The South Bayview Bulldog

No winning ticket was sold for the $12.7 million jackpot in Saturday night’s Lotto 649 draw. However, the guaranteed $1 million prize was claimed by a ticket holder in the Prairies. The jackpot for the next Lotto 649 draw on Aug. 15 will be approximately $20 million.

Updated August 13: Two men have been injured after as many as 20 shots were fired near Leslie St. and Finch Ave. Saturday dinner hour. It occurred on Tree Sparroway, just west of Leslie Street. According to CTV, young men were firing at each other from many locations including through the roof of car. Some ran about inside a parking area. Witnesses told police that a vehicle was seen fleeing. Details are sketchy but it seems the two took themselves to hospital for treatment. One was then taken to a trauma centre. Police have not commented or issued a release as of Monday, August 13 at noon.

Weekend gunfight at Leslie and Finch townhouse complex started in parking lot beside a playground at Tree Sparroway – aftermath shows 11 bulletholes in a #Honda and #Mercedes van #topoli #TPS @TheTorontoSun #TheTorontoSun – four more bulletholes found in the area pic.twitter.com/nfvEfJ38ll

— Jack Boland (@TorSunphoto21) August 13, 2018

At the intersection of O’Connor Dr. and Woodbine Ave. the road remains open this weekend but it’s in rocky shape because of construction.  That work has been suspended this weekend to accommodate traffic heading to and from Taste of the Danforth. A reader has written to describe an accident there Saturday morning:

Bad accident Woodbine and O’Connor Aug 11 Sat morning 6 am. As I’m turning onto O’Connor going east from Woodbine on my bike, sports car screaming/roaring at 80-100 km/hr trying to turn right onto O’Connor too (?) smashes head-on into white van stopped at red light on O’Connor going west. Sports car then slowly accelerates south smashing into and onto sidewalk, debris everywhere, backs up and continues east on O’Connor very slowly.

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Jim Cuddy of Blue Rodeo will throw the first pitch at Saturday’s festivities at Rogers Centre recalling the 92-93 World Series days. Then, you won’t recognize Canada as it is portrayed in Saudi Arabia for the sadly misinformed mushroom people (in the dark etc). Below that, former soccer star Imran Khan has views about women that are what you might call old-fashioned. Finally, it is ten years since the night most of Toronto awoke with a start to the sound of the Sunrise Propane facility exploding in North York. The blasts were clearly heard in places like Leaside, Davisville Village and elsewhere in South Bayview.

Huge trucks block Danforth as a safety measure. Above, Mayor Tory and Danforth constituents, candidate Jennifer Keesmaat with prime minister. Credits in text below.

Taste of the Danforth opened Friday night to large crowds. A Twitter search finds many perspectives about food, crowds, politics and the huge City of Toronto trucks stretched across the street to prevent a madman from mowing down people with a vehicle. Welcome to 2018 and good thinking by security people. Mayor Tory posed with “Tanya…the owner of the Skin Deep Tattoo Studio on the Danforth and took people into her shop during the shooting to protect them. A true Toronto hero.” Candidate Jennifer Keesmaat cosied up to Justin Trudeau. Truck picture by Dr. Stephannie Roy@DocSteph. Opa, Opa everybody. 

A man in his 50s is dead after his motorcycle collided with a vehicle in a hit-and-run at Bellamy Rd and Brimorton Dr at around 9 p.m. Friday. Police said the driver of the vehicle fled.

TEEN DROWNS IN LAKE RESCUE TRY

A boy of 16 has drowned as he tried to help a woman and her son who were shouting for help in the water at Woodbine Beach Friday. Police said a number of people jumped into the water as the woman called for help. As many as five patients had to be rescued from the lake in the incident. Three people, including the young boy who died, were taken to hospital from the scene, Toronto paramedics said. There has been no word on the condition of the other victims but paramedics said they are also in their teens.

Scene at Qoodbine Beach during search/Ernest Doroszuk Postmedia

Ernest Doroszuk/Toronto Sun/Postmedia

Jesse Jack Breese/TPS

Beach search/City News

Jason Mitchell

Police are after Jesse Jack Breese, 21, for bank robbery committed with three other men on May 24 near Warden Avenue and St. Clair Avenue East  Three perpetrators entered the bank disguised with masks, sunglasses and hooded sweatshirts  One fired a shot. Customers were forced to the floor.They took money and fled. Breese is 6’3″ with a slim build and short dark hair. He occasionally wears prescription glasses. He is known to frequent both Barrie and Toronto. At Woodbine Beach, a search was underway Friday for a swimmer who is lost. A man and woman were rescued by marine officers. Finally, at right, Jason Michell, 46, is wanted for credit card theft and the illegal use of such cards. He is described as 5’9″, 160 pounds, balding with grey/brown hair and brown eyes.

The folly of youth is graphically portrayed as kids taunt each other to leap off a 50 foot bridge in Washington state. Many do it, but this girl hesitates. A “friend” then gives her a shove.

The government in Ottawa has argued to the Supreme Court of Canada that the Toronto-born son of Russian intelligence agents should be denied Canadian citizenship, the same exception that applies to any child born in Canada to a foreign diplomat. Canadian Press reports Friday that it has obtained a recently submitted brief attempting to overturn a Federal Court of Appeal ruling that effectively affirmed the Canadian citizenship of Alexander Vavilov and, through a related case, his older brother. Alexander, 24, and Timothy, 28, were born in Canada to parents using the aliases Donald Heathfield and Tracey Ann Foley. They were imprisoned and later deported in a prisoner swap with the Russians. Canadian Press Feds in last-minute bid to deport brothers born to spies

New configuration Friday at Bayview and Eglinton

Gary Brian has posted photos overlooking the LRT construction at Bayview Ave and Eglinton Ave. of new directions for motorists and pedestrians effective Friday morning. A map published here August 4 indicates no left turn from northbound Bayview onto westbound Eglinton as well as other restrictions.  Leaside Chit Chat

The City of Victoria will do the 2018-thing and kick Sir John A. Macdonald off his pedestal at City Hall in order to expedite “reconciliation” with aboriginal people. Tee hee  Do let us know how it works out. Then, it appears that not nearly enough Gen Z kids (19 or 20 at the top) are watching the Academy Awards on television. Therefore, the academy has created a Popular Films category for slam-bang comic book cinematic panthers. Gasp. Next, savour the disconnect as a well-heeled golfer says he can’t understand what vandals with an axe have against the putting greens at his club. It’s not the greens they despise sir, it’s you. Finally, this social media pair of gigglies is famous for being cute. See what you think. Please try not to gag.

Track work at Broadview and Gerrard last week/Dylan Reid@dylan_reid

Streetcar track replacement at the intersection of Broadview Avenue and Gerrard Street East to will be finished and the roads reopened at 7 a.m. Sunday (August 12). This is four weeks ahead of schedule. The 504 King, 505 Dundas and 506 Carlton replacement bus service will return to regular routing through the intersection. Streetcars return to the 504 King and 506 Carlton routes on September 2.