Month: April 2017

Staff at a McDonald’s in Brampton found a gravely injured Yorkshire Terrier abandoned in a patio after having been in the hands of two men for several hours. The dog was taken to an animal hospital but its injuries were so serious that it to be euthanized. Peel Regional Police and the Ontario Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals launched an animal cruelty investigation on April 19 four days after the incident. One suspect is described as a male with a medium complexion and short, dark hair. He also had a full beard and was wearing a grey sweater, black pants and red and black Nike shoes. Police do not have a detailed description of the second suspect but say he is a male with a medium complexion. Peel police are asking the public to help them identify the men.

Woman is helped to bypass the tape outside Eden pot shop

A holdup at Eden marijuana dispensary at 1625 Bayview led to the early closing of the pot shop as well as the closing of the Merchant of Tennis next door. The yellow crime scene tape to protect the locale was strung an extra doorway to south, for reasons unknown, blocking access to the tennis shop. This holdup was reported to police and there was a heavy presence on the street early in the afternoon. Police have complained that some such holdups are not reported by the pot shop operators. It is the first robbery for the shop, which used to house Whatever Lola Wants, but it has been raided once by police.

Family games night March 19

A meeting for parents Tuesday night at Davisville Public School will hear from Jeff Latto, senior manager of major capital projects and building partnership for the Toronto District School Board. One of his interests in recent times has been the prospect of placing classrooms in taller buildings. An outline was shared by the school’s Twitter account suggesting the meeting will focus on reviewing the design of the New Replacement School and operations during construction.  The proposed replacement for DPS is expected to go to at least a third story in order to maximize use of the costly land at Yonge St and Millwood Rd.

Phil Parsons flanked by Jamie Procunier and Bill Pashby

The Leaside Men’s Winter League tennis group recently held their year-end celebration. The men play Sunday nights and have been doing this since 1984 when some residents of Donlea Dr got together to form the League. This year’s winner as shown above is Phil Parsons with last years winner Jamie Procunier and MC Bill Pashby. Thanks to reader Bob Chapman who sent this along.

Loblaws was struck Monday with a failure of debit — no transactions were possible with the popular form of payment. Some reports said that only cash was being accepted, but others said some credit cards were working. (Bulldog co-publisher successfully purchased groceries at Valumart on Bayview using an RBC Credit Card during the outage.)  These unexpected foul-ups caught many converts to the cashless society flat-footed. As seen above, shopping carts full of groceries were abandoned at the checkout. Nothing like having 10 or 15 green $20 images of her majesty in your purse or pocket when the tap and pay goes down. One wag said that soon we will be able to tell our phone to print some paper money. “Don’t waste your time @LoblawsON tonight — been to 2 stores and CC and Debit are down… does anybody even carry cash anymore?” said one tweet. “Just in case I’m not the last to know this, all debit and credit machines for Loblaws are down in Atlantic Canada. Dominion is cash only,” tweeted another shopper. Customers are notified by in-store announcements over the PA system. On Mar. 22, Shopper’s Drug Mart had a computer outage affecting 1,300 locations that lasted more than two days.

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6:00 and still not fixed. Lines are brutal at St Clair store

— LeMule (@TimLeMule) April 24, 2017

The Toronto Police Service is taking early steps in its expressed intention of divesting itself of the School Crossing Guard program. To begin, it is asking those interested in possibly assuming these duties to provide information to the service on how this might be done. It says that if there “sufficient interest, ability and feasibility of third-party delivery of the program, the TPS may, but is not obligated to, initiate a competitive bidding opportunity.”  News release

True to her activist creed, Premier Kathleen Wynne will introduce a trial program of payments to poorer Ontario residents — “a basic income, no matter what.” The program will see the three-year trial begin immediately in Hamilton, Lindsay and Thunder Bay. The plan is “a basic income pilot project aimed at providing financial stability for low-income residents during a time of precarious work and a changing economy,” the Premier is quoted from remarks in Hamilton. Global News.

NDP Leader Andrea Horwath says that if she is elected Premier in 2018 she will introduce universal pharmacare to the province.  Horwath said the province’s first plan to cover drugs for its 13.6 million citizens would cover 125 drugs, cost an estimated $475 million a year and be fully implemented by 2020.

A man and a young woman apparently his daughter have been injured when they were hit by a pickup truck as they rode a motorcycle north on Yonge St. at Erskine Ave Sunday night. The driver of the pickup drove off but police now say they have found the vehicle although they have not said where. The bike was hit about 8:45 p.m. Sunday when the pickup truck tried to turn left onto Erskine and struck the northbound motorcycle. The injured parties, 54 and 16, are said to be seriously hurt but on the mend.