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Newsstand: August 26, 2015
That's right, it's already Wednesday. In the news: L.A. releases an Olympic outline, Brampton residents want carding to end, and Jose Bautista has a beef with Sportsnet.
Los Angeles has made its outline for a potential 2024 Summer Olympic bid public. The move gives Olympic-curious Torontonians a look at what it could be competing against if it expresses an interest to bid on the Games by the September 15 deadline. The highlights of the preliminary bid outline include an $800-million sports stadium and a $1-billion athlete’s village. The outline is hundreds of pages long, and indicates there would be a city council vote in L.A. before the 15th.
At the ongoing provincial review of police street checks, otherwise known as carding, Brampton residents told the minister responsible for the file that the controversial practice needs to be ended. Peel Police have conducted 159,000 street checks over the past six years, and the 100 residents at yesterday’s consultation said carding’s arbitrary and discriminatory nature must stop. Brampton resident Patti Ann Trainor said, “I’m raising three black children. They’ve all been profiled by the police, in Peel, London, Toronto. Street checks have got to go. It’s against our Charter rights.”
The Blue Jays may have had a ninth-inning rally to win over the Texas Rangers last night, but not all is well for the AL East division leaders. Jose Bautista, the slugger who has been the face of the franchise for the past few years, has refused to speak to Sportsnet for the past three months, according to a report from the Star. Bautista’s objection to interviews comes from the TV network’s refusal to pay for a designer suit rookie Devon Travis purchased for a Sportsnet TV segment. Bautista is choosing to stand up for his rookie teammate because as a younger and non-all-star player, Travis doesn’t have the same ability to speak out. Regardless, it’s an awkward situation for the Jays—Rogers owns both the baseball team and the TV station.