The South Bayview Bulldog

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.

Lower Simcoe

Union Station rain through roof (Twitter / @femwriter)

Concourse flooded (Twitter / @TJ_Smizzy)

Note kids playing in the flood (Twitter / @akpat_)

Sewers erupt at Queen’s Quay/Snita@snitabalsara

https://twitter.com/akpat_/status/1030584647145553920

Queens quay is a river! #Toronto pic.twitter.com/jq09eVm2jn

— Snita (she/her) (@snitabalsara) August 17, 2018

Heavy thunderstorms flooded areas along the lake shore and forced the closure of one subway line while affecting access to Union Station during the busy rush hour commute on Friday. GO Transit was telling commuters to enter and exit through the main station building as pedestrian walkways south of Front Street between Bay and York had to be closed due to flooding. Train service continued. But Line 3 in Scarborough was shut down because of flooding at Midland Station. Shuttle buses were operating in the area. The heavy rainfall also caused some minor flooding at other TTC stations but trains continued to run on both Lines 1 and 2 without disruption — City News

Ray and Clayton at Wheels on the Danforth/Bulldog

Denise Wilson and Anna Postill,/LHS

Mike Barrington/Larry Miller MP

Poplar Plains Rd/CBC

Leaside Gardens September 27

Wheels on the Danforth rolls out this weekend with the Classic Car Show Saturday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Upper left, we see an arresting father and son, Ray and Clayton Price, who dressed up last year to complement the style of their “police car.” Bulldog flashback. Upper right is Denise Wilson, Curriculum Leader for Guidance, and (right) Anna Postill, 17, at Leaside High commencement. Anna is the recipient of a $100,000 scholarship to study engineering at the University of New Brunswick. You may read about Anna’s extraordinary accomplishment here. Centre right, Mike Barrington of East York is a happy man as he lands this big salmon during a day on Georgian Bay recently. Lower left, a hilarious response from homeowners on Poplar Plains Rd. in Summerhill to a long unfixed pothole. They’ve grown tomato plants in the broken road and harvest is near. Hold off on the road repairs. Finally, an important seminar on concussion is set for September 27 as hockey season is just around the corner. Make it a point to attend at Leaside Gardens.

Tire marks show where vehicle jumped curb

The truck

Jon Burnside

Councillor Jon Burnside and his campaign worker Michelle Stewart narrowly escaped injury or death this week while canvassing at Laird Drive and Broadway Ave. A black Chevrolet pickup truck jumped the curb and nearly hit them. The driver, it is reported, appears to have been impaired but police were not able to respond before he left the scene. There are pictures of the vehicle and its plate. The Councillor is quoted as saying: “It sure was close.Too close. The guy didn’t have much to say. From my experience, I noticed he seemed under the influence of alcohol and perhaps narcotics as well.”

The new deadline for filing papers to run in the Toronto General Election is September 14. The election is October. 22. The change was necessary after the  Ontario government shrunk City Council from 47 wards to 25 and fix the ward boundaries to those used for federal and provincial elections. Also Thursday, a poll done by Navigator indicates that nearly half of Toronto voters favour a smaller City Council.

TESLA SUES ONTARIO

Tesla, Inc. will sue the Ontario government over what it calls unfair treatment in the cancellation of a program providing rebates to residents who bought electric vehicles. In an application for judicial review, Tesla Motors Canada says the decision by Premier Doug Ford’s government to cancel the program in July left hundreds of its customers no longer eligible for rebates they expected to get when they ordered their vehicles. It claims that Tesla was singled out and that purchasers of other brands will still get rebates during a transition period.

GUILT HOLIDAY COMING

The federal government will move forward to create a statutory holiday dedicated to reconciliation with Indigenous Peoples, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Thursday.  The holiday will be aimed at remembering the legacy of residential schools and reflecting on a path toward reconciliation, he said in Saint-Eustache. If Parliament does approve a National Day for Truth and Reconciliation as a statutory holiday, it would only apply to federally regulated workplaces — the civil service, marine ports, airports, airlines and telecommunications companies, according to Canadian Press.

Lifestyle news begins Thursday with a scoop or two of Hellman’s Real Mayonnaise Ice Cream. Then City News at the CNE press day. It’s about food. Below that, a new animated series from the creator of The Simpsons. Lastly, it’s not nice to laugh but you may in fact as a high-spirited couple bounce right off the dance floor and into Boston Harbour.