The South Bayview Bulldog

She hits the road at speed/Reddit user rascalz1504

Sprawled on highway/Reddit user rascalz1504 dash cam

She picks up belongings

Walks to side of the highway / Reddit user rascalz1504

A woman jumped out of a speeding SUV on westbound Highway 401 near Black Creek Drive Monday about 5.40 p.m. during evening rush hour and lived to walk away. It seems that her exit from the vehicle was intentional. The SUV pulled to the side and a man got out. He apparently tried to convince the woman to get back in. She preferred to walk away in the right lane going eastbound. The drama was recorded on a dash cam by a poster to Reddit called rascalz1504. OPP say they have spoken to both people and so far have taken no action.

CYCLIST CRITICALLY INJURED

A man is reported to be in critical condition after he fell from hs bicycle in a collision with a car at Colbourne Lodge Dr. and Lake Shore Blvd shortly before 4 p.m. More as available.

Re-drawn ward in Midtown

Four Community Councils

Re-drawn ward boundaries have prompted a need to decide just where new or changed wards fit into the City government system of Community Councils. The revised 47 wards (up from 44) will be assigned somewhere into the existing four Councils, as shown above at right. Each Council is devoted to processing local matters before they’re considered by full Council. It may not seem like a weighty issue but you will want to know, just the same. Re-drawn wards like the former #26 (mostly Leaside) is now Ward 33. It drops off parts to the east and is likely to stay in the North York Council area. The radically new ward below it is #34. It contains neighborhoods ranging from Moore Park on the west to Greektown on the east. It may well fall into Toronto and East York. The City wants your opinion and has a place for you to express it.

One person is in hospital after a collision on Lawrence Avenue area east of Yonge St. Tuesday morning. Police responded to the scene at around 9:30 a.m. where a pedestrian was struck by a car. The victim was reportedly dragged by the vehicle. Police say the pedestrian’s injuries are life-threatening. The driver remained on scene. Police tweeted that the street was open again about 1.30 p.m.

Accident scene east of Yonge/City News

Toronto Police say the forensic examination of the Thorncliffe Park apartment which was home to accused serial killer Bruce McArthur is finished. They say the nearly five-month examination yielded more than 1,800 exhibits. Police and government experts took an astonishing 18,000 photographs of the scene and its contents. Combined with the search of other crime scenes and vehicles related to Bruce McArthur, this has been the largest forensic examination in Toronto Police Service history. The apartment has now been turned over to property management for the building as the investigation continues. Police also note that they have identified remains of seven of the eight alleged victims of Mr. McArthur. The outstanding matter is that of Majeed Kayhan’s remains.

The part-time members of the Hydro One Board have voted to increase their compensation to $185,000. This revelation comes amid Ontario’s election campaign and a vow by PC Leader Ford to fire the entire board. He said he would appoint a new board and tell it to fire the president Mayo Schmidt, who gets an eye-popping 6.2 million in wages and bonuses. The raises are mentioned in an information circular provided to shareholders ahead of Tuesday’s annual meeting of Hydro One in Toronto, but have not been reported in the media. The PCs say they will picket the meeting. The 13 regular board members each received $160,000 in compensation last year, half of it in cash, half in Hydro One shares. The board chair, David Denison, received $260,000, also split between cash and stocks. The board of Hydro One is also being criticized for padding further the severance pay of Mr. Schmidt. He would receive at least $10.7 million if he is fired in the wake of either government intervention with the company or a government move to replace the board. The Ontario government retains 47 per cent ownership of Hydro One.

Engaged residents

Jennifer Pagliaro of Toronto Star

Elly McIsaac baked for those attending

About 100 ratepayers attended the South Eglinton Ratepayers and Residents Association Annual General Meeting Monday at Greenwood College on Mt. Pleasant Rd. Among the speakers was Jennifer Pagliaro of the Toronto Star City Hall Bureau. She received engaged interest and several questions The meeting coincided with another decision Monday by Executive Committee to flee yet again from a value-for-money comparison between a seven-stop LRT into Scarborough and the current one-stop wonder whose value is currently set at $3.35 billion. A delegation led by Josh Matlow (Ward 22) was present at Committee to ask for such a study but the motion was deferred indefinitely on a motion by  Councillor Michael Thompson (Ward 37) of Scarborough. Pagliaro recalled plans that would have finished a seven-stop LRT as early as 2015. She spoke about the comparative value, as have many people, of a multi-stop LRT for less money than the one-stop plan now on track. “There has never been, and Council has never requested, a value-for-money comparison of the two options,” she said. A study by Metrolinx in 2013  found a subway could not be justified but the report was sent to the  minister at Queen’s Park and it disappeared.  It has never been published. “If you’re looking for an answer about (Mayor) Tory’s motives, I would just encourage you to look at the facts. Sorry to be a little bit vague but that’s part of my job too,” said Pagliaro.  Many believe the Mayor and others are committed to the subway as a function of Liberal voter strategy in the former borough beyond Victoria Park Ave.

Margot Kidder

Played Lois Lane, Clark Kent’s friend

Margot Kidder, the miner’s daughter from Yellowknife who went on to play Lois Lane in the Superman movies, has died at 69 at her home in Montana, her sister Annie has confirmed. Kidder got the acting bug after seeing shows on Broadway. She was determined that she was going to be a star. In life, she conquered a troubled career. “You’ve reached the goal, the thing that you said you wanted … but also, it makes your life incredibly public,” said Annie Kidder, who is based in Toronto. She said her sister found her calling as a mental-health advocate, drawing from her own experience with bipolar disorder, which she spoke about openly at a time when it was highly stigmatized. Margot Kidder was best known for her role opposite Christopher Reeve in the Superman films of the 1970s and 80s. She was as tough as the Lois Lane character she played. She was an activist all her life and much like Lane wasn’t afraid to speak out for what she thought was right. After an infamous breakdown on the streets of Los Angeles in 1996, Margot Kidder credited a homeless man with showing compassion for her and saving her life during her “big, public flipout.” Sister Annie said Margot lived happily before her death “with her dogs” in the US west.

Bypass Burger

Why not?

Amazon Creep

Here’s some scandalous stuff for Monday including a place that feeds you food like the Bypass Burger. Yikes. Meghan Markle will conform to royal etiquette including rules for her lower limbs. And the guy in the Amazon camera is about to open the Amazon lock to deliver an Amazon package to you — the Amazon zombie. Enjoy

Also note the Friends of Toronto Public Cemeteries meeting Monday night. See full South Bayview Bulletin Board.

A Mother’s Day morning incident at the Don Valley Parkway and Eglinton East saw a naked man, said to be distressed, wandering in grass at the corner. It was, as the TPS Operations dispatch said, a visual distraction to motorists. They dealt with the matter.

EXPOSURE:
DVP + Eglinton Av
-On grass next to highway
-Naked man walking
-Appears to be in distress
-Providing visual distraction to motorists#GO861862
^dh

— Toronto Police Operations (@TPSOperations) May 13, 2018

Leaside Community carries this photo

An area homeowner is appealing on Leaside Community Monday for ways to persuade raccoon babies to find another corner to sleep. The suggestions in a long thread span such things as the scent of Irish Spring, fox urine, a radio tuned to a news station, cayenne pepper and a hose. Two helpful people wrote “So cute.” Leaside Community