The South Bayview Bulldog

Hanging on/Bulldog

Mamma’s on Bayview/Bulldog

Justin Van Dette and Susan Gucci/Justin Van Dette

By Colin Mcconnell

CV 2 at Angelo’s Auto Repairs on Dupont/Roxborough and Yonge

It’s a new week but the old question hangs over the future of the Rexall Drugstore in Sunnybrook Plaza. An empty space around the corner at 1818 Bayview is still waiting (with no for lease sign) but there is little evidence of a move at hand. Some staff members say Rexall will return to Sunnybrook when it has been rebuilt into residential towers with stores below. Upper right, Mamma’s Pizza has closed at Sunnybrook and is set to open soon at 1627 Bayview. At centre right is a nice shot of Justin Van Dette and Susan Gucci at her 100 Plates Labour of Love event over the weekend. Lower left is a big guy who was dressed for the weekend rain as captured by Leslieville nature photographer Colin Mcconnell. Lower right, the car that always gives you a smile is just off the boat at Angelo’s Auto Repair (and car sales) at 548 Dupont. It’s the Citroen CV 2 Deux Chevaux still bearing its French license plate. Angelo has a selection of unusual cars for sale.

There is a cautionary tale told on Leaside Community Sunday night from a woman who bought a cellphone from someone at the Laird and Eglinton Starbucks. The early dealings occurred on the buy and sell site called Letgo. It may not be the best place to buy a phone.

Radar shows approaching weather at 10 p.m. Sunday with severity colour code increasing from green through yellow to red.

Environment Canada has issued a severe thunderstorm watch for Toronto, while other parts of the GTA are under a thunderstorm warning. The weather office says conditions are favourable for storms this evening and into the night. A severe thunderstorm warning has been issued for parts of the Halton and Peel regions, along with Southern Dufferin Country. Hail and heavy rain impacted thousands of people across southern Ontario on Saturday.

A single ticket sold in Ontario claimed the $9 million jackpot in Saturday night’s Lotto 649 draw. The draw’s guaranteed $1 million prize went to a ticket holder in Quebec. The jackpot for the next Lotto 649 draw on Aug, 21 will be approximately $5 million.

Fatal accident on Highway 401 at Keele St/Ontario Highways

A man, 39, has died after his car was struck and careered into a concrete barrier on Highway 401 near Keele Street, Saturday afternoon. The driver of another car, a man of 55, is charged with impaired driving causing death in the incident. The collision occurred at around 4:35 p.m. in the westbound collectors at Keele Street.

Death car/OPP

Larry Griffin II

Linda Goldman

Lindsay Dunn

Faces, faces. At left is Larry Griffin II, 26, of West Virginia. He’s now revealed as the hapless hoaxer who left empty rice cookers around Manhattan Friday. At centre is Linda Goldman in 1969. Her charming reminiscences of the first Woodstock are told to Heather Hiscox. At right is City News reporter Linsday Dunn as she tries to shake off the flavour of pickle lemonade at the CNE.

It’s not our first choice in weather for a mid-August weekend but c’est la guerre. 

A long and growing series of posts on the Leslieville Facebook page complains of a man who allegedly runs out on his bill at Midtown bars and restaurants on both the east and west side of the City. This thread was started by someone at the Two-Headed Dog Pub at 1469 Gerrard St. E. The complaint has also been posted by a different pub to an industry account, the Food and Wine Industry Navigator FB page.

Warriors’ Day Parade 2019 – Poster

Sunnybrook Veterans’ Centre buses parked in downtown Toronto. “Lest We Forget.” (Photo by Susan Byford)

The Warriors’ Day Parade taking place tomorrow morning at Exhibition Place has shared an update on Facebook confirming the participation of 50 Veterans from the Sunnybrook Veterans’ Centre and the Tony Stacey Centre.  Even if you can’t make it down to the parade, keep an eye out for their buses and give them a nod of thanks.

We are honoured to welcome 50 Veterans from Sunnybrook Hospital and the Tony Stacey Centre who will be attending the 98th Warriors’ Day Parade on August 17th 2019 at the CNE, Toronto. The 5 buses which will be bringing our very special guests to the Parade will be escorted through the city by the Toronto Police Service. The Veterans will be seated beside the Saluting Dais.

Thank you to the 30 volunteers and staff who will be accompanying the Veterans.

Kathleen Nimigon who is a Recreation Therapist at Sunnybrook said. “For many of our Veterans going to the Warriors Day Parade has been a long held family tradition. Being a part of the team that is able to get them back to this wonderful event each year, now that their average age at Sunnybrook is 94-95, to carry on that tradition is truly an honour. I always see that the parade affects our Veterans differently, but I do notice that across the board it is a proud moment for them, to see the forces recognized so positively by the crowds that gather. It is a very meaningful event for the Veterans, and has become meaningful to me and our Sunnybrook staff because of that.”

Established in 1921, The Warriors’ Day Parade takes place in August of each year during the opening weekend of The Canadian National Exhibition (CNE) in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The longest-running, annual parade of its’ type, The Warriors’ Day Parade is an important Canadian tradition and a very significant event for our Veterans, our brave men and women who currently serve in Canada’s military, their families and the general public.

CNE open

Danforth Music Hall is 100

Scribble my Nissan

Work on Brown Group development at Bayview and Hillsdale

Wheels on the Danforth

Many will wish it wasn’t so, but the CNE opened Friday. It runs until September 2 and as always it signals that summer is coming to an end. Upper right is the venerable Danforth Music Hall celebrating 100 years this month. It was built as Allen’s Danforth Theatre, opening on August 18, 1919, with a selection of the very finest silent flickers. Centre-right is a hilarious old doodle-covered Nissan Micra spotted at the Overlea Shopping Centre. Below that a reminder of the Wheels On Danforth classic car show on Saturday down by Byng Ave. At lower left is a peek at the furious work going on at Hillsdale Ave. and Bayview Ave. for the new Brown Group residential and commercial development.