The South Bayview Bulldog

Carolyn and Betty at bake table

Mona Piper Playground

Hamming it up at DPS Fun Fair

1 Randolph/Rudy Limeback@rudydotca

Motown Brunch

Dedication of park and playground

Upper left, the annual Manor Road United Church Rummage Sale was busy Saturday. The always popular bake table was staffed by Carolyn and Betty. They were offering excellent home-made confections including Lemon Coconut Tarts snapped up by The Bulldog. Upper right, is the scene next door (Manor and Forman) at the just-opened Mona Piper Playground. It was full of kids and parents. As seen in the poster below, the park and playground will be dedicated Sunday at noon. Moving down the right side, high-ranking school officials ham it up at the Davisville Public School Fun Fair. The school is set to be demolished this summer to make way for a modern new structure and community hub. Below that, Rudy Limeback snapped 1 Randolph Rd. and tweeted this picture. As we told you in January, the tumble down bungalow is set to be razed for a residence worthy of the neighborhood. Note the charming poppies blooming for the last time, memories of a long-since forgotten garden. Lower left, Ward 26 Councillor Jon Burnside and friends will be at the William Lea Room Sunday for his Motown Burnside Lunch. Tickets are $100 per person of which $75 is refundable.

Air under skin/Willows Veterinary Group

Trevor back to normal/Willows Veterinary Group

X-ray revealed problem/Willows Veterinary Group

Trevor lives with his family in Warrington, England where he has been saved from a unique crisis by a good veterinarian. The Dachshund developed a leak in his windpipe which permitted air to get under his skin. The process caused him to very quickly expand like a balloon. His astonished owners watched this occur over a short period of time at breakfast recently. At the vets, x-rays showed the hole and Trevor had emergency surgery. He is now back to normal. Dachshunds are a loveable breed but subject to spinal malfunctions from time to time. It is not clear whether this condition contributed to the hole in the windpipe.

157km/h #Hwy403 Mississauga
32 year old female from Oakville charged with stunt diving. #7DaySuspension#7DayImpound#SlowDown pic.twitter.com/cFzQxVk9pz

— OPP Highway Safety Division (@OPP_HSD) June 2, 2018

The OPP’s media face. Kerry Schmidt, is tweeting Saturday about the Oakville woman who will pay a big fine and lose her car and license for a week after her need for speed topped out at 157 km/h. Please don’t do that.

Once again the $60 million Lotto Max jackpot has gone unclaimed. No winning ticket was sold for last night’s big prize. The draw also offered 50 Maxmillion prizes of $1 million each, 33 of which were claimed by a total 45 winning tickets, meaning several will be shared. The jackpot for the next Lotto Max draw on June 8 will remain at approximately $60 million, but the number of Maxmillion prizes will rise to 52 — CP

City News, which lives down there, has done a story (above) on the unsavoury (dangerous?) side effects of the safe injection site for drug addicts near Yonge and Dundas Sts.

Check the South Bayview Bulletin Board for events Saturday and Sunday.  There’s the Soudan Street Sale, Manor Road United Church Rummage Sale, Pape Village Summerfest, Riverside’s Eats & Beats Streetfest,Grand opening of new Cudmore Creek Park Mona Piper Playground and the Jon Burnside Still on Your Side Motown Brunch

John Ivison is seen in the video at right talking about the “arch-protectionist” Donald Trump and how we might possibly win against his worst efforts to pull factories out of Canada. In clip at left, Trump is seen today waxing on about “separate deals” for Canada and Mexico. He would prefer that “to tell you the truth.” Mexico smells like a bigger problem for him than Canada.

Pres. Trump says letter from Kim Jong Un was "very nice."

"Oh, would you like to see what was in that letter…It was a very interesting letter." https://t.co/vmOMhCEz0S pic.twitter.com/VAdatK26Ay

— ABC News (@ABC) June 1, 2018

Moments after saying he received "a very nice" and "very interesting letter" from Kim Jong Un, Trump said he hadn't actually opened the letter. pic.twitter.com/gIRbRbNGcV

— Robert Maguire (@RobertMaguire_) June 1, 2018

The TTC has solved a signal breakdown at the Wilson Yard Friday that prevented trains from entering Line 1 at the start of service. Brad Ross of the TTC said a “loss of switches and signals” at Wilson Yard meant that most trains could not be sent out on time. He said the problem was solved by 7 a.m.

https://twitter.com/esunabruja_/status/1002533622962765825

The Globe and Mail reports on the sale of 139 Cottingham St. (just off Avenue Rd. at Sidney St.) which sold for $3,125,000 in February. That exceeded the asking price of $2,750,000 by a tidy $375,000. The condition was that the buyer had just two hours to think about accepting this offer for his century home. It seems to have been easy for him to accept this so-called “bully offer.”

139 Cottingham/Google

From Sidney St.

To hear the Trump administration tell the tale, it must hit the European Union, Canada and Mexico with steel and aluminum tariffs to stop Chinese manufacturers from flooding markets with these metals and, in turn, protect American workers. That’s a fantasy. Chinese steel mills and aluminum smelters will keep chugging away, and more likely, American farmers and products like Kentucky bourbon, Harley-Davidson motorcycles and Iowa beef will bear the brunt of these new tariffs — even as the tariffs invite a trade war. New York Times

• Trump hits back at Trudeau’s criticism of ‘punitive’ U.S. metal tariffs