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TONIGHT: McSorley’s Customer Appreciation Party

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A message from the McSorley’s BigWigs, “We are pleased to announce our customer appreciation party will be taking place Friday May 5th between 3-5pm. Join us for live music from Shawn Brady, some drinks, some apps & all around great time. During the evening our favorite magician Chris Westfall will be making an encore appearance from his usual Wednesday night magic show to wow all of you between 6:30-8:30pm.  If you can please join us. We really want to thank all of you for making this one of the best bars in Toronto for over 25 years!”

Severe thunderstorm watch issued for Toronto and GTA

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Severe Thunderstorm Watch – Issued at 10:47 Monday 01 May 2017

Conditions are favourable for the development of severe thunderstorms that may be capable of producing strong wind gusts up to 90 km/h and heavy rain this afternoon and early evening.

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Strong wind gusts can toss loose objects, damage weak buildings, break branches off trees and overturn large vehicles. Heavy downpours can cause flash floods and water pooling on roads.

Severe thunderstorm watches are issued when atmospheric conditions are favourable for the development of thunderstorms that could produce one or more of the following: large hail, damaging winds, torrential rainfall.

Please continue to monitor alerts and forecasts issued by Environment Canada. To report severe weather, send an email to ec.cpio-tempetes-ospc-storms.ec@canada.ca or tweet reports using #ONStorm.

For more information:
http://www.emergencymanagementontario.ca/english/beprepared/beprepared.html.

Cumbrae’s chipping away at 1589-1591 Bayview

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As Cumbrae’s continue their transformation of 1589-1591 Bayview Avenue into a big new butcher shop, workers can be seen chipping away at the façade of what was once a TD Bank branch (back in the 1990’s). Cumbrae’s is a veteran of the street with its busy store located at 1636 Bayview. The dynamic high-end meat and specialty food retailer will convert the new larger space to the complex environment needed for a sophisticated butcher shop. We are looking forward to when the new store is finally revealed. Previous

FIRST LOOK: Grand opening of Whole Foods – Leaside

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The South Bayview Bulldog visited the shiny new Whole Foods located at 1860 Bayview Avenue, at Broadway this morning.

Leaside Village: ATG to close, make way for Brewhouse

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Against the Grain Urban Tavern in the Leaside Village will close April 28, The South Bayview Bulldog has learned. Sources also confirm that Amsterdam Brewery will renovate the Laird Drive location and open an Amsterdam BrewHouse later this year. This will compliment Amsterdam’s “Tap Room, Brewery & Store”, which opened in 2012 around the corner at 45 Esandar Drive, in the Leaside Business Park.

THIS WEEK: Tele Town Hall and Laird Station open house

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The Crosstown’s Communications & Community Relations Team is hosting a tele town hall on Tuesday, April 18, 2017 from 7pm-8pm. Residents from Yonge to Don Mills are invited to join in a live and interactive Crosstown conversation. If you live in this area, Crosstown will be calling you, and if you’d like to participate or listen in, all you have to do is stay on the line when they call. Here’s the message area residents received earlier week:

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Tele town halls are live and interactive phone meetings – very similar to a radio call-in show. The Crosstown’s tele town halls will provide residents along the Eglinton corridor an opportunity to ask our project team whatever’s on your mind. If you are interested in participating, but don’t have a landline, you can still join. You can connect to the call from your cellular phone by dialing 1-877-229-8493, ID Code: 112697 at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday, April 18. Alternatively, you can tune into The Crosstown Facebook page, where they will have a link to a web audio stream.

Thursday April 20th, 2017 at Leaside Memorial Gardens, 6:30pm-8:30pm. Learn about the future Laird Station, one of 15 underground stations on the new Eglinton line now under construction. Join Metrolinx and its constructor, Crosslinx Transit Solutions (CTS), at an open house to find out what construction is happening in your neighbourhood, why it needs to happen, how it may impact you, who to contact if you have questions/concerns, when construction is happening.

Beaver mesmerizes Saskatchewan cattle — how Canadian!

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Saskatchewan rancher Adrienne Ivey might have heard of a beaver, but until now, had never seen a beaver herd. Cattle, that is. On Friday, Ivey and her husband were surprised to see 150 of their heifers crowded together in one of their pastures. Curious about the strange behaviour, they investigated further, to find the herd of cattle following a beaver that had wandered along. “He was out and about, I think looking for a new place to build a beaver lodge, and they were following him,” Ivey said. “There was about a three-foot space around him. They didn’t want to get closer than that.” According to Ivey, heifers, young cows that haven’t had a calf before, are more inquisitive than the average bovine, which may have led to the cows following the beaver. “They’re a curious bunch,” she said. “They’re kind of like teenagers. And I think they were following this thing around because they couldn’t figure out what the heck it was.” Ivey thought the odd event was even more notable considering the beaver is Canada’s national symbol. “We just thought this was so funny and so Canadian,” she said. “A Canadian beaver leading around a bunch of Canadian cattle just makes it even more funny.” Ivey said they have a number of sloughs and wetlands on the ranch, and often see beavers walking around. The couple farms near Ituna, 135 km northeast of Regina. CBC Facebook

Free firewood at Randolph and Malcolm until it’s gone

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Nothing is a bigger indicator of spring-in-the air more than the sound of chainsaws hard at work.  The Bulldog happened by this man taking down one of the big ol’ Leaside maples Wednesday.  He was offering free wood to all passersby.

Relief from April showers on the horizon next week

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If the gray skies and rain over the last few days have got you down, there is some sunshine in the forecast to lift your spirits. As we know, weather can surprise us, but right now, the weather experts are expecting temperatures to reach 20 or more degrees on Monday with partly sunny skies!  Let’s keep our fingers crossed.  In the mean time, keep that umbrella handy as we’re getting more rain tonight.  A special weather statement has been issued warning of “significant April rain on the way”.  They also mentioned the s-word.  Yes, there could be some snow mixed with all of that rain.

Eglinton TBM “Humber” surfaces between Holly, Dunfield

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Local Community Environment Days for 2017

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Councillor Robinson, Ward 25
Date: Saturday, April 8
Time: 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Location: York Mills C.I., 490 York Mills Road – East Parking Lot

Councillor Davis, Ward 31
Date: Tues. May 16
Time: 4:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
Location: East York Memorial Arena Parking Lot, 888 Cosburn Ave.

Councillor Carmichael Greb, Ward 16
Date: Tues. May 23
Time: 4:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
Location: North Toronto Memorial Arena, 174 Orchardview Blvd. (off Yonge St., north of Eglinton Ave. W.)

Councillor Matlow, Ward 22
Date: Thurs. June 1
Time: 4:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
Location: North Toronto Memorial Arena, 174 Orchardview Blvd. (off Yonge St., north of Eglinton Ave. W.)

Councillor Fragedakis, Ward 29
Date: Thurs. June 22
Time: 4:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
Location: Dieppe Park, 455 Cosburn Ave. (east of Greenwod Ave.)

Councillor Burnside, Ward 26
Date: Sat. August 12
Time: 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Location: Leaside Memorial Community Gardens, 1073 Millwood Rd.

More info: City Website

April Fool’s Day wrap up 

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What was once a day to play silly pranks with your pals has evolved into a day where some of the world’s largest corporations join in the fun.  Global news has a nice summary of some of the pranks that took place this April 1st. Fun! Did you fall for any if them?

https://instagram.com/p/BSWhCuPlYwh/