The South Bayview Bulldog

New Year’s seahorses/Ripley’s Aquarium

Ripley’s Aquarium Canada has announced the birth of a herd of lined seahorses Tuesday. The news is in a release which recalls that seahorses are curiously hatched by the male of the species after the female deposits her eggs in his pouch. The aquarium’s husbandry team reports the jelly bean sized babies were born at the aquarium early New Year’s Day as part of an ongoing conservation and education program. Seahorses are small marine fishes in the genus Hippocampus. They have a head and neck suggestive of a horse. They have an upright posture and a curled prehensile tail. The new baby seahorses will be on public display later this month.

Dipping in hard hat style on the Lakeshore

The Toronto Polar Bear Dip has a style all its own. Gotta love these guys in hard hats. In Brooklyn there is also style but they don’t seem quite so macho keen. Then, the New York City ban of styrofoam went into effect Tuesday. They say 60 million tons of the stuff gets dumped there each year. And finally, don’t miss seeing the HoneyBeez Dance Squad from Alabama State University. They are making it big in more ways than one. You go Beez.

All styles permitted

Waiting for the sweeper

Families eat, socialize

One of a number of food trucks

Dover Boys Lake Erie perch stand

Odd Zamboni

Old brickworks are curious

She takes moody picture of friend

Mixing of genders in common area may make some uncomfortable

Time to skate

New Year’s Day saw a good number of families and couples at Evergreen Winter Village at the old brick works, 550 Bayview Ave.

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Sunnybrook Hospital has announced the arrival of baby Sebastian as its first baby of 2019. Parents Rachel and Riccardo welcomed their second child, sweet Sebastian Antonio at 12:02:56. He weighed 3770.5g (8 lbs, 5oz)

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Only a night from old to new;
Only a sleep from night to morn.
The new is but the old come true;
Each sunrise sees a new year born.

Helen Huint Jackson, 1892

A Vancouver man has died after he became stuck in a street side used-clothing bin, police report. The victim, 34, was found Sunday morning by an off-duty doctor who happened to pass the bin. The man was unresponsive and stuck partway in the opening of the bin. Paramedics attempted to resuscitate him, but he was pronounced dead at the scene. In July a woman died in a bin in Vancouver while in March 2016 a 20- year-old-man died in a clothing bin in Surrey. In September 2015 a woman died in a bin at Pitt Meadows near Surrey and a man died in a bin on Hespeler Rd. in Cambridge in November. A sixth person died in Calgary in 2017.

Weather Network

A large truck sideswiped as many as five poles on the Gardiner Expressway westbound at Dufferin St. Monday morning. Police say there were no injuries but lots of debris. Video

Sydney (top) and Hong Kong

2019 has begun its entry with celebrations across Australasia and the Orient. Here we see Sydney (top) and Hong Kong. Also Aukland.

The TTC Metropass will be discontinued as of midnight when those wanting discounted fares will be required to purchase a Presto pass. The TTC will offer TTC passes, including a 12-month pass, through Presto. The price for the monthly pass will be unchanged at $146.50 for adults and $116.75 for seniors/ youth. Presto passes can be purchased at Shoppers Drug Mart, Fare Vending Machines at TTC subway station entrances, from the TTC Customer Service Centre, or online at prestocard.ca. Tickets and tokens will be phased out at the end of 2019 however. BT interview bdelow with Anne Marie Aikens is informative.