Harry and Meghan have told Oprah Winfrey titillating but not very surprising stuff about being part of the royal family. Megan complained that their wedding day was “not really our day.” For sure. Has she read the story of Princess Margaret?

Colourful radio commentator Dick Smyth has died at the age of 86. Then, two deaths by forced drinking during hazing at US universities. Crazy. Below that, 25 people were stuffed into a border smuggler’s SUV at the US-Mexico border. Thirteen of them died in a collision with a tractor-trailer. Lastly, respects were paid yesterday in Brantford to Wayne Gretzky, the model hockey dad.

Michael Rusek has posted to Leaside Community that he is helping his senior citizen neighbour get out of a “pure water” contract sold in a door-to-door scam. He says the amount owing is a stunning $10,000. Be warned.

Lost debit card in LHS driveway

Wilmar Kortleever has posted to Ann Brown’s FB account Leaside Chit Chat about a lost TD debit card found in the driveway at Leaside High School.

Fish passage restoration

Also this Sunday, a notice from the City about its efforts to sustain water life in the Sherwood Creek-Burke Brook Fish Passage which is east off Bayview just north of the CNIB towards Sunnybrook Park.

Mark June 20 on the calendar. It’s the first day of summer 2021 and the government is now saying that it expects to have everyone in Ontario vaccinated against C-19 by then. Let’s hope so. Vaccination is our passport to the end of death and illness but it also gives us back the freedom that is the absolute birthright of every Canadian.

Where’s the vaccine?

The government has announced that Toronto and Peel Region will emerge from their stay-at-home status as of Monday to enjoy the dreary benefits of the grey zone. That means there are still four more colours left before life returns to normal. Where is the vaccine? The best summary of what the grey zone means seems to be this brief City News post. But it is complicated. Did we ask where’s the vaccine?

Health Canada has approved the use of Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine in Canada, CBC News has learned. Health officials will announce the approval at a media briefing today at 10 a.m. ET, multiple sources with knowledge of the approval confirmed. The U.S. health-care giant’s vaccine is the fourth to be approved in Canada. CBC

The directors, trustees and friends of Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital are hoping for a big finish to their 2021 Capes for Kids campaign. It runs until March 7. Capes for Kids has raised over $2,450,000 for research, education, and care at Holland Bloorview. To date, thousands have joined forces by assembling teams, fundraising and wearing capes around the City. If you can help, visit the Capes for Kids site.

Plates removed/HRPS

Brake fluid empty/HRPS

Bald as a billiard ball/HRPS

Halton Region Police have tweeted pictures of a pickup truck with no working brakes, an empty brake fluid container and two bald tires. It is said that the parking brake was completely inoperative. The truck had its plates removed and was towed away.

951B Greenwood Ave

East York’s somewhat legendary beat-up garage at 951B Greenwood Ave is now listed for sale at $729,000. The garage was seen here on The Bulldog in 2019 when it was listed for nearly $600,000. Bubble or no bubble it seems this old dump and its sliver of land is sheer gold.

“Eskimo Fish” among apparently hurtful Dr. Seuss images

Eskimo Fish

The National Post has published what it says are some of the images that are responsible for the end of six Dr.Seuss books announced yesterday.

Delivery man saves child in 12 storey fall

A truly breathtaking scenario is played out in the video seen here as a delivery man manages to break the fall of an infant who has fallen 12 floors in Vietnam.

A man living in the basement of a home on Mayberry Rd near Sheppard Ave and Jane St shortly after 4 a.m. Thursday has died. He was 54. Other occupants escaped.

Take a moment as you wait to be vaccinated and send a quiet thank you to the man who ended repression in the Soviet Union. That would be Mikhail Gorbachev. He turned 90 this week. Then, Dutch sex workers want to jump back into bed with customers. But the Netherlands government thinks that particular Dutch treat still poses a C-19 risk. Below that, the OPP Commissioner Thomas Carrique talks with Melanie Ng about the government’s new efforts to stop illicit tow truck activity. Lastly, Kim Jung-un lives in his own world as he scolds his generals about self-discipline while he smokes a cigarette.