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Students have fun with phonics at Children’s Garden School

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The Children’s Garden School year is off to a great start. The JKs are already well into their phonics program, learning their letter sounds and the differences between vowels and consonants. Students add letters as they build their ‘train’, one sound at a time. Vowel ‘cars’ in the train are always coloured red to remind the children that they play a special role in every word. CGS students are working well beyond public school expectations at this grade level. Working with their teachers in small groups allows for focused instruction. Boys, often thought not to enjoy language arts at this stage, thrive in this structured atmosphere.

JK classes for the 2017/18 school year are full but there is space available for the 2018/19 school year. Registration is just around the corner on November 16. Book your tour today to see what CGS can offer your child. Is your child still not adjusting to their SK classroom? Spaces available now. New SK students will start at the beginning of the phonics program and will get the full benefit that JK students receive. Find out more at cgsschool.com or call Director of Admission, Kelly Scott at 416 423 5017 x 43.

Merc gets smacked where Bayview meets Parkhurst/Soudan

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Yet another crash has been reported to the Bulldog this afternoon.  It happened just before 4pm on September 29th, 2017 at the intersection of Bayview Avenue and Parkhurst Blvd/Soudan Ave. The Mercedes Benz sustained damage when a smaller car, reportedly crashed into it.  The airbag in the Benz was deployed.  Bits and pieces of the smaller vehicle can be seen littered on the road. (Photos: Ian Smith)

Thunderstorm with hail surprises Toronto this afternoon

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Bayview is calling for artists from ages 8 to 80 this Saturday

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This weekend’s Bayview Leaside BIA’s Apple Fest will see their 1st Apple Chalk Art Competition! Come out Saturday, September 30th and draw your heart out for a chance to win the top prize of $200 cash!  Starting at noon artists will be picked on a first come first serve basis, with all chalk supplied. Be sure to come to the Bayview Leaside BIA tent that will be set up on the North West Corner of Bayview and Millwood to sign up, grab your supplies and be directed to your sidewalk area. Our judges, The Bayview Leaside BIA Pixies, will be announcing the winners at 4:30pm on Saturday.

FIRST LOOK: Cumbrae’s new “Bayview beast” is now open

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WEATHER ALERT: Possibility of funnel clouds in TO today

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3:13 PM EDT Thursday 07 September 2017
Weather advisory in effect for:
City of Toronto
Conditions will be favourable for the development of funnel clouds today.
Scattered thunderstorms across Southern Ontario will continue into this evening.
Some of the thunderstorms will bring dime sized hail, wind gusts to 70 km/h and frequent lightning.
Funnel clouds may also make a brief appearance this afternoon in this unseasonably cool and unstable air mass.
Thunderstorms are expected to dissipate later this evening.
These types of funnel clouds are generated by weak rotation under rapidly growing clouds or weak thunderstorms. This weak rotation is normally not a danger near the ground. However, there is a chance that this rotation could intensify and become a weak landspout tornado.
Treat any funnel cloud sighting seriously. Should a funnel cloud develop nearby, prepare to take shelter. These funnel clouds usually appear with little or no warning.
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.

Much-loved Cody guard Mona Piper retires after 43 years

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Much-loved crossing guard Mona Piper has served the kids, parents and staff of Maurice Cody School just around the corner from her home for 43 years. Now she has suffered an injury and fallen ill as well. She must retire. She spoke with Tom Hayes of Global News.

Creepy, balloon bearing beings are scaring downtown TO

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Don’t worry, these child-sized figures are not aliens or something from another dimension. They are part of a marketing stunt for the upcoming Stephen King movie, It. Much of the movie was filmed in Toronto and is scheduled to be released September 7th. The stunt has its own hashtag: #WheresGeorgieTO. The Warner Brothers Canada Instagram account states, “Have you found Georgie? Post your photo with #WheresGeorgieTO for a chance to #WIN a private screening of #ITMovie!” Get snapping Toronto. If you dare.

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Gas leak reported on South Leaside construction site

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“Shelter” for those evacuated from their homes

Several blocks of south Leaside were blocked off from traffic Tuesday and many people were evacuated when crews replacing the water main broke a natural gas line Residents said the people in the block of Rumsey Rd. between Crofton Rd. and Parkhurst Blvd were ordered out of their homes. One woman, the owner of 182 Rumsey, was walking her dog only to hear sirens and rush home. Police would not let her into the street until she told them her ten-year old son was still in the home. She said the rupture occurred outside her front door. Police ordered a large bus to the scene to accommodate those who needed to rest for the estimated three-hour repair job to be done. No injuries were reported.

ICYMI: New parking violation dispute process starts today

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City set to remove parking ticket adjudication from courts

The Pixies celebrate Bayview’s strange new contraption

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The Bayview-Leaside BIA Pixies are celebrating Monday as they use their new water source for the first time. As always, we thank the Pixies for their time and hard work spent keeping Bayview beautiful! Previous: The strange new addition to Bayview and Belsize

Molly’s Game and Downsizing screenings at TIFF 2017

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We all remember when Jessica Chastain and the film crew of Molly’s Game visited South Bayview over the winter of 2016/2017. Molly’s Game, directed by Aaron Sorkin, was filmed in numerous locations throughout our great city.  Many Torontonians are excited to learn that the world premiere of the film will be at TIFF (Toronto International Film Festival) this year.

TIFF will also feature a special presentation and Canadian Premiere of Downsizing, starring Matt Damon and Kristen Wiig. Matt, Kristen and crew were spotted in Leaside last summer filming some scenes from this film.

Screenshot from Molly’s Game trailer
Film set captured by The South Bayview Bulldog in 2016
Recognize the location of this screenshot from Molly’s Game Trailer?
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MOLLY’S GAME: Aaron Sorkin’s directorial debut stars Jessica Chastain and Idris Elba in the true story of Molly Bloom, proprietor of Hollywood’s most exclusive high-stakes poker game for a decade before being shut down by the FBI.

DOWNSIZING: Matt Damon headlines a cast that includes Kristen Wiig, Christoph Waltz, Hong Chau, Laura Dern, Jason Sudeikis, Alec Baldwin, and Neil Patrick Harris in Alexander Payne’s sci-fi social satire about a man who chooses to shrink himself (literally) to simplify his life.

See you on the red carpet!