The Bulldog

Schools given priority as City speed cameras moved around

A speed camera will soon be located on quiet Park Lane Circle outside Park Lane Public School as the City of Toronto moves its 50 cameras to new locations. It will be one of two units in Don Valley West. The Park Lane location, which is south of Lawrence Ave near Edwards Gardens, follows a pattern of putting cameras outside schools. And it appears there are no cameras scheduled for Leaside. Here is a list of all new camera locations.

1. Martin Grove Road north of Rampart Road (Etobicoke North)
2. Redgrave Drive west of Martin Grove Road (Etobicoke North)
3. Royal York Road north of La Rose Avenue (Etobicoke Centre)
4. Mill Road north of Burnhamthorpe Road (Etobicoke Centre)
5. The East Mall south of Faludon Court (Etobicoke-Lakeshore)
6. Ourland Avenue near Merriday Street (Etobicoke-Lakeshore)
7. Parkside Drive south of Algonquin Avenue (Parkdale-High Park)
8. Runnymede Road north of Colbeck Street (Parkdale-High Park)
9. Scarlett Road south of Ellins Avenue (York South-Weston)
10. Gary Drive near Deerhurst Avenue (York South-Weston)
11. Dufferin Street north of Stanstead Drive (York Centre)
12. Stilecroft Drive west of Sharpecroft Boulevard (York Centre)
13. Weston Road near Coronado Court (Humber River-Black Creek)
14. Spenvalley Drive near Whitbread Crescent (Humber River-Black Creek)
15. Dufferin Street south of Claver Avenue (Eglinton-Lawrence)
16. Orfus Road west of Dufferin Street (Eglinton-Lawrence)
17. Rogers Road near 382 Rogers Rd. (Davenport)
18. Dufferin Street south of Dufferin Park Avenue (Davenport)
19. Denison Avenue south of Grange Avenue (Spadina-Fort York)
20. Brant Street south of Adelaide Street West (Spadina-Fort York)
21. Spadina Avenue south of Bloor Street West (University-Rosedale)
22. Manning Avenue south of Lennox Street (University-Rosedale)
23. Street Clair Avenue West near Crang Avenue (Toronto-St. Paul’s)
24. Warren Road north of Lonsdale Road (Toronto-St. Paul’s)
25. Carlton Street near Homewood Avenue (Toronto Centre)
26. Shuter Street east of Sackville Street (Toronto Centre)
27. O’Connor Drive west of Lankin Boulevard (Toronto-Danforth)
28. Cosburn Avenue near Roosevelt Road (Toronto-Danforth)
29. York Mills Road west of Banbury Road (Don Valley West)
30. Park Lane Circle near 60 Park Lane Cir. (Don Valley West)
31. The Donway East north of Greenland Road (Don Valley East)
32. The Donway west near Duncairn Road (Don Valley East)
33. McNicoll Avenue near Sexton Crescent (Don Valley North)
34. Don Mills Road south of Freshmeadow Drive (Don Valley North)
35. Finch Avenue East near Manorcrest Drive (Willowdale)
36. Churchill Avenue west of Abbotsford Road (Willowdale)
37. Saint Clair Avenue East west of Marilyn Crescent (Beaches-East York)
38. Kingston Road near Glen Manor Drive (Beaches-East York)
39. Danforth Avenue east of Birchmount Road (Scarborough Southwest)
40. Corvette Avenue near Cleta Drive (Scarborough Southwest)
41. Pharmacy Avenue north of Sherwood Avenue (Scarborough Centre)
42. Antrim Crescent near 11 Antrim Cres. (Scarborough Centre)
43. Pharmacy Avenue near 2300 Pharmacy Ave. (Scarborough-Agincourt)
44. Dunmurray Boulevard near Groomsport Crescent (Scarborough-Agincourt)
45. Sandhurst Circle north of Finch Avenue East (Scarborough North)
46. Seasons Drive east of Oasis Boulevard (Scarborough North)
47. Morningside Avenue near Warnsworth Street (Scarborough-Guildwood)
48. Galloway Road near Coronation Drive (Scarborough-Guildwood)
49. Brenyon Way near 200 Brenyon Way (Scarborough-Rouge Park)
50. Old Finch Avenue west of Littles Road (Scarborough-Rouge Park)

Sporting Life run will fill Midtown roads, re-route 11, 28 bus

Drivers and commuters alike will be participating after a fashion in Sunday’s Sporting Life 10K — whether they like it or not. The many diversions for motorists are described in this Toronto Police release. Meanwhile, the 11 Bayview and 28 buses will operate out of the Eglinton subway station instead of Davisville. Other lines with changes are the 14 Glencairn, 94 Wellesley, 97 Yonge, 300 Bloor-Danforth, 307 Bathurst, 320 Yonge, 332 Eglinton West, 334 Eglinton East, 354 Lawrence East, 501 Queen, 504 King, 505 Dundas, 506 Carlton, 509 Harbourfront, 510 Spadina, 511 Bathurst and 512 St. Clair. The 88 Leaside will continue to operate out of the St Clair station as normal.

Friday’s thrilling sunrise caught on Queen East at Beach Ave

Phil Marion has posted a thrilling shot of this morning’s sunrise as seen on Queen St outside the Garden Gate Good Food Open Kitchen. The owners have immortalized their place by highlighting in yellow the letters spelling GOOF in Good Food. Hilarious. Almost as uplifting as that sky.

She poses as inspector, steals credit card at long-term home

Toronto Police say this woman showed up at a long-term care home in North York and passed herself off as a government inspector. In fact, she stole at least one wallet with credit cards in it. She is described as having a medium build, 5’5″, and blonde hair. She was wearing a black jacket, black shirt, black pants, black shoes

German Pointer River is a classic mottled and solid brown

The classic coloration of his breed is seen in River, a Leaside German Shorthaired Pointer. This breed comes, as does River, mostly mottled all over but chocolate-coloured from the neck up. River appears in this local post and it’s plain he is an entertaining guy in many respects

TDSB e-learning plan raises doubts among parents, teachers

Parents and teachers are discussing a new e-learning requirement for kids entering the high school system this fall. Many comments say the scheme is intended to allow the Toronto and District School Board to potentially avoid hiring teachers. The requirement stipulates two credits out of a required total of 30. This page posted by Gorden Lau seems useful.

Loblaws profit soars 40% as Toronto house prices slide

Loblaws has raised its quarterly dividend as it reported its first-quarter profit rose nearly 40 percent compared with a year ago. The grocery and drugstore retailer said Wednesday it will now pay a quarterly dividend of 40.5 cents per share, up from 36.5 cents per share.

Home sales down in real time

Toronto’s home market cooled sharply in just a month, the Toronto Regional Real Estate Board has revealed. Sales have dropped by about 41 percent since last year and 27 percent in one month. The board attributed much of the decline to homebuyers who are taking a break from the market as interest rates climb and reduce their buying power.

Leaside aces, Greg Verduin and breakfast in bed ice cream

You’d have to say that the ladies of the Leaside Volleyball Club U18 team absolutely aced their team picture (left). Many more blazing aces to you, guys. At upper right, the late Greg Verduin has been gone a year but friends at Leaside High School hope to remember him with a scholarship in his name. Below that are a couple of better local commercial ideas. The Mount Pleasant Village BIA continues its inventive Shop2Win promotion and Baskin and Robbins introduces (would you believe) Breakfast in Bed Ice Cream. Har. Finally down below, Barbara Snell recalls the smart-looking kids in the 1955 kindergarten class at Northlea EMS. She wants some help with names.

Dun-Da-Dundas, Oh Vicky and giggly accents of old Blighty

Faces, faces and we begin with Patrice Dutril (left) a professor of politics at Ryerson who says the City’s plan to rename Dundas Street is based on a total hoax. Dutril says Henry Dundas was in fact a key collaborator and friend of the great abolitionist William Wilberforce and assisted in the plan to abolish slavery. Then we see Vicky White, a guard at an Alabama prison who seems to have absconded with one of the inmates. Oh Vicky. And finally, on the right is Bowler-adorned West Midlands tourist guide George Homer, It’s a hoot listening to George explain why he talks the way he does.