The South Bayview Bulldog

Some Collingwood residents are upset because OPP apparently chose to run over a coyote which they deemed to be dangerous. They then shot the animal. The incident was captured on video in darkness by a man who says he thinks the animal was in fact his blind and deaf dog. It isn’t clear why this question might be in doubt. Police are said to have the carcass in refrigeration. Police were called to a location in Collingwood after dark by someone who said a large coyote was roaming the streets. The police say that “for the safety of the community police had to put down this animal.” The incident occurred October 19, ,2015. CP24 

The Jays are stinging tonight from a 14-2 loss in Game Four of their best of seven playoff series with the Royals. Their pitching was sad to be sure and stalwart R.A. Dickey got chased out early after letting in five runs. Have the comeback boys got three straight in them against KC?

From the western reaches of Spadina Fort York to the Orange bastion of Ossington Ave. to the eastern stronghold of the Danforth, the New Democratic Party put up a heck of show but then just crashed. Liberal Adam Vaughan trounced Olivia Chow. In the early days of the campaign Chow was way ahead of him. Crystia Freeland beat Jennifer Hollett fairly handily despite the nearly 15 percent lead Hollett held at one point. In the remnants of Jack Layton’s former seat, the new riding of  Toronto Danforth, a Liberal squeaked by the NDP candidate. Why? Olivia Chow had it right when she said the reversal started two or three weeks before election day. Was that when Justin Trudeau started to talk about how he would spend money instead of try to be like Stephen Harper? What was the homing device embedded in voters heads? Cynics will say the pitta-pat factor of Mr. Trudeau’s handsome visage finally kicked in with some women (just saying) although he was still up against the same shaggy Thomas Mulcair who had been his opponent for months. Whatever the key, it caused a crucial opening up in the polls some ten to 12 days before the vote. Within 48 hours of the Liberals showing a slight lead others said the Conservatives were ahead. How wrong they were. And yet, the election day national pattern of voting sympathy is eerily familiar to the results when the Conservatives were elected. The Liberals won 54 percent of the seats (184) with 39 percent of the vote. The Conservatives garnered 32 percent of the vote to win 99. These numbers represent a fortuitous sprinkling of winning ballots for the Liberals in all the right places. The NDP, which had led the polls at one point,, won only 19 percent of the popular vote.

Maria Charlebois has shared the thanks of the Canadian Blood Service for the outstanding effort by citizens at the most recent clinic at North Elementary and Middle School. This semi-annual clinic has deep roots in Leaside and is an important public service for everyone who attends and donates. This fall the clinic fell on the same day as the Blue Jays return to Rogers Centre in their series with the Texas Rangers. Many felt the chance conflict of the game and the clinic might hurt turnout. But. as organizers suggest, maybe the excitement of the series got people moving. There was a large screen outside the gymnasium where the clinic was held. In any case, 83 units were collected, enough to treat ten leukemia patients. The thank you note to the school and Leaside from the blood service is inset.

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Troy Tulowitzki, Josh Donaldson and Ryan Goins homered as the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Kansas City Royals 11-8 in Game 3 of the American League Championship Series. Kansas City now holds a 2-1 series lead. TSN

The Liberal Party of Canada under Justin Trudeau has won the general election, defeating the Conservative government of Stephen Harper. The CBC is sayiong the Liberals won 184, a solid number over the minimum of 170 needed to form a majority government. The Conservatives have won 99. The NDP has been reduced to a third party status of previous decades, winning 44 seats. The separatist BQ won ten in Quebec and the Green Party elected only its leader, Elizabeth May. Locally, Chrystia Freeland has won the new riding of University Rosedale defeating a strong challenge from NDP candidate Jennifer Hollett. Don Valley West has seen Rob Oliphant defeat John Carmichael. Marco Mendicino has defeated Finance Minister Joe Oliver in Eglinton Lawrence. One of the few CP cabinet ministers relected in Ontario was Kellie Leitch in Simcoe Grey. Adam Vaughan defeated Olivia Chow in Fort York Spadina. Her loss and that of Ms Hollett in University Rosedale symbolized the collapse of the NDP vote which became apparent in the final two weeks of the campaign. Commentators are saying that this solid majority for the Liberals was achieved with something like 35 percent of the popular vote. It seems a remarkable and felicitous landing of ballots where they were needed. Six elected in South Bayview