The South Bayview Bulldog

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.

Are we diverse or what? There was Ford Nation Saturday coincidental with the Dyke Parade. The Pride march is Sunday. Then a look inside the making of Toy Story 4, in theatres this weekend. It teaches wonderful lessons. Finally, Nick Nurse is on guitar in an unlikely appearance with the Arkells, the Juno-winning band from The Hammer (Hamilton) formed way back in 2006.

Dramatic photo of smoke and flames at Atlantic Packaging/Zakia Mir

The fury of a three-alarm fire at Atlantic Packaging on Progress Ave. in Scarborough has been graphically captured in a freelance photo taken by Zakira Mir and submitted to City  News. The blaze at 333 Progress erupted at about 5 p.m. The blaze started in a compactor room and spread to the roof of the building. No one was hurt.

Fatal violence at Scarborough Golf Club Rd. and Lawrence Ave./Tony Fera City News

One person is dead and four others are injured after a grinding collision between two cars at Scarborough Golf Club Rd. and Lawrence Ave. Saturday evening. Police are trying to sort out just what happened.

The Ontario government has cancelled Canada Day celebration at Queen’s Park for this year in order to save some $400,000, an amount cited as its annual cost. Instead, the government will offer free admission to the first 500 visitors on July 1 at 10 Ontario attractions. They are:

• Ontario Science Centre.
• Cinesphere at Ontario Place.
• Royal Ontario Museum.
• McMichael Canadian Art Collection in Vaughan.
• Royal Botanical Gardens in Burlington.
• Fort William Historical Park in Thunder Bay.
• Huronia Historical Parks in Midland and Penetanguishene.
• Butterfly Conservatory — Niagara Parks Commission.
• Science North in Sudbury.
• St. Lawrence Parks Commission.