The South Bayview Bulldog

Repairs to an underground cable vault that caught fire recently is causing the power to be shut off to 40 buildings in the Yonge Street and Eglinton Avenue area. The power outage was originally expected to last until 1 p.m, but it is expected to last longer. The buildings affected by the outage are bordered by Duplex Avenue to the west, Bayview Avenue to the east, Broadway Avenue to the north and Soudan Avenue to the south.

Toronto Police Service report: A 15 year old youth reports that on November 7, 2012 at approximately 1800 hours, he was walking in the area of Thorncliffe Park Drive and Overlea Boulevard, when he was approached by 4 male suspects. One of the suspects removed an iPhone from the victim. The suspects fled the scene in an unknown direction. No injuries were sustained by the victim.

The following post appeared in March 2011 and has had much positive response: The pestilence of parking tickets seems to be with us for good, but there are rules. The Toronto Police Service has established a few directives for parking officers. In regular legal hours (i.e not rush hour) officers are supposed to permit a ten minute grace period. If anyone gets a ticket within less than ten minutes after the expiry time, call the TPS. We’re told the ticket will be annulled. The number is (416) 808-2222. On July 11, 2011 during its last meeting of the summer, City Council voted to implement the ten minute grace for all time-restricted parking offences, excluding major arterial routes during rush hour periods (rush hour periods are defined from Monday to Friday from 6 a.m. to 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. to 7 p.m.  Previously, the grace period had been five minutes. It continues to be true that unless the parking officer has actually slapped the ticket on your windshield, or handed it to you, no proper service has occurred. In other words, if you can drive away before the ticket is served, you will not be responsible for it. Shockingly, certain anti-due process types at City Hall under the old regime wanted to eliminate this right in law and declare you guilty regardless. Thank Heavens that hasn’t happened yet. 

There have been three attempts to counterfeit the new Canadian polymer bills, the Bank of Canada has revealed. The information came at an event yesterday at Sunnybrook Hospital veterans wing where the bank was introducing the new $20 bill with the WW I Vimy Memorial on the back. The forgeries are crude, it is said, and easy to detect. A public information campaign is underway to explain new security features on the notes, including see-through holographic images on the front. The polymer current was invented in Australia and introduced there in 1988. It is now produced by 30 countries.

 Suzuki Canada says that it will carry on selling cars and trucks in Canada even though its U.S., counterpart has declared bankruptcy. There was widespread belief that the Canadian company would follow U.S. Suzuki in the face of regulations and stiff competition. But a  statement released this week by Suzuki Canada said it has no plans to discontinue new automobile sales in Canada, nor of entering any sort of court-supervised bankruptcy restructuring, as American Suzuki has done.