The Bulldog

Media descends on Centre Island, finds it darned damp

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The impending rain has people concerned and reasonably so. Media organizations are making missions to Centre Island where they have found things definitely damp. 40 to 70 mm of rain? Friday and Saturday total washouts.

Bump up with dormers, overhang at Sharron and Cameron

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Here we are back at Sharron Drive and Cameron Crescent to check progress on the pleasant bump up. Nice bit of overhang for the garden on the east side. Previous

Can Facebook stifle human perversion to broadcast horror?

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Facebook vows to contain horrifying human behavior on its enormous social media network by hiring 3,000 people to screen what’s happening. It is as much public relations as anything else but we hope it works. These live-as-they-happen perversions are sadly more about the human race and Internet than Facebook. Next, a very funny piece by CNN’s Jeannie Moos on how the “The Donald” keeps talking about himself in the third person. It’s the ego, say psychiatrists. Under that, just be glad you don’t live in Venezuela where the left-over “big-man” politics of the late Hugo Chavez seems set to put an end to democracy for good. And in the UK, Prince Phillip will stand down from dashing about to public events as he approaches his 96th birthday.

40 to 70 mm of rain? Friday and Saturday total washouts

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Friday and Saturday look like total washouts as forecasters say we could get as much as 70 mm of rain in 48 hours. It will probably be less but conditions for more rain of any amount as not helpful. A special warning from Environment Canada notes that the ground is already drenched and more rain can only begin to pool. It recalls the conditions in July of 2013 when several heavy rains caused flooding so serious it stranded a GO train beside the Don River. The emergency evacuation lasted all night.

2013 flooding stranded GO train

This time, the City is planning for local flooding along the Lake Ontario shore where water levels are as high as they have been in 20 years. An island ferry will be on standby in the event that the 700 permanent residents of the islands need to evacuate. Picnickers are warned to stay home. City of Toronto crews prepare for wet weather conditions

First sign of housing market cooldown as inventory declines

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The spin on the latest Toronto Real Estate Board figures is that an increase in inventory is the first sign of a cooldown for the region’s hot housing market. Maybe. Urban Toronto has a good summary of what else may be at work. Urban Toronto 

Resident builds model of 35 floor tower and Fisher school

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A depiction of the 35 storey apartment next to John fisher School on Erskine Ave. is a stunning reminder of the impact the tower will have on the school environment. It is the work of a resident and was seen at a meeting held at North Toronto Collegiate on Broadway Ave. Wednesday to discuss the impact of the development. Although City Council has accepted a mediation arrangement worked out at the OMB, residents seem to be hopeful they can “make it right” with the help of Ward 25 Councillor Jaye Robinson.

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OPP say speed a factor in fatal crash Wednesday on QEW

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A woman is dead following a two-car accident the on westbound QEW at the Guelph line Wednesday night. Police say the cause was aggressive driving and high speed on the part of one of the drivers. Kerry Schmidt of the OPP told media that there were reports of a vehicle speeding prior to the crash.
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Belize police questioning 2 in death of Francesca and friend

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Police in Belsize are questioning two people in connection with the death of Francesca Matus and Drew De Voursney. Matus was a Canadian from Keswick, De Vousney her boyfriend. Their bodies were found Tuesday in a corn field along with their SUV. They had been strangled. Previous

Pre-Awesome Sale furniture-only event Saturday, May 6

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Generous donations to the Awesome Sale at Leaside United Church (May 12 and 13) have created the need for a special pre-Awesome Furniture Sale this weekend on Saturday, May 6, 2017. This special furniture-only sale will run from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. to clear some of the inventory before the regular Awesome Sale a week later. .

Now the end of Skippy brand peanut butter in Canada

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Among the CBC’s most read stories Wednesday we find news that Hormel Foods in the US has stopped shipping Skippy peanut butter to this country. There are all sorts of reasons offered for this. Canada has too few people and too many miles between cities, there’s no room on the shelf at Loblaws after the PC brand is stocked, it is easy for stores to grind their own and, finally, there are just an awful lot of peanut butter brands.

Plane down in flames on highway but pilot walks away

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Tickets on sale now for Leaside Smokedown Thurs., June 1

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