Megan Slater and Carrie Laureola

Performing Arts Camp this summer

Bamboo Bay Art Craft and Play Studio in Leaside is offering an exciting Performing Summer Arts Camp program for local children which features activities in drama, music, art and dance. The venue is nearby in Leaside with two days of stage production at St. Bonaventure Church Hall near Edwards Gardens on Don Mills Road. The program is a collaboration of Megan Slater, a teacher at St. Bonaventure School and Carrie Laureola, founder of Bamboo Bay. “I think it’s a very unique opportunity because we’re offering all four areas of the arts in one camp,” says Carrie. “We’re holding a performance at the end of the three-week camp. It will be a big show on July 27th and a big party on the 28th to celebrate the achievements of the children with awards and a video of the performance.”  Megan Slater specializes in drama and music. She sees the summer camp as an introduction for children to learn stagecraft, acting, singing and how it’s all put together to create a show. “It’s great partnering with Carrie because as you know putting on a show requires costuming, masks, backdrops and so we thought why not have the kids work to create those elements as well.” said Megan. The Camp will run from July 10 to July 28, 2017 and parents are urged to plan ahead by taking advantage of an”early bird” discount that will save them $75. When they do the total will be just $875 and taxes.(416) 901-1255 bamboobay.ca  Read the biographies of Carrie Laureola and Megan Slater

The mystery of “Mr Karim” and just where his money came from remains unexplained Friday after the young man’s first appearance in court. His lawyer, Amedeo Dicarlo, is intent on getting his client bail but he specifically refused to comment on the mind-boggling money that Karim Baratov disposed of on cars and lifestyle, much to the bewilderment of his Ancaster neighbours. Everything about Baratov, 22, seems unexplained, although the FBI says it knows. It is not clear how he landed at the address he called home. He lived there alone. In court, Dicarlo called the arrest and extradition request “an attack by the US government, it’s a challenge by the U.S. government. We are fighting that challenge.” Dicarlo said his client is “healthy” and “confident” but refused to answer questions about Baratov’s personal life or profession, describing him only as an “entrepreneur. I cannot describe what Karim does nor who he is until the time is right,” he said. Baratov’s family is also asking for privacy, he said. It is the position of the US Attorney General that Baratov is a criminal hacker employed by the Russian Federal Security Bureau (FSB)  Authorities said Friday that Baratov is a flight risk who has more than $210,000 “in one online account alone.”

This video by @JonoAndBen is a hilarious take on how a mother would handle multi-tasking. pic.twitter.com/yjywuy28Ry

— Women's Work Film (@womensworkfilm) March 17, 2017

Here is a parody of the interrupted BBC interview with Professor Robert Kelly made by Women’s Work Film, a previously unknown (to The Bulldog) organization. It’s quite funny too. Original

Video: Senator Don Meredith says he is "deeply sorry," for sexual relationship with teen — but won't resign https://t.co/9mBjy5uoAx pic.twitter.com/JPhUNGkB0y

— CityNews Toronto (@CityNewsTO) March 16, 2017

The sad lament of Senator Don Meredith yesterday seems like an attempt to pull every stunt known to man for a little sympathy as he hangs on to a position which he has no right to hold. The pentecostal minister’s shenanigans with a teenage girl has totally disqualified him from sitting as a Senator. He should be expelled at the earliest opportunity by the other members.

MR KARIM

“Mr Karim” will appear by video link in a Hamilton court Friday in connection with attempts by the US government to extradite the 22-year-old. Karim Baratov was indicted for computer hacking, economic espionage and other criminal offences in the 2014 Yahoo hack which saw millions of accounts compromised. .

MAN IDENTIFIED

And police have identified the dead man found in a parking lot in northeast Scarborough Thursday as Dylan Greenaway, 21.

Discussion April 10

What to do?

Toronto Animal Services will hold a “resident information session” April 10 at East York Civic Centre 850 Coxwell Ave. at which Lesley Sampson from Coyote Watch Canada will speak. The notice was re-posted to the Sunnybrook Dog Park Association Facebook account by Sue Coules. Dog owners are always on the alert for the coyotes who share that free-range space. They may wish to hear Ms Sampson on how best to deal with coyotes. The meeting begins at 6 p.m.

The hotly-contested playoff series between the Leaside Flames and the Don Mills Mustangs for Minor Bantam A supremacy in the GTHL East Conference is now tied following the 2-1 victory by Leaside Thursday night at Don Mills Civitan Arena. It is a points series with the first team getting six crowned the champs. There have been three games so far with the Mustangs jumping out to a 3-1 lead in points on a tie and a 3-1 win (which Leaside notes included a gimme into an empty net). Thursday, Callum Thomson scored both goals for Leaside.  Assists went to Ethan Angus and Ben Popper on the first goal and to Ethan Angus on the second (and winning) goal. Max Dizy played goal for Leaside. Don Mills tied the game early in the third when McDonald scored assisted by Mrouegh. Zach Hughes tended goal for Don Mills. The next game is Sunday starting at 4.25 at St. Micheal’s College School Arena, 1515 Bathurst St.

Looks like 33 floors

Through broken window

Toronto Fire rescue workers stuck for three hours outside downtown high rise building https://t.co/x88BPS1J8F pic.twitter.com/w66ciibcnX

— CTV Toronto (@CTVToronto) March 16, 2017

Window washers have been rescued from near Bay and Adelaide Sts. when their platform stopped functioning. Firefighters smashed a window opposite the men and brought them safely inside after a three hour wait.

People may read between the lines as police say two men have been taken to hospital with bullet wounds at a Burlington chiropractic clinic. Cops say they are not looking for a suspect and there is no threat to public safety. The two are being treated at Hamilton General Hospital.

New jewellery tenant

Barrie Taxi on hospital run

Rumour says new nail business

One-lane wonder back to Rumsey

The preparations for excavation at the site of the Leaside LRT Station has created a true one-lane wonder on Eglinton both ways to well beyond the Sunnybrook Plaza on the corner. This day saw the single line of traffic blocking cars with the green signal on Rumsey Road more than half a kilometre away. At the plaza, business is still underway despite the difficulty getting in. A new jewellery store is opening and rumour around the plaza says the corner store (former Mac’s) will be taken by a manicurist.  Thursday saw a visit from a Barrie Taxi driver, putting in time while a patient from his City was treated at the world-class Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre. The return fare for this passenger in need of care was $300.

Drone owners who fly them for fun face new restrictions on where and when they can send their remote-controlled devices under rules announced Thursday by Transportation Minister Marc Garneau. The rules are effective immediately and  mean recreational users will face a fine of up to $3,000 if drones weighing more than 250 grams are caught flying:

• Higher than 90 metres.
• Within 75 metres of buildings, vehicles, vessels, animals or people.
• More than 500 metres away from you.
• At night, in clouds or somewhere you can’t see it.
• Within nine kilometres of somewhere aircraft take off or land, or a forest fire.
• Without your name, address and phone number marked on the drone itself.
• Over forest fires, emergency response scenes or controlled airspace.

Some of those rules existed only as guidelines before the announcement, Garneau said, with no penalties for breaking them.