The South Bayview Bulldog

The Bulldog has been contacted by four grade eleven students from Leaside High School to let us know that they have teamed up to organize a school walkout on Friday, September 21st, at 1 p.m. on the back field of Leaside High School (Howard Talbot Park, 635 Eglinton Ave E). It is the same time and day over 40 schools across Ontario are participating in their own individual walkouts. This walkout is to protest the reverting of the newly updated sex-ed curriculum (2015) to the one taught in 1998. In the 1998 curriculum, students were not taught about modern sex ed topics such as LGBTQ+ issues within sexual education, consent and safe sexting. The walkout will also protest the lack of priority given to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission which will halt the effort to incorporate Indigenous knowledge and teachings in Ontario classrooms. Finally, the walkout will address the $100 million budget cut to school repair funds that Doug Ford issued under his government rule for Ontario public schools.

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• ‘This is our future:’ Ottawa students to join provincial walkout to protest curriculum changes

Harvest Fair is Saturday

Saturday too

He wanted muffins/Jenny Serwylo

Ken Oppel at Mabel’s Fables

112 Bessborough/Bulldog

112 Bessborough/Google

Saturday will see the 9th Annual Harvest Fair on Mt. Pleasant Rd. It’s always fun. At top right, Michael Garron Hospital’s Kick the Stigma Day is also Saturday. It’s a soccer tournament and festival at Monarch Park Stadium on Coxwell Ave. south of the Danforth. There will be games in three divisions geared towards players of all levels. There will also be a community festival, featuring live music, games, a beer garden, and mix of street food. Below that, Jenny Serwylo snapped this picture of her stare-down with a raccoon Tuesday. He was after the English muffins. The story is told in the Star. Centre right, Ken Oppel, the children’s book writer had a good crowd of kid’s and parents in attendance Wednesday evening for some story telling at Mabel’s Fables, 662 Mt. Pleasant Rd. Mabel’s is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year. At bottom, neighbors and others are watching with interest as 112 Bessborough Dr. gets a makeover. It is seen recently on the left showing its original copper roof over the bay window. That’s 112 on the right before work began. Keep watching.

A Leaside woman writes in a FB post Thursday morning that “this just happened.” She says “woke up to a phone call and text shortly after 6 a.m. from someone who had my wallet. Gulp. Apparently it fell out of my bag and she found it on the road next to my car as she was out for her morning run at 5 a.m. She even ran home and came back placing a note on the windshield of my car. Grateful for my amazing neighbour who restored my faith in humanity. Have a fantastic day Gail!” Nice.

Intersection is closed/@PatMorrell_CBC

Chased by police/ @PatMorrell_CBC

Three treated at hospital/@PatMorrell_CBC

A stolen car containing three people, two teen boys and a young woman, was chased through west end streets Wednesday morning. The chase ended when the vehicle plowed into track replacement machinery at the closed intersection of Dundas St. and Lansdowne Ave. about 2.45 a.m. The occupants were treated for minor injuries.

MOTORCYCLE INTO FG WAY GUARDRAIL

A man is in serious condition after his motorcycle hit a guardrail on the eastbound Gardiner Expressway at the noon hour. Police said the man, who is young, was conscious and breathing upon their arrival.

Release from Hamilton police with inset of VW Golf Alltrack by Bulldog

Hamilton Police have released surveillance video from the killing on Sunflower Cres. in Ancaster showing a suspect vehicle which they say is a “light-coloured SUV or crossover-type vehicle.” But a reader of the City News website chimes in that the surveillance picture tells him that the vehicle shown is almost certainly a VW Golf Alltrack. The reader, WD69, says: “You don’t have to be a car expert to know that this is a VW Golf Alltrack in Pure White (a wagon), a very unique car. There aren’t too many around so it should be quite easy to figure out who’s it is… unless it was reported stolen prior to the shooting. This might help rule out any ‘other SUV or crossover-type’ vehicles.” A real estate agent, Albert Iavarone, was ambushed in front of his home. Police say he has mob associates.  Police are probing Iavarone’s “entrepreneurial adventures”

Aubrey Drake Graham is taking legal action after he says an Instagram model he met on tour in 2017 tried to extort money from him on the premise that she was pregnant. Layla Lace and Drake crossed paths during his Boy Meets World tour in England and from the sounds of this story, according to Alissa Heidman in the online publication Narcity.  There is video on the site of Lace on SiriusXM station Shade 45 declaring: “I know who I sleep with unprotected, period. It’s one hundred percent [for] sure [Drake’s child], he knows it.” 

Drake and Layla

Toronto envoy

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Streetcar derailed in collision with ambulance

A streetcar collided with an ambulance Wednesday on Queen’s Quay in the new multi-lane bike, car, streetcar and pedestrian traffic complex. Some say the street is so confusing it is a virtual no-man’s-land.

Police in Guelph say a woman sat in the rear seat of a car and apparently filmed a child of 8 or 10 years trying to drive the vehicle. It was driven into another car at a skating arena Tuesday. A man sat in the passenger seat as this occurred. Following the collision, the adults took control of the car and left.

Associate Chief Justice Alexnadra Hoy

Justice Edward Belobaba

Premier Ford

Ontario’s Court of Appeal has issued a stay putting a lower court’s ruling striking down Bill 5 on hold. Bill 5, which slashed the size of Toronto council to 25 wards, is now in effect pending appeal.  This decision by the panel of three judges means that City staff will immediately begin preparing for a 25-ward election, to be held on Oct. 22. As tweeted below, the appeal court took issue with Superior Court Judge Edward Belobaba’s finding that freedom of expression was related in some way to the size of municipal wards. The appeal court panel was composed of Associate Chief Justice Alexandra Hoy, Justice Robert Sharpe and Justice Gary Trotter. The judges found that while Toronto City Council candidates had a “reasonable expectation” they would be contesting a 47-ward election, they are not  guaranteed this outcome by the Charter of Rights. They also say that changing rules after campaign began may be unfair, but “unfairness alone does not establish a charter breach.” The appeal court again makes a distinction between fairness and a violation of the constitution. “The question for the courts is not whether Bill 5 is unfair but whether it is unconstitutional. […] [W]e have concluded that there is a strong likelihood that application judge erred in law and that the AG’s appeal to this court will succeed.”

Strong words here from the court of appeal judges, slamming Belobaba's earlier ruling: "It is not in the public interest to permit the impending election to proceed on the basis of a dubious ruling that invalidates legislation duly passed by the Legislature."

— Lauren Pelley (@LaurenPelley) September 19, 2018

Metro Inc, Loblaws and Empire (owner of Sobeys) were weeping tears of apparent sadness Tuesday as they cited rising minimum wages and new trade tariffs at the US-Canada border for increased prices now and in the near future. “Exactly when and how — it’s all about competitive dynamics. Everybody is competitive. Nobody wants to lose any share. So, let’s see how things play out,” said Metro Inc. boss Eric La Fleche. The executives met at Scotiabank’s back-to-school conference in Toronto. National Post

Saliva test for concussion

Yusaku Maezawa

Twin Town Brazil

The scourge of concussion may be much easier to diagnose and treat quickly as a result of research into a simple saliva test. Remarkable. Then, say hello to Japanese billionaire and artist Yusaku Maezawa, 43, who will be the first revenue service rider on a trip around the moon in 2023. Below that, the mysterious abundance of twins in Cândido Godói, Brazil. It is a village of 7,000 inhabitants populated by descendents of German immigrants and scientists say, not surprisingly, that it must be in the genes. Finally, the Ontario Court of Appeal will decide tomorrow if Doug Ford has violated the rights of Ontarians or merely enacted legislation to make Toronto Council smaller.

Doug Ford drove a tractor Tuesday as did NDP leader Andrea Horwath. They’re seen in the City News video below. Both leaders seem to have brought home the bacon as they worked the land. Premier Ford was talking tough about trade. There should be no compromises on agricultural supply management he said. “If you’re asking me, don’t compromise,” he said. “We have to protect the farmers. We have to protect the auto workers. We have to protect everyone in Ontario.” The Ontario Plowing Match is in Chatham-Kent.