The South Bayview Bulldog

Treatment at a Manhattan hospital with the immunotherapy dostarlimab has shown results that have stunned doctors with its apparent efficacy. It appears to have made tumours vanish in a trial of 14 patients. We can only hope.

Truck loaded with Avocados at Highway 401 and Winston Churchill/OPP Highway Safety

A truck fire put an end to the appeal of several thousand lovely Avocados. It happened late yesterday on the eastbound 401 at Winston Churchill.

Who is doing this?

A long thread at Leslieville FB tells of an apparent recurring tale of deposits of fresh groceries left on a bench at the Jones Ave and Dundas St E bus stop. This current load is now at a nearby home where the owner says he will reluctantly return it but would much rather simply enjoy the hazelnut cream coffee inside.

The winning ticket for Saturday’s Lotto 649 jackpot was sold somewhere in Toronto, according to the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation (OLG). The jackpot was worth $6 million on Saturday, June 4. A second-place ticket – worth just over $100,000 – was also sold in Toronto, according to OLG. An additional encore ticket worth $100,000 went to a Toronto lottery player.

Raccoon kits in inflatable pool

City folks often can’t fathom how close they are to nature. It might be four or five recently-born squirrel kits in an empty pot. Or, as discovered by this Leaside family, four bouncing baby raccoons (also kits) hiding in an inflatable pool.

While we wait for the wonders of Leaside Common

While they wait for the wonders of the Leaside Common development on Bayview Ave south of Eglinton, some residents are saying the site is turning into an overgrown eyesore. It’s been known to happen.

Chilly

A Toronto family is heartbroken after their four-year-old dog died after allegedly being left in a vehicle for several hours while in the care of a dog walker. Now, the family has learned it’s not the first time it’s happened. The dog walker picked up the couple’s dog, Chilly, from their High Park home around 1:30 p.m. The dog, a Samoyed breed, was supposed to be returned around 3:30 p.m., but that didn’t happen. It was after calling the dog walker the owners said, that they learned he had forgotten the animal in the car.

Taste of the Danforth

It seems like it had to happen. The use of the roadway for dining patios on main commercial routes like the Danforth, is colliding with established special events like Taste of the Danforth. Organizers of that event say all that infrastructure is eating up much-needed space, creating logistical challenges for staging the festival. Global News

The Annual Banff Road Street Sale is back after a pandemic hiatus. This Saturday, June 4, from 9am onwards. Banff Road, south of Eglinton, many families will be participating with kids, home, sports and clothing items for sale.

Over in East York, the giant Golden Triangle community garage sale is located at Pape and O’Connor. There will be well over 100 households participating. Sellers come from all over to set up at their friends and family’s homes and there are always new and exciting things to be had…practically anything you can think of! Saturday, June 4, 8am-2pm. Streets participating in the sale include: Pepler, Rivercourt, Chilton, Warland, Wolverton, Elmsdale, Hopedale, Stanhope, Beechwood, Minton, O’Connor, Pape and Donlands.

Doug Ford’s Ontario Progressive Conservative Party has easily won the 2022 general election and will form the government in the 43rd Parliament of the Province. It appears the Tories will collect more than 80 seats. Both Liberal Leader Steven DelDuca and NDP leader Andrea Horwath have resigned their party leaderships. In Don Valley West, former police chief Mark Saunders lost the race to Liberal Stephanie Bowman. Jessica Bell of the NDP was re-elected in University Rosedale

Her Majesty has marked the 70th anniversary of her ascent to the throne in London. The festive events have seen huge crowds at Buckingham Palace but elsewhere polls hint at the damage done to the royal standing in recent years.