Canadian Press reports Sunday that former Liberal politician and cabinet minister Donald Stovel Macdonald has died at the age of 86. CP says his daughter Sonja confirmed that Mr. Macdonald passed away in his sleep at his Toronto home. Macdonald was a member of the Pierre Trudeau government. He was elected in 1972 and sat for the riding of Rosedale. He was known to the press as Donald S. Macdonald to avoid confuson with others. In the early 1980s, Mr. Macdonald was appointed the chairman of the Royal Commission on the Economic Union and Development Prospects for Canada where he endorsed free trade with the U.S. Macdonald had four children and seven step-children.

Hon. Donald S. Macdonald

The South Bayview Bulldog Bulletin Board has been updated for the forthcoming week and beyond. Check it here.

Hiding for dear life, Husky mix is finally coaxed out from under wheels of bus/Brad Ross TTC

A dog that was hit by a car near Warden and Eglinton Aves. early Sunday fled in fear under the wheels of a TTC bus and it took a lot of coaxing to get it out. The transit authority is asking anyone who might recognize the Husky-mix canine to call and claim the animal. The midnight-hour drama saw the bus driver, citizens and the driver of the car that hit the dog all trying to entice the creature from its perilous hiding spot. Brad Ross of the TTC said the bus driver called in the situation. “A supervisor showed up and police and animal control and we were all able to coax the dog out from under the bus and get (it) to a vet.”  Ross said that an injury to its rear leg will heal.

A ticket sold in Ontario claimed the $5 million jackpot in Saturday night’s Lotto 649 draw. And the draw’s guaranteed $1 million prize went to a ticket holder on the Prairies. The jackpot for the next Lotto 649 draw on Oct. 17 will again be approximately $5 million.

Friends may pay their respects to the family of Andrew Smart on Monday, October 15, at the Humphrey Funeral Home A.W. Miles-Newbigging Chapel at 1403 Bayview Ave. Receiving is set from 4 to 8 p.m. Mr. Smart died October 10 at his home on Parkhurst Blvd. Obituary.

Fiona Boylen of COBS and Andy Elder of Grilltime

She approves of burgers

Pumpkin patch is busy

Mad Science fascinates kids

Angie Mansur and Renee Melbourne of Baskets “N” Joy

D Jay the Entertainer

Lineup for face painting

Lexus

Time out

A lively Saturday in Trace Manes Park saw many merchants and businesses participating in the Leaside Block Party in aid of the Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital. Food, music, games, face painting and raffles ruled the day with part of the price going to the hospital. Many well-known businesses participated: COBs Bread, Grilltime, Flow Spring Water, Neal Brothers, Lexus on the Park, Meridian Credit Union, Baskets “N” Joy, Microsoft, Access Storage, Dominos Pizza, Leaside Cyclebar, Integracare and Elevate Fitness were some

Bayview Ave. from River St. to south of Dundas St. will remain closed until Monday for repairs to a watermain. The rupture occurred Friday and undermined the pavement. City Works says repairs have also been complicated by underground utilities, including gas and hydro.

Breezy weather at the wedding of Princess Eugenie and Jack Brooksbank didn’t stop family and guests. Note the length of the train of Eugenie’s wedding dress.

It’s the way gambling works. The house usually wins and when there’s a string of losses, like now, that’s normal. There was no winning ticket for the $60 million jackpot in Friday night’s Lotto Max draw. There were however 14 Maxmillions prizes of $1 million won across the country.  The jackpot for the Lotto Max draw on Oct. 19 will remain at approximately $60 million, but the number of Maxmillions prizes will increase to 53.

Ontario Judge Michael Penny has removed Brandon Truaxe as the CEO of Deciem Cosmetics after hearing testimony that the erratic entrepreneur has “essentially lit the company on fire.”   Lawyer Mark Gelowitz, acting for one-third owner Estee Lauder acknowledged that Truaxe might once have been a “diabolical marketing genius building the brand…but he’s gone too far.” Most critically, the Truaxe move to shut down business at the firm’s many stores caused an avalanche of breach of lease complaints and threatened lawsuits from employees. There was also testimony that Truaxe’s Twitter and Instagram rampage was destroying the credibility of the brand. His announcement last week that he was shutting down business made lurid but unexplained allegations of criminality by staff in general. It concluded with a flourish of bitter remarks about his own treatment by others. Cosmetic boss bizarre post blames “criminals” for shutdown

Cynthia Mulligan (the formidable City Cynthia) assays one of the many contests where incumbents collide. She cites some interesting nuances including backyard chickens. Guess who doesn’t care? A useful statistic in races such as St. Paul’s is just how the combined electorate is divided in percentage terms by natural incumbency. It isn’t necessarily 50/50.