Toronto police will run a pilot project using three styles of so-called body-worn cameras to obtain what they say will be an “unbiased, accurate account” of interactions with the public. Apart from the likelihood that the video record of interviews and incidents will provide accurate information. it has been found in the U.S. that frequently the cameras have a considerable desirable moderating effect on both the public and police officers.

There is a busy, busy Google Street View Car in South Bayview. It was reported three times yesterday. Here we see it courtesy a Bulldog reader at 1750 Bayview at Eglinton Ave. E. Also, below, Google has announced Friday (May 15, 2015) that its self-drive cars with no controls whatsoever will be out on California streets this weekend.

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AP video story  

The new international bridge between Windsor and Detroit will be known as The Gordie Howe International Bridge. Prime Minister Harper and Governor Rick Snyder made the announcement in Windsor Thursday afternoon alongside three of Howe’s children.

The bridge is estimated to cost $2.1 billion and will be the second bridge in the area linking Canada to the U.S. and is expected to be operational in 2020. The privately-owned Ambassador Bridge was finished in 1929.  Howe himself was not present.

He has been undergoing treatment after suffering a serious stroke. “Back in 2011, Gordie’s son, Marty Howe, told the Windsor Star that he wanted the bridge named after his father.“It would be a nice honour to have the new bridge named after Gordie as he was born in Canada,”

Marty wrote in an e-mail to the newspaper.“He crossed the bridge on his way to Detroit to start his long lasting hockey career.” According to the Detroit Free Press, the idea to name the bridge after Howe, now 87, came from an Ontario Trucking Association official, who suggested it at a hearing in Lansing, Mich., in the summer of 2010.

It isn’t nice to laugh at other people’s distress but the hapless owners of the Starbucks app must really wonder what they were doing when they got it. As told here, hackers can scarf hundreds of dollars from your bank account when you re-load your card. It remains a mystery to many why people want to load money up to fat-cat Starbucks for stuff its going to give them in a couple of weeks. Oh yes, Starbucks best advice to those still using the app is to create a stronger password. We love that. Let’s see, the closer to forgettable the better, right?  Or, you could just throw down a couple of loonies and get your coffee.

 

Ticketing and towing — it is a way of life on South Bayview. Main picture sees a woman who “just went in and out to get some baby food” arguing with PKE27.  Inset, a towing dispute settles in on Hillsdale Ave the other night.  It  required the parking enforcement officer, a police officer, a supervisor and a tow truck. And the motorist and her children. What fun.

The Bulldog said she was owed a debt of gratitude from all civilized people but her own grit has done Shauna Hunt a world of good as her confrontation with the filthy language jackasses goes around the world with loving regard from fellow scribes everywhere. Can an offer from CBS be far behind? We hope for the best. Really. If one searches the name of Ms Hunt this Thursday (May 14, 2015) on Google News it yields no fewer than 25 pages of stories about this incident. That would beat the pants off just about any other story you can think of.

Police have an excellent picture of a man they think is connected to break-ins on cars in Scarborough. With any luck, they will know who he is quite soon. The security camera pictures shows a man using a credit card that was stolen from a vehicle on Friday, May 8, 2015. Oh oh. That’s a clue.