Leaside Wildcats beat Southwest 2-1 in penalty-free game

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Leaside Jr. Wildcats defeated the Southwest Wildcats Saturday night at Leaside Gardens. The score was 2-1 and it has to be said that for a team that sits at the bottom of the Provincial Women’s Hockey League Southwest did a creditable job in keeping the score so low,. Much of the credit must go to  goaltender Emily O’Bright who kicked out 35 shots of 37 fired at her by Leaside. For her part, Katie Mowbray stopped 17 of 18. Another remarkable statistic was the zero minutes Leaside spent in the penalty box. In fact there were no penalties in this game. The Leaside scoring was done by Megan Pardy to win it at 17.45 of the third. Not a minute too soon. Leaside’s first goal was scored by Caitlin Heale at 10.44 of the first period. The Southwest goal was scored by Ellen Donaldson at 10:30 into the second period. The win moves Leaside into sixth spot in the 20-team PWHL.

Power outage? What power outage, ask many near Bayview

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The power outage widely reported by media Saturday was no doubt real enough for those caught up in it but for many people who were said to be inside the boundaries of this failure, it just didn’t happen. Individual residents of Merton St., Davisville Ave. and Millwood Rd near Bayview say there was no outage. A man carrying a child through the lighted parking lot of McDowell’s Valumart said: “What outage?” Several businesses on well-lit Bayview Ave where activity was brisk at 5.15 p.m. said there had been no power interruption. The boundaries stated by the CBC from Toronto Hydro were Yonge, St Clair, Eglinton and Bayview. It  seems the actual power failure may have been more to the west. St.Clair Ave in Moore Park kept power as did Bennington Heights.

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Bulldog reader Helen Godfrey was in the Second Cup at 642 Mt. Pleasant when the power went out. She notes that back outside, the Sobey’s was dark too but the Pharma Plus had power. It seemed to her that outages were confined to the west side but they were spotty at that. She observes that the Mt. Pleasant and Regent (known to some as the Belsize) had power which she said was a good thing considering the Saturday matinees. Thanks Helen and all others who contributed to this report. If you have a blackout or non-blackout story, please write to The South Bayview Bulldog at news@bayview-news.com

Hydro returned to South Bayview area after about an hour

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Power has been restored to the areas east of Yonge Street over to Bayview Ave according to Hydro One. The utility asks that if you are still without power call (416) 542-8000 and press 1 to speak to one of their dispatchers. Earlier: Power was out Saturday afternoon in the St. Clair Ave. and Yonge Street area. Toronto Hydro said some 9,200 customers were in the dark. The area affected was bordered by Yonge Street to the west, Bayview Avenue to east, St Clair Avenue to the south and Eglinton Avenue in the north. Power remained on however in what appeared to be most of Moore Park. Hydro said on Twitter that crews were working to determine what may have caused the outage. Twitter 

Leslieville meeting sees little opposition to shelter

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The Salvation Army and other services held a homeless exhibit and one-on-one discussion at the Toronto Fire and EMS Training Academy on Knox Ave in Leslieville on Saturday. It offered residents a chance to learn about plans to open a 124-bed homeless shelter at 29 Leslie St. The location is a now vacant factory south of Queen Street. Several dozen people attended the meeting. The was no opportunity to speak publicly but concern took the form of one mother’s fear that her children might not be safe going to school, and anoher person who said seniors might be afraid to walk out at night. The shelter is needed says the Army because of the closure of its Hope Shelter on College Street at McCaul Street, which it was forced to close last April after the property’s owner sold the building. Andrew Burditt of the Salvation Army was present Saturday and said the Army has been working with the City to find a new location to replace the Hope Shelter.This vacant site in a commercial neighborhood seems to be a good fit.

Woman “life threatened” as cab makes U-turn on Bathurst

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CBC photo of taxi in broadside collision

Two women are in hospital with life threatening injuries after a taxi was broadsided by a truck outside Western Hospital on Bathurst Street.  Fire personnel sawed off a door to free the passengers.  The driver of the truck said the taxi “suddenly pulled out of the roundabout” at the hospital and the two vehicles crashed. It was subsequently said by police the taxi was making a U-turn.

 

Restaurant’s menu turns out to a load of “organic” baloney

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The Toronto Star News Service has published a story saying exotic dishes served at a downtown hotel dining room were misrepresented. The story makes it clear that the food was okay to eat it’s just that the “Wild Canadian salmon”, “Organic” granola, “homemade” salad dressing and grilled “Wagyu skirt steak.” weren’t really those things. It is a cautionary story not only about silly puffery in describing food but the marketing strategy in supermarkets to make buyers think food is worth more because it is said to be organic  Metro News 

Woman hit by car at crazy corner Bayview and Eglinton

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That crazy construction corner Bayview Ave. and Eglinton Ave. saw a pedestrian struck in a mid-afternoon accident Friday. The report from Toronto Police Operations (TPS Ops) says she was elderly and sustained a leg injury. The conditions at this corner may be unavoidable but they are exceedingly tricky for pedestrians. Here is a current picture of the mess taken by Bob Arsenault.

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Two events planned locally related to refugee settlement

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The MP for Don Valley West Rob Oliphant will hold an event related to the settlement of Syrian refugees. It is a town hall meeting on Friday, January 22 at Lawrence Park Community Church, 2180 Bayview Ave. It will begin at 7 p.m.

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St. Cuthbert’s Anglican Church will hold a Refugee Sponsorship Information Fair on Saturday, February 6, 2016.  It will open at 10 a.m. at 1399 Bayview Ave. Lorna Krawchuk notes the church has made an application for sponsorship and is looking for people willing to give a hand. Incorrect information was given earlier. We apologize for the mistake.

PWHL hockey at Leaside Gardens Saturday and Sunday

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Leaside Jr. Wildcats will play host to the Southwest Wildcats Saturday night at Leaside Gardens. The game begins at 7.40. Southwest is occupying the cellar in the 20-team Provincial Women’s Hockey League as its takes to the ice tomorrow. Sunday afternoon, twelfth place Bluewater Hawks from over Strathroy way will face the Leaside women. Puck drops at 3.40.