The South Bayview Bulldog

Two twists on your recreational high-times are offered by City News. Marijuana users say that the new government pot retailer OSC is falling flat on its face. Wait-time on the phone has been recorded at six hours and vanishing orders are common. But, there’s a nice new brew called Been A Slice now offered by the Common Good Beer Co. in Scarborough. The clever name derives from its main ingredient, stale sourdough bread. Love it.

Hit while stopped/Peel Police and Paramedics

BMW ran into ambulance

Paramedics survived

One man is dead and two paramedics have been injured in a two-vehicle crash in Brampton Wednesday. Peel Police say it happened around 8:30 p.m. at McMurchy Ave and Queen St. when a BMW hurtled through an intersection and collided with an ambulance that was waiting to make a left turn onto Queen.  Paramedics tended to the driver of the car but he was pronounced dead at the scene a short time later. Two paramedics in the ambulance suffered minor injuries and were taken to hospital in non-life threatening condition. The ambulance was not transporting a patient or responding to a call at the time of the crash. Roads in the area are currently still closed for the investigation.

MAN AND DOG RESCUED FROM BALCONY

A man and his dog were rescued from a fourth floor balcony of a community housing building near Yorkville early Thursday when fire hit the location. .Fire crews were called to the scene shortly before 7 a.m. They found the apartment occupants on the balcony of the unit where the fire originated.

With any luck, there will be mail delivery in Toronto on Thursday. Canada Post employees (CUPW) stopped so-called rotating strikes here sfter a stoppage Tuesday and Wednesday. The walkouts have moved on to Sherbrooke, Calgary and Kelowna, the union says.

The Toronto and New York stock markets saw punishing drops again Wednesday based on an interest rate increase from the Bank of Canada and outright fear about world stability in the US. Toronto fell 376. Headlines about Saudi Arabia out of control, possible cancellation of the nuclear treaty with Russia and other concerns drove the Dow to an astonishing drop of 608 points.

• David Rosenberg: Things aren’t nearly rosy as the Bank of Canada believes

Striking CUPW members outside Wicksteed Canada Post plant

The federal government named a special mediator Wednesday in the hope of ending rotating walkouts that appear to be getting more permanent. Labour Minister Patty Hajdu announced the appointment of Morton Mitchnick hours after the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) said it would keep its members on the picket lines in the GTA. The announcement made the strike seem rather more permanent. The minister said Mitchnick, a former chair of the Ontario Labour Relations Board, is a highly respected senior arbitrator and mediator. She said he will be joining a team of federal mediators from the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service that have been working with the two parties.

• Death threats, vandalism target Ont. government after labour bill introduced
• Bank of Canada inches closer to normal with rate hike — and signals more to come

There is an outpouring of thanks on social media to Councillor Jon Burnside for his work on behalf of the community over his four-year term at City Hall for Ward 26. Burnside was defeated by Jaye Robinson in the newly-created Ward 15 (Don Valley West) in Monday’s election. The many comments can be seen at Leaside Community and Leaside Chit Chat.

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Andrew Benintendi, J.D. Martinez and the Red Sox came out swinging in the World Series opener, seizing every advantage in their quirky ballpark to beat the Dodgers 8-4 on a chilly, windy Tuesday night. Benintendi delivered four hits, Martinez drove in two early runs and pinch-hitter Eduardo Nunez golfed a three-run homer to seal it. The 108-win Red Sox got a solid effort from their bullpen after an expected duel between aces Chris Sale and Clayton Kershaw never developed. Xander Bogaerts grounded into a go-ahead force out in the fifth and Rafael Devers followed with an RBI single for a 5-3 lead. After Manny Machado hit a sacrifice fly in the seventh for his third RBI, Nunez homered over the Green Monster off Alex Wood in the bottom half. Boston’s David Price faces Hyun-Jin Ryu in Game 2 on Wednesday night. This marks just the third World Series in which both starting pitchers in the first two games are lefties, after 1963 and 1973 — AP

Enchanting family fun for the Tory clan as Senior John get re-elected and his grandson William is so tickled he starts to dance in front of his relatives. Then, it’s 38 years and counting for the mayor of Milton, Gordon Krantz. The venerable first magistrate has been elected 13 times consecutively. Below that, a CBC package on the strange new polio-like ailment called AFM which we brought to your attention a few days ago. Finally, have the police been investigating the police in York Region? There is much dissatisfaction with the outcome of an incident in which a crossing guard claims a police officer ran a stop sign with kids in the road.

A rectangular sinkhole has opened at Jarvis and Isabella Sts. Part of the road appears to have hit a pipe. City crews has been called in to determine whether it’s a gas line — with 680 News

Postal workers are off the job in Toronto Tuesday as the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) continues rotating strikes across the country. Small businesses have called for a quick end to the walkouts for fear they will badly hurt business during the Christmas period.

TORONTO SAYS PAY YOUR BILLS

The City of Toronto is reminding citizens to pay their bills regardless of postal stoppages. A release Tuesday says payments normally mailed to the City must still be made by their due date. It goes on to instruct people that “alternative payment methods include online, by telephone, at banks or financial institutions and in person.” The City’s contingency plan and any future updates will be posted on the City’s website. Residents and businesses with questions about the contingency plan may also call 311.

• A carbon tax rebate cheque for you, and you, and you
• Dow down 300, TSX off 250 at noon
• Ford government freezing $14 minimum wage as part of labour reform rollbacks

Closing at 11 p.m. starting November 3

Gerry says hello

Mermaid’s folly

Get your Glowlight Stick

Davisville and Yonge

Manor Road United October 27

November 3

November 3

Valumart at 1500 Bayview Ave. will abandon overnight business starting November 3. The store will now be open from 7 a.m. to 11 p.m. This will leave only Metro Inc at Bayview and Eglinton still open all night. The 24-hour model was tried and dropped at both area Loblaws. Upper right, Gerry the Frenchie says hello outside Starbucks. Such a friendly guy. Below Gerry is the annual reminder from friends at 384 Belsize of how scary it is at Halloween. This year’s morality tale tells of a poor mermaid who ventured into the lair of a sea monster and (gulp) vanished. Below that, a reminder for kids to get their Glowlight Stick at Bonnie Byford Real Estate, 1536 Bayview Ave. Stay safe on darkened streets. At bottom left, royalist Patricia Treble (@PatriciaTreble) offers this evocative photo of the Queen in her open Chrysler turning north onto Yonge off Davisville in 1959. Then we finish with church events.  Manor Road United has its rummage sale Saturday and there are two Christmas fairs coming up November 3.

Patrick Brown has been elected mayor of Brampton. The former Progressive Conservative leader won the position over incumbent Linda Jeffrey who succeeded to the job 2014 when she replaced Susan Fennell, who served as Brampton mayor for 14 years. Brown won 46,454 votes (44 percent of vote).  “I’ve got so much hope in my heart that lies ahead in Brampton. I know we can turn this around. I know Brampton is going to be back,” Brown said in his acceptance speech Monday night.