The South Bayview Bulldog

Jamie, Max and MP Oliphant

Nice floral print linen for your lazy summer

Wild Wing notice

Merely a perfect 59 Jaguar outside McSorley’s

Leaside Flower Show 1st Prize

Upper left in this Saturday summary of South Bayview sightings are Jamie and Max, new recipients of the MP’s Citizenship Award for putting the squeeze on diabetes. MP Rob Oliphant conferred the honour. Upper right is a floral print linen frock from Aytac Fashion on Bayview Ave. for your summer and very nice too. Below that at centre right is a note from Wild Wing at Millwood and Bayview. When will we meet again? Then, a smashing 1959 Jaguar roadster departs Bayview with the proud owner at the wheel and a winning bouquet at the Leaside Garden Society show. Down below is an immaculate 1982 Buick Riviera convertible seen in the summer sun at Bayview and Balliol Sts.

1982 Buick Riviera Convertible on Bayview Ave.

Never looked better

Last of the big Detroit ragtops

Not sunny side up/Brandon Gomez

A tractor-trailer carrying eggs rolled over on Highway 401 near Warden Ave. early Saturday. The clean up continues and one tweet from Stephanie Henry, traffic wonk at City News, found the analogy irresistible. Many might say a rollover is not over easy but apparently, the driver is fine.

D'you like your eggs over easy? A truck filled with eggs went over easy… into the ditch of the EB 401 ramp to Warden #GETIT?! *slaps knee* LOL OK! The ramp is now closed. No estimated time of reopening. Injuries reported as minor.

— Stephanie Henry (@henrylstephanie) June 22, 2019

No winning ticket was sold for the $15 million jackpot in Friday night’s Lotto Max draw. That means the jackpot for the next draw on June 25 will grow to approximately $20 million.

Blending’s Turtle with friend Audra Brown

Most interesting report from Audra Brown of City News on how the endangered Blanding’s Turtle is once again populating Rouge Valley National Park inside Toronto.

Dean French, resigned

Never a dull moment

James Wallace, standing in

The Premier’s chief of staff, Dean French, has resigned the same day his boss revoked the appointments of two men associated with Mr. French to cushy “agent general” jobs in New York City and London. In a statement Friday, Ford’s office said the premier accepted French’s resignation in the early afternoon — shortly after the government revoked the appointments of Tyler Albrecht and Taylor Shields to the desirable positions in the world capitals. The Globe and Mail said Albrecht, 26, knows French and his two sons through their participation in lacrosse and that Shields is a second cousin to French’s wife. The government said James Wallace, formerly vice-president of Toronto Sun editorial operations, and now deputy chief of staff will run things for the Premier day to day for now.

York Region Media Group (Torstar Corp.) has posted a video of a hit-and-run attack by a coyote on a girl, 2, as she runs into the backyard of her home with an older sibling. The girl’s mother told police she and her husband along with their toddler daughter and son, 5, walked home on Sunday just before 9 p.m. after eating dinner nearby. The kids ran to their backyard to check on a tree they had planted there recently. The girl suffered a scratched neck. It is a lesson that coyotes will attack small children even though they most often avoid adults, especially those who appear belligerent, i.e. shouting, etc.

ELEPHANT ATTACKS STAFF MEMBER AT AFRICAN LION SAFARI

A trainer at African Lion Safari has been airlifted to hospital with what are thought to be serious injuries after being attacked by an elephant Friday. The incident occurred shortly after 2 p.m. at the zoo, located on Cooper Road in Flamborough. Ornge air ambulance says the victim, who is a man in 30s is receiving treatment at Hamilton General Hospital.

While Renata Ford will not be winning any elections in South Bayview, don’t bet on her losing a bid to become the MP for Etobicoke North. The wife of the late Mayor Rob Ford will contest the riding for Maxime Bernier’s People’s Party (PPC). It may make you laugh but if there are enough candidates like her across Canada it will skew the outcome of the general election in October. The Liberals have to love it.

A study at the University of Waterloo suggests that vaping among Canadian teens has skyrocketed by 74 percent in a single year and that new brands of e-cigarettes are gaining a foothold following federal legislation. Professor David Hammond, who led the study of youth vaping in Canada, the US and the UK said the findings reflect the risks of the “newest evolution of vaping.” The researchers say an online survey found the number of Canadian participants aged 16 to 19 who reported vaping in the previous month rose from 8.4 percent in 2017 to 14.6 percent last year. Rates of weekly use climbed to 9.3 percent from 5.2 percent over the same time period.

• Saturation ads at Circle K for big tobacco vaping campaign

Toronto Raptors celebrity Kawhi Leonard took in the Angels-Blue Jays game at Rogers Centre Thursday to chants of “M-V-P.” He and his friend were greeted with the loud welcome on arrival at seats behind home plate. Leonard can’t go anywhere without being recognized. Cheers began as fans realized who it was.

Here are video summaries of the prime minister in Washington, that old cabinetmaker Doug Ford at work and the testy back and forth (we love it) of Question Period in the House of Commons. Hey, you elected them.

U.S. President Donald Trump said today that he’ll do whatever he can to help Canada in its ongoing diplomatic dispute with China. Trump made the remarks during a meet-and-greet in the Oval Office with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau today in advance of talks on ratifying the newly renegotiated North American Free Trade Agreement. “Anything I can do to help Canada, I will be doing,” Trump said. Asked if he would bring up China’s imprisonment of Canadians Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor when he meets with Chinese President Xi Jinping, Trump said that, “at Justin’s request, I will absolutely bring that up.”

RAPTORS TO THE WHITE HOUSE?

Trump was also asked if he would follow a tradition of inviting the NBA champions to the White House — this year the Toronto Raptors — and he said he would think about it.