Crescendo International Compeitions/Crescendo

Broadview Danforth BIA/BIA

C-Flats Jazz Band/Leaside United Church

Wildcats Fundraiser

Future of Danforth Ave.meeting

Don Valley alight/Alexandre Oliveira

Aspiring young talents aged 3 to 22 are being invited to audition at the Crescendo International Competition tryouts at Lawrence Park Community Church on December 6. Crescendo is an international volunteer agency dedicated to finding and helping talented musicians. The local contact is Eliza Wong Upper right, the Broadview Danforth BIA has tweeted this picture of Remembrance Day cookies now on sale at Dough Bakery, 173 Danforth. What a nice idea. Below that, a suggestion from the Leaside United Church C-Flats Jazz Band to come along to a Monday rehearsal and see what it’s all about. Still on the right, the Leaside Wildcats FUNdraiser night is November 22. Down below at the left is the turnout for Ward 14 Councillor Paula Fletcher’s meeting at Monarch Park CI about the future of Danforth Ave. Lower right is a photo tweeted by Alexandre Oliveira of the Fall colours from the Leaside Bridge. Majestic.

Video recorded in recent hours in Bennington Heights reveals 3 a.m. prowler in an Accura checking cars. The person who posted it says he stole a neighbor’s beer and came right up into her driveway looking for stuff to steal. FB

The forecast for  Monday has been revised for the worse with the Weather Network now predicting 10 to 15 cm of snow early Monday with all of what that means for getting around. Time to get some road salt.

Nov 30, 2019 – Grand Unveiling of the Return of the Iron Horse

Original Iron Horse in place, 1994-1996

The fondly-remembered Iron Horse sculpture that graced the Kay Gardner Beltline Park Bridge in the early 1990s will return to that site and be dedicated on Saturday, November 30. It is the work of the Midtown Yonge BIA on a contract with the artist, Robert Sprachman. He has recreated his 1990s work which was sold. Read the interesting history of the original Iron Horse sculpture from the Bulldog post of January 2019 when the scheme was announced.

Long lineup on St. Cuthbert’s Drive for annual Christmas sale/Bulldog

Toys, kitchen utensils, art and other treasure in church basement/Bulldog

Lamb Hall as shoppers seek bargains, baked goods/Bulldog

A tea towel like no other/Bulldog

Bargain hunters once again crowded St. Cuthbert’s Anglican Church at 1399 Bayview Ave. Saturday for the annual Christmas Fair. Organizers Lorna Krawchuk, Muriel Wissell and Heather Conolly along with so many St. Cuthbert’s volunteers had every corner of Lamb Hall packed with desirable items.

Silent Auction continues online

But this year the church’s silent auction, offerings from local merchants, moves online until November 30. The silent auction is an essential element of fundraising for the church’s work. Take a look and sign in at this location.

A ticket sold somewhere in Ontario claimed the $18 million jackpot in Saturday night’s Lotto 649 draw. The draw’s guaranteed $1 million prize went to a ticket holder in the Prairies. The jackpot for the next Lotto 649 draw on Nov. 13 will be approximately $5 million.

Many Leslieville residents are giggling Saturday about how they trick the tricksters who phone up claiming to be from Canada Revenue Agency or some other official body. One man says he kept the crook on the line for 45 minutes with stories. The line finally went dead when the resident said he hoped the police wouldn’t catch him for burying his neighbor under the porch. A woman said she uses a special whistle to deafen callers demanding money. By early Saturday there were 35 comments. FB.

Indian phone scammers after raid in Mumbai/CBC

Unsettled weather is causing snow squalls across the Ontario hinterland but Toronto will be partly cloudy Saturday with a possibility of rain Sunday.  A potential system could bring widespread snow to the City later on Monday. As of now, the Weather Network is forecasting 5 to 6 cm. Weather Network

There was no winning ticket for the $15 million jackpot in Friday night’s Lotto Max draw. That means the jackpot for the next draw on Nov. 12 will grow to approximately $20 million.

Teachers could walk out November 25 says Sam Hammond, president of the Elementary Teachers Federation of Ontario. Talks with the Ontario government have failed says Hammond. The issues are stated not in terms of money but rather “investment in education.” Education Minister Stephen Lecce “isn’t listening,” says Mr. Hammond. The Ontario Secondary School Teacher’s Federation are also poised to strike later this month.