Michelle Yu is Safe at Home and “So Sorry”
The 18-year-old Torontonian, who went missing last Tuesday, but turned up, unharmed, in British Columbia, is now safe at home with her family.
Michelle Yu landed back at Toronto’s Pearson International Airport in the afternoon on Monday, after flying back from Vancouver. After a near-weeklong search, Yu made contact with her parents from Vancouver using her cell phone over the weekend. Little details have been released about exactly what transpired during her disappearance.
After thanking the crowds who worked tirelessly to find her (seriously – those flyers were very high profile; on Facebook, and on almost every street pole), Yu told reporters, “From the bottom of my heart, I’m so sorry for putting everybidy through this. I’m just so happy to be home with my family, my parents…. my friends. I’m just glad to be back.”
And we’re happy to have you back, too.
Ontario’s NDP and Liberals Unite (on Taxes) before the Budget Vote
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You go girl! Who knew that Premier Dalton McGuinty and Ontario NDP Leader Andrea Horwath would see eye-to-eye on taxes for the rich? Well, maybe if you were trying to fight off a spring election, you might agree to whatever terms are laid out in front of you, too.
McGuinty agreed to accept Horwath’s policy of adding a 2 per cent surtax on incomes greater than $500, 000. This increased taxation, something McGuinty fought against throughout his terms as Premier, will reportedly raise $470-million next year for the province. Not a bad way to get the province out of debt, that’s for sure. Another one of Horwath’s newly-ratified conditions? Divert $317-million into child care, hospitals, welfare and disability funding.
The provincial budget vote will take place on Tuesday morning, but thanks to this last-minute brokerage, Horwath has helped McGuinty secure more seats at Queen’s Park to push the plan forward, election-free. Nice.
Weight Training Fights off Dementia?
Mandlebaum! Mandlebaum! Mandlebaum! According to a new study, resistance training, or, you know, weight training, has a positive effect for not just physical fitness, but mental strength too, playing a contributing factor in staving off dementia.
The study, published in the Archives of Internal Medicine, reports women, aged 70 to 80, saw the most positive results to their mental fortitude thanks to working out twice a week, over six months. Aerobic exercise, while still a very helpful boost and essential to maintain balance and physical tone, did not bring about the same benefits as weight training. Who knew?
Well, this news definitely gives one all the more reason to take the stairs. Or, perhaps, more accurately – lift a 20-pound box up the stairs. Why not? It’s go time!
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Joanna Adams writes for Toronto Standard. Follow her on Twitter at†@nowstarringTO.
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