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able to hear one another. The producer and I will make that attempt at some point later in the week. >> The weather looks better later in the week. >> In any case, I am looking forward to that partly for the challenge of that. >> David: you're going have to tell me, jennifer, watch out for the lake freighter or somewhere around those lines. All the massive amount of development on billiard's island. Today, memorial day in the united states. Lots of U.S. license plates on the road I saw over the weekend. It is also national grape popsicle day. >> Jill: okay. I'm fine with a grape popsicle. >> David: I find the grape popsicle is the -- can i-- >> I never heard of it in my life. First time I've ever heard grape popsicle. Explain to me. >> Jill: a purple popsicle. >> David: they don't taste all that different, the basic ones. They don't taste all that different. It has -- I don't want to say grape flavour. Purple flavour. Take that-- >> Jill: sometimes a bit like welch's grape -- like a grape juice. You should get a mix of popsicles. Pink, orange and grape. That's why david is talking about the trading because you don't know what you get until you open the wrapper. >> Like cherry flavour chocolate in the box of chocolate that never gets eaten? >> David: that could be-- >> Jill: like jelly beans. Only the yellow and green left. I like black-- >> Jill: I like it. >> David: jennifer? >> Jennifer: yes. >> Why did the grape popsicle get its own day? >> David: why do any of these things get their own day? >> Jill: no rhyme or reason. >> David: it's also national grape day. Probably they weren't selling enough grape popsicles. Let's get people on the radio to talk about grade popsicles. >> I have to go buy one. >> David: today is the day with the humidity owl there. Enjoy your grape popsicle. Maybe not for breakfast. At some point. National break popsicle day on some of national grape day. Last week we heard the premier in this province announce beer and wine sales in convenience store also be expedited. A will likely happen in the fall. To make it happen in the expedited fashion, $225 million of taxpayer money is going to go to the beer store. Some physicians have questioned whether almost a quarter of a billion dollars could instead have gone to much needed detox and rehab facilities. Also questions about how this distribution will work in corner stores. Mary weens talked to a store across from st. Mike's hospital at queen and yonge. A neighbourhood that has seen a lot of drug use. >> Working here at the store. A lot of construction going on here and affected business a lot. People nowadays chasing every day. >> When's the last time-- >> Two days ago. Some people are high on drugs or something and they don't even know. They take whatever you want. >> Once it comes we will see what happens. >> Alcohol in a convenience store? I don't know if I would buy in a convenience store.

I am opposed to the idea. I think making it accessible aggravates the problem that already exists. I can't say I'm morally strong enough to say outright I would never buy because it would be handy. Not the right thing to do but the easy thing to do. >> Thank you. Good luck. >> I can help you. >>. >> Mary ween, cbc radio. >> They're doing it, right? >> Yes. >> Would you buy at a convenience store? >> 100%. It works in germany. Works in australia. Works in the states. Works in other countries, why wouldn't it work here? You buy a beer, you want to buy chips. >> I'm maria. This should have been don a long time ago. Too many rules, too restrictions, not enough freedoms. >> Would you buy at a convenience store? >> Yeah, but good for the kids? A lot of work for them. The owners have the places. Can I see your i.d.? Sometimes it looks 19, 20 but they can be 16. >> Selling buyr beer or wine in convene jengs store-- convenience stores? >> For the children, not good. We are responsible adults and not-- >> You would find it useful though, eh? >> Yeah, sure. >> Your friend would disagree. Explain why you're concerned about it? >> Just worried about the kids. >> They can sell cigarettes. >> Save you time. The lines in the liquor scores are huge. >> Your friend disagrees. Do you often disagree? >> All the time. All the time. We work together but she's different. >> I work at st. Mike's hospital. I have kids. That's why I'm saying. >> She's a grand ma. She's concerned about her children. >> Does she worry too much? >> She worries too much. You have to teach children to behave. >> The other day, someone came in, looked like he was high? >> This happens every day. A neighbourhood problem. >> Not safe. >> You guys sell wine and beer at the convenience stores. Have a wonderful day. Good bye. >> Thank you so much. >> David: lots of debate over the wisdom of allowing convenience stores to sell wines. Store owners will have the right to choose. Thanks to mary weens. Let's check back with jennifer. >> Jennifer: you'll find a collision investigation and cleanup closing steeles both ways at highway 27 with volume building eastbound as you approach the area. Eastbound 401 slows from dixie through to construction at dixon brocking the left lane. Busy from islington in the 400 mainly in the express. Westbound 401 slows from the 412 to approaching salem. Volume from warden through victoria park in the collectors. Slows again past the 404 in the express through to the long-term construction as you approach avenue road to allen road reducing you to two lanes. The collector lanes fill in approaching bayview through yonge. Southbound 404 and the don valley parkway, moving slowly from elgin mill to 16th and past finch to wynford. Long-term construction on the gardiner has the eastbound direction quite heavy as you approach parkside to approaching strachan. The westbound side is building with volume west of spadina to approaching dufferin. Southbound 410 is a slow go from south of country side to approaching queen.

>> David: 100% humidity out there. The risk in place from 8:00 A.M. straight through until the mid to late afternoon. Talking on this program about the city of toronto's handling of e-scooters and similar micro mobility devices. E-scooters are banned but you see them everywhere. Diane sacks is asking the province to allow the city to licence careers and their scooters and e-bike. >> Uber eats and everybody don't take responsibility for the conduct of the people that deliver their food. They don't protect people injured by the couriers. They don't take any responsibility for their drivers blocking bike lanes. They should be held responsibility. -- responsible. >> David: nan has been hit by an e-bike and happened in march and since then nursing a badly broken knee. Good morning. >> Good morning, david. >> David: glad to have you here but sorry to hear what happened. Take me through that day. >> Sure. The end of march just before easter and I went to the library to return a book and wanted to cross the street. I saw people jaywalking but I thought, a beautiful day, lots of time. I'm just walk up to the crosswalk and cross there. As I was about through quarters away across the street I saw somebody barrelling at me in the bike lane on roncesvalles. I ran. I ran forward. The e-bike driver couldn't stop. He swerved in front of me, not behind me and hit me right on. I was down on the street on my back. People came to help me, but the last thing I hear -- I couldn't really speak at that time but the last thing I heard the e-bike driver say was he had to go because he had to make his delivery. So he left. He left. It was a hit and run. >> David: has he ever been identified? >> No. The witnesses said he didn't have anything that would identify him. The reason I know he was a delivery person because of what he said to me when he left me on the street. >> What's your your injury? >> A badly broken knee. Pretty much house-bound for six, seven weeks. Just now starting to get around a bit with crutches. >> I have a long road ahead of me. >> David: e-bikes can travel over 40 kilometres an hour. Do you have any sense of the speed of which you were hit? >> The police asked me that. The police said quite often people, they do thing to the bike to make them go faster. I couldn't say with any certainty but I will tell you this, it was very fast. I remember looking both ways before I crossed the street and I didn't see anything so I think that -- I think he was going very fast. He turned the corner and come barrelling down the streets. >> David: e-scooters are banned. E-bikes are not. We see plenty of both in the city of toronto. The city has doubled down on the e-scooter ban but wants the power to licence couriers who use very often e-bikes. >> I think that's exactly right. I'm not against e-bikes. In fact, I have a friend who hat a stroke and I spent part of last summer helping her literally get back in the seat, get back on her bike. For her that's a lifeline. That e-bike is something that helps her regain her life before her stroke. I think the city's been irresponsible in providing an infrastructure and then not ensuring its safe usage. I think that the e-bike, they

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