The South Bayview Bulldog

An election-eve poll puts the major parties neck and neck in today’s vote. There’s an incentive here for you to make a difference. Please vote.

You may need your vaccine passport for these events but the scheduled Variety Show next Thursday at the Amsterdam Barrell House looks like fun. Below, the Leaside Heritage Preservation Society is holding a get-together at the Leaside Pub on September 29.

Toronto Fire Service has extinguished a two-alarm fire at a home under construction on Crescent Rd between Wrentham Place and the Mt. Pleasant ramp early Sunday. The traffic map shows there is still a lot of congestion in the area including the ramp.

There’s an outpouring of good wishes towards a former 53 Division policeman and high hopes for the return of the cat Gingy at Leaside Community Saturday. Lauren Herz tells how the officer agreed to use his sniffer dogs trained to find pets to bring Gingy home.

Canada’s armed forces often seem to be greatly distanced from national defense.

Russian chess champ sues Netflix over Queen’s Gambit

Nona Gaprindashvili, a Soviet-era chess star seems to be making a quick grab for $5 million from Netflix for a single line in the hugely popular series Queen’s Gambit. We’ll see.

Kids wreck schools, steal things to become TikTok celebrities

 

 

The City will fully close Allen Road this weekend for maintenance, starting Friday at 11 p.m. until Monday at 5 a.m. The closure will extend from Eglinton Avenue West to Sheppard Avenue West, including all on/off ramps at Allen Road and Highway 401.

But of course, change the names of all the vaccines for — ah, well — see if you can find a good reason. CTV

Faces that tell us of heartbreak and joy. On the left is Shemima Begum, the British-born girl who left England at 15 seven years ago to join ISIS and is now begging to be allowed to come home. It doesn’t look good. At centre is Gabby Petito, 22, who has vanished while on a US cross-country van trip with her boyfriend Brian Landrie. Some think the two sweethearts began to suffer emotional distress from too much closeness. Uh-huh. At right, the shining face of Amanda Gorman, 23, an eloquent young woman who is skyrocketing to stardom since her brief speech at Joe Biden’s inauguration. Wonderful.

Explosions can be heard on the Global News video at the scene of a fatal collision between two trucks at Havelock in Belmont Township near Peterborough Thursday. Highway 7 is closed in both directions between Belmont Township 11th Line and Mary Street.

The glitzy, perfect girls and women who show up on Instagram, the photo and video-sharing social networking platform, represent a powerful depressant to millions of teen girls who are spending pandemic hours on it. And Instagram’s owner Facebook is said to know this.

Three years after two Niagara Region cops fought a nasty fight at an accident site, a court is hearing the story of what happened from one of the officers. It seems as if there was bad blood before the fight began but the testimony Wednesday indicated a bathroom visit figured in the clash. This report was prepared Wednesday and testimony continues in Hamilton. Dispatcher could not believe she had a “blue on blue” shooting

Targeted attack at Mount Hope home of three men

Hamilton Police say a deadly home attack in the suburb of Mount Hope early Thursday was targeted by gunmen who knew the three male occupants, a father and two sons. The abducted man has been identified as 63-year-old Faqir Ali. Note the tweet below regarding a debt of nearly $12,000 apparently owed by Mr. Ali. One of his sons is dead and another wounded. CBC