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Source Menswear welcoming customers tonight

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The Source Menswear Shop at 1567 Bayview Ave. is marking its 16th year on South Bayview with its annual VIP Sale Saturday (October 18, 2014). Tonight as usual there will be entertainment and refreshments. Activity is scheduled to run from 7 to 10 p.m. But the shop is open now too. It was busy this afternoon with many people checking the extensive inventory.  

Manor Rd.United Church Fair is Saturday, Oct. 25

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The 31st annual Manor Road United Church Community Fair will be held next Saturday, October 25, 2014. This entertaining and popular fair has an array of departments supplied by its large congregation: books, jewellery, frozen pies, clothing, Betty’s Boutique, toys, silent auction, plants, crafts, bake shoppe, face painting, cheese table, holiday items, kids craft table and lunch in the church cafe. Hours of the fair at 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The MRUC is is at 240 Manor Rd. at Forman Ave. Call (416) 483-0695 for information.  

The Leaside High spirit at footall homecoming

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We’re absolutely seeing the Leaside High spirit as grads, undergrads and spirited friends meet at Talbot Park for the school’s Football Homecoming Games on Friday, October 17, 2014. The saucy picture at left was tweeted by DashaUstinova. At right, Mike Bradwell gets picture taken with wild and crazy lancer mascot. Leaside faces the formidable Downsview Mustangs. Next Thursday (October 23,  2014) Northern Secondary School goes up against the Mustangs. And sadly, as we see in the Mustang tweet below late Friday, the hard-fought game went to Downview 19-13.

Downpour causes local flooding in Leaside

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It looks just impassable in this picture tweeted by Larrisa Haluszka-Smith on Rumsey Road looking south to Eglinton Ave. E. as tonight’s downpour passed through Toronto. Elsewhere the conversation between Ilana Korn and Molly Byrd dealt with flooding caused by leaf clogged drains at Airdrie Rd. and McRae Drive. Mail your flood news from anywhere in South Bayview to The Bulldog at news@bayview-news.com. Below, Sutherland Drive south of Broadway Ave. seems to be suffering from the same water flow as Rumsey Road. Thanks Peter Baugh.

Poll: East York, “old” Toronto love John Tory

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A new Toronto mayoral shows John Tory still in the lead for mayor but contains some area results which seem, by any statistical reality, to be anomalies.  For example, Tory is shown to be ahead by 39 percent in public suppoert overall but to be trailing Doug Ford in North York by an enormous 12 percent. The North York numbers show Ford at 44 percent, Tory at 32 percent.  The Star, which sponsored the poll, also notes that the North York numbers seem odd. The breakdown in Etobicoke-York is Tory 43 percent support while Mr. Ford has 38 percent. These results may not be impossible but they have made some journalists skeptical about their accuracy. Tory is said to be doing well in what is called old Toronto and East York (including South Bayview) beating Ford by a huge margin of 44 percent to 16 percent. It will be useful in the analysis of  “Ford Nation” when the election is over to see if the differences in North York prove ture. In Sarborough, where Mr. Ford might have been expected to have a clear lead, he is ahead by a single point in this poll, 39 percent to 38 percent. City-wide, the poll shows Tory at 39 percent with Ford and Chow at 33 and 23 percent respectively. The Forum Research poll is said to have been interactive which usually means it was done by robo-call. 

“Squirrel car”sells Royal Nuts in South Bayview

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Here we are in the parking lot of the Loblaws store at Moore and Bayview Aves. with a sight that is just about beyond belief. A Fiat 500 (so cute) dressed up with a squirrel tail and a crown on top to tell nut eaters about the excellence of Royal Nuts. We used to call these small vehicles “peanut cars”. Little did we know. Now this flavourful Cinquecento takes the prize, We are especially fond of the artistocratic squirrel on the hood, bringing together the difficult to marry cultures of rodent and regal nut love.  

Leaside Library Halloween Fun Fair Oct. 25

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Halloween events and activities are beginning to fill the calendar. The Leaside Public Library on McRae Drive will hold its Halloween Fair Sat October 25, 2014  between 2 and 4 p.m. It’s fun for kids from three to eight years in the form of a spooky story time, goodie bag decorating, and face painting. You can drop in and no registration is required.