Mayor @JohnTory starts unrelated news conference by offering condolences on behalf of Toronto to Queen Elizabeth II & people of Great Britain for loss of Prince Philip, whom Tory says visited the city 20 times. City flags will be lowered to half-mast, TORONTO sign will be dimmed.

Tory says 129 people registered per minute this morning when vaccine appointments opened to people 50-plus in hotspot postal codes. Talking about health partners vaccinating people 18-plus in Thorncliffe today

News conference is for kickoff of city's annual spring cleanup. Tory says he knows residents will want to use public spaces a lot, so more than 1400 workers in April and May cleaning everything from catch basins to bike lanes