Good morning, Happy Friday, what are your weekend plans? lots of exciting things are happening this weekend. In case you missed it here’s our list for you to choose from.

There’s a new food hall in Eaton Centre called Queen’s Cross. Honestly the food is looking too good not to give it a try, options ranging from donuts to burgers and large collection of summer drinks. We recommend the underground punch.

Alright alright enough about food, let’s get into it.

LOCAL NEWS 

🍁 Maple Leafs fired head coach

Well that’s one way to handle the loss.

On Sunday, the team faced an overtime loss against Boston Bruins in game 7 and couldn’t make the playoffs.

On Thursday, the team announced Sheldon Keefe (head coach) was being let go after four and a half seasons of coaching the team. Since Keefe took over the job 2019 the team had gone 212-97-40 with a 60.7 winning percentage in regular season and 43.2 percent in playoffs.

In his goodbye message to the team Keefe said “Leafs deserve the Stanley Cup”. - we agree sir!

⛔️ Car-free streets this summer in Canada

Car-free pilot will first take effect in Montreal’s Wellington Street this summer.

Vancouver is also launching their first car-free zone this summer. Toronto and Hamilton will be doing something similar with extended patios and temporary car-less zones.

Why?
On busy streets cars take up valuable space that pedestrians can use. Cities like San Francisco and Stockholm have already tested out car-free zones to make the space more useful for pedestrians.

CANADIAN BUSINESS

📮 No more daily mail by Canada Post

Canada Post has been under major financial distress largely due to the changing habits. Think about it how often do you check your mail?

In 2023, Canada Post lost $748 million. The company has been shifting their focus towards e-commerce and parcels. Rightly so, because that’s where the demand is. However, they are still facing challenges with long delivery timelines.

GLOBAL

💊 AI designed drugs by Google

It’s safe to say that AI might revolutionize the entire healthcare system. Days are not far when we would have drugs that cure cancer, diabetes and heart diseases - thanks to AI.

Google’s DeepMind AI research laboratory released AlphaFold 3 in partnership with Isomorphic Labs.

What is AlphaFold 3?
An AI model that predicts the structure and interactions of all of life’s molecules.

Why is this a big deal?
The current drug discovery process has a 90% failure rate. Because scientists have limited knowledge of all the little components of the human body and how the diseases interact with them.

Google is hoping to improve the process with AlphaFold 3. If AI can predict how a drug will affect the body, it will make the whole process much easier and quicker which will help them test more hypotheses before doing expensive testing protocols.

RECAP

⏪️ Everything that happened this week

Tuesday:

• Dundas Square getting upgraded.

• New pedestrian bridge coming to waterfront.

• Cirque du Soleil opened this week.

• Warren Buffet is looking to invest in Canada.

• Uber and Lyft have a new Canadian competitor.

• LinkedIn added gaming features on the App.

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Wednesday

• Toronto to host Canada’s largest pickle festival.

• Rooftop skating in Don Mills.

• Apple announced new and cheaper iPad.

• TikTok vs US drama continued.

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Thursday

• 7 things to do this weekend.

• Toronto was named one of the richest cities.

• 7km long TTC shutdown on Saturday.

• Saudi Arabia’s Line project facing major challenges.

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