The South Bayview Bulldog

The South Bayview Bulldog has been told authoritatively that the Costco store soon to open on Overlea Blvd will carry groceries. It is also understood there will be a limited offering of Halal meat. Recent hours have seen Facebook postings from people who were apparently told by personnel at the site that the store will not be selling food. In email Monday a reliable source within the companies associated with Costco said “rest assured there will be food. It will be like all other Costcos with the exception of the gas bar of course.” The City negotiated an arrangement with Costco to build this store without a gas bar. In 2016, Iqbal Halal Foods on Thorncliffe Park Drive had objected to the OMB about the Costco. It later withdrew this objection after negotiations with Costco. The store is set to open sometime this summer.

The alien world of animosity between the US and Canada (Trump’s war) and the social media mischief of Vladimir Putin are explored in these videos. The implications of a trade war with the US should sober Canadians. In the end, we face an opponent, if it comes to that, ten times our size. Not a winning match-up. Russia, on the other hand, may try to influence the 2019 election it is said and that might take the form of making us dislike the US even more.

Rev Debra Schneider

Reverend Debra Schneider will retire this month from her ministry at Manor Road United Church. The universally loved minister will be celebrated at the church with a reception on Sunday, June 24 at 10.30 a.m.

Tanya Wiles-Bell/LUC

Above, the Mt. Pleasant Village BIA will hold its Shop, Wine and Dine promotion for ten days beginning Thursday. Please drop in. And Leaside United Church will honour Tanya Wiles-Bell on Wednesday evening for her decade of work as the church’s Christian Education Minister.

Finally, Bayview Ave. is seeing a rush of new businesses including Two Dogs Sports Bar at 1620, Sophie’s Kitchen at 1614, Grillies at 1560 and Aytac Fashion at 1633 beside Pagnello Antiques. It is also interesting to note that home decor retailer MacFab at 1685 Bayview, has opened a store in Coboconk in the Kawarthas.

A young girl has been mauled by a police dog in Saskatoon as officers pursued suspects through City streets. The girl’s mother, Leslie Welder, said her daughter, Autumn Clifford, required many stitches to her abdomen to close wounds from deep bites. Autumn, 7, is said to be taking here injuries “pretty well.” A witness said that Autumn looked over and said ‘Oh, look! Puppy!’  She said the next thing they knew the dog was on the child, pulling her down to the ground and attacking her. Handlers immediately ordered the dog to release the girl and there is conflicting information as to whether this happened immediately or took took a few moments.

Autumn’s injuries/Leslie Welder

Trump advisers took to the Sunday talk shows to launch furious attacks on Justin Trudeau for saying that US tariffs on Canadian steel and aluminum are insulting. One of them, Peter Navarro, said there is a special in Hell for Trudeau. Larry Kudlow, an economic advisor, had similar rhetoric saying Trudeau walked out of the G7 meeting and started firing bullets.

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The nearly $9.8 million jackpot in Saturday night’s Lotto 649 draw was claimed by a single ticket sold in Quebec. And the guaranteed $1 million prize went to a ticket holder in Ontario. The jackpot for the next Lotto 649 draw on June 13 will be approximately $5 million.

Unfortunate exposure/CBC

Got anything to smoke? Or wear?/CBC

As crowds met marijuana business people dressed in business attire at the O’Cannabiz conference Saturday, naked proponents of the commodity cycled through the streets downtown. The red and white marijuana plant lookalike for Canada’s flag fluttered over post-hippie cyclists both svelte and sloppy. The conference was at the The International Centre in Mississauga. The above report from Brandon Rowe of City News is interesting.

This is the scene near Frankish Ave / Sheridan Ave where a cyclist has been pronouned dead. @TorontoPolice are investigating. It is believe there were also gun shots. This is now being treated as a homicide. We will have more details tonight on @CityNews at 11. #toronto pic.twitter.com/GoPZYCTAtP

— Nitish Bissonauth (@NBissonauth) June 9, 2018

A cyclist is dead, possibly from gunfire, after what appears to have been a confrontation with three men in a vehicle at Frankish and Sheridan Aves. in Little Portugal. The man was reportedly hit by the vehicle around 5:30 p.m. in a small parking lot behind a school near Dundas and Dufferin Sts. Police say that there was some sort of altercation between the men and the victim following the collision. The occupants then fled the scene on foot, leaving the vehicle behind. The photo above was tweeted by City News and shows the bicycle  close to or wedged under a car.

Donald Trump has left the Quebec G7 meeting to go to his Singapore rendezvous with Kim Jung-un in Singapore. He was blunt as usual about US trade intentions toward Canada and Mexico. He said the US would settle either for a very weakened NAFTA agreement with both neighbors or separate deals with Canada and Mexico. No more three amigos, it seems. Best of all for the US, he said, would be no deal at all. It would hurt Canada and Mexico badly. But, Trump added, that is not what he wants.

That big $60 million Lotto Max jackpot has been won by a single ticket sold in Quebec. Woo Hoo to someone.  The draw also offered 52 Maxmillion prizes of $1 million each, and 27 of them were won. They are shared by the holders 37 winning tickets sold across Canada. The jackpot for the next Lotto Max draw on June 15 will be approximately $35 million.

1972 program

1972 Old Timers

David Stanger has posted a 46-year-old program from an evening at Leaside Memorial Community Gardens when the NHL Old Timers played the Leaside Kings Juveniles (what a name). It is a hoot and especially fun to read and remember names of NHL stars of the past. Many will remember local pals too (or see themselves). Leaside Chit Chat