The South Bayview Bulldog

Toronto’s Royal York & Hotel Vancouver have been put up for sale by Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec.  The Royal York will continue to be managed by Fairmont Hotels and Resorts as their contract still has decades remaining.  In 1929, the year it opened, the Royal York was the tallest building in Toronto.  Queen Elizabeth II and other members of the Royal Family have graced its rooms.  If you’d prefer an investment with a more light-hearted history, you’re too late — the glass house featured in “Ferris Bueller” has been sold for $1.06M. 

 

Melissa McMahon and Simon Boisclair feel like the luckiest parents in the world. A few days ago their baby was abducted from out of her mother’s arms and was only found through the good work of four Trois Rivieres teenagers. Now Ms. McMahon has used Facebook to thank everyone who helped bring home baby Victoria. A 21-year-old woman accused of the baby-snatching will undergo a psychiatric evaluation to determine whether the  case against her can proceed. Her name is Valerie Poulin Collins. The wan-looking woman appeared in court after she was identified by the four teens who saw the Amber Alert on FaceBook. Karine Bussieres, Poulin Collins counsel, told the judge her client is incapable of helping her prepare a defence and asked for the psychiatric evaluation. “For the moment, I’m unable to communicate or have a rational discussion with her,” Bussieres told reporters after the hearing. Jean Pascal Boucher, a spokesman for the Crown, said Poulin Collins will remain in custody until she returns to court next Thursday. How Victoria was rescued

Just 12 days out from general election day and you can still pick and choose according to your political tendencies from the latest poll. Ipsos Reid, generally a reliable source, say the Liberals are tightening the rate, moving up on the PCs. But it says the PCs have it all over the Libs in the category of committed voters — the ones who are determined to votre. That break-out reads PCs 41%, Libs 29% and NDP 25%.  Polls are open from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.  

LEAF, the group that created the adopt-a-tree plan at work on Bayview Ave. is working to raise awareness and money for a monarch butterfly corridor through the heart o the city. The monarchs are returning from the Mexican reserve where they winter but their numbers are greatly depleted for reasons not entirely understood. The butterfly population is said to fluctuate. But now LEAF — Local Enhancement and Appreciation of Forests — is hoping to encourage people to plant the milkweed plant, natural food an environment of the monarchs. LEAF will be planting milkweed at their Urban Forest Demonstration Garden at the Spadina TTC Station. They invite people to come out on the morning on June 7, 2014 and learn how to plant their own milkweed throughout the city. The the milkweed program is inspired by the David Suzuki Foundation. 

Montreal police are investigating after a bystander took a picture of a cop with a bare-shouldered woman on his lap. What else was going on is yours to guess. The witness said there two officers having sex with two women in a the cruiser. The Montreal department didn’t believe it but a check of the picture showed it was all to true. Police say they’ll discipline at least one officer, a six year veteran of the force.  The photo, which was making the rounds on the Internetthis week, shows a man in uniform sitting in the driver’s seat with a topless blonde woman on his lap. Leila Saad, who took the photo, told Sun News there were, in fact, two officers in the cruiser, each having sex with a woman. Saad said she was with friends when they approached the vehicle and snapped the photo.