The one and only Incredi-BOWL HULK-ettes

Lawn Summer Nights is among the most entertaining charity events held in Leaside mainly because of the zany costumes and names adopted by enthusiastic young people raising money to battle Cystic Fibrosis. Thursday evening the Leaside Lawn Bowling Club on Hanna Rd. once again hosted teams with names like Guaca-BOWLE, High BOWLERS, The BOWL-erinas and above, The Incredi-BOWL Hulk-ettes both front and back. Savour the lovely evening below. Lawn Summer Nights madcaps help fight Cystic Fibrosis 

Toronto Police are hoping this surveillance video capture will identify the thief who stole a Vitess high-speed bicycle from a home in Moore Park. This incident occurred Friday, June 26, 2015, at about 8:56 p.m. when the unknown man removed a custom-made road-racing bicycle which was attached to a parked vehicle on Inglewood Drive in the St.Clair Avenue and Mt. Pleasant Road area  The bike is valued at 19,097.  The bicycle is described as a Vitess Bespoke, custom-made racing bicycle.

INITIALS S.U.E.G.

The stolen bike has the pale green initials S.U.E.G applied to a dark green frame. These letters are a unique identification  This theft is also a cautionary tale for area residents of the brazen crime The owner had her vehicle backed into the driveway, hiding the bike from the street.  The thief took the time to un-attach the bicycle in broad daylight. He is described as brown with short black hair. He was wearing a light-striped coloured golf shirt, khaki-coloured shorts and grey shoes with white laces.  Anyone with information is asked to contact police at 416-808-5300, Crime Stoppers anonymously at 416-222-TIPS (8477), online at www.222tips.com, text TOR and your message to CRIMES (274637). Download the free Crime Stoppers Mobile App on iTunes, Google Play or Blackberry App World.

A CBC News crew was interviewing an Ontario police officer as a road-rage incident was happening right behind them. Reporter Neil Herland was speaking with OPP Const. Graham Williamson about a fatal collision on Black Creek Drive in Toronto on a nearby overpass, but shouting interrupted the interview, which was quickly captured by CBC camerawoman Tyna Poulin. “There’s a road-rage incident, just right there,” Herland told the officer, who quickly began yelling to intervene. “Hey! Get back in the car,” Williamson yelled. “Both of you, grow up!” Video is very compelling

As everyone is saying, it had to happen. A driver has been caught with a dummy in the passenger’s seat on the Gardiner Expressway eastbound in a sacred Pan Am Games HOV lane. Horrors. Well, perhaps he shouldn’t have done it. But the imposition being placed on the drivers of Toronto by the provincial government in the name of sports (for heaven’s sake) is offensive to say the least. One would think the army was being moved to defend us against the Russians. We are all being treated like dummies by an officious bureaucracy that has whipped up the police to ticket people (of course) for using their own highways. Mayor Tory begged the government to stop the madness but has now fallen silent one supposes in the face of his obdurate provincial superiors

CBC’s Natalie Kalata puts you straight. Dos and Don’t include very few Dos, except maybe paying.

York Region cops say there was “gaming” going on at the Moka cafe in a back room. Some dice and cards with your espresso, it seems. Whatever, it was a deadly combination June 24 when a man (inset) walked into shop and starting shooting. Maria Voci, 47, the owner of the shop, and Christopher de Simone, 24, both of Vaughan, were pronounced dead at the scene on Islington Ave. just south of Hwy. 7. Two other people were sent to hospital, but they have since been released.

The Ontario government has called a review of the City of Toronto Act of 1998 which merged the five communities of Metropolitan Toronto into one big City. If you hadn’t noticed this decision, it isn’t surprising. As former East York Mayor Alan Redway says in a release this week, he has not yet seen a single mention of  this story in the media. The window to participate is tiny and it comes in the dead of summer. Mr. Redway said feels sure that Premier Kathleen Wynne is not aware of this since it is completely out of character with her belief in accessible local government but it is a glaring example of  remote government in action which reinforce the divisions in our city.

The timing is unfortunate to say the least for those who hoped the wisdom of amalgamation would be given a proper airing. The release was July 2, 2015 and the window for calls for written submissions will close on Friday, August 7, 2015. Is this a quick summer kiss-off or what? There will  be no public hearings and as Redway says: “This was not the form of provincial public review that was conducted every 10 years from 1953 to 1997 but apparently as in the name of an old movie This is as good as it gets. There will be no public hearings only written submissions that must be made by mail or email with the name and complete postal address of the sender if it is to be considered.”

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