The South Bayview Bulldog

No winning ticket was sold for the $60 million jackpot in Friday night’s Lotto Max draw. However, there were also 20 Maxmillions prizes of $1 million each up for grabs and two of them were claimed by ticket holders in Quebec and Atlantic Canada. The jackpot for the next Lotto Max draw on Nov. 30 will remain at approximately $60 million, but the number of Maxmillions prizes offered will increase to 35.

Raj Grewal

Elected in Brampton in 2015

Brampton-area Liberal MP Raj Grewal has quit the Commons because is his gambling addiction, The Prime Minister’s Office said Friday. Mr. Grewal was elected to represent Brampton East in 2015. He is said to have informed the PMO that he is undergoing “serious personal challenges and receiving treatment from a health professional related to a gambling problem that led him to incur serious personal debts.” the office said. Grewal was a financial advisor before his election and is a member of the bar in Ontario. He is  registered with the Law Society as Rajvinder Singh Grewal

City News has a nice summary of Christmas holiday things happening this weekend. Take a look and find one you like. Then, the doubtful practice of funding enormous media corporations because the Internet has (ahem) disrupted them. Below that, the postal union CUPW, just can’t bear the idea of its members going back to work with all the outrageous (but vague) injustices grinding down women, men and horses. Finally, it may be Black Friday to many but to others it is a curious spasm of hysteria.

Road closures for the Beaches Santa Claus Parade have been published. It takes place Sunday beginning at 1 p.m. on the following route:

– Northbound, Victoria Park Avenue from north of Bracken Avenue, partial closure
– Westbound, Kingston Road from Victoria Park, partial closure
– Northbound, Walter Street, full closure
– Westbound, Lyall Avenue, full closure
– Northbound, Kimberly Avenue, full closure
– Westbound, Swanwick Avenue to Main Street, full closure

Now open in EYTC

Business brisk

At Mabel’s Fables Saturday

Canned food picked

Guy Night Out

The new A&W is open in the East York Town Centre. We call this arrival, like that of the new Starbucks just up the street on Overlea Blvd., part of the Costco effect. The new shopping club cannot be bad for business. At lower left, parents and kids will want to meet Tory Woolcott, the Toronto kids science writer, as she launches her new book The Brain at Mabel’s Fables on Saturday at 2 p.m. Mabel’s is at Mt. Pleasant Rd. and Hillsdale Ave. Sounds like fun. Also at the bottom, reminders about the St. Cuthbert’s canned food pickup Saturday and the Leaside Guys Night Out Toy Drive coming up early in December. Please help out. All local events are at the South Bayview Bulldog Bulletin Board.

Pressure flowing from the exposure of violent so-called hazing incidents among students has brought about the resignation of both principal Greg reeves and president and president Father Jefferson Thompson. The school cited their “shared desire to move the school forward without distractions and allow it to focus on healing.” At statement from the school said: “Reeves and Thompson have always put the welfare, education and formation of our students first – and they do so once again today,” the news release said. “Having fulfilled their moral and ethical obligations to manage the immediate crisis and engage our school community, this courageous decision allows us to move forward with our goals: understanding how these events could have occurred, regaining the trust of our community and bringing cultural change to our school.” The distressing violence of a recent incident, and reports of others dating back decades, plus a concern that the worst instance of abuse was not reported to police promptly, have factored into discontent among parents.

One thug leaps through the window…

…only to be hurled back out by owners armed with swords

The owners of Ashok Jewellers in Mississauga fought off hammer-wielding thieves who were smashing their way into the shop on Airport Rd. this week. Two videos tell the story as Peel Police ask for the public’s help in identifying these four violent bandits. Then, US Thanksgiving has seen the timeless Manhattan Parade that thrills millions all over the world. Finally, have a bit of sympathy for Larry the Cat as he tries to get back into the UK Prime Minister’s residence on Downing St.

Peel Regional Police will hold a special recruiting event Saturday, November 24 from 8 a.m.to 4 p.m. at the Emil Kolb Centre for Police Excellence. That’s at 180 Derry Rd E. in Mississauga. Potential applicants will see life for women in police tactical, canine, forensics, incident response and fitness units.

Women in Peel Regional Police Service

Millwood Road southbound at Laird is open after a 4 day closure to repair a water main break.  Woohoo!

November 21st

November 20th

Nov 19th – Headlights of bumper to bumper traffic on Moore heading to Millwood. The shot looks west at Southlea

Nov 19th – 12-inch watermain burst overnight/Bulldog

Nov 19th – Southbound Millwood closed at underpass/Bulldog

A woman has been struck and badly injured in a hit and run accident Wednesday at Kennedy Rd and Danforth Rd. The woman, 24, was struck by a minivan (or other) she crossed Danforth. The vehicle was turning left onto Danforth westbound. It was nearly 8 p.m and well after dark but these circumstances mean the vehicle approached the victim from in front of her. She was hit and dragged a sort distance. Police are appealing for witnesses and/or video of this occurrence. Police tweet.

A resident writes at Leaside Community that he witnessed the theft of a Lexus model SUV taken from  Airdrie Rd. and Rolph Rd. in recent hours. He says there were two other such thefts from the same driveway at Bessborough Ave. and  Sutherland Drive., The good part is that the writer saw a license plate and has given information to the police. These thefts  of expensive vehicles seems to rely on the electronic lifting of keyless entry technology, something that is done by thieves who are near enough to you while you open your car in their presence. Such a wonderful age we live in. The FB thread is very long and informative. There is no substitute for a locked garage.

An extreme cold weather alert has been issued with advice to watch out for those who may need extra protection in overnight temperatures of possibly minus 19. For those properly dressed, it will be a pleasant sunny day.