The South Bayview Bulldog

Victim at hospital/Jeremy Cohn Global News/Twitter

Playtime Bowl/Nick Westoll Global/Twitter

Crime scene Global News/Twitter

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Sign at Millwood and Village Station/Facebook

Top brush broken (depiction)

20 minute wait

Too easy to drive in/CBC

Driver still had foot on gas when found/City News capture

Numbers declining? Courtest City News

The busy Esso station and car wash at Millwood Rd. and Village Station Rd. was offering free washes all day Saturday because the “top brush” in the wash was not working. It’s not known just how long it will take to repair but the breakdown was a holiday for savvy drivers who rushed in with the car, sometimes with two cars. Most takers said the wait was only about 20 minutes. A great break for those who knew. Knowledge is power. Elsewhere on the road, the TTC has dragged yet another car out of the Queen’s Quay underground streetcar stop. The driver was found with his foot still on the gas. Yikes. But look, there have been 25 drivers make this mistake in two years. Heaven knows how many avoided the same disaster at the last second. It’s fine to blame drivers but an honest assessment should also look at a somewhat flawed design of the approach. Anyway, now they’re going to put gates across the tracks. Finally, down at the right, check the number of young people getting G1 licenses in Ontario as soon as they turn 16. The number seems to be sliding a bit. Maybe they’re waiting for self-driving hacks.

George at COBs

Tuba and Euphonium Symposium

Just “B” Cause

Leaside Presbyterian Church

Leaside Rotary Recycling April 21

White Tuba Used $175

Upper left, George and his colleagues were busy Saturday at Fiona Boylan’s COBs Bread at 1539 Bayview Ave. Can’t have a burger party or sit-down dinner for that matter without some of these. Upper right, Euphonium virtuoso Helen Harrelson smiles out from a Besson Instruments poster at the Toronto Tuba and Euphonium Symposium Saturday at Lawrence Park Community Church. Below, a rare white tuba (used) was on sale for $175. There’s a concert Saturday night at the church beginning at 8 p.m. Lower left, Andy Elder’s fun evening of Burgers, Butter Tarts, Beer, Band and Bingo is set for March 29 at the Amsterdam Brewery at 45 Esandar Dr. Call 416 467- 4745 or inquire at admin@grilltime.ca. Donations of gently-used clothing to New Circles Prom Drive would be appreciated. In the centre, a reminder of the Leaside Presbyterian Church Book Sale March 24 and the Leaside Rotary Recycling event April 21 in the East York Town Centre parking lot.

Took in a job this morning at 200 Van Horne Ave in the neighbourhood of Don Valley Village. Snagged a few action shots of @Toronto_Fire @TPFFA pic.twitter.com/fSkjcKdF9Y

— @ianduke_exe@mastodon.social (@ianduke_exe) March 17, 2018

There were cracks in the Florida International University footbridge two days before the structure collapsed but the engineer who saw them did not think they represented a hazard. Hear the audio recording of his assessment. Then,  FIFA chief Gianni Infantino has announced that European football will catch up with the rest of professional sports by using Video Assistant Referees at the World Cup in Russia in June. Teams will also be permitted a fourth substitute in overtime play. Below, two videos on the charming “I don’t wanna grow up” commercial used by Toy “R” Us.

Eglinton and Leslie Saturday morning

A post to Leaside Community Saturday shows this utterly smashed bus shelter on Eglinton Ave. near Leslie St. just after dawn. It’s not clear how it happened but there was clearly a lot of force. At Leaside Chit Chat they were asking where you would find a phone booth in South Bayview. There aren’t many. One of the last was on Malcolm Rd beside the (now) Husky station but it’s gone. One poster remembered that a booth still sits on the Loblaws lot at Bayview and Moore. At Leaside Matters the historically inclined admin was asking Leaside families to ponder whether they lived in a Canada Wire and Cable home. These are said to be houses built on Airdrie, Randolph and area streets, more than 60 of them, for employees to buy. One poster recalled that her grandparents were offered one for about $15,000.

Cambridge has tied its quarter-final series with the Leaside Jr. Wildcats 2-2 in a game that was won in an astonishing ten-round shootout.  The one-on-one showdown saw both Cambridge and Leaside score in the seventh round. That tied it 2-2. It required three more rounds before Hana Solinger scored an unanswerable goal to make the final 3-2 Rivulettes. The series now moves back to Leaside Memorial Community Gardens for the fifth and final game scheduled to start at 3.40 Sunday afternoon. The winner will advance in semi-final play towards supremacy in the Provincial Women’s Hockey League. Leaside and Cambridge are evenly matched having finished fourth and fifth in regular season play.  But the playoffs can be surprising. First place Toronto Aeros with 31 wins are trailing 11th place Etobicoke Dolphins with 18 wins by two games to one in their best-of-five series.

Keeping car seats out of landfill sites

Alok Tomar, Leaside Insurance

The Co-operators insurance is collaborating with the non-profit environmental group Green Propellor to offer an option to parents concerned about bulky car and booster seats going to landfill. Co-operators agents like Alok Tomar of Leaside Insurance will receive these seats at their office and oversee their careful dismantling and recycling. Car seats can be broken down into component parts with all the plastic pieces able to fit in a zip lock bag. The Co-operators has a long track record in sustainable practices and support for Green Propeller aligns well with the organizational mandate. The service is free to The Co-operators clients and there is a fee to offset the cost of $15 per car seat and $7 per booster seat.  In the South Bayview area anyone wishing to drop off needs to first go to Green Propeller Recycling in order to register and obtain a voucher ($15 for a car seat, $7 for a booster and free for clients of The Co-operators) and then come on by to drop it off.  The Co-operators office of Alok Tomar is at 1820 Bayview Ave. There is free parking at the rear off Glazebrook Ave. Facebook .

St. Patrick is venerated in most Christian churches and why not. Even if he didn’t banish the snakes it seems right that in a blarney-loving land he’s so ascribed. Here we see a well-dressed Irish moose on Moore Ave at the IntegraCare offices and smiling Irish faces from St. Patrick’s days past. Below, wonderful step-dancing. What fun. Some things to do

Free rides on St. Patrick’s Day/TTC photo

Irish Distillers Inc, makers of Jameson Irish Whiskey, have paid the TTC to run service for free on Saturday after 4 p.m. on the 501 Queen, 504 King and 514 Cherry routes. Entertainment will be offered on some cars by the Canadian indie rock band Hollerado between the hours of 4 p.m. and 7 p.m. The TTC says it is proud of this promotion and the whiskey firm ads on the outside of trams says that “Jameson has your green covered.”  An old Irish expression, it seems.

Bodies remain under the collapsed footbridge at Florida International University Friday morning as work continues to recover them. Six are confirmed dead. Traffic video shows the collapse occurring.

Crash: Male ejected from a vehicle during a single motor vehicle crash. Rushed to hospital without vital signs. 16th Ave is closed between Fern Ave and Bayview Ave for investigation. pic.twitter.com/JBiWwSn2p1

— Tony Smyth (@LateNightCam) March 16, 2018