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Amber alert issued this morning has been cancelled.  Police say that a 4-year-old child has been found safe in the running car which was stolen from the driveway of her home on Romanway Crescent near Jane Street and Lawrence Avenue at around 6 a.m. The vehicle was “in the Division” which is 12 Division.

If you’re having trouble with your Rogers email account Thursday evening, don’t worry, you’re not alone. Rogers technical support writes, “We are currently experiencing technical difficulties with the email servers. Our technical team is aware of the issue though and working on having that resolved ASAP”.

Frank and Nora, proprietors of Rosie’s Kitchen, the friendly breakfast and lunch spot at 1549 Bayview Ave. will retire at the end of June. The congenial couple has spent the years since their arrival in Canada in 2004 from the Republic of Korea toiling at the making of omelettes, schnitzel, soup and salads. Their warmth and consistency made Rosie’s seem indispensable to the legions of customers who eat there. The couple worked seven days a week until June 2015 when they decided to take it easy, and close the cafe on Mondays, leaving them with a lighter 6 day work week. Now, it seems, we will all have to do without their cheery welcome and wholesome food. They say it is time to put their feet up or perhaps do some travelling.

“As you can see in the video, Barack and I both fell many times, but we kept trying again and again and made progress over the days. We were neck and neck until the last run on the last day, when I got up on the foilboard and screamed along for over 50 metres, three feet above the water. I was feeling very pleased with myself, only to look over and see Barack go 100 metres on his kiteboard! I had to doff my cap to him and celebrate his victory.” — Richard Branson

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Today is The Queen’s Sapphire Jubilee marking 65 years on the throne. A 62 round gun salute by the Honourable Artillery Company is being fired at the Tower of London. The bells at Westminster Abbey will ring for 45 minutes from 1pm, GMT.

The last two weeks have been a roller coaster ride here at the South Bayview Bulldog. Due to server issues, the site has been up and down more often than we can count on our fingers and toes. We have taken steps to commence the migration of all of our articles over to a new home. We hope there will not be any down time, but if it happens, rest assured, we’ll be back up and running soon! For up-to-the-minute updates you can always check our Facebook and Twitter newsfeeds. Our new host, Bluehost, is rated among the most reliable of web servers and is the official WordPress recommended provider. We believe service will be more reliable and faster when the changeover is complete. We thank all our friends and followers in Leaside, Thorncliffe, Davisville, Sherwood Park, Moore Park, Deer Park, Rosedale, Lawrence Park and throughout Toronto for their kind understanding. — Publishers.

Home Depot at 101 Wicksteed Ave. in Leaside will hold a job fair as it seeks new employees this Thursday, February 2, 2017 between 6 and 9 p.m. It is one of a series of events planned by Home Depot across Canada as it prepares to hire as many as 240 people. Home Depot is well known as an employer of able bodied senior people. Details on how to prepare are at this link.

Toronto is plunging into a deep freeze forecast to last at least a week. We will see a low of minus 10 Sunday night and comparable nighttime lows during the week.

The well-known resident of North Leaside, Sheila Attridge Burns (May 10, 1924 – January 24, 2017) has died. Sheila Burns was a teacher of English as a second language at Northlea Public School and a member of Northlea United Church where she was a member of the United Church Women and a dedicated volunteer. She was similarly generous with her time on behalf of Canadian Blood Services. A remembrance service will be held in Northlea United on Saturday, February 4th at 2 p.m. with visiting from 1 p.m. The full obituary may be read at the Humphrey Funeral Home site.

Dr. Janet (Jinty) McGoey (1918-2017) died peacefully on Friday, January 27. Her distinguished career as a physician, wife and mother began in the village of Aberfoyle, Scotland. She was encouraged by her family and a local physician to attend medical school at Glasgow University, a feat made possible by a Carnegie scholarship and her own determination. She completed her surgical internship in 1941 and was sent to Hairmyers Hospital in Lanarkshire. It was here she was thrown together by wartime chance with her husband-to-be Dr. Paul McGoey. He was senior intern of a Canadian medical unit sent to Hairmyers to help with the wounded. It is recorded that they married on May 10, 1943, with each returning to the operating room within hours of the ceremony. The family will receive friends at the Humphrey Funeral Home A.W. Miles – Newbigging Chapel, 1403 Bayview Avenue from 4 to 8 p.m. on Friday, February 3, 2017. A Mass will be held in ST. CHRISTOPHER’S CATHOLIC CHURCH, 1171 Clarkson Road North, Mississauga on Saturday, February 4th at 11 o’clock. Reception to follow at the church. If desired, in lieu of flowers, a memorial donation to The Compass Outreach Centre, 310 Lakeshore Road West, Mississauga, Ontario, L5H 1G8, may be made. Full obituary