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Chris Hyndman, co-host of Steven and Chris found dead

Baby sloth no slouch at task of winning hearts on Internet

Thank you BBC Breakfast for sharing this video of a baby sloth and his fuzzy companion at the London Zoo. Happy Friday.

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Smashed glass at Baskin Robbins on South Bayview

baskin-break-inAn overnight break-in at the newly renovated Baskin Robbins at the corner of Bayview and Millwood was a very impolite welcome to the brand new franchisee.  Reports say that the back door of Big Man’s Pizza was also compromised. Bulldog reader Claudia Vargas Thompson took her to Baskin Robbins and only to find out that a window had been smashed. “Raj, the new franchisee, told us he had had visitors last night (unwanted, of course). He looked truly concerned. Hopefully things get better for him soon. We wish him much success in this new location” Claudia wrote Baskin Robbins store re-opens 

Top Gear trio to make show for Amazon streaming service

_84571539_creditamazonprimevideo[1]Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May will be making a (yet-to-be-named) show for Amazon Prime streaming service.  They will working with former Top Gear executive producer Andy Wilman.  The show is expected to be available worldwide in 2016.  More: BBC

Creative couple invent South Eglinton game SERR-OPOLY

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South Eglinton residents Sharon and Al, volunteers with South Eglinton Ratepayers’ and Residents’ Association (SERRA) have created a wonderful conversation piece that will be debuted at the SERRA table, at Davisville Farmers Market’s Cause Day on Tues. Aug 4th, 3-7 p.m.  Serr-opoly is a fun way to initiate conversation about some very serious topics.  The board game covers everything from high rise development to heritage trees.  Are you willing to roll the dice against the OMB?  Be sure to visit Sharon, Al and the rest of the SERRA gang next week at the Davisville Farmers Market.

Odour in RBC brings fire services to South Bayview

hazmat-call-rbc-bayview-belsizeA strange odour in the Royal Bank at Bayview & Belsize, plus some staff members complaining of sore throats has prompted a call to the Toronto Fire Services to investigate.  Angela Lam of Stainton, Murray & Lam located on 2nd floor, above RBC has informed The Bulldog that at approximately 10:30am she was permitted to return to her office, while the bank remains evacuated.  Fire services are unsure what has caused the odour but it does not appear to be toxic.

Beloved African elephant, Iringa, has died in California

paws-iringaThe Performing Animal Welfare Society (PAWS) announced yesterday that they made the decision to humanely euthanize Iringa. The wildlife sanctuary in San Andreas, California stated that she had a long history of degenerative joint and foot disease, which is the leading reasons for euthanizing elephants in captivity.  PAWS President Ed Stewart would like us to know that “PAWS sends its most heartfelt condolences to the Toronto Zoo staff, the people of Toronto, and to all those who loved Iringa. Along with them, PAWS will miss this very special and dear elephant”.  Iringa was born in Mozambique, Africa, in 1969 and lived at the Toronto Zoo from 1974 to 2013. Toronto’s Iringa, Toka and Thika arrived at PAWS in October 2013 following the zoo’s decision to end its elephant program. (Photo: PAWS Press Release)

Stranded orca kept alive for 6 hours in BC

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CBC Story

Captain Canada & his teammates will jump on Thursday

Starting Gate Communications has shared a fantastic photo album of Canada’s show jumpers competing at the TORONTO 2015 Pan American Games yesterday. All team members (Canada’s Yann Candele of Caledon, ON, Tiffany Foster of North Vancouver, BC, Eric Lamaze of Schomberg, ON, and Ian Millar of Perth, ON) jumped clear in the 1st qualifying round. The team and individual equestrian show jumping competitions continue on Thursday at the OLG Caledon Pan Am Equestrian Park.

Pop-up shoe store “Stop N Shop” at 1661 South Bayview

Head on over to 1661 Bayview Ave to check out the selection of shoes at “Stop N Shop Toronto”. Aasad tells The South Bayview Bulldog that he has discounted prices on European brands such as Peter Kaiser (England), Mam’zelle (France) and France Mode (France).  If you’re lucky enough to be size 37 then he said that there are approximately 400 samples just waiting to be snapped up by lucky South Bayview shoppers. He’s expecting to be on Bayview for 30 days.

Mayor John Tory goes ‘West’ on Toronto subway

Like a true Canadian, Mayor Tory takes part in a little self-deprecating humour.  Must admit, the Bulldog might have let out a little snort for this one. Nice going Mr. Tory.

Canadian Ellie Black at top of Pan Am leaderboard

After winning her third gold medal of the games this afternoon, Halifax gymnast Ellie Black is sitting at the top of the rankings with 5 medals in total. Women’s All Around (Gold), Women’s Beam (Gold), Women’s Floor (Gold), Women’s Team (Silver), Women’s Vault (Bronze).