: October 17, 2011
It's time to Occupy the week—Monday's here! In today's news: Occupy Toronto gets some company, Toronto gets occupied by LG Fashion Week, vigilante justice on Toronto's streets, a marathon record that serves to shame you, and tragic news about a Toronto TV show's future.
Two Occupy groups will march today in Toronto, as a group that calls itself Occupy Bay Street has announced that it will also hit the streets this morning. According to Occupy Bay Street’s blog, the group’s members respect what Occupy Toronto is doing, but feel that more needs to be done. They are promising a peaceful approach and say they want to work with, not against, Bay Street.
In other Occupy news, Occupy Toronto will join the Ryerson University Social Justice Week’s event “Anti-poverty and good jobs for all rally” from 12:15 to 1:30 p.m. at Gould and Victoria streets. They will begin their march from St. James Park at noon, returning to the site, with participants from Social Justice Week, for a 2 p.m. general assembly. Today marks day three of the occupation and the first day during which the markets will be open.
On the other side of the taking-over-Toronto dichotomy is LG Fashion Week, which starts today and runs until Friday. Things Fashion Week has in common with Occupy Toronto: they’ve set up tents in a park, participants have been negatively impacted by the recession, and they have organized marches. Runways, Bay Street…what’s so different?
Doing her part to keep Toronto streets safe, city councillor Michelle Berardinetti (Ward 35, Scarborough Southwest) helped police nab an east-end drunk driver this weekend. She and her husband noticed the erratic driver, who they followed and eventually urged to pull over, confiscating the driver’s keys. Police were on the scene quickly and the driver has been charged.
If you woke up feeling lazy and out of shape this Monday morning, reading about runner Fauja Singh, who just completed his eighth marathon, might depress you. Oh, important detail: Singh is 100. But don’t fret—it’s not too late for you to catch up. Singh didn’t start running marathons until he was 89.
Sorry fans of alcohol-fuelled bar fights, fist pumping, and over-the-top romantic entanglements, but Lake Shore, Toronto’s answer to Jersey Shore, will never see the light of day. Deemed too controversial by the networks, the show didn’t get picked up, ending eight dreams of fame.