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Extra, Extra: U of T Research Facility Receives $114-Million Grant, Just Desserts’ Bittersweet Bash, and FHRITP
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- The University of Toronto has received $114 million from the federal government, the largest single research grant in the school’s history. Under the Canada First Excellence Research Fund, Minister of State for Science and Technology Ed Holder announced that the grant will be directed toward the newly created research program Medicine by Design, which is dedicated to helping find cures for diseases such as cancer, diabetes, and liver and heart disease.
- Just Desserts’ pink neon sign will fizzle out for the last time this weekend as the legendary Toronto franchise shutters on its last surviving location. Starting today at 7:30 p.m., the Yonge and Wellesley store will hold a celebratory bash to bid adieu to 26 bittersweet years of service. Just Desserts rose to notoriety in 1994 when a botched robbery at its now-defunct Davenport and Bedford Road location saw the fatal shooting of patron Georgina “Vivi” Leimonis.
- In yet another case of “Man Yells FHRITP At Female Reporter Live On Air,” Toronto police are now working to identify a man who hurled the vulgarity at CBC reporter Charlsie Agro moments after the end of the Pan Am Games closing ceremonies. Agro, who was live on-air recapping the night’s events, said she tried to chase down the perpetrator to confront him but lost him in the crowd. Const. Scott Mills says it is unclear on whether any charges will be laid, and that the investigation is still in its early stages.