The South Bayview Bulldog

A snake is extracted from an apartment wall in Scarborough by a self-avowed “snake man” who knows everything about snakes. Just ask him. He loves the little sweeties and says they are just like other pets. Uh-huh. When did your dog last slither into the wall? Then, the dismayed owner of a truck stripped of its wheels at the Park N’Fly lot was told by the management, “It happens all the time.” We can believe it. Below that, you will want to remember the name of the new 130-mile an hour drop-dead roller coaster at Canada’s Wonderland. Never know what may happen. Finally, big pot will be big business. And there will be many jobs. Just a caution that you probably don’t get to smoke at your desk.

Emily Gordon is busier than most

Sport Clips is closed

Family picnic

East York Peewee Bulldogs

South Bayview in summary has this pleasant photo (left) of Leaside United Church minister Reverend Emily Gordon with her son. The church publishes “a week as a minister” from the life of Reverend Emily. Upper right, what’s up at Sport Clips at 1538 Bayview Ave? The place has taken quite a haircut as the inset shot shows. It was supposed to re-open Tuesday after renovations but all is quiet. Middle right, the Geneva Centre for Autism has its 22nd Annual Family Picnic at Davisville Park Wednesday beginning at 4.30. And lower right. this great gang is the East York Select Peewee Bulldogs, first place winners in their class at the Toronto Baseball Association games. They now head off to the Ontario championship. Awesome guys.

Police report that a boy 13, last seen on Tuesday at 7:20 p.m. near Birchmount Rd and McNicoll Ave., has been located safe. The lad was said to be out and about without his shoes.

Perry

Around here

Posts at Leaside Chit Chat say that as of Wednesday morning Perry, a friendly, female tabby is still loose from her home at Laird Drive and Donlea Dr. Check around and if you see Perry message here. She has no collar and is said to love everybody, including dogs.

Constellation Brands is upping its bet on the cannabis industry, announcing an additional $5 billion stake in Canopy Growth on Wednesday. The US maker of Corona and Modelo beers took a 9.9 percent stake in the Canadian cannabis company in October. The deal included the option for future investments, giving Constellation a first toehold in an industry the brewer said it expects to soon be legalized across the United States. Shares of Canopy Growth surged as much as 50 percent in Wednesday’s premarket from Tuesday’s close of $24.62 per share. Constellation’s stock was down more than 3.5 percent.

Constellation beer brands

Testosterone and heat

Mom says “Hey, hey, hey!”

This incident was recorded by Christian Patrick and published on YouTube by the Toronto Sun. It occurred Friday on College St. between Dufferin and Ossington. The woman who broke it up is just a perfect mom. Below at the right there was a head-on collision between a police SUV and a sightseeing bus Tuesday on Queen’s Quay. The bus driver is said to have lost control of his large vehicle. Summer in the City.

The Attorney General says illegal pot shops like the ones that have dotted Toronto streets for more than two years will not be allowed to rehabilitate themselves after marijuana becomes legal this fall. Caroline Mulroney has given more definition to the Ford government plan to permit some legal pot shops next year. But they won’t be the ones that have been flouting the law up til now it seems.  Mulroney says that the government has no plans to permit such dispensaries to participate in the legal market. Mulroney spoke in an appearance on CP24 at noon. Plans include online sales through the provincially-run Ontario Cannabis Store as of Oct. 17 and then sales in private retail stores, beginning in April.

Open-air urinals have started appearing on Paris streets where men have been relieving themselves on the grass. Take a look. Or avert your eyes. Whatever. Then, a sharp reversal in the Florida stand-your-ground case we told you about in July. Below that, 680 News reporter Carl Hanske at the scene of a hit and run in New Toronto. Then finally, all you Aussies speak really funny. Sorry, the truth is your accent is very hard to imitate.

Ward 38 member Glenn De Baeremaeker will not run for re-election because his chances of winning are “a long shot” in a 25-ward election campaign. In a news release Monday, he said that the provincially imposed plan to shrink council in half means winning in a ward that is double the size would be too tough. “I think I might have been able to pull it off, but at what cost to family, friends and supporters,” De Baeremaeker said. “A campaign is a grueling, seven-day-a-week proposition. It’s a lot to ask of people when winning is a long shot. Rather than fighting against former colleagues, I decided it would be more positive to invest my energy in branching off in a new direction.”

Mike Tufts

Cones occupy Bayview Ave.

Waiting to fall

The weekend saw a new sign on the Valumart at 1500 Bayview. Mike Tufts (left) congenial franchisee for more than 18 months, has moved to the Valumart at Bayview and Cummer Aves. A new boss at the local store will be appointed in due course. Until then it is signed “Bayview’s” Valumart. Valumart, as many will know, is a subsidiary of the Loblaw company, National Grocers. Centre is a parade of giant traffic cones that occupied the west side of Bayview from Merton St. down to nearly Moore Ave. on Saturday. This is not a good omen. At right, another bad sign and residents should be careful not to stand under it. These wonky fixtures are all over town. It seems the Works Department needs a new plan. The Councillor is alerted.