City snips all but three love locks from Humber bridge

A few love padlocks on Toronto’s Humber Bridge conquered the parks department’s merciless loppers during an early morning removal operation.

A thick, heart-shaped love lock, showing signs of struggle, appeared to be too strong for park staff.

A crew of four workers, each in their own vehicles and clad in orange safety jackets, arrived at the Humber River foot bridge about 7:30 a.m., a nearby by resident said.

Loppers in hand, parks staff cut nearly all of the 40-odd padlocks from the bridge’s cables. Only three locks remained once staff were finished.

The parks department said on Thursday it was going to snip the 40-odd padlocks on the cables that span the bridge.      Read Here