The South Bayview Bulldog

Sanctuary updates underway

New floor, ceiling in gym

New kitchen was overdue

Leaside United Church is a lively 90 years old but the need for a general fix-up has been apparent for a while. It’s underway now and the “renovation team” has provided an update. Among the additions are new front steps and a new gym floor. Graham Lute of the team says the upgrades are substantial. They include landscaping, new gathering and welcome areas, AV sound systems, lighting for concerts and not one but two new kitchens.

Evidence of fierce fire on Dalewood Drive, Malton/Global News

Seven people were treated Tuesday after a fierce fire ripped through the second floor of a home on Daslewood Drive in Malton. It appears that everyone survived. A spokesperson for Mississauga Fire and Emergency Services said when crews arrived at the scene, there was a “substantial amount of fire” and a “very distraught” person hanging out of a second-floor window. Global News

Mississauga Fire Platoon Chief Daniel Boyer giving an update to media. A total of 2 occupants, 4 police officers and one firefighter were transported to hospital as a precautionary measure. One occupant is listed in serious but stable condition. pic.twitter.com/e5PUk58AoN

— Peter Muscat (@Peter_Muscat) October 14, 2020

A group of students from Carleton University in Ottawa has won a competition to design a zero-emissions car. Wow. How’s that work? Then, a Utah man manages to frighten off a panther stalking him to protect her cubs. Below that, it’s the iPhone 12. Is it all just looks? Lastly, the touching reunion of a Canadian woman and her fiance separated by C-19 travels bans.

The government will extend grants of as much as $300 million to restaurants and small businesses affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. These businesses have had receipts shredded by the unprecedented closures brought about by C-19. The money can be used to help offset fixed costs such as hydro bills and property taxes. The announcement was made by a rather-tired-looking Premier Ford. He and all ministers along with civil servants and health workers are working long days. Other announcements are seen in the clips below. He asks consumers and suppliers to think of “mom and pop” businesses to sustain the economy.

Eternal Canada Geese looking fatter than ever/Bulldog

The eternal Canada Goose continues to find a home in and around Leaside. This flock was feeding Tuesday outside the Loblaws on Redway Rd. They seemed fat and sassy. Some may remember the geese haven in front of the old steam engine repair building (now Longo’s) on Laird Dr in 2010. Developer solicits tenants on Laird where geese play in mud

Johnson & Johnson has halted clinical trials of its COVID-19 vaccine after a participant fell ill, the second time that a front-runner developer has paused testing in the race to create a viable immunization against the virus. The participant’s illness is being evaluated, the New Brunswick, New Jersey-based company said late Monday, adding that it would share information after further investigation. British drugmaker AstraZeneca last month temporarily stopped tests of its own vaccine candidate after a trial participant fell ill. That study has resumed in a number of countries but remains halted in the US. BNN

Ontario is reporting 649 cases of #COVID19 as over 44,100 tests were completed. Locally, there are 157 new cases in Peel, 140 in Toronto, 87 in York Region and 54 in Ottawa. There are 705 more resolved cases.

— Christine Elliott (@celliottability) October 11, 2020

Many people living to the north of Leslieville along the Crosstown LRT may well sympathize with residents there about the punishing cost of transit progress. As seen in Leaside, and all across the City, rapid transit construction brings chaos and high-rise development that crushes a neighbourhood way of life

Raccoon suspects of having distemper at Soudan and Cleveland Sunday morning

A post at Leaside Community Facebook Sunday morning tells of the rapid response of Toronto Animal Control to reports of a raccoon apparently suffering a distemper attack. It says City personnel arrived within 45 minutes to capture the animal as it wandered around the corner of Soudan Ave and Cleveland St. Good work.

Does this pose (um) make me look big back there? Colin Mcconnell

Leslieville photographer Colin Mcconnell has posted a Thanksgiving installment of his Dogs in the Hood series. We do indeed see ourselves in canine friends. FB

A lottery player in Quebec has won Friday night’s $70 million Lotto Max jackpot. The location of the winner has yet to be revealed. The draw also offered 19 Maxmillions prizes of $1 million each. Five of them were won by lottery players in Quebec, Ontario, the Prairies and British Columbia, with one of the prizes being shared by two ticket holders. The jackpot for the next Lotto Max draw on Oct. 13 will be approximately $24 million.