The South Bayview Bulldog

Russia should be banned from athletics competition, a World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) commission report has recommended. Wada’s independent commission examined allegations of doping, cover-ups, and extortion in Russian athletics, which also implicated the IAAF, the sport’s world governing body. It also wants five athletes and five coaches to get lifetime doping bans. In addition, it states the London 2012 Olympics were “sabotaged” by the “widespread inaction” against Russian athletes with suspicious doping profiles by the IAAF and the Russian athletics federation. Commission leader Dick Pound said Russia seemed to have been running a “state-supported” doping programme and also gave his backing to IAAF president Lord Coe, saying he was the right man to lead the governing body.

Reid Humphrey

Reid Humphrey has been named Leaside’s 2015 Athlete of the Year. Reid is a student at Upper Canada College and AA player with the Leaside Hockey Association (LHA) in the Greater Toronto Hockey League. He has been a leading scorer in the LHA for each of the past two seasons. Reid was named team MVP in 2014-15 and plays varsity hockey for Upper Canada College. He also plays baseball, soccer, basketball and volunteers with the LHA. The 2015 induction ceremony will be held on Friday November 20, at Leaside Memorial Gardens Arena. Tickets are available here, from any of Leaside’s sports associations or at the arena.

A team from Northern Secondary School has won the gold medal in the midget girls category at the Ontario Federation of School Athletic Associations Cross Country races at Duntroon near Collingwood on Saturday. Northern is classified as a AAA school by the OSFAA.

The Duchess of Cambridge was a fitting symbol of the monarchy at the  tribute to British veterans and fallen troops Sunday at the Cenotaph on Whitehall in London. The 33-year-old Duchess wore a black double-breasted patchwork felt and velvet coat by Alexander McQueen, paired with a black felt hat with a butterfly and a small mesh birdcage veil. The Royals

This report from Kirk Williams of the CBC is a study in human affection for dogs and an insight into the over-population of canines in California. Worth watching.

Cynthia Cavanagh

Leaside Wildcats lost a 2-1 game to the Whitby Wolves at Iroquois arena in Whitby Sunday afternoon. The Wildcats lead 1-0 until the third period when the Wolves scored two. Boxscore Further to the Wildcats win against Etobicoke Saturday night at home, Bulldog reader Anthony Reagan writes to note that they completed this task without the help of star forward Cynthia Cavanagh who was away playing for Team Ontario Blue in the National Under 18 Championships in B.C.  Ontario Blue won the bronze by defeating B.C. 4-3. No doubt the Wildcats will be glad to see Cynthia back in the lineup..

The CIBC branch at 1529 Bayview Ave. re-opens tomorrow (Monday. November 9, 2015) a harbinger perhaps of digital delights yet to come in Canadian banking. We know the tellers are still on staff but they have other jobs, at least nominally. Will you still see the same faces? We’re not sure but as this peek through the locked front doors on Sunday shows there is a new desk where once there was a counter and wickets. On the desk are several terminals. The sign on the desk says on the move. To the left, there’s what appears to be a souped up ATM. The picture below shows a wider view with offices still there and what appears to a new forward desk closer to the front door.

Canada’s Walk of Fame has seen seven more personalities honoured. The event took place yesterday in Toronto and the well-known names were as seen below: Don Cherry,. Ron McLean, award-winning author Lawrence Hill, actress Wendy Crewson, three-time Olympic medallist Silken Laumann and the late actor (and former CBC announcer) Lorne Greene, known for his TV roles in Bonanza and Battlestar Galactica. Not shown is pop singer Shawn Mendes.

There are wraps you eat and wraps you ride in, it seems. This Yonge train at Rosedale station is wrapped in graphic advertising for the sequel to that cruelty epic Hunger Games. It was snapped by our sister blog Yonge and Roxborough News.

 Residents of the apartment at 2 Grandstand Place at the corner of Thorncliffe Park Drive are still trying to clean up Sunday (November 8, 2015) after an apparent burst water main flooded five first floor units. As the CBC video above shows,. the homes are largely unlivable after the soaking. “The apartment is destroyed – totally,” building resident Walter Pinto told CTV. “There’s about six to eight inches of water running right through.”  Mr. Pinto said he had has lived in the building for about 15 years. He said he woke up Saturday morning to find water rushing into the utility room. The flooding also forced the shutdown of the power and heating systems. Residents say they suspect that work last week on a water line across the street may be to blame. Water entered the apartment through the building’s boiler room.