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Police have released new images of three men wanted for the theft of purses from the back of stools and chairs in downtown bars on September 6.  A number of bars and restaurants were hit. The common but dangerous practice of leaving a purse on the back of a chair in a restaurant was the key to the modus operandi. One man would create a distraction and an accomplice would wrap the purse in a jacket he was carrying. He would then leave with the purse hidden under his jacket. In some cases he would reach into the purse to take the wallet. These are seemingly pretty good likenesses.

39 Sharron Drive (bungalow at centre) Allan Parkin

Leaside resident Allan Parkin is posting to Leaside Community this week about “box” home designs proposed at knock-down sites near his home on Sharron Drive. The current challenge is 39 Sharron, an original bungalow which a developer wishes to replace. Parkin is soliciting neighbourhood support to have Committee of Adjustment deny the application in its entirety. The meeting is Thursday.

CTV is reporting that consumers are being asked to use natural gas sparingly after an explosion at a pipeline near Prince George. It is unclear just how much damage was done but aboriginal residents near the site have been permitted to return home. The line that was apparently on fire and the one next to it supply about 85 percent of natural gas to BC.

Advance voting is underway Wednesday across Toronto. These polls are open through to Sunday. There are two voting stations in each ward including the South Bayview area wards of Don Valley West, University Rosedale and St. Paul’s.  Advance voting may be done between 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. . The general election day is Monday, October. 22. Other City advance polling stations here.

Venus, Mars

The old saying about Venus, Mars, men and woman seems borne out again in the US in polling by CNN about the allegations made and denied against Judge Brett Kavanaugh. It shows that women were far more inclined to believe Christine Blasey Ford than were men. For many however, it was not necessary to believe either to worry about the process and the nature of evidence.

Jasminka Crvchevska/CBC

Jessica Crowell and Laurie Middlehurst/CBC

Monday morning

A Peel Region woman, Jasminka Crvchevska, has given birth by the side of the Queen Elizabeth Way Monday when her new daughter just decided to arrive a bit early. Fortunately for Jasminka, she was in the back of a Peel Region Paramedics ambulance on her way to hospital. The birth is said to have been uneventful, even for paramedic Jessica Crowell, who had never assisted at a birth. Her partner, Laurie Middlehurst is a pro however and knew enough to tell Crowell to pull over and get ready to go to work. Jasminka was able to immediately get on her iPhone in Facetime to show her husband his new daughter.

It will be warm this week with heavy fog forming Monday night and possibly extending into Tuesday in same areas. Fog has developed in some parts and may become quite dense at times tonight. Visibility of 100 to 200 metres is expected in many localities. The morning commute Tuesday may be affected by fog. It is expected to lift later Tuesday morning as a stubbornly slow warm front finally moves through to the north of the area.

The Canadian Medical Association says it has resigned from the World Medical Association, accusing the international group’s incoming president of plagiarizing his inaugural speech. In a statement released on Saturday, the CMA says it discovered that part of Dr. Leonid Eidelman’s speech was taken from a former CMA president’s speech in 2014. Current CMA president Gigi Osler says she and the Canadian delegation were at the WMA annual general assembly that took place this week in Iceland when they identified similarities in the two speeches. Global News

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Cleanup crew/Jon Burnside

Baby’s Breath at Longo’s/Bulldog

Cupcakes mean wellness/Leaside High School

Author of Lane Winslow mysteries will visit Sleuth of Baker Street Oct 13

Randolph Rd. monster/Bulldog

Seton Park from Hiscott Bridge/Rudy Limeback@rudydotca

Here we go with a South Bayview summary that begins (upper left) with a shot of just a few of the worthy souls who cleaned up the Thorncliffe Ravine Saturday. PC Harold Shin (Neighborhood Resource Officer of the Community Response Team at 53 Division) says there were more than 100 volunteers ready to go at 9 a.m. That’s Councillor Burnside on the job in the centre. Well done all. Upper right, the delicate flower named Baby’s Breath (Gypsophila) was appealing at Longo’s. Below that, teachers make cupcakes for all at the Leaside High School Wellness PA Day. Nice. At centre left, Mystery writer Iona Wishaw will be at Sleuth of Baker Street at 3 p.m. October 13 to sign and promote her new Lane Winslow novel. The hero is modelled on Wishaw’s mother, a World War II spy. Fascinating.  At centre this monster ghost is living on a lawn on Randolph  Rd. with many autumnal colours. At bottom, a shot by Rudy Limeback of E.T. Seton Park from the Charles H. Hiscott Bridge at the east end of Overlea Blvd.