Residents of Hillsdale Avenue East, between Bayview and Cleveland awoke to the sounds of fire crews putting out a car on fire on their otherwise quiet street. Tweets from emergency responders’ feeds show that the call went out approximately 7am, traffic was blocked in both directions at this time. Just after 7:30am, TPS Ops declared that the fire had been extinguished.
Fire: Hillsdale Ave E and Cleveland St
-Fire is out#GO600334
^ka— Toronto Police Operations (@TPSOperations) April 4, 2018
This year’s Canadian International AutoShow wrapped up in Toronto yesterday. The Bulldog stopped by for a quick visit. Auto Exotica, presented by Castrol and the National Post, was truly a sight to see.
Koenigsegg Agera RS (presented by Pfaff McLaren)
The AutoShow website created much anticipation for this one. “The star attraction in Auto Exotica this year will be a vehicle making its first introduction to Canada – the World’s Fastest Production Car – the Koenigsegg Agera RS. On Nov. 4, 2017, Koenigsegg AB took the Agera RS to the Nevada desert and smashed five existing production car speed records, including setting the highest top speed achieved by a production vehicle at 457.94 km/h, (284.55 mph).”
Pagani Huayra Roadster (presented by Pfaff McLaren)
Our personal show favourite, this was a piece of art. No need to be a gearhead to appreciate the workmanship that went into this stunning hypercar. Absolutely breathtaking. We learned that only 100 of this Italian beauty will be produced, each one at a cost of €2.28 million.
2018 McLaren 720S Velocity by MSO (presented by Pfaff McLaren)
Aston Martin DB11 V8 (presented by Grand Touring Automobiles)
Bugatti Chiron (presented by Grand Touring Automobiles)
Karma Revero (presented by Grand Touring Automobiles)
70 Years of Porsche Exhibit
The Bayview Leaside BIA Pixies did their first clean up shift of the year today. Debora Kuchme tells the Bulldog, “How perfect that our first coffee break of the year was at Creeds for their opening day! Great coffee, great treats! We’ll be back!”
Ashakiran, a 13-year-old female greater one-horned rhino, gave birth to a male calf on Thursday, January 4, 2018, at 11:04 am.
12:36 Daily has alerted us to the City’s call for a Rabbit/Cat Cuddling Volunteer. Seriously.
Opportunity Details: Volunteers play with the cats and rabbits in the shelters to help with their socialization skills. This is a rewarding experience for the volunteer, but also crucial to the physical and mental well-being of the animals in our care, and helps them get adopted.
Where: All Toronto Animal Services’ shelters.
Time Commitment: The amount of time is flexible based on the volunteer’s schedule, but the volunteer should be able to identify a consistent time slot they are able to come. (e.g. Every Wednesday from 1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.). Volunteers are also required to attend an orientation and review the TAS Volunteer manual.
How to Apply: Contact 416-338-0934 or taspartnerships@toronto.ca.
Hulu’s The Handmaid’s Tale walked away with the 2018 Golden Globe for Best TV Series in the Drama category. While Handmaid’s Tale star Elisabeth Moss won Best Actress in a Drama TV Series. Handmaid’s Tale is based on Margaret Atwood’s novel of the same name. As many of you know, Ms. Atwood is a Leaside High School alumna, who graduated in 1957. During Moss’ Golden Globes speech, she dedicated a moment to pay tribute to the novel’s author, “this is for you and all of the women who came before you and after you who were brave enough to speak out against intolerance and injustice and to fight for equality and freedom in this world. We no longer live in the blank white spaces at the edge of print, we no longer live in the gaps between the stories, we are the story in print and we are writing the story ourselves.” We tip our hat to you, Ms Atwood!
Amazing! @HandmaidsOnHulu https://t.co/burOe9cP01
— Margaret E Atwood (@MargaretAtwood) January 8, 2018
How to get your $25 Loblaw card after company’s bread price-fixing admission
BUT SHOULD YOU REGISTER?
Class action lawsuit lawyer says read the fine print first. “Make sure you’re not giving away any rights to take part in the class action in exchange for what is basically a coupon to a grocery store,” Joey Zukran, of Montreal-based LPC Avocat Inc. told CTV News Channel. CTV
Windows are papered over at McSorley’s Saloon & Grill, 1544 Bayview Ave, and the notice reads: “WE ARE RENOVATING!!! We will be closed from Sunday January 7th @ 9PM until Tuesday January 9th @ 4PM.”
Looks like we’ll have to wait until Wednesday to order our soup & sandwich lunch special.
Thousands of customers were in the dark just after 6:00 am this morning, making the first day back to school after the Christmas break a challenging one. Snow was falling outside slowing traffic while the power outage halted the subway trains between Broadview and Woodbine stations. Toronto Hydro blamed Hydro One for this morning’s calamity. The outage affected approximately 20,000 customers from St. Clair Ave. E. to Lakeshore Blvd., and between Yonge St. and Victoria Park Ave. At approximately 8:15 am, power was restored and the TTC was able to resume subway service, leaving shuttle buses in place to make up for the packed rail cars.
East end outage: Power has now been restored. Thanks to @HydroOne for working quickly to get electricity flowing again (and Monday morning coffee!) pic.twitter.com/fSIcpRa1yO
— Toronto Hydro (@TorontoHydro) January 8, 2018
TTC announced this morning that the 352 Lawrence West bus is back to its regular routing. So, it would appear that the water main has been repaired. The southbound ramp from Bayview to Lawrence Avenue East was closed Sunday evening. Toronto police had a vehicle blocking vehicles from accessing the ramp. Large amounts of water had pooled on Bayview Avenue, causing cars to proceed with caution or risk hydroplaning.
ALL CLEAR: The delay at Lawrence and Bayview is now clear and 352 Lawrence West has resumed regular routing. #TTC
— TTC Service Alerts (@TTCnotices) January 8, 2018
HAZARD: On ramp from S/B Bayview to W/B Lawrence, ice from nearby watermain break making driving conditions hazardous, @311Toronto notified for salters but please be careful driving in the area #GO39293 ^rr pic.twitter.com/XfaQALNxQb
— Toronto Police Operations (@TPSOperations) January 7, 2018
COLLISION: Mt Pleasant/Belsize, 2 vehicles, minor injuries, @TorontoMedics there with us, best to avoid area as it will be congested for a while #GO38915 ^rr pic.twitter.com/bRyGlQRzhc
— Toronto Police Operations (@TPSOperations) January 7, 2018
Seeing trailers promoting Molly’s Game, now playing in Theatres, brings back memories of when the crew descended upon South Bayview to film some scenes of the feature film. Good times.
