Premier Wynne spoke to a gathering near Church and Wellesley Streets last night at a vigil remembering the dead and injured in the attack in Orlando Florida Saturday night. The attack was on an LGBT meeting place and the assumption seems reasonable that the attacker, Omar Mateen, was driven by homophobia fuelling homicidal conduct. The premier urged those present to love one another and continue to take pride. She said pride events are necessary because of such outrages. Mateen is said by police to have spoken only about an allegiance to ISIS in a 911 call made during or after the killings. ISIS kills without compunction for many routinely stated reasons. Some say the origin of its violence may be found not in conventional reasons but rather the use of hatred to top-up the self-esteem of the inadequate.

VIA Rail and its largest union Unifor reached a midnight agreement Sunday which has avoided a national passenger service stoppage. Some 1800 employees will vote on ratification in coming day but no details of the deal are public.

Msgr Edward Boehler

A visitation for friends and parishioners of Monsignor Edward Francis Boehler will be held Monday, June 13, 2016 from 2 to 4:p.m. and from 7 to 9 p.m. in St. Anselm Church at MacNaughton Road and Millwood Road. Funeral Mass will be Tuesday, June 14 at 11 a.m. at the  church. The Mass will be followed by a light reception in the church hall. Burial will follow at St. Augustine’s Seminary, 2661 Kingston Road. Monsignor Boehler.died on Wednesday, June 8, 2016 at The Cardinal Ambrozic Houses of Providence in his 85th year and in his 60th year of priesthood. He was a servant of the church from ordination in 1957 and among his many postings and duties was that of pastor at St. Anselm. Obituary

One capybara as been captured and sent off to some sort of rest and recovery location, according to High Park Zoo officials. It will be back at the zoo in short order. But the second of two of these large rodent-like creatures continues to elude capture. It appears the mixed team of expert and amateur capybara capturers needs a bigger net or better bait.

Elusive capybara captured
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— Toronto Sun (@TheTorontoSun) June 13, 2016

Police will launch a one-week campaign related to safe driving and safe cycling on Monday. It will last over until Sunday, June 19, 2016. Below is the TPS release. 
The Service will be launching the S.P.A.C.E. to Cycle campaign, starting on Monday, June 13, 2016. The campaign (Safety, Prevention, Awareness, Courtesy, Education) will conclude on Sunday, June 19, 2016. This one-week campaign is designed to promote awareness and education by reducing the potential for cycling and wheel-sport-related injuries. Building partnerships and mobilizing local communities to respond to local traffic problems will assist in sustaining successful efforts and improve neighbourhood roadway safety

CARS AND BIKES

Education and enforcement of cycling offences are critical to ensuring safe roadways for our communities. All frontline officers will be paying particular attention to those motorists whose actions endanger the lives of cyclists, for example, drivers failing to proceed through turns safely, opening vehicle doors improperly, and driving/parking in designated cycling lanes, all contribute to reduce cycling safety. Officers will also be paying attention to cyclists who commit offences that endanger all road-users, including the cyclists themselves. Parking Enforcement Officers will assist with this initiative by concentrating on parking offences that may compromise the safety of cyclists.

SIDEWALKS

Editors remarks: One of the great dilemmas of cycling is the final safe refuge for cyclists of the sidewalk. It’s common on Bayview Ave. Cycling on the sidewalk, which is illegal, is tolerable if it is done slowly and doesn’t approach pedestrians from behind. Otherwise, walkers can choose to hide in a doorway or try to read just where the cyclist will go. Not a good bet. It is an issue on which more than one public meeting with the police has broken down. Cyclists say they don’t feel safe on the road and pedestrians don’t feel safe dodging bikes.

Erica Stark

A parkette on Bain Ave in Riverdale has been named for a former Leaside woman, Erica Stark. She was killed in 2014 when a minivan jumped the sidewalk and struck her while she was walking a dog in Scarborough. The accident occurred at the corner of Gilder Rd. and Eglinton Ave.  Stark, 42, was honoured by friends and family, including her husband David, at a ceremony in the parkette Saturday. It is located near Pape and Danforth Ave. and was the former Bain Ave. Parkette. Erica Stark was born Erica Bissinger and spent her formative years in Leaside. She has three children, all boys. Erica Stark (Bissinger) formerly of Leaside

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Bayview Avenue shoppers will want to keep in mind the 70th Anniversary Sale event at Dolly Jewellers, 1699 Bayview. It coincides with the BIA’s Sidewalk Sensation Sale on Saturday, June 25. There will be cake and refreshments as Dolly Jewellers marks this birthday. Dolly Jewellers marks 70 years in business in Toronto  Sidewalk Sensation  If you are a merchant on Bayview Ave., tell The South Bayview Bulldog what you plan for the Sidewalk Sensation.

1st Place Winner Category Early French Immersion: Mubeena Mistry. Speech: "L'islamophobie" from Leaside High School https://t.co/KfzcIuSjnw

— CPF Ontario (@CPFontario) June 8, 2016

Tree blooms stuff for girls

The annual offering of many households (15 this year) drew a local crowd Saturday. The event takes place on Banff between Eglinton and Soudan Ave. One mom with three daughters used the front-yard tree to showcase this year’s cast offs.

The Opera Atelier Sale at All Canadian Storage at 1 Laird Drive Saturday drew a large crowd and pretty much sold out the inventory three hours before the sale was scheduled to end at 5 p.m. Here was see Jennifer Peattie of Bayview Ave. trying on a lively costume suitable to a 17th Century courtier. She bought it.  Baroque Begot By Gosh. The annual event is sponsored by Hal Spadling of All Canadian Storage whose large facility across from the Leaside Gardens is suitable for this and many other events.

Jennifer Peattie