The South Bayview Bulldog

Summerhill Market at 446 Summerhill Ave. is open Victoria  Day until 7 p.m.

Donations at the GoFundMe page for Monday night’s Leaside fireworks display have picked up in recent hours. The show is once again put on by Dave Bryant for any and all who make it over to the hill looking down on Leaside High School field tonight.  Sundown is 8.41 p.m.

@CityNews South Bound 400 to the Eastbound 401 is closed due to a truck rollover. Air bags are under the truck and a crane is working to right it. #Everywhere pic.twitter.com/GWD51wgRv8

— James (Jamie) E. Tumelty (@QPCamera) May 20, 2019

A 6 a.m. rollover of a transport truck has put two men in hospital with minor injuries police report. The ramps from southbound and northbound Highway 400 to eastbound Highway 401 are closed.

Pedestrian was pinned under vehicle/CITYNEWS/Ryan Belgrave

A pedestrian was hit by a ricocheting vehicle after a two-vehicle collision at King St. West and Jameson Ave Sunday about noon hour. The man was pinned under the vehicle. Horrified witnesses tried in vain to lift the vehicle off the man but were unable to do so. The fire service used heavy equipment to free him after which he was quickly taken to the hospital. The man on foot appears to have been crossing Jameson at King. The full nature of his injuries remain unknown but police offered a first impression that they were life-threatening.

There is a Facebook discussion Sunday about an apparently defiant man in north Leaside who will not pick up after his dog. A capture from a video is posted.

There was no winning ticket for the $5 million dollar 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 May 22 will be approximately $7 million.

Naeem and Abbie Memon

Otta Zapotocky

Alessandro Settimi and wife Alana

The locked door at 1581 Bayview Ave. tells the story at Refuel Juicery. The business has closed after five years of endeavor at two addresses on the street. Husband and wife Naeem and Abbie Memon (left) are hard-working, experienced and cordial people. It is sad to see them go. Before Refuel, 1581 Bayview was celebrated by many reviewers as an innovative wine bar seldom seen in the City. It was the concept of sommelier Otta Zapotocky (centre). At the time, Zapotocky was a full two years into his successful French restaurant L’Avenue across the street. But the new business, Tinto Bar de Tapas, was not as profitable as hoped and ultimately overextended Zapotocky. At right is Alessandro Settimi and his wife Alana at 1581 Bayview on the night of January 18, 2010 as they opened The Mad Italian. The place was a huge success that summer, especially when Setimmi’s father, Aldo, stood outside offering gelato samples. Then stunning good fortune arrived in a man who offered and paid a sum reputed to be near $1 million for the two-store operation. The Setimmi family took the money, as the expression goes. Ultimately the new owner declared bankruptcy. Fortune’s fickle game.

Ornge chopper ambulance prepares to land/Tamipeddle Twitter

Damage from flying wheel/OPP

SUV lost wheel/OPP

Saturday brought serious injury to a young driver on Highway 400 near Highway 89 when his car was shattered by a flying wheel off of an SUV heading the other way. The man, 20 or so, suffered serious injuries to his head and internal organs and was airlifted by Ornge air ambulance to Sunnybrook Medical Sciences Center. A woman passenger was taken to a hospital in Barrie with minor injuries. The unidentified victim was heading northbound when the southbound SUV suddenly lost a front wheel. The highway re-opened about 2.30 p.m.

Fired gun in business

Fairly clear image

These enhanced images produced by The Bulldog from video released by Peel police are said to show a man who was carelessly firing a gun in and around a Brampton business May 8. No explanation is offered as to what that was all about. A video of him fleeing is here. He is described by police as bearded, wearing a hooded sweatshirt, grey pants, a scarf across his face and gloves.

No winning ticket was sold for the $22 million jackpot in Friday night’s Lotto Max draw. The jackpot for the next draw on May 21 will be approximately $27 million.

Late Friday headlines include a proposal from an eminent planner to move the Science Centre to Ontario Place. Hands off, we say. Then, the rather overwhelming explanation of TDSB cuts required by provincial belt-tightening. Below that, the fireworks will go as usual at Ashbridges Bay Monday night but you may get your feet wet. And speaking of wet, the bars will be that way as early as 9 a.m. Sundays from now on. Don’t forget you have to cut the lawn sometime.