The South Bayview Bulldog

Strangers gathered to mourn the loss and mark the lives of four infants found abandoned

Four babies abandoned in Ontario centres, including Toronto, were laid to rest Tuesday at Elgin Cemetery in Etobicoke in a ceremony attended by a TPS ceremonial unit and sponsored by a non-profit group known as Abuse Hurts. Babies Grace, Hope, London and Zenora were found dead in London ON and Toronto. They were buried next to a large monument dedicated to a total of 11 babies abandoned in Ontario, provided by the cemetery, and laid to rest on behalf of Abuse Hurts. Teddy bears and a single bouquet of flowers were placed with their caskets. Toronto Police release.

Fire service aboard flight

An Air Canada flight was delayed and a passenger received minor burns when her cellphone caught fire as the aircraft prepared for takeoff Thursday morning. The 7 a.m. flight to Vancouver was delayed as a fire crew dealt with the phone. The plane was not damaged. The owner of the phone was able to walk off the plane to get help.The flight has since left.

Four storeys on top of CF Eaton Centre

Bank of Montreal will build a high-tech workplace for employees over parts of the CF Eaton Centre on the southwest corner Yonge and Dundas Sts., the company says. As is fashionable, the large space will be known as a campus. A news conference with the mayor and company executives present was set for Thursday morning. The new facility will add four storeys to the present structure and house as many as 3,500 employees. It will feature “advanced digital technology, natural light through a four-storey atrium and collaborative workspaces,” the bank says. It is expected to be finished in 2021.

The City of Toronto’s will conduct its annual count of the homeless count on Saturday, April 26 It is seeking volunteers to assist. Hundreds of volunteers, members of community agencies and staff will take to the streets and shelters to ask people experiencing homelessness about the services they need to find housing and keep it. Responses to the survey help Toronto shape programs. Members of the public wishing to register as volunteers for the 2018 Street Needs Assessment can do so at http://www.toronto.ca/homelesscount.

The new breakfast and lunch place mentioned here in The Bulldog February 14 appears to be moving ahead. It is called Green Canoe. The principal, Ryan Horwood, has posted a picture to Leaside Community of the new sign which was installed Wednesday at 900 Millwood Rd at Randolph Rd. In response to many inquiries online he reviews the concept this way: “We’ll have our Breakfast menu which will include Vegetarian and Vegan options. Homemade Burgers and Deep-fried Buttermilk Chicken Sandwiches with Shoestring Fries and Sweet Potato Fries. Fresh baked breads and pastries. Homemade pies and tart. Jams, Jelly and Preserves! We’ll also have small businesses selling Maple Syrup and Real Honey and so much more! Oh and our COFFEE!” Here are some pictures from an Instagram account. Green Canoe 

Breakfast Sandwich

Burger

Crispy Lasagna

A woman of about 49 has been found on the 401 overnight between Victoria Park and Warden Aves. According to OPP Sgt. Kerry Schmidt, the woman was struck by a transport truck. She is said to be from Scarborough. More later.

A rain and wet snow mix is expected to move into the Toronto Area Thursday night as a strengthening low pressure system approaches the Great Lakes. As the low pressure passes by to the south, brisk northeasterly winds will pull in colder air and cause the precipitation to turn over to all snow this evening. Total snowfall amounts of 5 to 10 cm are expected by Friday morning. Strong and gusty northerly winds may result in local blowing snow and very poor visibility in exposed areas tonight. Spring is Tuesday, March 20 at 9:16 a.m.

Meghan, Harry, Kate and William have appeared together to discuss things like #MeToo and it appears the media cannot get enough. They’re being hailed Wednesday night as the New Fab Four. What, can they sing too? Then back to Toronto where a jewellery store chain called the Diamond Company has closed up and there is no sign of customers’ diamonds. Not good. Below that, video of a person destroying a traffic camera in Washington DC. Several of the units have been vandalized because of their capacity to ticket efficiently to the tune of nearly $100 million dollars in 2016. Toronto beware. Finally, California will be hands off as anyone will be able to  take a driverless car onto the road come April 2.

They're rich! Meet 31 of the newest millionaires in Newfoundland and Labradorhttps://t.co/RMYMzf7kv5 pic.twitter.com/4No6z3djHj

— CBC Newfoundland and Labrador (@CBCNL) February 28, 2018

Thirty-one oil refinery workers, including twin brothers, a married couple and a father and son, became instant millionaires Wednesday when the Atlantic Lottery Corp. presented them with a cheque worth a whopping $60 million. The winners and about 300 jubilant family members gathered at a convention centre in St. John’s to receive the huge jackpot after the group of boilermakers bought the lucky Lotto Max ticket last week. The group, assembled two rows deep on a stage and all wearing black t-shorts, described their shock when they found out they won the jackpot. the biggest yet in Atlantic Canada and one of the top five in Canada.

Doug Ford is said to have a two percent lead, 36.7 percent to 34.7 percent, over Christine Elliott in the contest for leadership of the Ontario Progressive Conservative Party. The poll by Mainstreet Research shows that Caroline Mulroney is preferred by 20 percent of respondents. The poll was done between February 21 and Monday of some 17,000 PC party members. “The chances of Ford and Elliott winning are that of flipping a coin,” Mainstreet President Quito Maggi told a news release. “There are so many intangibles that will impact the outcome of this race which makes it difficult to predict.”

39th March Madness

Tampa Bay Crunch

Old rivals Oakville Hornets

The 39th March Break Madness Tournament will again see the largest girls hockey competition in the world unfold at local arenas. The Leaside Wildcats Girls Hockey Association is hosting 157 teams this year. They will come from across Ontario as well as Quebec, Nova Scotia and Alberta. A Buffalo team is on the way too. The Tampa Bay Junior Crunch girls are a fresh element. Seems they plan to teach Canadians something about hockey like their NHL big brothers. Dartmouth, NS-based Newbridge Academy will again play hard and sample Toronto’s many attractions while here. So will the ladies from Ponoka, Alberta. The New Zealand Ice Fernz team, long-time friends of the Leaside Wildcats, are also in town for the Madness. As usual, the tournament is necessarily about raising money and the Wildcats will be seeking public interest in an array of silent auction items set out in the William Lea Room at the Leaside Memorial Community Gardens. This year co-ordinator Mark Schrutt will navigate his second tournament. The Madness prevails from March 9 to 11.

Two chimney towers at the Nanticoke Generating Station were demolished Wednesday morning to make room for a 44-megawatt solar farm. pic.twitter.com/0KEMRq5Ksw

— CHCH News (@CHCHNews) February 28, 2018

The chimneys of the old Nanticoke generating plant fell in apparent perfect form as laid out by the contractors. To avoid debris outside the site and make cleanup easy, the stacks were sent inward on top of each other.