The South Bayview Bulldog

Joe Mimran, the creator of Joe Fresh and just retired from the Loblaws-owned firm, will be a “dragon” on the popular CBC entertainment and business program Dragon’s Den. He is here with Heather Hiscox

Rahier at 1586 Bayview Ave. will be participating with many other patisseries around town in Macaron Day this Friday, March 20, 2015. The annual charitable giveaway is in aid of the Red Door Shelter in Leslieville. Macarons are a butter-cream or ganache filled meringue cookie. Typically, participating bakeries donate a macaron in exchange for the sale of others. Twenty-five per cent of the proceeds from all additional macarons purchased on this day is donated to the Red Door. Nice idea.

OPP say whiteouts on Highway 401 near Trenton caused a huge pileup of tractor-trailer early this morning. As many as 40 big trucks are said to be in the wreckage. The road continues to be closed in both directions from Brighton to  west of Belleville.  Four people were hurt.

As reported by CP24 the driver of this garbage truck lost control of his rubbish carrier north of Eglinton Ave. W. when the rear-most axle was disconnected in some fashion. You can see the strange alignment of the two rear axles in the inset photo lower left. The expressway is closed northbound between Eglinton and :Lawrence. The driver fortunately was not hurt as his big vehicle started to wobble all over the place. Must have been quite a ride. Go safely buddy.

The Lawrence Park Collegiate Institute Panthers have won the bronze medal in girls’ curling at a bonspiel near Belleville over the weekend. The LPCI girls finished up 9 – 4 over the Parry Sound High School Panthers to take the prize. They were playing in a province wide competition hosted by local curling clubs at the Ontario Federation of School Athletic Associations (OFSAA) bonspiel.

East York’s Michael Crawford, 51, is chosen one of the Pan Am Games torch bearers

East York runner and family man Michael Crawford, 51, will be among the bearers of the  Pan Am Torch. That symbolic flame was unveiled yesterday at the Ontario Science Centre. Mr Crawford will participate in carrying the torch across the country.  About 3,000 such bearers will each cover a 200-metre segment during the 41-day torch relay. Mr. Crawford was selected as a torch bearer after he applied online and wrote in his submission about how important sports is to him. He said the mentality of sports about having the will to win helped him overcome an illness he experienced six years ago. His children are also active with his 12-year-old daughter a keen snowboarder. A 14-year-old son recently won a medal in a national snowboarding competition in Quebec.“Sports is a very important thing in our family,” said Crawford. He said he was honoured to be chosen to run in the torch relay. Triathlete Simon Whitfield, who won medals in both the Olympic and Pan Am Games, will also be one of the torchbearers. He participated in the Vancouver Olympic Games. Officials at the ceremony were: Toronto Mayor John Tory, Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne, and TO2015 Board Chair David Peterson

New York Times 

Well done report here indicating the closeness of the outcome in Israel and the influence of the party which holds the loyalty of the 20 percent of Israel citizens who are Muslim and Christian Arabs.

An extraordinary no-slip shoe is chronicled in the British publication The Telegraph  — a product in which the Toronto Rehabilitation Centre, with its large facility on Rumsey Road, was a lead researcher.

Jurors in the Via Rail terror case will be re-charged Wednesday on just what is meant by conspiracy. They have been sent home for the night after sitting seven days without reaching a verdict.