The South Bayview Bulldog

Residents are discussing shoplifting and related smash and grab activity at local stores Wednesday morning as one post reports that Shoppers Drug Mart on Bayview has hired a security guard (visible we presume) to tamp down the losses. Some recall seeing shoplifters at Loblaws (as does the Bulldog) fill bags with candies and then scurry off down the valley. Others may remember the shelf clearing attack last July at the Rexall Drugstore at 325 Moore. 

Councillor Robinson officiates at dedication of Edna Beange Lane (Twitter / @JayeRobinson)

East York icon honoured (Twitter / @Rob_Oliphant)

East off Bayview between Airdrie and McRae (Twitter / @Rob_Oliphant)

Councillor Jaye Robinson presided with other area friends at the dedication of Edna Beange Lane Tuesday afternoon. MP Rob Oliphant gave testament to his former colleague’s for keeping things today, writing on Instagram: “Wonderful to see my longtime friend and East York icon, Edna Beange, recognized for her years of service to our community, both as a City Councillor and an activist on issues such as housing, seniors and youth, with the name of Edna Beange Lane in the heart of Leaside. Thanks to the great work of Pat Barnett for working on this project. That lane better be kept clean and accessible; Edna is watching!” Edna Beange.

The former constituency office staffer who alleges she had an extramarital affair with Liberal MP Geng Tan and has a two-year-old baby girl is claiming she was fired from her job without cause and that the outgoing MP has so far not paid any child support. Ying (Stella) Yu, who is in her early 50s, claimed she had been in a “personal relationship” with Mr. Tan, 56, since 2013, but the relationship ended in 2018. She said she sent two letters to the MP through her lawyers in May 2017 and February 2018, demanding to know why she was allegedly fired without cause and to ask for child support for her baby girl who, she said, she had with Mr. Tan. Ms. Yu said she never received any response until last week from Mr. Tan to the two letters. Through a mutual friend, Mr. Tan had allegedly agreed to meet with Ms. Yu on Saturday, June 15, to come up with an agreement about child support payment, but the MP cancelled the meeting saying he was busy campaigning, according to Ms. Yu — The Hill Times

OTHER NEWS

• China considering halting all meat products from Canada over fake veterinary health certificates
• Bombardier sells off what’s left of its commercial jetliner business to Mitsubishi
• Police video shows Smollett wearing rope around neck when cops arrive

Rebecca Dixon

Do no harm

Bernard Norman Barwin

Ontario’s medical regulator has revoked the licence of an Ottawa fertility doctor who used his own sperm as well as that of the wrong donors to artificially inseminate several women over three decades. The discipline committee for the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario ruled Tuesday that Dr. Bernard Norman Barwin committed professional misconduct and failed to maintain the standards of the profession.

UNWITTING VICTIMS, CHILDREN STUNNED BY THEIR ORIGINS

Dr. Barwin’s malfeasances came to light in 2013 when the child of one such improper insemination began to question her origins. Among a number of things, Rebecca Dixon was the brown-eyed daughter of blue-eyed parents, a rare occurrence. DNA searches ultimately traced her birth father to Barwin. Her mother was only one of several women inseminated without their knowledge. The believed their pregnancies were caused by their husbands. CBC

Annual July 1 fireworks show at LHS field

Dave Bryant, our local fireworks producer, is ready to put on his July 1, 2019, show this coming Monday night at Leaside High School field. The first rocket will go up at 9.45 p.m. As usual, Dave is asking his friends in Leaside, Davisville and all across South Bayview to throw a coin in the pot at his Go Fund Me page. Dave says the weather forecast looks great. “I’ve already ordered the fireworks and arranged the firing sequence, but funding is very low at $60 total. Please donate as we can not continue hosting these events without the financial support of the community.”

Breakfast Television was live on location at MakerKids Leaside (1661 Bayview Ave) this morning! MakerKids empowers the makers of tomorrow through award-winning STEM camps and programs in Coding, Robotics and Minecraft. Their grand opening party will be held on June 29th, 2019 at their brand new Leaside location. Pop in and see what they’re all about.

? CELEBRATE CANADA DAY AT JUNE ROWLANDS PARK

Monday July 1st, Appletree Markets hosts an 8:00pm pre-show and community dance party with fireworks to follow at June Rowlands Park, 220 Davisville Ave.

? NEIGHBOURS TOGETHER ON CANADA DAY AT RIVERDALE PARK

Monday, July 1st 12-4pm, Riverdale Park East, 550 Broadview Avenue featuring live music, flag raising, face painting, inflatable obstacle course, birthday cake and BBQ.

? EAST YORK TORONTO CANADA DAY CELEBRATION
Monday, July 1st, 2019

Parade Route: The East York Toronto Canada Day Parade begins at 10 am on Cosburn Ave, outside Dieppe Park, and heads east to Coxwell Avenue, turning south at East York Collegiate, passing East York Civic Centre and Michael Garron Hospital. It turns east onto Sammon Avenue to Woodbine, where it heads north through just south of O’Connnor. A block away from the Festival kicking off at Stan Wadlow Park.

Festival: Our festival grounds are at Stan Wadlow Park – 373 Cedarvale Ave. The festival includes music, children’s activities, artisans, merchants and community group market and when the sun goes down, a spectacular firework display at 10pm. By popular demand the midway and the Muddy York Brewing Craft Beer Garden. The Kiwanis Pool will aslo be open so bring your suit.

Sidewalk Labs’ draft Master Innovation and Development Plan for Toronto’s eastern waterfront, titled Toronto Tomorrow: A New Approach for Inclusive Growth, was publicly released today. Toronto Tomorrow includes three volumes (plus an overview). This blog post, from Sidewalk Labs CEO Dan Doctoroff, boils the plan down to five of the most important points you need to know. And if you’re inspired to learn more, you can download the entire book on the newly updated Sidewalk Toronto web site.

Google sister company releases details for controversial Toronto project https://t.co/6FScodE2tM

— Guardian news (@guardiannews) June 24, 2019

Twitter / @sullyfoto

A pooch named Scamp the Tramp has won this year’s World’s Ugliest Dog contest, held Friday at the Sonoma-Marin Fair in Petaluma, California, beating out a field of 18 other four-legged contestants.

“He’s Scamp the Champ, no longer Scamp the Tramp,” owner Yvonne Morones of Santa Rosa, California told the Santa Rosa Press-Democrat after the victory. “I think the audience saw his beautiful spirit and everything he’s given back to the community.” Today Show

Crews were called to Kennedy Lodge, at Kennedy and Ellesmere roads, at around 11:50 a.m. this morning after receiving an alert from an alarm company. TTC buses have been brought in to shelter the displaced residents and paramedics have responded as a precaution as well. Toronto Police Services tweeted that no injuries have been reported. CP24

Seniors home in Scarborough evacuated after smoke prompts fire response https://t.co/TvepuEVncb pic.twitter.com/GUAvFYYGZC

— CP24 (@CP24) June 24, 2019

*update*
Fire: Kennedy Rd / Ellemere Rd
– roads have reopened
– residents returned inside of the building#GO1171179 @TPS41Div ^ka

— Toronto Police Operations (@TPSOperations) June 24, 2019

The Leaside Aerodrome Facebook page has posted an album commemorating a Leaside milestone. On this day in 1918, (June 24) the very first official airmail delivery sent in Canada landed at the Aerodrome at Camp Leaside, a training facility for RAF aviators. Captain Brian Peck was the pilot on Canada’s first official postal flight, which took place between Montreal & Leaside. The flight was planned as part of a publicity event to encourage wartime recruitment. The Leaside Aerodrome Facebook Page was created and is managed by Jeremy Hopkin of Hopkin Design.