The South Bayview Bulldog

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.

Seen on Millwood Rd this week

Many comments can be seen at Leaside Facebook on the post of someone dressed as Spiderman and discovered this week on Millwood Rd. One person says the crime-fighter has also been seen on Bayview Ave. FB

• She finds Leaside never safer as Spider-Man joins dog walk

Jr. Wildcats coach Kim McCullough

One of 203 Zoom hockey training sessions

Toronto-Leaside U13 coach K-asaurus

Kim McCullough, coach of the Leaside Jr. Wildcats, has posted some summer adventures on Instagram. Above we see Kim in a distancing workout and a shot of a Zoom training session. At right is the coach of the Toronto-Leaside U13s. He worked with Kim and the kids all summer, promising them he would dress up as Coach K-asauras and cycle to the arena in (um) uniform if they met their targets. They delivered and so did the coach. Instagram

Fire leaps between roof tops on Buggey Lane in Ajax

A House fire on Buggy Lane in Ajax set other rooftops on fire from the hot ashes too nearby houses. Great work by @WhitbyFire and @PPFA_L1632 to help with mutual aid.
No injuries and one house is a total loss pic.twitter.com/wuteM22JSX

— Colin Williamson (@ColinWxchaser) August 31, 2020

Novavax laboratory in Gaithersburg, Maryland

Canada has signed a deal with the US vaccine developer Novavax for 76 million doses of a C-19 vaccine. Epidemiologist Isaac Bogoch tweeted “Good news. Fingers tightly crossed for successful Phase 3 clinical trials. Now we have vaccine agreements with Moderna, Pfizer, and Novavax.” Also Monday, Ontario counted 114 new cases of the infection and Toronto found 41 cases.

The weekend has seen everyday perpetrators in Toronto and Montreal use that “peaceful demonstration” excuse to damage things. Find deeper meaning if you can. Then, a woman in Coquitlam was able to escape the near and nasty embrace of a black bear as she jogged. Lastly, sculptor Lea Vivot laments the baffling theft of her work from the front yard of a Forest Hill family.