Mung bean protein isolates are the new Timbit

Listen, it’s way too hot to think today

CBC Toronto @CBCToronto

Tim Hortons is testing the fake omelette — made with mung bean protein isolate — in two regions in Ontario bit.ly/2YBu2Re

The trend of fast food making news for being plant-based continues most tenaciously at Tim Hortons, whose new “innovation café” is especially eager to win over millennials.

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The lighter side of a manhunt

Mack Lamoureux @MackLamoureux

The Guardian released a map of the area in Canada showing their readers where York Landing is (the small town RCMP are now searching for the teenage murder suspects.) It features the very famous Canadian landmarks of Qumbec and Montraal. interactive.guim.co.uk/maps/embed/jul…

As the RCMP zero in on two suspected murderers in a tiny Manitoba hamlet, one of their fathers contacted the media—in search of publicity for a self-published memoir.

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Scrotum-waxing story still has some distance left to go. Wider attention continues for Jessica Yaniv’s testimony to the B.C. Human Rights Tribunal over being denied service by 16 different salons. Those who turned Yaniv down include women who refused on safety and religious grounds.

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A stock photo gets explained

Toronto photographer Edward Burtynsky spoke to CityLab about a 2008 shot from his project Oil that has appeared in memes under the assumption that it’s a drive-by snapshot:

CityLab @CityLab

"It’s true that it would be hard to find a purer distillation of American car culture in one image ... However, the idea that the photo is placeless is, to be blunt, nonsense."

trib.alThe Story Behind the Internet’s Favorite Photo of Car CultureEdward Burtynsky spent three days getting the shot of Breezewood, Pennsylvania, that has launched a thousand memes.

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Have you seen the lost clocks from Fire Hall No. 9? The city of Toronto is officially in search of the 1878 faces of the clock tower on Ossington north of Queen. One of similar vintage is being restored on Yonge north of College, with its ticking hands intact.

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Finally, it’s Patrick Brown’s baby

Theodore Joseph Gualtieri Brown marked his first week of life with a column from Joe Warmington, after being born to the mayor of Brampton and his wife Genevieve:

Patrick Brown @patrickbrownont

This evening, my son Theodore met for the first time his 105 year old great grandmother Teresa Brown. I have never seen my grandmother so happy. She told me she had been waiting for this day for a long time. It was very special. Not surprising, they got along fabulously!