Toronto Morning: What you need to know today

TORONTO – Family and friends of Dr. Tarek Loubani and John Greyson got confirmation late Saturday night that both men had been freed from Egypt’s notorious Tora prison.

John Greyson’s sister Cecilia says while the men have their passports there’s still some “red tape” that must be dealt with before they can finally leave Egypt.

Here’s what else you need to know.

WEATHER

Showers ending this morning then cloudy with a 60 per cent chance of showers. Wind southwest 20 km/h increasing to 40 gusting to 60 this morning. Temperature steady near 15.

60 percent chance of showers this evening and clearing overnight with a low of 8.

More on current weather conditions and a 7-day forecast. 

TRAFFIC AND TRANSIT

Roads: The Gardiner Expressway’s westbound lanes have reopened at Spadina Avenue after a rollover. Delays are still expected this morning as traffic clears up.

Click for the latest Toronto traffic.

Mass Transit: Click for TTC and GO Transit Updates.

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SPORTS

Major League Baseball Playoffs:

Pinch-runner Josh Harrison scored on Pedro Alvarez’s tiebreaking single Sunday, sending the Pirates to a 5-3 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals that staked Pittsburgh to a 2-1 lead in the best-of-five NL division series.

Carl Crawford hit a three-run homer, Juan Uribe added a two-run shot as the Los Angeles Dodgers routed the Atlanta Braves 13-6 on Sunday night for a 2-1 lead in the best-of-five NL division series.

Upcoming games today:

Athletics vs. Tigers at 1:07 p.m. ET (series tied 1-1)

Cardinals vs. Pirates at 3:07 p.m. ET (Pittsburgh leads series 2-1)

Red Sox vs. Rays at 6:07 p.m. ET (Boston leads series 2-0)

Braves vs. Dodgers 9:37 p.m. ET (Los Angeles leads series 2-1)

Maple Leafs:

Toronto will aim for their fourth straight win when they host the Colorado Avalanche Tuesday night at the Air Canada Centre. Puck drops at 7 p.m. ET.

IN THE NEWS…

Police are investigating an armed robbery that happened at Chester subway station late Sunday night.

Toronto police have released an image of a sex assault suspect wanted in connection with an attack over the weekend.

York regional police continue to look for answers after severed cat heads were found in Whitchurch-Stouffville. Officers went door to door Sunday as they tried to solve a shocking case of animal cruelty.

Americans James Rothman and Randy Schekman and German-born researcher Thomas Suedhof won the 2013 Nobel Prize in medicine on Monday for discoveries on how hormones, enzymes and other key substances are transported within cells.

ALSO COMING UP TODAY…

An inquest continues into the death of 19-year-old Ashley Smith, who died on Oct. 19, 2007, while she was an inmate at the Grand Valley Institution for Women in Kitchener. The inquest does not sit on Fridays. (9:30 a.m. at Coroner’s Court, 15 Grosvenor Rd.)

Inquest into the death of five-year-old Jeffery Baldwin, who died of complications of chronic starvation in 2002 while in the care of his grandparents. The inquest does not sit Fridays. (9:30 a.m. at McDonald Block, Erie, Thames and St. Clair rooms, 900 Bay St.,)

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