The South Bayview Bulldog

Blaze at 1420 Ritson Rd Oshawa/Colin Williamson

Two people have been injured and several residents have been displaced after a fire at an Oshawa apartment complex. Fire crews were called to 1420 Ritson Road South around 8 a.m. Saturday morning to a working fire. Upon arrival, firefighters found two victims who were taken to the hospital by paramedics. One person has since been released while the other is in critical, but stable condition — with City News

Angry sky over Cherry Beach/Diane Walton

East end resident Diane Walton has posted dramatic shots of the angry sky about 4 p.m. Friday as a cell swept across the City at Cherry Beach. FB

As seen at 9.45 p.m. Friday

The off-on hydro fluctuations continued in South Bayview Friday evening. As the evening waned a circular blackout area in Davisville could be seen on the Hydro Outage Map. It seemed to stretch east to west from Cleveland St to Forman Ave and from maybe Hillsdale Ave in the north to slightly south of Millwood Ave. FB

• The City has been trying to rein in executive bonuses at Toronto Hydro. Last year the CEO took home a bonus of more than $640,000

Metrolinx says it has shifted slightly the proposed route of the Ontario Line through Thorncliffe Park to ensure the safety of the historic stone entrance sign to the neighborhood. Release

Prince William and Prince Harry unveil the statue commissioned to honor their late mother, Princess Diana, on her 60th birthday.

Leaside residents are posting about delinquent kids with eggs Wednesday. A family on Cameron Cres. is struggling to restore their stonework and others recall their own experience with this particularly disagreeable vandalism. There’s a long history of it against storefronts on Bayview Ave. FB

There is a lot of activity online for this East York Canada Day 2.0. But there are also East york lawn signs and a chance to spend the afternoon at Stan Wadlow Park.

A large fire ripped through a railway arch in Elephant and Castle, south London, causing an explosion and sending plumes of black smoke into the sky. Remarkably, only two people were injured. Footage of the scene showed a large explosion from an auto repair shop located in one of the railway arches, as well as thick smoke billowing from the area. The London Fire Brigade said 10 fire engines and 70 firefighters were tackling the blaze which raced through three commercial units, causing trains to be diverted — Guardian

Trucker’s cam catches bad move

And how!

A Twitter and YouTube publisher known as “the official 401 trucker page” has published a shuddering video Tuesday showing a disaster in the making on Highway 400 on Sunday.

Toronto continues to see temperatures in the high 20s but it’s nothing compared to all-time records being set in parts of British Columbia. The record for the hottest temperature in Canada has been broken once again, less than 24 hours after reaching a new all-time high in Lytton, BC. Environment Canada said temperatures reached a scorching 47.5 C in Lytton on Monday afternoon, topping the previous record of 46.1 C from Sunday. Prior to that, the highest temperature ever recorded in the country was in Saskatchewan more than 80 years ago.

What’s a Heat Dome?

CBC meteorologist Johanna Wagstaffe said that heat dome is what is expected to break records. “Sinking air will push down on the air near the ground, basically like a pressure cooker,” Wagstaffe said. “That high is not going anywhere anytime soon.” The Village of Lytton is located 108 km (67 miles) north of Hope and 37 km (23 miles) and 260 km north of Vancouver. Lytton sits at a point high on a mesa overlooking the Fraser River and where its largest tributary the Thompson River merge.

18th Century echoes at City Hall

The City has issued a news release Monday which says that City staff has recommended Dundas St and apparently anything else named Dundas have its name changed because Henry Dundas (1742 to 1811) at one time did things that delayed the end of slavery. Slavery was ended in the British Empire in 1833 with much leadership from abolitionist William Wilberforce. Wilberforce St? The staff report says: “The consensus among historians remains that the actions of Henry Dundas, regardless of his intention, resulted in the delay of the abolition of the transatlantic slave trade, causing more than half a million more Black people to be enslaved in the British Empire”.  Release