The South Bayview Bulldog

STABBING:
Holly St and Eglinton Ave E
-1 male victim with non life threatening injuries
-EMS on scene to transport male to hospital
-unknown male suspect fled the scene#GO138673
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— Toronto Police Operations (@TPSOperations) January 23, 2018

Good-sized meeting at Greenwood College School

Discussion of possible solutions

Councillor speaks to CTV. City News was also present.

A gathering of more than 150 people met at Greenwood College School Monday night to discuss how the 91-year-old Regent Theatre may be saved as part of the cultural heritage of Midtown Toronto. The theatre, at 511 Mt. Pleasant Rd. started life in 1927 as the Belsize Theatre. There have been two name changes, Crest in 1954 and Regent in 1988,  It appears the original name was taken from the Belsize Park district of London. Monday’s meeting was convened by Ward 22 Councillor Josh Matlow who spoke of his affection for the Regent and of having escorted his mother there before her recent death. The building is for sale by the family that has owned it for many years at a proposed price of $9 million. The family is apparently prepared to hear from the community but remains free to sell the property at any time. The challenge to this salvation is in the enormous value of the theatre’s on-the-street real estate. Mr. Matlow joked that any angel donor in the crowd with this amount of cash was welcome to leave it behind. Donors are not unknown, as described by Lorie Martin, Senior Cultural Affairs Officer of the City of Toronto

ARTSCAPE AND REVUE CINEMA

She has overseen projects such as the west-end car barns, a project that was expanded into the Artscape Wychwood Barns through a $500,000 donation. The car barns however were, and are, publicly-owned. Another speaker was Mark Elwood, a director with the Revue Film Society. This is a group that ten years ago saved and developed the 106-year-old Revue Theatre on Roncesvalles Ave. into a functioning and modestly profitable film venue and community hub. The Revue is the oldest movie theatre in Canada.

The City News Athlete of the Week is a happy kid from Newmarket who any parent would love to have as a daughter. This profile of Vanessa Yazhemsky is done by Stella Acquisto. Then, if you like your news on the Rusky side, the CBC says tune in to RT. It sits right there in the TV news bundle on Rogers or Bell. Wow, did they outright lies? Below that, it’s 20 years since the electrifying hanky-panky of that old smoothie Bill Clinton burst onto the world. And finally, the Pope says he didn’t mean it. The Pontiff got into a lot of Dutch defending an apparent clerical deviant during a visit to Chile last week.

The victim of a snowmobile accident Saturday on Sturgeon Lake near Bobcaygen has ben identified as Toronto Fire Service Captain Earl Strong. Strong, 48, died when he was on an evening run with a fellow snowmobiler and both machines went through the ice.  A notice on the Toronto Professional Firefighters’ Association Sunday identified Strong as an acting captain at Station 211-B in Scarborough’s Armdale neighbourhood. Many friends and colleagues wrote on social media Monday to remember him as a man who brought happiness to others.

Here’s to the man that brought so many people happiness throughout their lives. Whenever Earl was around I always had a smile on my face. And here’s to the family that’s stronger than any other, Blake STONG Brock STRONG and Brody STRONG. I love you guys and I’m here for you guys.

— Brody (@Brodymunro12) January 22, 2018

The Toronto Police Service has announced a partnership with the Chang School of Continuing Education at Ryerson University. In a statement Monday the TPS said this arrangement will augment the work of the standalone Toronto Police College and “provide a suite of courses for Service members on topics ranging from diversity and bias avoidance through project management and programs to support the Service’s new competency model.” It will provide access for Service members to the information resources of Ryerson University, and result in research opportunities for the university and the Service. It will provide credit toward university certificates, diplomas and/or degrees for courses offered by either organization

Two Mackenzies jump for joy

Sobeys on Mt. Pleasant

Belsize (now Regent) on Mt. Pleasant

Aberrent egg thrower

35 Glengrove

It’s fun to win as seen in the jump-up feeling expressed by Mackenzie Lloyd (18) and Mackenzie MacDonald (87) during a 3-1 victory by the Leaside Jr. Wildcats over the Southwest Jr. Wildcats Sunday at Leaside arena. Then our newsy Bulldog gallery notes that Sobeys has partnered with the UK firm Ocado to build a website, mobile service as well as a bricks and mortar automated warehouse in Toronto. Centre right, don’t forget the community meeting Monday (tonight) to discuss the future of the Regent Theatre at 511 Mt. Pleasant Rd. (seen here in its original guise as the Belsize). The meeting is convened by Josh Matlow at Greenwood College School in Room 174 starting at 7 p.m. Lower right, those hankering for a home in Lawrence Park will want to reflect on the $4,497,000 paid for 35 Glengrove Ave. Listing price was $4,995,000. Finally at lower left is one of the egg throwers caught on camera (but not yet caught) as seen first on the Facebook page Leaside Community. Residents are using all sorts of language to describe this aberrant conduct.

There were only minor injuries to the driver and by a stroke of very good luck no one standing on the TTC streetcar island at Bathurst and Queen Sts. around 2:30 a.m. Monday.

A plan for Toronto to serve as a venue for some of the 2026 FIFA World Cup games has been endorsed by Mayor Tory. The national soccer associations of Canada, the US and Mexico have organized a joint bid to host FIFA in cities across North America. The joint bid is branded United 2026, and if successful, it would mark the first time that three countries hosted the World Cup. It might see as many as five games played here. CBC

Seen by security camera at 2.36 a.m. Saturday

Early monring vandalism

What is the car make?

A post to Leaside Community tells of a 2.30 a.m. Saturday egg attack on a home in Leaside. The owner asks if anyone recognizes the car or people in these photos. A comment from another person says: “Our house was egged a week ago Friday…a real mess.” She posts these views of the mess, very hard to clean.

This occurred a week earlier at another home

Hard to clean up

Becky McHugh

Text

Then the request for your SIN

Becky McHugh of Corner Brook Newfoundland is one of many people getting a text purportedly from the CRA which when she clicked the link took her to a site where she was told to enter her Social Insurance Number. She did, and now she knows her identity is likely being stolen. Police say the most important thing to remember about the CRA is that it already knows your SIN. If you are asked to provide it, you can be sure you’re not talking to the CRA.