Toronto Mayor Melts Down Drake's Ice Sculpture

0:00Toronto's Mayor Olivia Chow is backing the fire chiefs call to melt down that massive ice sculpture at young and Dundas streets. It was a promo stunt for Drake's 9th studio album, The Ice Man, and fans win while chipping away at it over just two days to uncover the release. Dade. Overnight, Cruz started dousing the block with warm water after crowds got out of hand, using tools, open flames, and flammable liquids. Fire chief Jim Jessup said it posed an immediate threat to life in that uncontrolled scene. People were climbing all over it, one guy even swung a sledgehammer, and other spray painted messages to speed things up. Police had to push the crowd back briefly until more officers showed, but the chaos highlighted real safety risks. Security rules allow chipping, but not climbing, though excitement over Drake's big reveal ignored that. Chow gets the hype since Drake's a huge city booster, and she admits she's pumped for the album too. They got the date fans craved, May 15th. So now the countdown's on for what Chow calls a great summer ahead.

1:03From your city, powered by AI, this is Canada News Today.