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Man taken to hospital in Hamiton when it by this sign/DR @Media371

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The Ides of April

Police say there have been as many as 550 crashes on roads in the GTA ny late Saturday. There is a widespread concern that another onslaught of freezing rain Sunday will trigger power outages in heavily treed neighborhoods of the City. The collapse of power lines in 2013 is much on the mind of Hydro officials and the public even though systems have been strengthened since then. Alectra Utilities reports that 14,000 customers in St. Catharines were temporarily off-grid. By late Saturday afternoon most had power restored. Nonetheless, weather warnings for Sunday have a doomsday quality to them.

Weekend from Hell

The weather is crummy but try to stay upbeat. Nitish Bissonauth has an interesting look inside the salty world of the streets department. Then, a local Fox News weather guy melts down because his colleagues are on him over the non-Spring of 2018. Staged we think but funny.

ADVISORY: Mount Pleasant Rd will be closed from Eglinton Ave to Roehampton Ave for construction. Closure expected to last until the end of the day. Please use an alternate route. #GO666356^adc

— Toronto Police Operations (@TPSOperations) April 14, 2018

No winning ticket was sold for the $23 million jackpot in Friday night’s Lotto Max draw. That means the jackpot for the next draw on Apr. 20 will grow to approximately $33 million.

Sara and Mike Adamson and their home on Merton

Bayview Pixies

Davisville/Spectrum kids

Michael Garron Open House

Track and Field Day

Sara and Mike Adamson are showing their support for the Leafs with this spectacular decoration of their Merton St. home. Thanks for sharing guys. (Incorrect information was published Friday for which The Bulldog apologizes). Lower left, a nice shot of the Bayview Pixies, guardians of the green on Bayview Ave., as they are nicely profiled here. Debora Kuchme says there is room for one or more men in this happy band. They would be called Bayview Buddies. Also at the bottom, Davisville Public School and Spectrum Alternative School kids show their support and love for friends in Humboldt. Then a reminder of the Michael Garron Hospital Open House next Monday and Northlea Track and Field Day. Also check all posters at The South Bayview Bulletin Board.

The head of US toy company MGA Entertainment says he has made a formal bid to acquire the Toys “R” Us stores in both Canada and the United States. In a release, Isaac Larian, the CEO of MGA Entertainment, said the bid is for $675 million US to buy the US stores and $215 million for the Canadian outlets. MGA said the funds for the purchase will come from Larian’s own coffers, additional investors and bank financing “The time is now,” Larian said. “Everyday that goes by, the value of Toys “R” Us declines and more people lose their jobs. I did my part and now it’s up to the other side to accept this offer.”

Issued at 15:35 Friday 13 April 2018. Significant ice build-up due to freezing rain is expected or occurring. A moisture laden low pressure area over the Central Plains States will amble slowly towards the lower Great Lakes this weekend. As the low gets closer, brisk northeasterly winds will pump in cold arctic air, forcing temperatures to fall to near or below the zero degree mark on Saturday.

Rain associated with this low will switch to freezing rain on Saturday morning, and will likely persist for a number of hours into Saturday evening. Freezing rain may become mixed with or turn over to ice pellets at times, with some areas receiving a few centimetres of the ice pellet mess. Some snow is possible especially in the Belleville to Kingston areas.

Freezing rain is expected to end for a few hours on Saturday evening, with patchy freezing drizzle likely during the lull. However, as the low gets close to Southern Ontario Saturday night, freezing rain is expected to move back in, and may persist well into Sunday before changing over to rain. Some uncertainty exists as to the time the precipitation switches over to rain on Sunday. Enough rain may fall later Sunday into Sunday night for some flooding to be an issue to deal with then.

Ice build up of 10 to 20 mm appears quite likely across the region by Sunday morning. Ice accretion may be considerably less in areas very close to Lake Ontario as temperatures there may actually remain very close to the freezing mark.

The Ontario Liberal campaign will focus on revealing “the real Doug Ford” according to Deputy Premier Deb Matthews. Then, when this little boy said “Thank you so much, mom.” you can be sure he really meant it. Below that, meet the remarkable young woman who has been accepted at all eight Ivy League Colleges in the US. And finally, a glimpse at the learning skills of Bolingo the Gorilla. Fun.

The South Eglinton Ratepayers and Residents Association is demanding the City and OMB pay attention to the lack of infrastruture — water, sewers, schools, daycare and parks — in the face of the building frenzy inspired by the Crosstown LRT. The current SERRA Newsletter speaks of more than 8,000 proposed residential units south of Eglinton. The newsletter describes some of these projects. Stop gap fix to Eglinton PS crowding not enough for some

Croque Monsieur at Avenue Bistro

Posters of events scheduled for events next weekend. There are many more at the South Bayview Bulldog Bulletin Board. Check it out. At centre left, we could not resist this photo from Avenue Bistro of a ham and cheese dish. When’s lunch? At the bottom, the South Leaside Monday Group has cancelled its April 20 event at Amsterdam Brewery and will make refunds.

Metrolinx says that work was shut down on the Leaside LRT Station Wednesday when a supervisor learned that at least one employee was smoking marijuana during a break. As many as 25 workers were sent home, according to a spokesperson. The Toronto Star says a resident told a parking enforcement officer that she saw three workers smoking marijuana near her house, which is close to an emergency exit at Eglinton and Bayview that crews use to access the tunnel. “Smoking weed on the job will not be tolerated and Crosslinx (our contractor) has assured Metrolinx that they are taking it very seriously. Workers will be fired if caught doing drugs or alcohol on the job,” said spokesperson Anne Marie.  She told CP24. Metrolinx says Crosslinx has ordered its workers to take breaks on the job site. The contractor is also hiring extra security to patrol work areas.

Toronto’s elaborate recycling system is breaking down. Councillors across the political spectrum from Jaye Robinson (Ward 25) to Mike Layton (Ward 19) say the inability of citizens to figure out — or act upon — the City’s instructions is a crisis. But issues such as food left in jars and plastic coffee cups (which are not recyclable) bedevil vast numbers of people. Mr. Layton says we need to do with less. Uh-huh. Well-intentioned people struggle with how much time any person should reasonably be expected to allot to sorting garbage. Toronto Star