Interpol has issued a sharply-worded criticism of the sloppy way passports are checked at national passport control points. It said no country checked its database that held information about two stolen passports that were used to board an ill-fated Malaysia Airlines flight with 239 people on board. Interpol said it had information available about an Austrian passport stolen in 2012 and an Italian passport stolen in 2013 which were stolen in Thailand.
Stay Calm and Spring Forward is our advice
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We like the variation on that stolid British advice about carrying on: Stay Calm and Spring Forward is The Bulldog’s recommendation. In fact, most of us learned Spring Forward and Fall Backwards in school. Yet it apparently isn’t fully understood in the Mayor’s office where someone tweeted that we should remember to Fall Back. A correction was made 23 minutes later. The really good news is that the 7 a.m. Canada-Sweden hockey game occurred in Standard Time. Think about that. And there are very few churches where you cannot arrive a little late. It’s the thought that counts.
Ice blasting on the Rideau a certain sign of Spring
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There are signs of Spring and you have seen them, Sunday morning’s cold weather not withstanding. time to say goodbye the bitterness of this bitter winter. No more “The groundhog called for six weeks more winter so I ate him” stuff. It”s over. One of the most entertaining omens is the annual ice blasting on the Rideau River in Ottawa. The rumbling noise of the work is a near century old project in the capital. Explosions were heard and felt around parts of the Rideau River Saturday. There’s close to 1,000 structures on the Rideau watershed that have the potential of flooding every year. Here in South Bayview, the Weather Channel’s Daniel Martins says it’s a testament to how harsh the winter has been in southern Ontario that a brief return to seasonal temperatures can feel so warm. Still, that’s how many residents were feeling Sunday as above-zero temperatures were widespread, and more of the same expected Saturday and a slight cool down on the way for Sunday How right you are Daniel.Woman dead inside St. Dennis Dr. apartment
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Bagel House Express on Eglinton now open
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Jessie Sahdra has opened his new Bagel House Express on Eglinton Ave. W near the corner of Castle Knock Rd. It’s right beside the Starbucks. Today (Saturday, March 8, 2014) he was in high spirits as customers flocked in to order his delicious Montreal-style bagels, long a favourite of the residents of South Bayview. Jessie posed with a Bagel House employee Shawn Shahzad (left and right inset). Shawn is also well known to South Bayview customers. The new shop receives deliveries of fresh bagels from the South Bayview ovens. It is an economical and well-located business addition for the company. Bagel House has three locations already in Toronto — 1548 South Bayview Ave., 1722 Avenue Road and 1438 Yonge Street. There is also one in Mississaugua. The firm began in 1999 when Jessie migrated from a Montreal bagel bakery where he learned the craft. We don’t know whether its the simple ingredients, the hand rolling, boiling in honey water or the wood-oven baking. Together however, the Montreal Bagel is a national treasure.Yonge landlord must pay for tenants hotel stay
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A Landlord and Tenant Board adjudicator has ordered a Lawrence Park area landlord to pay for the hotel accommodation of her tenants until heat and hot water can be restored. Information from the tenants counsel Lisa Feinberg of the firm Weir Foulds LLP is that they have been without these requirements of life since February 11, 2014. The landlord, Bianca Pollock, told the hearing that she had been unable to get the work done despite repeated requests for service from contractors. Her building is at 2779 Yonge Street at Strathgowan Ave. During the hearing, the landlord took a call from a contractor identified as David Eastwood of Arrow Heating and Air Conditioning. The issue seems to have been money and maybe prepayment because Ms. Pollock is said to have agreed to certain payments while on the phone. Later she told adjudicator Joseph Bercovitz that work will begin as early as Tuesday, March 11, 2014 and take a week to complete. Ms Pollock is required to pay for the tenants accommodation at the hotel until heat and hot water are restored.
Billionaire’s ex-partners must pay him millions
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Jeff Gray, Law Reporter for the Globe and Mail, dishes up the juiciest serving of sordid court news this Saturday. Rib-tickling reading Jeff Gray
Staples to close stores in the U.S. and Canada
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Staples will follow Future Shop, Best Buy and Radio Shack in a retreat from the storefront market as online giants like Amazon gobble up their business. Staples announced in Framingham, Mass., today that it will close up to 225 more stores —
12 percent of its U.S. and Canadian locations . As much as half of Staples sales are now done online the company said. It it targeting $500 million in costs in the next two years. Staples has more than 2,000 stores in 26 countries, the vast majority in the United States. Locally, the company has shown versatility in recent years at its Brentcliffe Rd. store where the emphasis has been on service.
Nepean eliminates Leaside from PWHL playoffs
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Nepean Wildcats have eliminated the Leaside Wildcats from the Provincial Women’s Hockey League playoffs this evening. Playing at Malvern arena, Nepean finished up 4-1 on Leaside. Nepean take the series three games to none.
Specialty meat and poultry store at 1617 Bayview
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Talk in a number of South Bayview shops over the weekend was about the leasing of the space at 1617 Bayview Ave, the premises formerly occupied by Yeh Yogurt. The space will go to a retailer of meat and poultry produced by organic standards. Beginning Thursday evening, the South Bayview Bulldog has made three inquiries to Rowe Farms Meats about this location. Two e-mails were sent and one telephone call made. The phone call was answered by information that any response will come from the Chief Executive Officer and that possibly by the middle of next week he will have something to say. Rowe Farms Meats has a number of shops in Toronto and one in Guelph. Website
Leaside wins p.m. clash of the Midget Wildcats
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Fans have tweeted the final score of Friday afternoon’s tilt between the Soo Midget Wildcats and the Leaside Wildcats. It ended 2-1 Leaside. Those Wildcats are evenly matched. This game was part of the Leaside Wildcats March Break Tournament this weekend. Tonight the junior Wildcats will meet the Nepean squad at Malvern arena in a series that sees Leaside trailing two games to zero out of a possible five.
Can Lord, Pupatello derail Hydro Gravy Train?
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Former New Brunswick premier Bernard Lord will be taking over as chairman of Ontario Power Generation, the province’s government-owned utility. Ex-Ontario cabinet minister Sandra Pupatello has also been tapped to take over as chairwoman of Hydro One, which operates the province’s transmission network. CTV