The South Bayview Bulldog

OPP confirm that the feared abduction of a boy possibly 8 to 11 years was actually a parent dealing with a son who was “running away from home.”  Because of concern on the part of whoever saw this exchange, a province-wide Amber Alert was issued. The process included an over-ride of all television signals in a large part of the province, not just news bulletins. No doubt this is being discussed in the offices of television and cable firms today. .The alert was cancelled about an hour into the alarm with police saying the boy had been located and was safe.

Ray Tomlinson

The man who invented email as the world knows it has died. Ray Tomlinson conceived of the first bit of test e-mail which included the distinguishing symbol @ to separate the user from the host. Tomlinson created the send message (SNDMSG) command which directed mail to a recipients doorstep — his computer. Mr. Tomlinson is said to have died Saturday of an apparent heart attack at the age of 74. He sent the very first email back in 1971. At the time, he was working in Boston at Bolt, Beranek, and Newman (BBN), a company that was instrumental in the development of a very early version of the internet, called ARPANET. As an employee, he was “looking for problems [ARPANET] could solve,” Tomlinson told The Verge in a 2012 interview. He decided to use the @ symbol because it had almost no use at the time being mostly employed as a symbol to specify the price of produce per piece e.g. apples @ 25 cents. Sadly, the very first email has been lost. As Tomlinson said: “The first e-mail was completely forgettable  and  (was) therefore, forgotten.”

Metrolinx has issued a notice that crews are doing roadway surface reconstruction on Eglinton Avenue East between Brentcliffe Road and Leslie Street. During this work, Eglinton Avenue East will be reduced to one lane only for both directions of traffic. Paid Duty Police Officers (PDOs) and/or flagmen will be employed to control traffic at each end of the work site. Release 

Readers report that the Timothy’s Coffee location at. Pleasant and Soudan is now closed permanently according to the sign on the door. This outcome was anticipated as the struggling Timothy’s franchise dealt with the new (2012) Starbucks on the opposite corner.

London Deviletttes have tied the best-of-five playoff series with the Leaside Wildcats, defeating Leaside 4 to 1 at the Gardens Sunday afternoon.The series now moves to London for two games. If a fifth game is necessary, it will be played at Leaisde Gardens. The Wildcats were a different team from the one which battled to a 3-2 victory Saturday night. The Devilettes scored quickly twice in the first period Sunday and got two more in the third. The Leaside goal came courtesy of Megan Pardy at 15.33 of the third with an assist from Olivia Kariunas.

CORRECTION

Incorrect information was published previously on Saturday’s winning goal for Leaside. It was scored by Siobhan Birch with assists from Bronte Mutukistna and Cynthia Cavanagh  The Bulldog regrets the error.

It will be snow-melting time all this week as South Bayview begins to zero in on Spring. The temperature is forecast to reach a high of 9 C on Monday and will continue to rise on Tuesday and Wednesday with daytime highs of 12 C and 13 C. Weather Network

Hyundai is showing a triple-pronged bid for the environmentally friendly car market at the Geneva Auto Show. The Hyundai Ioniq is poised to be a bold vehicle — a sedan sold with drivetrain options that can turn it into a gasoline-hybrid, a plug-in or a fully-electric car. Jim Drury of Reuters reports.

A London-based photographer Brock Elbank is on a mission: to photograph as many freckled people as possible. A self-confessed lover of the skin feature, he wants to celebrate freckles in all their glory. For #Freckles he has so far photographed 90 people from around the world — BBC

Dion Phaneuf was honoured by Leaf fans last night and he responded to the message of gratitude by applauding back in a brief skate of acknowledgement during a television timeout. “I just want to thank the fans for what they did. It meant a lot to me. That was some good closure. Real classy by them.” This slightly tearful moment lasted not very long as the former Leaf captain went on to drop the gloves in a scrap with one of his former teammates.

There is no winner of the $7-million Saturday night Lotto 6-49 jackpot. The jackpot for the next draw on Mar. 9 will be approximately $9-million.

Leaside Wildcats hit the playoff trail tonight at home against the London Devilettes. The teams will meet in a best of five preliminary series. The Cats finished sixth in regular play in the Provincial Women’s Hockey League and the Devilettes eleventh. The puck drops at 8.15 at Leaside Gardens. The second game goes Sunday at 3.30 also at home.