The South Bayview Bulldog

The BC government will challenge neighboring Alberta under the Canadian Free Trade Agreement (CFTA) for banning outright the sale of BC wine in Alberta. Many say it is a relative spitball as the battle goes, holding a potential $5 million dollar fine compared to the billions at stake over BC’s opposition to the Kinder Morgan pipeline to the sea. That project has already been approved by the federal government and holds enormous financial promise for all of Canada, not just Alberta.

JOYS OF GREEN

One issue is the minority nature of the BC government. NDP Premier Horgan holds his office only with the support of the Green Party, which has hardly another purpose in life except to block such pipelines. The standings at present in the BC Legislature are Liberal Party 41, NDP 41, Green Party ​3, Independent 1 and Vacant 1. How long can this last?  War! Alberta tells BC to take its wine, electricity and stick it

Const. Lori Murphy from Peel regional police provides details of a shooting in Brampton where a man in his 30s was killed on Monday afternoon. Read here: https://t.co/eobnW8QICS pic.twitter.com/9ZIUTggr1I

— CityNews Toronto (@CityNewsTO) February 19, 2018

A man in his 30s is dead at or near Vodden St. at Cumberland Dr. in Brampton where he either lived or had family. He was gunned down in a volley of shots Monday afternoon. Relatives were in the street as police arrived. He was later identified as Oliver Augustus Willis, 37. No motive or explanation is available. News release

Chief Saunders was confronted at a Family Day rally by members of the police union Monday with one wife making the point that her husband was at risk every time he went to work. No laughing matter but that’s been true of police work for 200 years. Then, an astonishing three-day riot on a cruise ship all caused by 23 members of a one combative family. Below that, Hedley is be-headed (more or less) for fooling around with audience members. This is exactly what Elvis did. Will they take down his statues? Finally, a place known to all-age (mostly under-age) punk music fans on Bloor West will close because there’s no money to be made unless you sell booze. And they can’t.

Blind corner at garage exit

Isolated

A CBC story says owners of condominiums at 1750 Bayview on the southwest corner with Eglinton are complaining that the construction of the Leaside station has created unsafe conditions there. It is a sentiment that was heard through much of last year not just at the corner of Bayview and Eglinton but all along the construction route. In this instance, Norma Fisher, president of the condo board, cites the way the driveway to the underground garage has been constricted, limiting visibility. The building is largely surrounded by construction walls to separate it from excavation and other work. CBC Condemned to live in Midtown as Crosstown LRT is built

All styles were demonstrated

Hockey helmet works here

Consultations

Hang on mom

Some get to ride

Ready for Meraki

Dad laces up skates

Family Day skating at the Leaside Memorial Community Gardens Monday was well attended. The free ice time was courtesy of Patrick Rocca and Tuft’s Valumart.

Braeden Murray, hero

Al Hoffman, fed up

Emma Splan, flu victim

Left, Braeden Murray, the young supermarket worker in Georgetown is brushing off the accolades for his key role in the rescue of Carole Berry, 73, after she fell getting out of her car and lay in a parking lot for three days before being found. “It’s what anyone would have done,” says Murray which may be true but it was Braeden who did it. Centre, Al Hoffman is a conservative Republican in Florida who is fed up with his party’s failure to enact gun control in the US. He’s told CNN that he won’t be contributing any more money to the party until it does something about automatic rifles. On the right, the heartbreaking death of Emma Splan, 6, in Norwalk, Connecticut, appears to have been caused by complications from the flu. Emma had had a flu shot. As many as 80 kids have died from flu-related causes in the US this season.

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The Weather Network is forecasting as much as 50 mm of rain locally through Wednesday with an inevitable risk of flooding.

Scene at Yonge and Erskine/Andrew Collins@ACollins

A man has been seriously injured as he tried to cross Yonge St. at Erskine Ave. Sunday evening. He was taken to Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre. Yonge St. was closed for a period between Castlefield Ave. and Broadway Ave.

OTHER NEWS

• Slippery slope’: Opposition mounts to Canadian media’s plan to block piracy websites
• Canadian ice dance champions Tessa Virtue, Scott Moir begin pursuit of 2nd Olympic gold
• Becca Schofield, N.B. teen who inspired #BeccaToldMeTo campaign, has died
• Meet Kim Jong ‘Um,’ the Kim impersonator angering North Korea’s Olympic delegates video
• Russian medallist departs Pyeongchang amid suspected doping violation

CNN is saying that South Korea has formed a hit-squad to take out Kim Jong un in the event of war. The unexpected return of Patrick Brown (seen here Sunday) as candidate for PC leadership may have some party members thinking wistfully about something similar. Below that, the leaders of Israel and Iran were threatening each other at a security conference. No one feels secure. And finally, the antics of a Kim Jong un lookalike fooled the North Korean Army of Beauties at the PyeongChang events.

The Leaside Jr. Wildcats return home Sunday from a three-game road trip to Southwestern Ontario on which they netted two wins and a tie. This performance bumped the Cats into fourth place in the 20-team Provincial Women’s Hockey League (PWHL) at midday. It is rarefied country as Leaside follows only the Toronto Aeros, Stoney Creek Sabres and Oakville Hornets at the top of the league. Friday the Leaside squad defeated the Rivulettes 3-2 in London. On Saturday it was 5-2 against the cellar-dwelling Southwestern Wildcats in Windsor and Sunday morning they tied a plucky Bluewater Hawks team 2-2 in the farm town of Strathroy. That game was a festival of hockey misdeeds with eight penalties divided four-four between the teams. Two goals were scored on power plays and the Hawks pulled goaler Kirby Way in a successful bid to get the tie. Remarkably, Leaside then had to fight off a tripping penalty incurred at 19.09

Afternoon games might change

Jon Keiran, third from left, with workers in Davisville

Lower part of the new Don Valley West

Service may be impacted

Andy Elder welcomes Samantha to dinner

Creation Care 2018

Free Skating Monday

Winter Stations 2018

Upper left, PC candidate Jon Keiran surely has his work cut out for him as he challenges Premier Wynne in Don Valley West in the General Election this June. Keiran is busy in Davisville Village, newly-added to DVW after the re-drawing of riding boundaries for both Federal and Provincial representatives. DVW now pushes west to Mt. Pleasant Rd. and Yonge St for the first time in history. It will also mean the loss of Davisville from the riding of incumbents in St. Paul’s where Carolyn Bennett MP and Ontario Health Minister Eric Hoskins sit. Centre right, buses baby. The TTC will replace streetcars on the 505 Dundas and 506 Carlton routes because, it says, it doesn’t have enough trolleys. The change may last a year or more. Lower left, Grilltime meat shop owner Andy Elder was catering a private dinner this week for an insurance company. Someone there invited an old friend, customer/broker Samantha. Then a reminder of the St. Cuthbert’s Anglican Church environment event in March called Creation Care 2018. Finally, why not take a look at the Winter Stations 2018 installation on Family Day. This is a design competition that features seven unique, interactive art works at lifeguard stations along Balmy, Kew and Scarborough beaches.