The Bulldog

Burnside won in Leaside, Parker in Thorncliffe

The City of Toronto Thursday published the official results from Monday’s general election. This information includes voting by subdivision and in the case of Ward 26, shows that Jon Burnside won in as many as 37 of the riding’s subdivisions. Burnside is shown to have done well in the more affluent neighborhoods of old Leaside and Bennington Heights. The lawn sign count in advance of the election signalled this type of outcome. John Parker, the incumbent, won in 16 subdivisions almost all of them in Thorncliffe Park and Flemingdon. Ishrath Velshi drew strength here as well although it does not appear she won any of the subdivisions. 

“Merchant” wins CFIB small business contest

Dan Kelly (right) is seen with Rob and Pam Horwood of South Bayview’s Merchant of Tennis. Kelly is CEO of the Canadian Federation of Independent Business and he presented the Merchant with the CFIB designation of Canada’s Favourite Small Business. The contest used hashtag #MyFavSmallBiz and relied upon customers to tweet the CFIB as to which company was their favourite. 

Dump truck box blows away Highway 400 sign

Highway 400 was closed at mid-morning as the transportation department worked to remove an overhead sign at Teston Road that was heavily damaged before dawn by a dump truck with the box up. The structure of the sign has been damaged by the truck so the supports of the sign will have to be removed along with the sign, OPP said. (Note to dump truck engineers: They put rear view signals in cars. How about something on the dashboard that alerts a driver that the box is up? Or do they just like to bomb around this way?)  Photo:video capture CP24. 

Burned body found under St.Clair Ave. E. bridge

A burned body in an odd setting of spray cans and candles has been found under the St. Clair Ave. E bridge on the western edge of Moore Park. Police were called to the location about 8.30 Wednesday night (October 29, 2014). When paramedics arrived, they found a badly burned body at the scene, surrounded by candles and spray paint cans. The victim has not yet been identified. Police say they’re waiting for the results of an autopsy to rule out foul play