The South Bayview Bulldog

Shelley Laskin has announced that she will run for the Toronto District School Board in the new muncipal ward of Eglinton-Lawrence and Toronto-St. Paul’s. Previously she has been the trustee for Ward 11 for many years. The change is required because of the Ontario Government’s decision to reduce Toronto City Council from 47 to 25 councillors and realign the City of Toronto’s ward electoral boundaries to reflect provincial electoral ridings. By law, the TDSB is required to align its ward electoral boundaries with the City’s and fit the present 22 TDSB wards into the new 25 City wards.

TDSB 22 wards into City’s 25

Shelley Laskin

Roy Oribon fans young and old tell City News they find few thrills in the idea of watching their Pretty Woman icon in hologram. Tickets to see the November show will range in price from $62 to $182.

Andy Gort, president of the South Eglinton Ratepayers and Residents Association (SERRA) has written to say that a “large majority” of respondents to a SERRA poll expressed objections to the reduction in the number of Council members enacted by the Legislature. They felt that the new size of the wards will impact the level of representation needed in the City. They also felt that Premier Ford’s claim of “for the people” rings hollow since there was no consultation with residents. They suspect Ford had singled out the City of Toronto for Council reduction as a personal vendetta. Gort said comments in favour of a smaller council were almost exclusively related to the sense that City Council tended to be slow in making important decisions and Councillors engaged in self-promotion during debates. SERRA’s position continues to be that a reduction in council members will seriously affect its level of representation, which in an area like South Eglinton, with all its development, will be a significant loss.

Park ‘pops up’ on Bloor for #OpenStreetsTO. WATCH: https://t.co/nosrpCx0vl

— CityNews 680 (Inactive) (@680NEWS) August 19, 2018

Many fans of this closure of Yonge St and Bloor St. have tweeted their thoughts with video, photos.

DEVELOPING: @TorontoMedics tell me a man, who is believed to be in his 20s, was fatally shot at a residential building on Adelaide Street East, west of Parliament Street. Emergency crews were called here at 2:05 a.m. @TPS51Div and @TPSK9 are on scene. pic.twitter.com/kneLgC8suW

— Nick Westoll (@NWestoll) August 19, 2018

Karly/Rahul Berry Twitter

First anniversary/Bulldog Sue Byford

Black-eyed Susans/Nancy Lewis

Upper left, a GoFundMe page has been started for the care of Karly, a 6 month old German Shepherd pup who was hit by a school bus August 2 in East York. Karly had a first surgery and will need more. At centre is the Bayview Ave. rotisserie Saturday to celebrate the first anniversary of Mayrik restaurant, 1580 Bayview. Happy birthday guys. At far right, East York horticulturist Nancy Lewis has tweeted these lovely black-eyed Susans from her garden. Below, Mayor Tory was at the Vietnamese Association of Toronto Youth Summer Festival and Picnic at Todmorden Mills Park Saturday. And the staff of Davisville Public School has proudly hung their sign above the front door of the Vaughan Academy on Vaughan Rd. It is the temporary home for a couple of years while a new school is built on Davisville Ave.

Vietnamese Association of Toronto Youth Summer Festival and Picnic/John Tory

Home for a while/Davisville Jr. Public School Twiter

No winning ticket was sold for the $22 million jackpot in Saturday night’s Lotto 649 draw. The guaranteed $1 million prize was claimed by a ticket holder in Quebec. The jackpot for the next Lotto 649 draw on August 22 will be approximately $25 million.

Township of Scarborough

1937 Plymouth

Fargo Travel All

Chevrolet convertible

Medley of turquoise and white

65 Thunderbird

Joke truck

Ha ha, nice job

65 Ford Falcon

The crowd-pleasing vehicles at the ninth annual Wheels on the Danforth included a 1945 Township of Scarborough fire truck as seen at upper left. The kids loved it. At the right from the top are a 1937 Plymouth and 1966 Fargo (Dodge) Travel All Van. The Fargo was bought by George Heighington of Scarborough in 1989 for $325. He got it from the federal department of agriculture after they were finished with it in the fields of the Niagara Peninsula. Centre left, a wonderful 1956 Chevrolet convertible. At the right, an equally breathtaking 1956 Thunderbird. Below that a prank vehicle with a cock-eyed truck bed just for laughs. At bottom, a modest but charming 1965 Ford Falcon known as Dirty Bird.

Accident scene/Kerry Schmidt OPP

Pickup truck/OPP

Terrible force of crash/OPP

A woman, 25, from Sutton is dead after a car and a pickup truck collided head-on in the Lake Simcoe Town of Georgina in York Region. It occurred about 2 a.m. Saturday on Highway 48 at Park Road. Officers say alcohol is being investigated as a “possible contributing factor” in the crash

“Open Streets” will once again close roads Saturday from  8:30 a.m., and 3 p.m:  Bloor Street is shut from Montrose Ave. to Sherbourne St. and Yonge Street is closed from Davenport Rd. to Queen St. Vehicles may cross at the following corners:

Bloor Street West at Christie Street/Grace Street
Bloor Street West at Bathurst Street
Bloor Street West at Spadina Avenue
Bloor Street West at Avenue Road
Bloor Street West at Bay Street
Bloor Street East at Church Street
Bloor Street East at Ted Rogers Way
Bloor Street East at Sherbourne Street
Yonge Street at Wellesley Street
Yonge Street at College Street
Yonge Street at Gerrard Street
Yonge Street at Dundas Street
Yonge Street at Shuter Street
Yonge Street at Queen Street

Motorists can expect significant delays in the area and are advised to plan alternate routes, where possible. It is strongly recommended that people attending Open Streets take the TTC.

A brief power outage is noted “in Leaside” Saturday morning on Facebook but it appears to be over. The Toronto Hydro Outage map shows no blackouts in midtown. Some writers mentioned flickering lights in the vicinity of Bayview and Eglinton. Others said Rogers was down in homes on Millwood.

No winning ticket was sold for the $16 million jackpot in Friday night’s Lotto Max draw. That means the jackpot for the next draw on Aug. 24 will grow to approximately $24 million.