The South Bayview Bulldog

20th Century milk bottle/CBC

Butcher bone found near Mt. Pleasant /CBC

Horse clavicle did not require homicide squad/CBC

Work along the Eginton LRT has revealed many bits of City history much as engineers and archeologists suspected it would. We walk on top of our collective history every day. Metrolinx showed off a few items to the CBC as shown above. The early-to-mid-20th Century milk bottle may be quite stylish today in some homes. Centre is a butcher’s bone found near Mt. Pleasant. It’s cleanly sawed edge suggested to workers that it was not part of a crime scene. Further examination revealed it was a cow bone. At right is a bit of what appears to be a horse’s clavicle. That paused work near Kennedy Road for a few hours until a matching hoof was also found. No need to call the homicide squad.

Summer Dog Swim.

The City’s designated summer Dog Swim was held Sunday at ten municipal pools and from all evidence, a barking good time was had. This City News report was done at Monarch Park Pool. Summer Dog Swim at ten selected City pools this Sunday

Leslieville tale

There’s a tale (or is that tail?) of alley-cat style lusty love on the Leslieville Facebook account late Sunday morning. Growing comments follow such as: “I’d be getting my female fixed” and “Will we be seeing kitten pictures in about eight weeks?

Olivia Little with sister

Tara Foley and grandmum

Valerie Harper

We need our eyes to see these wonderful faces, including (left) that of Olivia Little. The Port Elgin girl’s family is trying to deal with a huge increase in the cost of drops that will sustain Olivia’s eyesight. At centre, Tara Foley with her grandmother Stasia. Tara’s moving act of love towards the dying woman may just make you cry. At the right, Valerie Harper has died at the age of 80 from brain cancer. She is memorable to millions from her 1970s portrayal of the tough, funny and decent New York woman Rhoda Morgenstern.

The $9 million jackpot in Saturday night’s Lotto 649 draw will be shared by three winning ticket holders — two in the Prairies and one in Ontario. Each winning ticket is worth $3 million. The draw’s guaranteed $1 million prize went to a player in Ontario. The jackpot for the next Lotto 649 draw on Sept. 4 will be approximately $5 million.

Parents in Spain whose babies and toddlers developed abnormal body hair plan to sue a company that put a hair loss treatment into containers meant for a stomach medicine, a mother of one of the children said on Saturday. Spanish health authorities have blamed the packaging mix-up involving the topical treatment Minoxidil and omeprazole syrup, which is used for stomach problems, on Farma-Quimica Sur. Then, a closer look at the little-understood affliction that has struck many teenagers who vape. Across the bottom, racial offense given by a carefully prepared advertisement and separately by an anchorwoman’s careless remark to a colleague. See her distraught apology.

Scott Greenfield, former chief operator and environmental manager of the Hershey Centre in Mississauga, has been appointed the new general manager of Leaside Memorial Community Gardens. Mr Greenfield has 25 years experience in similar positions. He will oversee staff, make recommendations to the board, ensure proper maintenance and be responsible for objectives set by the City.

The $50 million jackpot in Friday night’s Lotto Max draw was won by a single ticket that was sold somewhere between the Rockies and the Ontario border. Two Maxmillion prizes of $1 million failed to find winning tickets. The jackpot for the next Lotto Max draw on September 3 will be approximately $12 million.

Glass bridge will connect Scotiabank Arena with Union Station GO bus terminal

Work goes on this weekend and next to raise the new pedestrian bridge between Scotiabank Arena and the new Union Station GO Transit bus terminal. It is 39.5 metres (129.6 feet) long and is scheduled to be lifted into place early Monday. To accommodate the work, Bay Street will be closed from Front Street to Lake Shore Boulevard until 5 a.m. on Monday. GO buses will still be able to access the existing terminal during the closure, however Metrolinx says that some routes will be delayed five to 10 minutes. The bus terminal is expected to be completed in 2020.

Green Mermaid on Redway

Loblaws at 11 Redway Rd.

The Loblaws store at 11 Redway Rd. is awaiting the imminent opening of a Starbucks coffee, much the same it would seem as the Starbucks that has proven so popular at Longo’s on Laird Drive. Loblaws appears to have been running a small pilot with Starbucks. There has been one at the 1021 Musgrove store (Victoria Park and Gerrard) since 2016. There’s another in Richmond Hill and one in London. There may be more but what seems clear is that Loblaws own brand of Espresso and Coffee bar has not excited shoppers the way the Green Mermaid does.