The South Bayview Bulldog

Leaside Station at Bayview Ave and Eglinton Ave/Metrolinx

Toronto Star writer Ben Spurr says in a published report Monday that he has seen documents in which the consortium building the LRT tells Metrolinx that the Eglinton LRT can’t open until May 6, 2022. Metrolinx disputes that assessment says Spurr and insists it is still working to the September 2021 deadline. Toronto Star (subscription).

Governments differ from businesses because they can take your money by law. It’s all about the greater good. Really.

Delightful

Sunny South Bayview on Monday, December 30

Some may wish for the lyrics of Let it Snow to come true but those with their coats flapping open all up and down South Bayview Ave. this Monday weren’t singing that song. It seems conditions will stay fairly unseasonal all week.

Accu-Weather Radar suggests ice and snow (pink and blue) will slide north of Toronto

Freezing rain is expected to result in ice buildup, which could make for hazardous travel across parts of cottage country and eastern Ontario. Radar shows status at 10 a.m. Sunday. The forecast below shows a benign outlook for City

No winning ticket was sold for the $13 million jackpot in Saturday night’s Lotto 649 draw. However, the guaranteed $1 million prize went to a ticket holder in Quebec. The jackpot for the next Lotto 649 draw on Jan. 1 will be approximately $16 million.

“I’m six”

“Please, please, please”

“Tony got to go to the pub”

More than a million views have been registered at YouTube since December 21 to watch this adorable six-year-old cailín beag plead with her mom to let her go to the public house with her dad. She’s clever.

Christmas week Saturday has proven busy even before the day was half over. Police subdued and took into custody a man threatening people in the St. George subway station over the noon hour.

Dog owners on the waterfront are warned

The TPS is calling the discovery of ground meat with pills and a white substance inside a suspicious incident. They have warned dog owners near Palace Pier Ct. and Lake Shore Blvd. to be careful. The discoveries have occurred over three days.

Woman with a knife in custody

An early afternoon call to Bathurst St and Niagara St has resulted in the apprehension of a woman with a knife. She was approaching people and seemed to be in crisis. Cops say they are getting her help.

Melonhead shop

Facebook carries posts Saturday morning about what appears to be the surprise close of Melonhead children’s haircutting at 294 Danforth and the unsuccessful efforts to get through to another location at Yonge St. and Lawrence Ave. A phone message at the Danforth Ave. store is delivered by a sad voice saying the business has closed after ten years. It mentions the lease and a decision to go  “in another direction.” FB 

The last CLVR streetcar will take a run along Queen St. from Roncesvalles to Greenwood Aves. some 42 years after the first one arrived at the TTC. The video above is from the Halton County Radial Railway Museum as CLRV #4003 arrived recently. The very last trip on Sunday will be ridden by 20 contest winners and their guests. CBC

No winning ticket was sold for the $60 million jackpot in Friday night’s Lotto Max draw. There were also six Maxmillion prizes of $1 million each up grabs, but there were no winners there either. It means the jackpot for the next Lotto Max draw on Dec. 31 will grow to approximately $65 million and there will be eight Maxmillion prizes offered.

Northwest corner of Donlands and O’Connor/Google

A formal account of the accident in which a man tried to ride the bumper of a truck early Saturday has now been released by police. It was about 2:15 a.m. at O’Connor Dr. and Donlands Ave. The 22-year-old was with friends outside of a local business when he jumped onto the rear bumper of a white cube van that was stopped at a red light southbound on Donlands. As the van turned left onto O’Connor, the man fell off and sustained life-threatening injuries. The white cube van and driver have not yet been identified

Two men apparently stab each other to death in Mississauga

Two men have died in what appears to have been a knife fight in Mississauga early Saturday morning. Peel police say they were called to an apartment building at College Way and Glen Erin Rd just before 1 a.m. Police suggest that the two were fatally wounded by each other.