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Extra, Extra: Speed Limits Will Definitely Drop, and Toronto-filmed Hannibal is Done Like Dinner
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- Following up with a blurb we wrote yesterday, Torontonians will, in fact, see a drop in city speed limits after a unanimous decision made at City Hall Monday evening. The change will affect 387 kilometres of residential roads across 12 wards in downtown Toronto and East York, and car speed limits will be reduced to 30 km/h from the current 40 km/h. The motion, introduced by Councillor Josh Matlow (Ward 22, St. Paul’s) is part of an effort to improve pedestrian and cyclist safety, and is expected to take effect in the fall.
- Fannibals are campaigning for the renewal of the defunct NBC series Hannibal following the show’s announced cancellation yesterday afternoon. Die-hard fans took to Twitter in an attempt to renew the Toronto-filmed show for a fourth season despite confirmation of the scrap by Hannibal production studio DeLaurentiis Co. In the meantime, Fannibals can wistfully read our exhaustive catalogue of local filming locations for the network drama.
- Sabrina Chouart and Clyde Mashall, the two suspects wanted in the first-degree murder of Sina Parsi, were apprehended last night without incident at a Niagara Falls Walmart. Parsi, 32, disappeared June 9 after leaving a soccer game near Teston Road and Highway 400. Days later, he was found dead in a Toronto apartment.