Has Fearless Girl changed the bull forever?

There’s a soap opera of sorts playing out on Wall Street. The debate is raging over whether the Fearless Girl statue placed in front of the Wall St. Charging Bull should be made permanent. The popularity of the statue — especially with women posing arms akimbo like the girl — has business people, artists, City officials and citizens offering opinions. The artist who created the bull as a symbol of aggressive optimism, says the girl has changed his bull into a villain. The great bronze creation has been there since 1989. CBC

The former President and CEO of Imperial Oil, Arden Ramon Haynes, has died at his home on Stony Lake at the age of 89. Mr. Haynes was a husband, father, grandfather and man of many skills including painting, golf and fly fishing.  He served on many boards. Mr. Haynes obituary is published at the Humphrey Funeral Home website where details of the service on Thursday, March 30 may be found.

It’s hard not to conclude that Canada really wants to be a peacekeeper but only if the place isn’t too dangerous. This is an issue that goes to the heart of how political parties see the world. Suitable for peace keeping? Or much more dangerous than that? CBC

Wildcats Peewee A team headed to championship

These bright-looking girls of the Leaside Wildcats Peewee A team (11 and 12) are headed to the Lower Lakes Female Hockey League Championship Weekend March 31 to April 2. It’s held at the Canlan York University and Vaughan Sports Village Arenas locally. The Peewee A Wildcats have an eye-popping record of 16-2-4 which won them the East championship. They will be meeting winning teams like the Waterloo Ravens, Buffalo Bisons and the Lake Shore Lightning for top honours.

Scarlett, a kitten whose paws and nose were badly burned in a house fire, is on her way to recovery and has found a home with a family that loves her. But before she made that connection the kitten was reunited with Christian Canfield, a Sakatoon man who saw her leap from the blazing building, coaxed her to come to him and then turned her over to firefighters. The kitten was taken by the SPCA.

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Heritage tree

Unknown years

Old friend

1956

Before present church was built

Today

Beside church under construction 1914

A ceremony Saturday on the St. Cuthbert’s Church green during Creation Care 2017 has recognized the wonderful Great White Oak of unknown years as an Ontario Heritage Tree. The event was recorded by City News. The tree may be seen in archive pictures as a young but still very grown oak even before the present church was constructed.

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A call about a man with a gun was investigated at Wadlow Park Saturday and found to be person with a cap pistol. He was pointing the toy at others and someone became nervous enough to call police.

Where Leo barbered for so long

Sharron and Cameron 2015

Sharron and Cameron now

The building where the late Leo Cornacchia cut hair for so many years at 1693-1695 Bayview Ave. is getting an update to attract new tenants. Leo was the always entertaining and modest owner of this property. He is much missed by all his friends. At the corner of Sharron Drive and Cameron Crescent, the little brick home once very grown-over is getting a bump-up suitable to its excellent location. Let’s keep an eye on it.

The Zeno Group writes on behalf of Pusateri’s  to remind Bulldog readers that Easter is Sunday, April 16 and the first day of Passover is Tuesday, April 11. Naturally they add that Pusateri’s in the Bayview Village Shopping Centre is offering seasonal catered dinners and gifts for both.

An advertising boycott of YouTube is broadening in a sign that big companies doubt Google’s ability to prevent marketing campaigns from appearing alongside repugnant videos, according to Associated Press. PepsiCo, Wal-Mart Stores and Starbucks on Friday confirmed to AP that they have also suspended their advertising on YouTube after the Wall Street Journal found Google’s automated programs placed their brands on five videos containing racist content. AT&T, Verizon, Volkswagen and several other companies pulled ads earlier this week. The YouTube phenomenon has become both an essential service to middle class users while at the time hosting material, both video and comments, of the most offensive nature. Advertisers are said to be concerned even after Google apologized for tainting brands and outlined steps to ensure ads don’t appear alongside unsavoury videos. If Google can’t lure back advertisers, it could result in a loss of hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue. Most analysts, though, doubt the ad boycott will seriously hurt Google’s corporate parent, Alphabet Inc — with AP.