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

A cheeky ‘super baby’ has caused a stir online after managing to climb over two stair gates meant to stop him from leaving his room. Leo Westlake, who is 21-months-old and lives in Falmouth, seamlessly scaled the two metal gates just 10 minutes after his mother put up the safety barrier. The tot was filmed using his arms and feet to pull himself over gate and cleverly placing his toes in between the railings to boost his stability.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kDJ8IpL8n0Q

A medal filled wknd with 13u boys& girls grabbing bronze, 17u girls earning silver premier and 14u girls taking gold in championship!

— Leaside Volleyball (@leasidevbc) January 29, 2017

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East York Historical Society Meeting
Tuesday, January 31st, 7:00 PM
S. Walter Stewart Library, 170 Memorial Park Avenue
Presenter: Dr. William Humber, Seneca College
Topic: Three Great Canadians

Agnes Macphail Speaking Contest
Wednesday, February 22nd, 7:00 PM
East York Civic Centre, 850 Coxwell Avenue

Agnes Macphail Award Ceremony
Friday, March 24th
East York Civic Centre, 850 Coxwell Avenue

[UPDATE! The lab’s owner has been located! Thanks everyone for their help!]

Arlene Attwood‎ posted to the Sunnybrook Dog Park Association Facebook group saying that she found a lab wandering at Bayview and Glenvale. Visit the Facebook page and contact her if he’s yours.

Doctors in revolt against their professional body came close but failed to fire the head of the Ontario Medical Association Sunday in a raucous meeting. The meeting did however issue a 55 percent rebuke of no-confidence in the OMA leadership. The drama took place at a meeting of the 260-member governing council of the OMA. But a vote to remove Virginia Walley and her six-member board did not gain the two-thirds majority needed to win. It did however garner nearly 50 peer cent support, a considerable slap at the executive. Many physicians want to engage in some form of job action after the OMA agreed to a salary package with the province that was later rejected by the membership. The OMA represents 29,000 doctors. It warned in December that job action – including moves that could affect patients was on the table. So far the provincial government refuses to submit its talks with doctors to binding arbitration.

Justin Bieber got a taste of NHL hockey and the Staples Center glass Saturday, courtesy of NHL great Chris Pronger. The pop star responded by showing off skills that would not have looked out of place in his native Canada during a celebrity exhibition game. Bieber was driven into the boards in the first half by a laughing Pronger, who spent 18 years in the league as a hard-nosed defenceman. The singer responded with an empty-net goal and an assist as Team Gretzky beat Team Lemieux 5-3 in the 2017 NHL All-Star Celebrity Shootout. Toronto Sun

ICYMI: Chris Pronger introduced Justin Bieber to the glass last night.
(via @StLouisBlues) pic.twitter.com/c3stN11RKc

— NBC Sports Hockey (@NBCSportsHockey) January 29, 2017

Rosedale’s Finest prepared food at 408 Summerhill Ave., the Starving Artist waffle house on Mt. Pleasant Rd. south of Millwood Rd. and Mastek Mobiles and Computers at 465 Manor Rd. They were having a staff meeting at Rosedale’s Finest Sunday because Monday is opening day. This is the creation of Jameson Watermulder, former chief cook at Summerhill Market, just down the street. At the Starving Artist, they say they are hoping to be open in about ten days. Thing are shaping up inside. And Mastek Electronics, which The Bulldog reported on earlier this month, also seems ready go this week.

The Trudeau government says it has received assurances that Canadian passport holders will not be caught up in an American travel ban that has barred citizens of seven countries from entering the United States. This apparently includes people who are dual citizens of the seven largely Muslim countries from which immigration to the US is temporarily banned. An email from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s office late Saturday said the U.S. has given assurances that Canadians with dual citizenship will not be turned away at the border. It was widely reported earlier that the new US “extreme vetting” rules for citizens of certain Muslim countries applies to Canadians who hold dual citizenship in those lands and would bar them from the US. The realization of this caused Canada to inquire about just what in meant in full. The countries whose citizens are banned for 90 days are Iran, Iraq, Sudan, Somalia, Syria, Yemen and Libya. Canada is among the most generous of countries in permitting dual citizenship, a function of its enormous land mass and quite small population. In the US and across the world, people were confused and in some cases very concerned. They arrived in the US only to be interned or sent back to their starting country. Some were on board a plane when the order was signed.