Morning Cable - July 17, 2012

Two dead, 21 injured at Toronto block party; Blue Jays lose Bautista, and to the Yankees, too; and a Toronto Public Library makeover. Your Morning Cable

Two dead, 21 injured at Toronto block party

Two people are dead and at least 21 are injured following a block party shooting in the east end of Toronto on Monday night. 

Toronto police Chief Bill Blair confirmed a teenage girl and young adult male were killed, and an infant was wounded as well, although the child’s injuries were not life threatening.

Speaking to reporters, Blair said, “This has been a tremendously frightening and tragic event for everyone.” With more than one gun found at the scene of the crime, one of the many injured was also a “person of interest,” and is presently in custody. 

An estimate of more than 200 people attended the party, which took place on Danzig Street, near Lawrence Avenue East and Morningside Avenue. The “shocking” shooting took place before 11 p.m. ET, and according to Blair, “the level of violence is something we have never experienced,” and the homicide squad, guns and gangs unit and intelligence unit are all involved with the pending investigation. 

Blue Jays lose Bautista, and to the Yankees, too

No way! Jose? Toronto Blue Jays MVP, and American League Player of the Month, Jose Bautista injured his left wrist on a swing in the eighth inning, thereby removing himself from the game. 

Adding insult to injury, later that inning, the Yankees’ Raul Ibanez hit a tie-breaking grand slam, helping New York beat Toronto by 6-3.

The slugger hit a foul ball against Yankees pitcher David Robertson, then immediately grabbed his wrist, before crouching in pain just outside of the batter’s box. Bautista, who had an X-ray last night following the game, did not break a bone, but did injure a tendon.

Bautista, who recently posed nude for ESPN The Magazine‘s famed Body Issue, will have an MRI early Tuesday to determine the severity of his injury, and how long he will be unable to play for. 

A Toronto Public Library makeover

After being hit with $10-million in cuts from its 2012 city budget, the Toronto Public Library is looking to make money by selling advertising space at the back of its due-date slips, if that is indeed profitable. 

Currently, commercial advertising is only found on one type of library material, the What’s On publication. The Toronto Public Library is searching for a consultant to determine whether this strategy is advantageous to staying afloat. With an advertising system potentially in place by this fall, 2,650 rolls of receipt paper and 98 branches could be affected by the change. 

Though this type of fundraising is uncommon amongst Canadian and U.S. public library systems, both Mississauga and Kitchener use this due-date strategy, bringing in a “modest” amount of money, according to the National Post.