Month: April 2017

The 10-year-old girl who was accidentally left behind on a TTC bus by her parents at Islington Ave. and Dixon Rd. has been found safe Sunday morning.

Kasperi Kapanen scored his second goal of the goal in second overtime to lead the Toronto Maple Leafs to a 4-3 win over the Washington Capitals. The Leafs now head home to the Air Canada Centre with the series tied 1-1. TSN

LEAFS WIN. LEAFS WIN. LEAFS WIN pic.twitter.com/RKpjkZfWok

— Devin Heroux (@Devin_Heroux) April 16, 2017

Police and public are breathing a little easier after the rapid recapture of a convict serving a life sentence for strangling a teenage girl to death 16 years ago.  Robert Raymond Dezwaan escaped yesterday from the minimum security unit at a prison in Mission, B.C. Correctional Service Canada said RCMP from the nearby Agassiz detachment apprehended Dezwaan at around 11:15 a.m. PT Saturday morning.

 

Josh Matlow‏ (Ward 22) is tweeting a look inside the Regent Theatre at Mt. Pleasant Rd. and Belsize Drive as the Saturday morning screening of the movie Hop entranced young movie-goers. Isn’t that Molly on the right? Hop is a 2011 tale voiced by Russell Brand, James Marsden and Elizabeth Perkins about the Easter Bunny, his teenage son and the struggles of growing up.

At the time, Joe Natale’s departure from Telus was represented as a simple desire on his part to keep his family in Toronto even as his employer wanted him to move to Vancouver. That was August, 2015 and it was more than a year later in October 2016 that it was announced that Natale would become the new president of Rogers. The Toronto multi-divisional firm that Ted built had abruptly parted with Guy Laurence after less than three years. But Natale couldn’t take the job right away because he had a two-year non-compete settlement from Telus. Two years is a heck of a long time. That’s what Rogers thought too and now it has been revealed that it has worked out a deal with Telus for Natale to take over as boss at Rogers right away. Laurence out abruptly at Rogers to make way for Joe Natale.

The giraffe foal has been born about 9.55 a.m. Saturday, April 15 and can be seen in this live picture. These are scenes from Animal Adventure Park in Harpursvile, New York where the pregnant giraffe has been waiting for many weeks to deliver. Readers of The South Bayview Bulldog are among more than a million people looking at these scenes worldwide at about 10.20 a.m.

A talented artist who is also a barista at the Starbucks at Eglinton Ave. and Warden Ave. is in the charming habit of zipping off caricatures of his customers on the side of their cups. Jason Tocewicz has recently been profiled by the CBC but even before that, his added-value service had made him quite popular. “I try to sneak it in there. I try to make it inconspicuous but it’s kind of become more popular so a lot of people ask for it or are expecting it,” he told Ramna Shahzad.

It seems to be a natural territorial instinct at work. It is something primordial, formed well before the invention of duct tape. Toronto Star 

A pedestrian has died under a streetcar on Spadina Ave. Police say it occurred at Spadina Avenue and Sullivan Street in Chinatown just after 6 p.m. More to come.

 

The Radford family of Hanna Rd. has re-opened the Leaf Shack in their back yard to welcome fans once again as the Leafs meet the Capitals in the first round of the NHL playoffs. The first game went with a fight — Washington 3, Toronto 2 in overtime. But neighborhood fans are invited to the Radfords backyard Saturday to watch the second game on the big screen. Last time the Leaf Shack was open for business was 2013 when more 70 people crowded into the backyard to watch Game 7 of the Leaf’s losing battle for the cup. At the time, Doug Radford, a Toronto paramedic, told The South Bayview Bulldog that the game attracted a crowd of congenial fans most of whom he had never met before. The Leaf Shack concept goes back more than a decade as a Radford family tradition. Here’s the schedule:

• Saturday, 7 p.m.: Maple Leafs @ Capitals, CBC
• Monday, April 17, 7 p.m.: Capitals @ Maple Leafs, CBC
• Wednesday, April 19, 7 p.m.: Capitals @ Maple Leafs, CBC
• Friday, April 21, TBD: Maple Leafs @ Capital
• Sunday, April 23, TBD: Capitals @ Maple Leafs
• Tuesday, April 25, TBD: Maple Leafs @ Capitals