The South Bayview Bulldog

Police will not be enforcing on-street parking bylaws during the Labour Day public holiday on Monday as noted.

• Pay-and-Display/Metered Areas
• Rush-Hour Routes
• Posted signs indicating Monday-to-Friday regulations

Also, Monday, the Annual Toronto and York Region Labour Council Labour Day Parade will take place. Road closures will begin around the formation area for the parade starting at 7 a.m. The parade will form at University Ave. between Queen St West and Armoury St.

Parade Route:

– Departs from University Avenue and Queen Street West
– Southbound on University Avenue
– Westbound on Queen Street West
– Southbound on Dufferin Street
– Dispersal Area: Exhibition Place Grounds Canadian National Exhibition Entrance

Road Closures (Starting at 9 a.m.):

University Avenue from Richmond Street West to Dundas Street West
Armoury Street from University Avenue to Chestnut Street
Centre Avenue from Armoury Street to Dundas Street West
Queen Street West from Bay Street to Dufferin Street
Dufferin Street from Queen Street West to Exhibition Grounds

Closed for two months

The intersection of Queen St. E and Kingston Rd. (Eastern Ave. to the south) will be closed September 7 for at least two months to replace streetcar tracks, repair streetcar wires and other related work the City announced Friday. City release

1636 Baview Ave.

Stylish window papering at 1636 Bayview Ave (the former location of Cumbrae’s) indicates that a French bakery called Bomou will open at the address. There’s a pleasant wink of the tease in the window dressing.  “We’ll be home by Christmas — hopefully much sooner. Just have to clean up here first,” reads one message to those passing. “Bou-lan-ge-rie — French for bakery, Mou-lin — French for mill. Bo-Mou — Bon Baguette, French lesson over,” says another. Evidence of Bomou elsewhere was found on a Picdeer page on Instagram containing many good-looking baked products. The page is being followed by the Bayview-Leaside BIA. There is also a Facebook account under the name of Le Moulin Artisan Boulangerie. There is also an Instagram account in the name of Negar Sabzevari, “pastry chef, founder of Le Moulin Artisan Boulangerie.”

The City of Toronto will issue a Request for Proposal (RFP) next week to begin the process to secure a new, more durable Toronto sign on Nathan Phillips Square. It is a well-known attraction and a wildly popular spot for selfies and group photos among residents and visitors alike. The original sign was installed on the public square in front of Toronto City Hall as a temporary structure in July 2015 for the Toronto Pan American and Parapan American Games. Although it was only built to last a few weeks, in response to the sign’s popularity the City extended its presence on the square indefinitely and it has become a Toronto landmark.

The Toronto Parks, Forestry and Recreation Department is will sponsor a Summer Dog Swim this Sunday, September 1, at ten selected pools around the city. There are rules and the time is limited but for those kids (young or old) who want to swim with the pooch, this is the chance.

Sunday, September 1 from 4 – 5 p.m.
Blantyre Outdoor Pool
Halbert Outdoor Pool

Sunday, September 1 from 4 – 6 p.m.
Goulding Outdoor Pool

Sunday, September 1 from 4:30 – 6:30 p.m.
Greenwood Outdoor Pool
High Park Outdoor Pool
Kiwanis Outdoor Pool
Ledbury Outdoor Pool
Monarch Outdoor Pool
Rotary Outdoor Pool
Stanley Outdoor Pool

For those who care, the chance to watch the K-pop band BTS preparing for the Billboard Music Awards is compulsory. An ad hoc video (now taken down) which showed the band horsing around with a number of performers, including Drake, was posted early Thursday. At 2 p.m. it had close to a million views, rendered no doubt by the band’s enormous international fan base. BTS was formed in 2013 and took its name from the Korean expression Bangtan Sonyeondan, which translates to Bulletproof Boy Scouts. In 2017, it announced, for English speakers, the acronym would be changing to stand for Beyond the Scene. Now you know.

Toronto Police are investigating an early morning act of mayhem at Yonge and College Thursday. Below, another City News report on a daylong crime spasm Wednesday by two apparently raging perpetrators. It was a time when you’re glad that there are police around.

A quirk of fate with popular appeal has surfaced in New York as Olivia Valli, 26, the granddaughter of Frankie Valli, 85, will play the great singer’s first wife Mary who died of a drug overdose in 1980 when Olivia’s mother was just two. Then, back in Toronto, there is much fretting about the prospect of selling packaged beer at convenience stores in the subway system. Below that, a man sitting in front of a pastry shop in Mississauga has been badly hurt when a car crashed into the place. It was driven by a driver of 86 and police are investigating. Finally, the annual Tomatina tomato fight festival in Brunol, Spain. They used to do this during frosh week at Canadian universities until people complained that it was wasting food.

A metal detecting couple has found an amazing treasure trove of coins. They have unearthed a hoard of silver coins that date from the famous Battle of Hastings. The find is expected to make the couple overnight millionaires and it has made them the envy of detectorists from all over the world. Adam Staples and his partner Lisa Grace, from Derby, were investigating an unplowed farm field somewhere in northeast Somerset when they found the treasure. Their discovery is said to be worth £5 million or about $8,130,000 Canadian.

Maurya’s Grand Opening at 1549 Bayview

Lit Espresso at 1517 Bayview is for sale

Hresa and Andreas Chatziargiriou of of Lickadee Split, 980 Coxwell at Plains

Recreation registration reminder outside Maurice Cody PS

Reminder of the bricks that built a City

Looks like fun

Welcome to the happy folks (left) at Maurya East Indian Roti at 1549 Bayview Ave. They celebrated their grand opening Wednesday and will be on the job every day. Good luck to these hard-working people. At upper right, Lit Expresso Bar, 1517 Bayview, is for sale with interesting insights into Bayview Ave. rents and leases. Centre-right are East York ice cream friends Hresa and Andreas Chatziargiriou of the popular Lickadee Split shop at 980 Coxwell. Check Joanna Lavoie’s article in Toronto.com. Lower left beside Maurice Cody Junior Public School is one of many reminders to register for recreational programs. Lower right and below are reminders of a time when factories east of the Don generated tons of red brick that built a City. The commemorative September 7 festival looks like fun.

The Hudson’s Bay Company has struck a deal with fashion rental chain Le Tote that will see HBC sell its Lord & Taylor unit to Le Tote for $100M US. Under the terms of the deal announced Wednesday morning, Le Tote will get the Lord & Taylor brand name and control of all 38 of the chain’s luxury department stores from HBC, along with all the inventory of clothing and other items. HBC, meanwhile, will retain control of all the real estate assets that Lord & Taylor stores are sitting on. CBC