The South Bayview Bulldog

Rollover at 400 exit to Highway 9/OPP

A high-speed exit off Highway 400 at Highway 9 early Sunday caused this rollover. The driver was the sole occupant. He is apparently grievously injured in hospital. More at the OPP Highway Safety Division Twitter site. The vehicle is identified as a Lexus IS 300.

What’s left of Lexus IS 300

Jennifer Charlinski caught lightning stike on CN Tower during overnight storm

After glow from lightning strike/Jennifer Charlinski Tweet

Toronto Hydro is estimating it will have an outage in north Leaside repaired by 4 p.m. or earlier. Previously, three hydro outages were shown in north and south Leaside Monday. The Toronto Hydro Map is here and there is also Facebook comment. Above, Jennifer Charlinski caught lightning strike on CN Tower.

@TorontoHydro we’re experiencing a power outage in Leaside. Power has been out since around 8am. When do you anticipate power coming on again. Thank you.

— Kim Vander Aerschot (@KVanderAerschot) September 7, 2020

Anthony Fauci, the physician advising the US government on a C-19 vaccine, has told CNBC that a vaccine might be ready as soon as late this year or early next year. While many scorn the idea, Fauci says that if tests occur in an area of heavy infection, the clear distinction between stricken members of the placebo group and those who have been vaccinated, will move research very quickly. Most interesting.

Courtesy Chris Steinmann/Facebook

A source with full knowledge of circumstances has confirmed to The Bulldog that the stabbing Friday afternoon at Millwood Rd. and Bayview Ave. took place during an argument between a tenant of a nearby apartment and another tenant’s guest. The accused person is the tenant, the source said. Injuries to the guest were not serious. Meantime, many residents are commenting at Leaside Facebook

“Hi there, do you come here often in a mask?” Well look, casual sex needs C-19 etiquette too. Then, Meg and Hary are on Netflix. Is that good or just odd? Below that, down on Spadina Ave. new owner Micheal Wekerle is trying to create interest in his refurbished El Mocambo. And finally, the pandemic-delayed James Bond film No Time To Die debuts in November.

The Ministry of Health reports 148 new cases of C-19 for the 24-hour period ending at midnight as the second-wave surge grows. With the GTA entering the Labout Day Weekend cases in Peel (74) and Toronto (48) are also rising. Public health personnel are urging the public to continue mask and distancing protocols as they venture out.

The stock market rout continued for a second day Friday with the Dow falling 500 points before noon. Toronto was down more than 280 points in morning trading. Analysts blamed the heady rise in tech stocks in recent weeks for the collapse.  CNBC

Assembly line at Honda’s Allison, Ontario plant

General Motors and Honda have agreed on what’s being called a non-binding agreement to form an alliance in North America. Nobody is sure just what it may mean but for a start, you may see some GM work sneaking into Honda plants like the one in Aliston. Honda is not organized by the Canadian Auto Workers. One story Thursday speculated about “a Civic-based Chevrolet Cruze revival.” Fun but fanciful. Others hint this could pave the way for a firmer North American alliance.

An evening new release from the TPS says that the fatality in Thursday afternoon’s boat crash at Woodbine Beach was a man of 47, one of six passengers in the vessel. It is described as a 20-foot bowrider craft, one that has seating in the bow. Police say the operator of the boat, a man of 46, was the seventh person aboard. He is said to have lost control of the boat as it approached rocks some 90 feet offshore. The operator and remaining passengers received non-life-threatening injuries as a result of the collision. This area of the waterfront was busy at the time and police are asking anyone who may have seen the collision or have video footage to contact them. There were witnesses who may have spoken to the media who have not yet spoken to the police. These people are encouraged to come forward. (416) 808-1900.

The Canadian National Exhibition says losses suffered because of the cancellation this year’s Ex may well mean the end of the venerable old fair. The CNE is projecting a 95% revenue loss this year because of the pandemic, a sum that may exceed $35 million. The exhibition began in 1879 as a purely agricultural fair when most Ontario residents were farmers. Over the years it has adapted to reflect massive changes in society and public activity. Now the CNE says in a press release Thursday that it may not survive beyond 2021 without financial help from the government. Mayor Tory, who previously said the CNE could use some reinvention, said the city needs to have a “hard look” at the fair’s future and whether it’s possible to do “something more consistent with the 21st century.” — Toronto Sun

There’s both praise and criticism of the new bicycle lanes on Danforth Ave at the Leslieville Facebook account Thursday. Is there room on a City street for car traffic, parking, people, bikes, concrete bike lane markers, garbage pickup and snow removal? FB

NYC firefighter rescues woman clinging to window frame/ABC

The mid-week Video Wheel begins in New York City with the thrilling 16th-floor rescue of a woman clinging to a window frame as fire consumed her apartment. Then, CTV commentator Evan Solomon calls the inquiry into workplace conditions at Rideau Hall a “cold war” between the government and the Governor General. Yep. Below that, the Bulletproof Boy Scouts of K-Pop fame have another astonishing hit called Dynamite. And it’s in English. Lastly, little boys of 12 have been known to wander far from home because, well, that’s sort of how they’re made. This lad took dad’s car onto the QEW.