The Bulldog

City set to remove parking ticket adjudication from courts

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Starting Monday, August 28 Toronto will introduce what it is calling an easier, more convenient process to settle parking tickets called an administrative penalty system. Disputes will be handled by the City instead of the provincial courts. A release Tuesday says a driver will be able to submit an online dispute of the ticket meaning the entire process can be completed without having to leave home. It will also be possible to have an in-person review for which an appointment may be made. News release

“Rhinestone Cowboy” Glen Campbell dead at age 81

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London jogger pushes woman pedestrian into path of bus

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It’s been said that jogging dulls reason. That may be unfair but you have to wonder what this man was thinking as he pushed a woman pedestrrian into the path of a bus as he ran across Putnam Bridge. Police are looking for him. Note the bus swerve to miss the woman. Also watch how the jogger makes it his business to move to his right in order to hit her.

Lady Luck favors Great Canadian Gaming with rich bundle

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The Great Canadian Gaming Corporation has been awarded a rich three-part “bundle” of Ontario gambling concessions by the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation. Great Canadian will modernize and operate casino operations at Woodbine, OLG Slots at Ajax Downs and Great Blue Heron Casino located in the Mississaugas of Scugog Island First Nation. These facilities have a combined total of more than 4,000 slot machines, 60 table games and employ more than 2,200 staff. News release

Eclectic Ends to close for good after 35 years in Beach

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Ends sells what its got (could be anything) and it has done so for 35 years in the Beach, 30 of those years were at Queen East and Elmer Ave. Now the store will close for good on August 15.

Retail, rents and taxes…

Market day at East York Civic Centre at 850 Coxwell Ave.

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OSPCA seizes dog from subway woman, prepares charge

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The Ontario Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (OSPCA) has seized a small dog seen being hit and bitten by its owner on the subway last week. A video which showed the incident has now been viewed more than 1,122,700 times on YouTube. The OSPCA says it intends to lay a charge in the case.

Woman seen grabbing, hitting, biting dog

Overlea Costco targeted for completion by mid-February

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Targeted opening in February
Former Coca Cola building

Word comes Tuesday morning that contractors on the Overlea Blvd Costco project are awaiting final Notice of Approval Conditions this week which will permit the release of construction permits. Work will then begin in earnest on the store with an ambitious target date for opening of mid-February 2018. As previously reported, the 1965 Coca Cola office building will be incorporated into the Costco. As explained by John McGovern of the Rice Group development firm, Costco stores have a construction schedule of 110 days from the first day of foundation forming to the opening of the store to the public. This store will take a bit longer because of the integration of the former Coca Cola office.

FOUR-YEAR PROCESS

The long four-year road to the start of work has seen vigorous support for Costco from local residents and deep resistance, particularly from the Leaside Property Owners Association. The primary concern has been traffic, but LPOA also raised concerns for small businesses in Thorncliffe Park. Along the way, City Council refused to agree to permit a Costco service station at the site (although that may come later) and referral to the Ontario Municipal Board by two local businesses, Iqbal Halal Foods and Heritage Funeral Centre. These were withdrawn after negotiations. It’s believed that Morguard Investments, owners of the East York Town Centre, is eager for any new business in Thorncliffe Park.

Drake on simulated purple CN tower for alphabet soup fest

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Drake thrilled his fans tonight as he appeared on a mock CN Tower to kick off his OVO concert at the Budweiser Stage at Ontario Place. Drake’s music is one thing — his alphabet soup culture is another. It’s called OVO because as anyone who matters already knows, the singer likes you to understand that he is an autumn baby — October’s Very Own in fact. Further, his Canadian based collaboration group includes R&B singer The Weeknd (XO). It’s the nature of fame. We’re working on some funny little initials for The Bulldog.

Food Truck Show ends and Lucifer scorches Europe

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The Civic Holiday Food Truck Show has ended at Woodbine Park. City News surveyed the menu. In Europe, a heat wave now called Lucifer has created a kind of Hell on Earth for many countries. Below, the tornado that hit Tulsa Monday has left devastation only an Oklahoma twister could wreck. And a touching ad from Proctor and Gamble, wisely absent any refernce to its products, on how black parents might talk to their kids to keep them alive in a perilous world.

Hamilton Mountain adventures at Chedoke, Albion Falls

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Family of five rescued
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Rescued at Albion Falls

A busy day for fire and police personnel along the Niagara Escarpment at both the west and east ends of the rocky formation. At Chedoke Falls, a family of five was rescued from a table rock they had perched on in the Chedoke River. In the east end, ten people and three dogs were brought to safety. Video shows picturesque but tricky waters at (top) Chedoke and (below) Albion. Did you know that the Niagara Escarpment forms the southern side of pre-historic Lake Iroquois which on the north side is seen in the ascent into Moore Park from Rosedale.

Full stop kids say sign means what it says! How about you?

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Full Stop Kids
Sign means Stop

These smartly decked-out kids from the Glenvale Blvd and Hanna Rd. neighbourhood are walking warnings to drivers who do the Leaside Slide. Seriously, it’s a lesson every driver should take to heart. The issue is especially keenly felt in North Leaside as traffic flees the LRT construction mayhem. Among the tactics employed by the full stop kids is to blow a whistle and hold up their hands to remind the sliders to stop. Real estate agent Charlene Kalia is a mom to one of the children, Madelyn Sergnese. Others are Abigail Burns, Mackenzie and Myra Gilland, Aiden, James and Olivia Laham and Kaitlyn Towle. Plan to block off Glenvale, Broadway and Craig at Bayview