Clouds linger, the Blue Jays seek redemption and Arab Spring pioneers win the Nobel Peace Prize, here’s all the news you can use for Friday, Oct. 9, 2015.
Weather:
It’s 12 C now, and is expected to rise to 18 C by this afternoon, with cloud cover remaining more or less total for most of the day. Winds are light from the northwest. Overnight, temperatures are expected to fall to 5 C.
Traffic:
There is regular volume on all major highways and surface routes this morning. Lawrence Avenue East is closed at Railside Road due to an early morning collision, while police are enforcing road closures around the Rogers Centre due to the Blue Jays game. The TTC’s 91B and 91C Woodbine buses are on diversion at Lawrence and Victoria Park avenues, while the 54 Lawrence East bus is also diverting because of the collision. There are delays of five to seven minutes on GO Transit’s Lakeshore West and Richmond Hill train lines.
News Headlines:
National Dialogue Quartet of Tunisia wins Nobel Peace Prize
Pedestrian struck by car in Parkwoods suffers life-threatening injuries
Man attempts to rob Subway in Mississauga
SIU probing police-involved shooting in West Lincoln, Ont.
Sports:
The Toronto Blue Jays will take on the Texas Rangers in game two of the American League Division Series at the Rogers Centre. The game begins at 12:45 p.m. The Toronto Maple Leafs face the Detroit Red Wings at the Joe Louis Arena tonight at 7:30 p.m. The Toronto Marlies of the American Hockey League begin their season tonight at home against the Manitoba Moose. That game begins at 7 p.m. at the Ricoh Coliseum.
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