The South Bayview Bulldog

It appears abcAcademy, the private child care firm, is taking applications for child placement at its Bayview Ave location. The renovated location at the corner of Bayview and Balliol now carries new signage. The daycare operator has a website for online applications

We had this video showing the exploits of Happy Feet the Wayward Penguin all ready to go off when we saw him chronicled in the Star as well. This video shows Happy Feet getting a little shove to return to his normal habitat, the Antarctic Ocean. Once in there, he loved it. There are also a couple of shots of him getting a fish breakfast from New Zealand Zoo workers. The emperor penguin was a local sensation in Kiwi after going astray and spending a few days in that land . Additional.

You may have seen this story about Nick and Nate Smith, 11 year old twins from Faribault, Minnesota. Late last week Nate (right in the yellow shirt) executed a marvellous trick hockey shot by firing a puck some 89 feet through a three and a half inch target. As you will see, he was rightly joyous. But wait. It turns out the it was Nate’s twin, Nick, who actually bought the $10 ticket to make the shot. And only he was eligible to make it. When the time came for Nick to shoot, he was outside the arena. Just like a 11 year old. With his fathers knowledge, Nate walked onto the ice and made the shot. As they are identical, no one would ever have known that Nick was not the actual winner. But the next day their dad decided to set a better example for his kids and told organizers of the switch. Subsequently, the insurance company which administered the contest said it would not pay Nate (or anybody) the $50,000. It did make a $20,000 gift to charity however.

This amusing clip of a German weather woman has been viewed nearly two million times. Even in German it’s funny. Generally, she breaks up because they flash a picture of an anchor on her screen instead of her map. She blurts out, “Well that wasn’t bad either”. She keeps trying to go on with the weather but can’t get it together. At one point she asks for some cue cards before she totally loses it.

The leaders of Ontario’s three largest political parties will duke it out on television from 6:30-8:30 p.m. ET on Tuesday, September 27, on TV Ontario. The debate is being organized by the Ontario TV Debate Consortium, made up of broadcasters CBC, CTV, Global, Sun News Network and TV Ontario. Consortium spokesperson Jeff Keay said there is no word yet on venue, location or format. “All I can tell you officially is to expect more announcements shortly,” he said. The debate will feature Liberal Leader Dalton McGuinty, Progressive Conservative Leader Tim Hudak and NDP Leader Andrea Horwath.

This last newscast by Lloyd Robertson as the resident anchor was no doubt well watched last night. It featured a particularly graceful farewell from Robertson. Click to the last couple of minutes to listen and watch.

Air Canada has announced that it will begin charging to check luggage on economy flights to the US on tickets issued on or after September 7, 2011. The charge will be $25 for one bag. A second bag will cost $35, according to the airline. That would bring the checked luggage fee for two bags headed to the US to $60. The information from Air Canada is ambiguous because the website does not really clarify whether the fee for a “2nd bag”is really a fee for two. But logically, it would appear to be the former.The charges are said by Air Canada to be in keeping with airline industry practice but it reveals again the doubtful nature of airline economics.