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🇨🇦 MBOKO MAGIC IN MONTREAL

Canada’s Victoria Mboko defeats Naomi Osaka 2-6, 6-4, 6-1 to win the National Bank Open in Montreal.

The 18-year-old was fearless. Didn’t quit. And rode the wave of a raucous hometown crowd to a memorable title victory. Outstanding.

Mboko!!!!! 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦

Vicky Mboko winning her match and making it to the finals.

And Vicky Mboko, the Canadian 18 year old, is through to the National Bank Open in Montreal!

What a match!
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🎾🎾🎾🎾🎾

🇨🇦 MBOKO FOR THE WIN

What a story 18-year-old Canadian Victoria Mboko is writing in Montreal.

She wins in straight sets in Montreal and is off to the National Bank Open semifinal. Outstanding.

Great weekend of sports with Summer winning golds in the swimming worlds and Vicky playing so well in Montreal.

A map showing poor air conditions (red is bad).

Another day of horrible air quality in Toronto and area. Sigh.

‘Sleeping’ cancer cells in the lungs can be roused by COVID and flu Inflammation from the respiratory infections seems to be the culprit, study in mice finds.

Hidden in the lungs of some breast cancer survivors are tumour cells that can remain dormant for decades — until they one day trigger a relapse

go.nature.com/41iIdJR

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Aiy. Hope there's no more of any of that in your future!

Revitalizing Yemeni Coffee | Atmos Yemeni coffee farming has been on the decline since the colonial powers established coffee plantations in Africa and Southeast Asia.

Working on this week's article and reading a lot about Yemeni coffee. Shout out to this excellent piece by @mariannedhe.bsky.social from a few years ago on the work being done to revitalise the country's production: atmos.earth/revitalizing...

Wastewater Virus Signals graph for Ontario

#Ontario #wastewater graph updated with July 6 data
- Peel updated: wwater.ca/Ontario
- Also updated: AB, PEI, QC, SK

wwater.ca

Source: health-infobase.canada.ca/wastewater/

London library forced to briefly close after fox 'made itself comfortable' inside Foxes have been known to live everywhere in London from back gardens to the top of the Shard

*cleanse*

Can there be anything more annoying than the sound of a mosquito near your head as you're trying to fall asleep?!

American singer Connie Francis, whose hits included Pretty Little Baby, dead at 87 | CBC News Connie Francis, the wholesome pop star of the 1950s and '60s whose hits include Pretty Little Baby, has died at 87.

RIP Connie Francis, a familiar voice to those who listen to hits from the 50s and 60s.

www.cbc.ca/news/enterta...

This place was the BEST as a kid growing up in Toronto in the 70s!

Weather radar showing storms approaching Toronto

Heads up, GTA. Incoming storm.
#ONstorm

First Nations dealing with a ‘hidden genocide’: Neskantaga chief Chief Gary Quisess of Neskantaga First Nation wants to know where they fit in the government’s plans for Ring of Fire.

Neskantaga has had a boil water advisory for 30 years due to the failure of its water treatment plant. Now the Ontario government wants it to get on board with resource development, while asking Ottawa not to reintroduce safe drinking water legislation.
www.aptnnews.ca?p=273401

Excellent piece, Bruce.

Weather radar showing a line of storms west of Toronto.

Can hear that thunder rumbling in Toronto. #ONstorm

Correction: Apparently, it was 46 or 47C humidex mid-afternoon in Toronto 😮

A performer on stage.

Braved the ridiculous and brutal 44C humidex to see one of my favourite Taiwanese performers, Waa Wei, at Mel Lastman Square today. And I'm not leaving our AC again for a few days!

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A great blue heron

Another heron shot from last weekend at Evergreen Brickworks. Beautiful creatures.

A detailed map illustrating the most spoken mother tongues (other than English) in Toronto. Different languages are represented by distinct colors overlaid on a geographical map of the city and surrounding areas like Mississauga, Etobicoke, York, North York, Scarborough, Vaughan, Markham, and Pickering. Large labels indicate areas where specific languages are prevalent, such as Mandarin, Cantonese, Italian, Portuguese, Tamil, Urdu, Spanish, Persian (Farsi), Greek, Bengali, Serbo-Croatian, and Ukrainian. Smaller charts at the bottom provide statistics on the number of speakers for the top languages, including English. The map also shows the boundaries of residential areas and major roads. A legend indicates the language families represented by the colors, such as Sino-Tibetan (Mandarin, Cantonese), Indo-Aryan (Urdu, Bengali, Tamil, Persian, Greek), Romance (Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, French), Slavic (Serbo-Croatian, Ukrainian), and others like Tagalog.

Major languages spoken in Toronto (other than English) by neighbourhood

by Alex McPhee
pronghornmaps.com/toronto/

Bar chart of Canadian Air Quality Health Index (AQHI) - Equivalent # Cigarettes after Exposure ranging from 0.5 cigarettes after 8 hours exposure at AQHI level 3 to 0.9 cigarettes at level 6 and 1.5 at level 10.

Bar chart of Canadian Air Quality Health Index (AQHI) - Equivalent # Cigarettes after Exposure ranging from 0.5 cigarettes after 8 hours exposure at AQHI level 3 to 0.9 cigarettes at level 6 and 1.5 at level 10.

Understanding Canadian Air Quality Health Index (AQHI) & Wildfire Smoke

Wildfire smoke consists of toxic gases and particulate matter (PM) when breathed in gets into our lungs, bloodstream, and even our brain. 🧪🧵1/
#IAQ #IndoorAirQuality #wildfire #smoke #AQI #AQHI #Canada

We love it there.

Yo-Yo Ma playing the cello on stage.

We got to see Yo-Yo Ma perform yesterday!

He shared stories about his life and how music can guide us on a path towards hope. 

And he played Bach Cello Suite No. 1. Fantastic.

It was delightful 😊

A blue heron in a pond surrounded by greenery.

Heron at Evergreen Brickworks this morning.

A sunrise over a beach.

Back at it after a couple of weeks of peace and bliss. What did I miss? (I really don't need to know 😄)