The South Bayview Bulldog

Toronto is hot but Europe is hotter. There is a predicted high of 32 here at home for Sunday but Lisbon and other Mediterranean capitals are hitting highs of 47 and 48.

A woman, 38, and a boy, 5, have apparently drowned under so-far unexplained circumstances at a backyard swimming pool on Hilson Court in Brampton. They were found Saturday night. The investigation continues.

Whoops/Arlene Berman Twitter

A woman is said to have escaped serious injury Sunday morning when her car jumped the curb at Bathurst St. and Bainbridge Ave. to take out two utility poles. The scene is opposite Earl Bales Park. Police are sorting it out. Photo tweeted by Arlene Berman.

Saucy Cloglo, Dancing Queen/Instagram

Love these guys/Bigzooks Instagram

Gonna bite ya/Adrian Cheung CBC

The entertaining blow-out called Caribana — the Toronto Caribbean Carnival — took place Saturday at Exhibition Place. Carnival Invasion On The Lake goes on Sunday. Here are some photos and a video link to the talents of a saucy lady with the Instagram handle of Cloglo. Somewhat related is the appearance of Shaquille O’Neal appearing as a DJ on Polson St.

• LeBron James and Drake in Toronto for Caribana Weekend

Leaside friends visit Danforth/James Carter

Best Kid/Bulldog

Hello Summer on Bayview/Bulldog

375 Belsize Dr./Bonnie Byford Real Estate

Can you resist?/Bulldog

Leaside United Church

Opening soon/Bulldog

Upper left, these Leaside gents wanted to support neighbors on the  Danforth in light of the dreadful shooting two weeks ago. They dropped by at Louis Cifers. As recorded at Leaside Community they are Alex Lofthouse, James Carter, Lev Glick, Russ Sutherland and Rich Baxter. Below that is Pierce Goulimis outside his pop-up store with Lucas Flemming on Bayview. They sell very pleasant novelties like the Now Playing Best Kid Ever picture frame. Below that, maybe you can resist an  Apple Berry Danish from  COBs but The Bulldog could not. Centre left, 375 Belsize at the corner of Cleveland is for sale. It has a  garage on the street. A nice amenity. Lower left, the inventive friends at Leaside United Church explore Reel Life. “Themes from 2018 films and how they speak to our lives and our faith questions. What is it about superhero movies, heist films, and other blockbusters that captures our society’s imagination (and box office sales)?” Worth asking. Finally at the right, the new computer and electronics service shop near Scotiabank on Bayview Ave. is called F5. That’s the name of the Refresh key on your keyboard. Opening soon.

The video shot in Yellowstone National Park Tuesday has now been viewed more than seven million times. It shows a macho man taunting a bison which is wandering the road. The Toronto Sun story Saturday calls the man an “idiot” while CTV is restrained with “foolhardy.” All of that. The video was shot by Lindsey Jones (thank you) and shows the man beating his chest and taunting the bison. The creature charges him twice but he evades it. Children are heard happily shouting “Come on Buffalo. You can’t let them boss you around.” Bison are the largest mammal in North America. Male bison (called bulls) weigh up to 2,000 lb. and stand as tall as six feet

A single ticket sold in Ontario claimed Friday night’s $10 million Lotto Max jackpot. The jackpot for the next Lotto Max draw on Aug. 10 will again be approximately $10 million — CP.

Changes to the traffic patterns at Bayview Ave and Eglinton Ave will see stop lights installed at Roehampton Ave. and Bayview. The installation of these lights is said to be underway with the “traffic flip” for this and other changes to take place “overnight August 8”. It is unclear in the posted information exactly what time this might be. The assumption is that overnight August 8th means the night of Wednesday-Thursday (8 and 9). But in any case beware. As usual, the map is dizzying and brave motorists will wish to study it carefully and commit turns and no-turns to memory rather than trying to read them on the fly.  A post at Leaside  Chit Chat has reassuring news that drivers confused about turns are being ticketed. Take a look

Danielle Kane

Michael Pinksen and Danielle

Danielle Kane, 31, grievously injured by the mad shooter on the Danforth July 22 has emerged from a coma and spoken to her mom and boyfriend. Kaine is badly hurt, possibly for life.  She has a “long, long way to go,” according to her mother Jocelyn Kane. Danielle is a nursing student who was having dinner with boyfriend Jerry Pinksen when the shooting began. Like others, they were drawn to the street to help but the volley of bullets continued. One hit Danielle. Pinksen talks of the night in a City News report here.

There may be hope for Canadian journalism but stories like “How hard would it actually be for Toronto to become its own province?” certainly cast a lot of doubt. It is impossible for Toronto to become its own province (as the author has to admit). It’s impossible not just because it would require legal contortions across the country unseen since the construction of the CPR. That was a cakewalk. No. Not just that. It’s all the other stuff. Like, hmm, the Province of Vancouver. Or the People’s Republic of Leduc. Or maybe, the State of New Brunswick. Oh yeah. Once the juices start to flow there is no limit to what anyone might try.  Can Leaside secede from Don Valley North?  We like the idea of the Principality of Moore Park. With a Princess in charge. Such maundering is what makes the authorities in Beijing bring any muttering secessionist before a drum-head court for an instant verdict of treason and a sentence of, well, you know.

Leaside industrial anchor

Demolition this week

Scene on Commercial

DEL Equipment Inc, the well-known truck modification and retrofitting business, has left Leaside and its property has been sold to Gyro Mazda, also of Laird Drive, according to many sources. Demolition began this week on the DEL property at Laird Drive and Commercial St., a fixture of industrial Leaside for decades. There has been no announcement but it appears that DEL has been subsumed in Gin-Cor Industries, a national firm with which it announced an “alliance” last year.  The Internet shows a DEL location at 210 Harry Walker Parkway in Newmarket. It’s also unclear just how the two Gyro franchises — Mazda and Hyundai — will be configured. The firm already has land on both sides of Laird.

Residents of the Summerwind Drive in Boise, Idaho awoke to an invasion of goats Friday  The 118 goats gobbled everything in sight. They were later found to have escaped from a corral near the Ada County Highway District, where they had been rented to clear foliage. The goats belong to Kim and Matt Gabica, who use them for a business called We Rent Goats. The animals escaped from the corral by knocking out slats of a wooden fence. In due course a truck from We Rent Goats arrived and began the roundup. As Joe Parris of KTVB-TV tweeted: The party’s over kids.”

Party is over “kids”! Loose goats have been cornered and loaded back onto a truck owned by “We Rent Goats” pic.twitter.com/qWHrb7X7n6

— Joe Parris (@JoeParrisTV) August 3, 2018