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Newsstand: April 22, 2013
Well, the sunshine is a good omen for this week, right? In the news: a safety-minded family makes a heroic rescue at Yorkdale, the city went a bit overboard with hand sanitizer, runners honour the Boston victims, and the Leafs actually, finally, make the playoffs!
A father and daughter are receiving praise after rescuing a man who fell onto the subway tracks at Yorkdale station. On Saturday a man suffered a seizure that caused him to fall and hit his head, which meant that he couldn’t get up. The father and daugher team jumped onto the tracks to save him. The man is currently in a hospital, one that is underground.
Transparent, germ-fighting gravy? The City of Toronto poured half a million dollars worth of hand sanitizer down the drain, at a cost of more than $50K to throw out, because it expired before it could be used. The sanitizer was purchased as part of the city’s pandemic threat, but the majority of it expired late last year, before it could be used. The unused sanitizer wasn’t literally poured down drains, thankfully for our water supply; it was recycled by Hotz Environmental Services Inc. in March.
Toronto runners honoured the victims of last week’s bombing at the Boston Marathon during the Toronto Yonge Street 10K this past weekend. A 30-second moment of silence was observed at the starting line, and hundreds of participants wore special bibs reading “runners united in support.” Police had a stronger presence at the race than in previous years, race director Alan Brookes told the Toronto Star, but one that was largely peaceful. “I think we have seen in the last few days that the spirit of the entire marathon world is undiminished,” Brookes said in his speech before the race. “This really, I think, is the best medicine.”
And for the first time in nearly a decade, the Toronto Maple Leafs won’t be golfing in Florida while other teams root for the Stanley Cup. The Leafs secured their first playoff in eight years, and look set to play the Penguins in the first round.
This post originally stated that the Sporting Life 10K took place this past weekend, but it has been corrected to the Toronto Yonge Street 10K. The Sporting Life 10K is taking place on May 12.