The South Bayview Bulldog

Showing the flag/Justin Van Dette

Be there

SmartCentres skids/Instagram

Klaw motif pour madame?

John Candy induction into East York Hall of Fame

Over Bonnie Byford Real Estate at Bayview and Millwood

At left, Brad Bradford (Ward 19) and Justin Van Dette show the much-loved East York flag at the Parkview Hills picnic Saturday. The Maple Leaf themed EY banner dates from Centennial Year, 1967. Upper right, Bayview Leaside BIA merchants are gearing up for their Sidewalk Sensation event next Saturday, June 15. Be there. Centre left, skid marks in the SmartCentres parking lot speak to juvenile delinquency of the automotive kind. Centre right we see a fetching Klaw motif pillow from Regency Upholstery on Eglinton West. Below that a reminder of the John Candy EY Hall of Fame induction on Friday. Across the bottom, the prominent billboard over Bonnie Byford Real Estate seldom carries an ad for a local patio but, hey, there’s always a first time.

Freak accident overnight: Truck driver run over while working under his car carrier at a Petro Canada commercial station on Alliance Rd, #Pickering. The company's owner moved the truck without realizing he was underneath, police say. Victim died on scene. @ONlabour investigating. pic.twitter.com/hVs1xl9Qgs

— Jeremy Cohn (@JeremyCohnTV) June 10, 2019

A collision involving an SUV & Streetcar at King & University has shut down a stretch of University from Wellington to Adelaide. 3 people have been taken to hospital with minor injuries. Alternates: Spadina, Bay, York. Avoid: Simcoe St. it’s solid. Don’t go there. @BTtoronto pic.twitter.com/Qq4iUrLIUJ

— Stephanie Henry (@henrylstephanie) June 10, 2019

Police say a Lyft SUV collided with a King streetcar early Monday at University  Ave. causing the tram to jump the tracks. Injuries are said to be minor. CP24 published a statement from Lyft expressing concern for all. “We have spoken with the driver and rider to express our support and stand ready to assist law enforcement with any investigation,” the spokesperson said. The cleanup and removal took well into the day.

Another reason why you’ll be watching at home

Tonight could be the night, as they say. A win at Scotiabank Arena will give the Toronto Raptors their first-ever NBA championship. Those wanting to watch outdoors at places like Jurassic Park may be rained on. The numbers being cited for tickets is dizzying but then this is not sports, it’s business. A further thought that the after-game activities, win or lose, are giving the police chills. Maybe you don’t want to be there. Below, the CBC’s estimable Heather Hiscox stands in the drizzle at the arena and advances the day. What we do for the CBC.

The federal government will announce Monday that it intends, if re-elected, to figure some way of banning countless plastic items we use daily like coffee cup lids and food containers. It would include straws and other single-use conveniences of which there are apparently thousands. No list of banned products will be revealed right away. It would be a very long list based on the criteria suggested. Canadian Press says the Liberals want to look at the empirical evidence and do their own research to determine which products should be outlawed to help reduce the millions of tons of plastic waste that ends up in oceans each year. Much single-use plastic goes to landfills but there is a body of waste control opinion that says it should be burned in large waste-to-energy incinerators like the one at Clarington in Durham Region.

This fairly large sinkhole has opened up in the southbound curb lane on Yonge Street at Queen Street East, causing some traffic issues pic.twitter.com/IfccMykQhu

— CityNews 680 (Inactive) (@680NEWS) June 9, 2019

The City of Toronto will be in the Ontario Court of Appeal Monday and Tuesday asking it to strike down legislation by which the Ford government reduced Council from 47 wards to 25. The difficulty, as was shown on a previous effort to invalidate the government’s action, is that the Constitution gives provinces the clear authority to do pretty much anything they want when it comes to municipalities. It doesn’t matter how unfair or even stupid it may seem to reasonable people The old saying that the municipalities are the creatures of the provinces applies. Media are reporting that the proceedings will be live-streamed but no link is provided. The CBC says it is installing the court cameras. CBC

Here are a few Sunday video oddments of interest to many online. First, you can browse Jeff Bezos’ $80 million New York penthouse. It’s okay. Then, harrowing childbirth in a moving car but with a happy ending. Below that, they call this an exhibit about triggering joy. It looks like fun. Finally, weird and frightening things people do around railway barriers.

No winning ticket was sold for the $21.7 million jackpot in Saturday night’s Lotto 649 draw. However, the guaranteed $1 million prize went to a ticket holder in Ontario. The jackpot for the next Lotto 649 draw on June 12 will be approximately $25 million.

48th year for Rose Park Drive street party

Sumptuous — and tasty too

The venerable Rose Park Drive street party in Moore Park marked its 48th edition Saturday. The event was started in 1971 and is said by some to be the oldest closed-street celebration in the City. Many generations have carried on the tradition. This iteration saw good weather and fun for children during the day. The evening brought a sumptuous supper prepared by family chefs. Fifty years is within sight.

Toyota will launch a large all-electric initiative in 2020 with a new battery-electric (BEV) platform and six global BEV models including crossovers, SUVs and more. Some media are calling it a huge offensive. The new plan envisions rollout of all-electric vehicles from 2020 (starting with Toyota C-HR BEV and Toyota IZOA BEV twins in China) and Toyota says that by 2025, all models to have electrified version (at least hybrid). In the early 2020s, Toyota says it would like to introduce 10 BEV models worldwide, including six global models, based on e-TNGA platform.

C-HR/IZOA launch in Shanghai in April

Ontario Liberals will stick with the system of delegates to elect their next leader in 2020. They turned down a one-member-one-vote proposal even though it received 57 percent support. It required 67 percent. Party officials and leadership contenders say they are encouraged that one year after their historic election defeat, about 1,000 people came to Saturday’s convention in Mississauga.